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/2012/05/21/aclj-nearly-40000-americans-urge-appeals-court-to-permit-texas-to-halt-abortion-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/aclj-nearly-40000-americans-urge-appeals-court-to-permit-texas-to-halt-abortion-funding/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:52:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134258 MarketWatch: The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, has filed an amicus brief with a federal appeals court backing a decision by the state of Texas to stop providing state funds that end up subsidizing Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/aclj-nearly-40000-americans-urge-appeals-court-to-permit-texas-to-halt-abortion-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/christian-legal-society-v-martinez-decision-upends-campus-religious-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/christian-legal-society-v-martinez-decision-upends-campus-religious-groups/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:33:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133949 Huffington Post (Religion News Service) (5/11/2012): Jeremy Tedesco, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, sees the Martinez decision "lurking in the background" of other cases. He filed suit in February on behalf of the Christian anti-abortion group Make Up Your Own Mind at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. The school, which does not have an all-comers policy like Hastings, was not going to formally recognize the group because officials deemed it nonreligious. "We don't want the government determining whether a group is or is not religious," he said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/christian-legal-society-v-martinez-decision-upends-campus-religious-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/supreme-court-decision-on-religion-upends-campus-religious-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/supreme-court-decision-on-religion-upends-campus-religious-groups/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 16:14:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133402 Washington Post: Jeremy Tedesco, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, sees the Martinez decision “lurking in the background” of other cases. He filed suit in February on behalf of the Christian anti-abortion group Make Up Your Own Mind at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. The school, which does not have an all-comers policy like Hastings, was not going to formally recognize the group because officials deemed it nonreligious. “We don’t want the government determining whether a group is or is not religious,” he said. The school has since officially recognized Make Up Your Own Mind; Tedesco said the ADF is working on a settlement. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/supreme-court-decision-on-religion-upends-campus-religious-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/now-persecuted-pastors-lawyer-facing-jail/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/now-persecuted-pastors-lawyer-facing-jail/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:28:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132998 World Net Daily: Word that the lawyer who has been representing a Christian pastor condemned to death in Iran for leaving Islam is now facing jail is a stunning setback to hopes that the Islamic republic would begin recognizing human rights, according to an advocacy organization in the United States. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/now-persecuted-pastors-lawyer-facing-jail/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/aclj-continues-battle-against-atheists-over-camp-pendleton-memorial-crosses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/aclj-continues-battle-against-atheists-over-camp-pendleton-memorial-crosses/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:53:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131301 Examiner.com: According to the latest report by the ACLJ, when it comes to determining the legality of the two memorial crosses erected at Camp Pendleton, "context matters". ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/aclj-continues-battle-against-atheists-over-camp-pendleton-memorial-crosses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/pro-life-grandpa-facing-doj-lawsuit-for-dc-clinic-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/pro-life-grandpa-facing-doj-lawsuit-for-dc-clinic-speech/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:10:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130601 Boston Globe: He was sued under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The U.S. Department of Justice, which brought the case against Retta in federal court in Washington, declined to comment on the case as is standard practice in ongoing cases. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/pro-life-grandpa-facing-doj-lawsuit-for-dc-clinic-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/international-criminal-court-palestine-not-a-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/international-criminal-court-palestine-not-a-state/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:34:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130392 One News Now: "The ICC prosecutor decided that Palestine is not a state, and because it's not a state, they can't file charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court," the attorney reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/international-criminal-court-palestine-not-a-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/how-faith-based-groups-became-involved-in-the-supreme-court-health-care-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/how-faith-based-groups-became-involved-in-the-supreme-court-health-care-case/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:21:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129913 Christianity Today: Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) teamed up with pro-life groups such as Americans United for Life to argue that the act violates the Free Exercise clause of the First Amendment. The ADF coalition argued that the individual mandate would inhibit religious freedom by “effectively forcing” individuals to pay for an abortion premium because they may be enrolled by their employers in plans that cover abortion. The ADF argued that others may be “forced to choose between insufficient plans that respect their conscience versus other plans that happen to require an abortion premium, but that may otherwise better meet their health needs or their choice of doctor network.