http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/05/9th-circuit-university-can-force-christian-groups-open-to-non-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/05/9th-circuit-university-can-force-christian-groups-open-to-non-christians/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:11:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110125 Christianity Today: But Jordan Lorence, senior counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund and a lawyer who argued for the Christian groups, said the intent of SDSU's policy is irrelevant. "If there is an official policy that violates the First Amendment rights of Christian organizations, it's unconstitutional," he said. "Intent does not exonerate the policy because the First Amendment violations remain." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/05/9th-circuit-university-can-force-christian-groups-open-to-non-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/religious-clubs-not-entitled-to-funds-court-says/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/religious-clubs-not-entitled-to-funds-court-says/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:23:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109798 San Francisco Chronicle: The Christian groups' lawyer, Jordan Lorence of the Alliance Defense Fund, said he may ask the Supreme Court to take up the case. "A vegan group can exclude meat-eaters, and anti-death penalty groups can exclude people who don't support their cause" while receiving campus funding and other benefits, like access to meeting rooms, Lorence said. He said the school policy relegates religious groups to second-class status.' | Alpha Delta Chi-Delta Chapter v. Reed, No. 09-55299 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/religious-clubs-not-entitled-to-funds-court-says/feed/ 0