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/how-faith-based-groups-became-involved-in-the-supreme-court-health-care-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/jordan-sekulow-on-campus-a-move-to-end-religious-holidays/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/jordan-sekulow-on-campus-a-move-to-end-religious-holidays/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:34:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129452 Washington Post: Every year it’s the same story: Another person, group, or institution attacks the observance of religious holidays in the name of inclusion and open-mindedness. The idea is that somehow accommodating my religious observance is offensive to those who do not share the same beliefs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/jordan-sekulow-on-campus-a-move-to-end-religious-holidays/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/mo-private-business-challenges-contraceptive-mandate-on-religious-freedom-grounds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/mo-private-business-challenges-contraceptive-mandate-on-religious-freedom-grounds/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:49:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128893 Religion Clause Blog: The American Center for Law and Justice yesterday announced the filing of a federal lawsuit by a small business and its principal owner challenging on religious liberty grounds the Obama administration's mandate requiring health insurance policies to cover contraceptive services ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/mo-private-business-challenges-contraceptive-mandate-on-religious-freedom-grounds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/becket-fund-lawsuit-against-obama-birth-control-mandate-signals-culture-wars-jump/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/becket-fund-lawsuit-against-obama-birth-control-mandate-signals-culture-wars-jump/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:05:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128230 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/becket-fund-lawsuit-against-obama-birth-control-mandate-signals-culture-wars-jump/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/02/pro-life-pro-abortion-groups-split-on-outcome-of-blunt-amdt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/02/pro-life-pro-abortion-groups-split-on-outcome-of-blunt-amdt/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:37:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127463 LifeNews: Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Matt Bowman: “The government cannot tell Americans that certain parts of their faith are not important enough to practice. People of faith are explicitly protected by the Constitution and federal law from such radical state invasions of conscience. The Blunt/Fortenberry Amendment was a necessary measure to begin to restore the religious liberties of Americans that ObamaCare has trampled on with its assumption of unlimited bureaucratic power. Every vote for religious freedom should be unanimous, but tragically, our fundamental freedoms didn’t seem to matter to enough senators.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/02/pro-life-pro-abortion-groups-split-on-outcome-of-blunt-amdt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/john-316-valentines-day-messages-confiscated-by-elementary-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/john-316-valentines-day-messages-confiscated-by-elementary-school/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:18:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126269 Christian Post: The American Center for Law and Justice has come to the defense of a Wisconsin mother, Melissa Wolf, whose child was told by his elementary school that he couldn't distribute Christian-themed messages to his classmates as a part of Valentine's Day. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/john-316-valentines-day-messages-confiscated-by-elementary-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/lawmakers-resolution-condemns-iran-for-christian-pastors-death-sentence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/lawmakers-resolution-condemns-iran-for-christian-pastors-death-sentence/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:14:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126267 Fox News: A resolution sponsored by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) denounces Iran for its leaders' ruling of apostasy against Youcef Nadarkhani and calls for his immediate release. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/lawmakers-resolution-condemns-iran-for-christian-pastors-death-sentence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/prop-8-appeal-will-supreme-court-decide-gay-marriage-once-and-for-all-christian-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/prop-8-appeal-will-supreme-court-decide-gay-marriage-once-and-for-all-christian-post/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:48:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125634 Christian Post: Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Brian Raum said the group has not yet decided what to do but will make a decision in "due time." Federal law allows them 90 days to appeal the decision to a higher court. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/prop-8-appeal-will-supreme-court-decide-gay-marriage-once-and-for-all-christian-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/cookies-with-christianity-after-school-public-education-may-be-parochial-huffington-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/cookies-with-christianity-after-school-public-education-may-be-parochial-huffington-post/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:06:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124646 The Huffington Post: Curious as to what this "Good News Club" was about, Stewart investigated and discovered that it was part of a nationwide effort sponsored by a conservative evangelical organization called the Child Evangelism Fellowship, a group aiming to "take back" America's public schools. Backing this effort, she found, are three long-term Christian Right-founded and funded legal enterprises: the Alliance Defense Fund, the Liberty Counsel and the American Center for Law and Justice. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/cookies-with-christianity-after-school-public-education-may-be-parochial-huffington-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/appeals-court-asked-to-halt-nyc-law-attacking-pregnancy-centers-lifenews-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/appeals-court-asked-to-halt-nyc-law-attacking-pregnancy-centers-lifenews-com/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124544 LifeNews.com: ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman commented on the law and the lawsuit in remarks to LifeNews.com. “Pro-life pregnancy centers, which freely offer real help and hope to women and their preborn children, shouldn’t be punished by political allies of those who make their money aborting babies,” he said. “This order keeps the city from enforcing a law that is specifically designed to deter pregnant women from receiving the help they need to make fully informed choices about their pregnancy while this lawsuit goes forward. The order also means that the court is likely to find the ordinance unconstitutional.” Bowman noted the court was also critical of the New York Civil Liberties Union’s defense of the city ordinance: “Given the New York Civil Liberties Union’s (“NYCLU”) usual concern for First Amendment rights, its amicus brief supporting Defendant’s expansive view of the commercial speech doctrine is puzzling.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/appeals-court-asked-to-halt-nyc-law-attacking-pregnancy-centers-lifenews-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/david-french-a-major-victory-for-religious-liberty-and-freedom-of-conscience/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/david-french-a-major-victory-for-religious-liberty-and-freedom-of-conscience/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:37:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124319 National Review Online: I argued the case at the trial-court level (and cough lost cough) when I was at the Alliance Defense Fund and was on the appellate briefs, but the credit and congratulations go to Julea Ward, my former ADF colleagues, and my friend ADF attorney Jeremy Tedesco, who argued the case at the Sixth Circuit. Well done, Jeremy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/david-french-a-major-victory-for-religious-liberty-and-freedom-of-conscience/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/david-french-mayor-bloomberg%e2%80%99s-double-standard-on-religious-liberty-national-review/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/david-french-mayor-bloomberg%e2%80%99s-double-standard-on-religious-liberty-national-review/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:00:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123694 National Review Online: Even worse, at the same time that the mayor declared that “no neighborhood” in New York was “off-limits to God’s love and mercy,” he was enforcing a unique-in-the-nation policy that in fact declared New York City schools “off-limits” to private religious use that includes worship. My friend, the Alliance Defense Fund’s Jordan Lorence, explained the problem in yesterday’s New York Post: ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/david-french-mayor-bloomberg%e2%80%99s-double-standard-on-religious-liberty-national-review/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/black-pastors-join-pro-family-groups-to-condemn-southern-poverty-law-center-for-%e2%80%98bigotry%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/black-pastors-join-pro-family-groups-to-condemn-southern-poverty-law-center-for-%e2%80%98bigotry%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:53:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123438 LifeSiteNews.com: A coalition that includes black pastors and pro-family organizations held a protest outside the headquarters of the Southern Poverty Law Center yesterday to protest the organization’s ongoing “slander” against pro-family organizations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/black-pastors-join-pro-family-groups-to-condemn-southern-poverty-law-center-for-%e2%80%98bigotry%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/criminalizing-religious-criticism-un-resolution-threatens-freedom-of-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/criminalizing-religious-criticism-un-resolution-threatens-freedom-of-speech/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:03:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123150 EuropeNews: new resolution introduced at the United Nations Human Rights Council has free speech advocates concerned about a potential backlash against religious minority groups. Previously introduced as Resolution 62/154, "Combating defamation of religion,” the piece was originally written to criminalize the criticism of religion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/criminalizing-religious-criticism-un-resolution-threatens-freedom-of-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/the-future-of-the-republican-party-may-be-in-the-hands-of-its-youth/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/the-future-of-the-republican-party-may-be-in-the-hands-of-its-youth/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:35:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121822 : Promote ideological fairness and freedom in the educational system, buy doing things such as supporting organizations like Alliance Defense Fund, the ACLJ and David Horowitz’s Freedom Center, as well as participate on school boards, in public and private schools, on all levels of education. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/the-future-of-the-republican-party-may-be-in-the-hands-of-its-youth/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/letter-war-on-christmas-is-not-fabricated/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/letter-war-on-christmas-is-not-fabricated/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:36:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121433 DailyAdvance.com: Fabricated” war ? No, I do not think so. These are not isolated cases. All you have to do is go see the website of the Alliance Defense Fund or the American Center for Law and Justice to see the well documented attacks — not just on Christmas but the very Judeo-Christian foundation of this nation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/letter-war-on-christmas-is-not-fabricated/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/abortion-practitioner-arrested-for-medicaid-fraud-in-georgia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/abortion-practitioner-arrested-for-medicaid-fraud-in-georgia/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:10:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121351 LifeNews.com: An Atlanta, Georgia-based abortion practitioner has been arrested as he faces accusations of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in Medicaid payments that were fraudulent. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/abortion-practitioner-arrested-for-medicaid-fraud-in-georgia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/hagelin-we-need-christmas-now-more-than-ever/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/hagelin-we-need-christmas-now-more-than-ever/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:17:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121161 Washington Times: Consider supporting organizations that work to preserve religious freedom. If the secularists and progressives have it their way, Christmas, Easter and even religious worship may one day be confined to secret celebrations locked behind closed doors. A few stellar organizations that deserve your support are the Alliance Defense Fund (www.alliancedefensefund.org), the American Center for Law and Justice (www.aclj.org) and the Liberty Counsel (www.lc.org). And, finally, have a very merry Christmas! ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/hagelin-we-need-christmas-now-more-than-ever/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/congressman-intercedes-on-behalf-of-pendleton-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/congressman-intercedes-on-behalf-of-pendleton-cross/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:31:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120985 Military.com: California Rep. Duncan Hunter has waded into the battle over the so-called Camp Pendleton cross -- put up by leathernecks in honor of four buddies killed in Iraq -- by asking the commander of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to let the cross stay. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/congressman-intercedes-on-behalf-of-pendleton-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/the-political-landscape-sees-three-decades-of-growth-for-evangelical-interest-group-christianity-today/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/the-political-landscape-sees-three-decades-of-growth-for-evangelical-interest-group-christianity-today/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:26:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119982 Christianity Today: The growth of evangelical groups has not been limited to grassroots groups, however. One area of growth has been legal advocacy groups. The American Center for Law and Justice, the Alliance Defense Fund, and Liberty Council are some of the groups who have focused on shaping the law through their legal advocacy. In the 1990s, these groups were successful in shaping case-law on religious liberty and other constitutional issues. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/the-political-landscape-sees-three-decades-of-growth-for-evangelical-interest-group-christianity-today/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/22/ct-court-to-reconsider-church-held-graduation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/22/ct-court-to-reconsider-church-held-graduation/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:12:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119243 Courthouse News Service: The ACLU, American Jewish Committee, American Center for Law and Justice and Alliance Defense Fund all filed amicus briefs in the case. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/22/ct-court-to-reconsider-church-held-graduation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/100-members-of-congress-will-support-obamacare-challenge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/100-members-of-congress-will-support-obamacare-challenge/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:57:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118541 LifeNews.com: As the Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral arguments in March on the lawsuit Florida and more than two dozen states filed against the Obamacare law, more than 100 members of Congress are expected to support the lawsuit. The American Center for Law and Justice, a pro-life legal group which has been involved in the legal challenge of ObamaCare since the beginning . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/100-members-of-congress-will-support-obamacare-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/aclu-says-special-exceptions-for-religious-organizations-threaten-liberty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/aclu-says-special-exceptions-for-religious-organizations-threaten-liberty/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:30:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117800 The ACLU blog on the topic is here.  Congressional testimony given by ACLJ Attorney Colby May is cited if the ACLU post. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/aclu-says-special-exceptions-for-religious-organizations-threaten-liberty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/in-5-hours-jesus-statue-support-eclipses-atheist-group%e2%80%99s-membership/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/in-5-hours-jesus-statue-support-eclipses-atheist-group%e2%80%99s-membership/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:33:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117643 American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ: In just a few short hours, more people have taken a stand for the war memorial statue of Jesus that sits atop Big Mountain in Montana than the entire membership of the atheist group seeking to have it removed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/in-5-hours-jesus-statue-support-eclipses-atheist-group%e2%80%99s-membership/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/iran-officials-pressure-pastor-to-convert/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/iran-officials-pressure-pastor-to-convert/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:12:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117102 Baptist Press: A jailed Iranian pastor who could be put to death for his faith has been given Islamic literature and been asked to read it -- a move potentially meant to trap him into a blasphemy conviction. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/iran-officials-pressure-pastor-to-convert/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/house-committee-holds-hearings-on-u-s-relgious-liberty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/house-committee-holds-hearings-on-u-s-relgious-liberty/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:20:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117027 Religion Clause: The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution yesterday held hearings on "The State of Religious Liberty in the United States." The prepared statements of witnesses are available online. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/house-committee-holds-hearings-on-u-s-relgious-liberty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/aclj-to-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-state-of-religious-liberty-in-the-united-states/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/aclj-to-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-state-of-religious-liberty-in-the-united-states/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:56:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116956 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/aclj-to-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-state-of-religious-liberty-in-the-united-states/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/planned-parenthood-indiana-battle-in-court-over-tax-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/planned-parenthood-indiana-battle-in-court-over-tax-funding/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:54:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116558 LifeNews.com: Three pro-life legal groups have weighed in on the case — including the American Center for Law and Justice, Alliance Defense Fund and Thomas More Society — and they have said the law is constitutional. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/planned-parenthood-indiana-battle-in-court-over-tax-funding/feed/ 0