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/2012/05/16/michael-medved-banning-crosses-erases-history/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/michael-medved-banning-crosses-erases-history/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:32:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133805 DelmarvaNow: A simmering controversy surrounding the "Ground Zero Cross" exposes the intolerance and absolutism behind ongoing battles over religious symbols on public property. Contrary to popular belief, it's not Christian conservatives who normally start these bitter disputes. It's more often atheist activists who seek to alter the long-standing status quo ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/michael-medved-banning-crosses-erases-history/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/pennsylvania-muslim-judges-dismissal-of-charges-against-muslim-defendant-raises-questions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/pennsylvania-muslim-judges-dismissal-of-charges-against-muslim-defendant-raises-questions/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:04:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126784 Volokh Conspiracy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/pennsylvania-muslim-judges-dismissal-of-charges-against-muslim-defendant-raises-questions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/utah-highway-crosses-get-a-makeover/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/utah-highway-crosses-get-a-makeover/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:35:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119127 Standard-Examiner (AP): Over the past week, the 12-foot-high Roman crosses have been stripped of the brown and gold beehive-shaped logo of the Utah Highway Patrol, association attorney Frank Mylar said . . . "We're hoping we can keep the memorials as much intact as possible but change them so that it complies with the (court)," Mylar said. "They really feel strongly that that without the cross there's no memorial." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/utah-highway-crosses-get-a-makeover/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/kentucky-appeals-court-rejects-atheist-challenge-to-commonwealths-reliance-upon-almighty-god/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/kentucky-appeals-court-rejects-atheist-challenge-to-commonwealths-reliance-upon-almighty-god/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:34:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117166 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/kentucky-appeals-court-rejects-atheist-challenge-to-commonwealths-reliance-upon-almighty-god/feed/ 5 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/doug-napier-american-atheists-911-memorial-lawsuit-crosses-the-line-of-decency/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/doug-napier-american-atheists-911-memorial-lawsuit-crosses-the-line-of-decency/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:19:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111364 Human Events: Two days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, smoke was still rising from the twisted and burnt material that used to be the World Trade Center. Untold numbers of first responders from around the country were converging on New York City to help look for survivors trapped in the rubble, and the nation as a whole was still somewhere between fear and unmitigated anger: somewhere between “woe is me” and “woe is thee.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/doug-napier-american-atheists-911-memorial-lawsuit-crosses-the-line-of-decency/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/atheists-attack-911-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/atheists-attack-911-cross/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:38:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110897 Joe Infranco and Byron Babione at The American Spectator: The plain fact is that a memorial cross at this site does not "establish" a religion. The agenda of a few atheists should not diminish the sacrifice of the heroes and victims of 9/11. The place of this potent symbol of our shared tragedy and courage should remain for all time. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/atheists-attack-911-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/byron-babione-on-the-mike-janocik-show-the-attack-on-the-ground-zero-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/byron-babione-on-the-mike-janocik-show-the-attack-on-the-ground-zero-cross/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:39:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110700 Byron Babione appeared on the Mike Janocik Show to discuss the controversy.| MP3 audio 29:21 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/byron-babione-on-the-mike-janocik-show-the-attack-on-the-ground-zero-cross/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/joe-infanco-and-byron-babione-oppose-911-cross-youre-out-of-step-with-american-life/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/joe-infanco-and-byron-babione-oppose-911-cross-youre-out-of-step-with-american-life/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:54:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110651 Joe Infranco and Byron Babione at the NY Daily News: The lawsuit by American Atheists seeking to remove the World Trade Center cross from the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum badly distorts the meaning of the First Amendment, but it nonetheless provides an excellent opportunity for each of us to understand what the Constitution really prohibits as an "establishment" of religion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/joe-infanco-and-byron-babione-oppose-911-cross-youre-out-of-step-with-american-life/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/joe-infranco-the-subjective-wounded-%e2%80%93-atheists-against-september-11-memorial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/joe-infranco-the-subjective-wounded-%e2%80%93-atheists-against-september-11-memorial/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:57:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110300 Joe Infranco at The Speak Up Movement Church Blog: The cause of this kerfuffle is a girder resembling a cross, which will be included in the National 9/11 Memorial in New York. Yet, there is one highly unusual twist in this latest lawsuit in the campaign to expunge public symbols of our religious history: Human hands did not fashion the cross-shaped beams. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/joe-infranco-the-subjective-wounded-%e2%80%93-atheists-against-september-11-memorial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/tom-marcelle-on-the-zeb-bell-show-the-atheist-attack-on-the-cross-at-ground-zero/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/tom-marcelle-on-the-zeb-bell-show-the-atheist-attack-on-the-cross-at-ground-zero/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:51:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109900 Tom Marcelle on the Zeb Bell Show. | MP3 audio 15 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/tom-marcelle-on-the-zeb-bell-show-the-atheist-attack-on-the-cross-at-ground-zero/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/ground-zero-cross-attack/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/ground-zero-cross-attack/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:55:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109578 Mercatornet: Seriously. This is their legal complaint. Just like the American Center for Law and Justice, the Alliance Defense Fund is getting used to this. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/ground-zero-cross-attack/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/congressman-atheists-lawsuit-against-911-cross-sad-misguided/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/congressman-atheists-lawsuit-against-911-cross-sad-misguided/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:45:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109574 Christian Post: Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) also insist that the cross’s placement in the museum is legally sound, and claim that the American Atheists’ lawsuit “is completely out of step with the Constitution.” “One atheist group’s agenda shouldn’t diminish the sacrifice made by the heroes of 9/11,” said ADF Senior Counsel Byron Babione in a statement on the group’s website. “A cross like this one simply does not amount to a government establishment of religion under either the U.S. Constitution or the New York Constitution.” Babione added, “Nothing in the Constitution authorizes atheists to scour the landscape on a mission to seek and destroy memorial crosses.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/congressman-atheists-lawsuit-against-911-cross-sad-misguided/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/oppressive-atheist-group-condemns-christ-demands-wtc-cross-removed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/oppressive-atheist-group-condemns-christ-demands-wtc-cross-removed/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:32:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109465 Post Chronicle: Lawyers with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) claim the group's desire to have the cross removed from the 9/11 memorial museum is "completely out of step with the Constitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/oppressive-atheist-group-condemns-christ-demands-wtc-cross-removed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/atheist-group-seeks-to-tear-down-world-trade-center-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/atheist-group-seeks-to-tear-down-world-trade-center-cross/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:16:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109455 LifeSiteNews.com: “One atheist group’s agenda shouldn’t diminish the sacrifice made by the heroes of 9/11,” said ADF Senior Counsel Byron Babione, who argued that the cross “simply does not amount to a government establishment of religion.” “The cross is not only known far and wide as a religious symbol, but also as a symbol of death, remembrance, and honor for the dead. Americans have long recognized this. Nothing in the Constitution authorizes atheists to scour the landscape on a mission to seek and destroy memorial crosses.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/atheist-group-seeks-to-tear-down-world-trade-center-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/american-atheists-oppose-u-s-supreme-court-review-of-utah-highway-crosses-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/american-atheists-oppose-u-s-supreme-court-review-of-utah-highway-crosses-case/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:21:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109244 Deseret News: The group's attorney, Brian M. Barnard, said there's no reason for the nation's highest court to hear the case because the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled the crosses violate the doctrine of separation of church and state. That court also declined to reconsider the decision in December 2010 and this past April. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/american-atheists-oppose-u-s-supreme-court-review-of-utah-highway-crosses-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/adf-atheist-attack-on-world-trade-center-cross-is-rubble/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/adf-atheist-attack-on-world-trade-center-cross-is-rubble/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:33:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109153 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/adf-atheist-attack-on-world-trade-center-cross-is-rubble/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/atheist-group-wants-to-stop-world-trade-center-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/atheist-group-wants-to-stop-world-trade-center-cross/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:36:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109076 CNN.com: A group of atheists has filed a lawsuit to stop the display of the World Trade Center cross at a memorial of the 9/11 terror attacks. | American Atheists press release | American Atheists v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/atheist-group-wants-to-stop-world-trade-center-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/scotus-blog-petitions-of-the-day-do-highway-memorial-crosses-violate-the-establishment-clause/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/scotus-blog-petitions-of-the-day-do-highway-memorial-crosses-violate-the-establishment-clause/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:16:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107577 SCOTUSblog features the petitions for certiorari in Utah Highway Patrol Association v. American Atheists and Davenport v. American Atheists, Inc.. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/scotus-blog-petitions-of-the-day-do-highway-memorial-crosses-violate-the-establishment-clause/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/frc-15-members-of-congress-file-brief-in-utahs-cert-petition-defending-public-display-of-crosses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/frc-15-members-of-congress-file-brief-in-utahs-cert-petition-defending-public-display-of-crosses/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 12:21:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104388 FRC: - Family Research Council (FRC) filed an amicus brief today in the U.S. Supreme Court case between Utah governmental officials and American Atheists, Inc. The case will determine whether 14 crosses bearing the names of fallen Utah state troopers that have been placed at the roadside locations where the troopers perished is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/frc-15-members-of-congress-file-brief-in-utahs-cert-petition-defending-public-display-of-crosses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/24/appeals-court-to-consider-law-crediting-god-for-kentuckys-security/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/24/appeals-court-to-consider-law-crediting-god-for-kentuckys-security/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:30:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96458 Courier-Journal: "The Kentucky Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday morning in a challenge to a state law requiring that God be credited for Kentucky's security." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/24/appeals-court-to-consider-law-crediting-god-for-kentuckys-security/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/ks-city-tries-to-tax-churches-atheists-say-its-a-good-start/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/ks-city-tries-to-tax-churches-atheists-say-its-a-good-start/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:57:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93714 writing at Opposing Views: "The irony in all of this is that the churches are suddenly in favor of the separation of church and state! Alliance Defense Fund lawyer [Erik Stanley] said, 'It makes no sense to tax churches and to limit their ability to provide their services, and it does damage to the constitutional separation between church and state.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/ks-city-tries-to-tax-churches-atheists-say-its-a-good-start/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/10th-circuit-denies-petition-to-rehear-utah-highway-patrol-cross-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/10th-circuit-denies-petition-to-rehear-utah-highway-patrol-cross-case/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:40:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87955 Deseret News: "The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request to have an entire panel of judges to rehear whether the 14 large, white crosses that currently commemorate fallen Utah Highway Patrol troopers are unconstitutional." Order in American Atheists v. Davenport is here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/10th-circuit-denies-petition-to-rehear-utah-highway-patrol-cross-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/17/atheist-ads-on-texas-buses-draw-mobile-reaction/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/17/atheist-ads-on-texas-buses-draw-mobile-reaction/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:26:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87370 Mercury News (NYT): [T]he reaction from believers has been harsher than anyone in the nonbelievers' club expected. Some black ministers organized a boycott of the buses, with limited success. Other clergy members are pressing the Fort Worth Transportation Authority for a ban on all religious advertising on public buses. In addition, a group of local businessmen paid for the van with the Christian message to chase the buses with atheist messages around town." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/17/atheist-ads-on-texas-buses-draw-mobile-reaction/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/atheist-and-catholic-groups-compete-over-holiday-displays/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/atheist-and-catholic-groups-compete-over-holiday-displays/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:27:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84111 Religion Clause: "A press release from American Atheists issued on Tuesday describes the latest jousting over holiday displays between the Atheist group and a Catholic organization that wants nativity scenes displayed this year in all 50 state capitols." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/atheist-and-catholic-groups-compete-over-holiday-displays/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/christian-legal-group-sues-palm-beach-state-college-on-behalf-of-conservative-student-ejected-from-campus-event/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/christian-legal-group-sues-palm-beach-state-college-on-behalf-of-conservative-student-ejected-from-campus-event/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:52:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80571 Palm Beach Post: "Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group, filed suit today in U.S. District Court on behalf of Young Americans for Freedom, the conservative organization that the student was promoting. The suit alleges that college employees violated the constitutional rights of the group and its members." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/christian-legal-group-sues-palm-beach-state-college-on-behalf-of-conservative-student-ejected-from-campus-event/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/cloud-over-free-speech-in-sunshine-state-college-bans-literature-distribution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/cloud-over-free-speech-in-sunshine-state-college-bans-literature-distribution/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:25:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80420 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/cloud-over-free-speech-in-sunshine-state-college-bans-literature-distribution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/atheists-select-des-moines-for-national-convention/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/atheists-select-des-moines-for-national-convention/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:14:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68921 The Iowa Independent: "Citing a desire to build upon the excitement that has already been generated by state and regional groups, American Atheists announced Monday that they will 'caucus in the heartland' when they bring their national convention to Des Moines in April 2011." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/atheists-select-des-moines-for-national-convention/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/texas-education-board-takes-up-historysocial-studies-experts-and-educators-stand-for-final-vote-on-standards-this-week/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/texas-education-board-takes-up-historysocial-studies-experts-and-educators-stand-for-final-vote-on-standards-this-week/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 22:07:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/texas-education-board-takes-up-historysocial-studies-experts-and-educators-stand-for-final-vote-on-standards-this-week/ PR Newswire: "After almost 18 months of review, educators, experts, parents and members of the business community are sending a message: we don't want the American Atheists and the ACLU in charge of writing our history standards and we don't want a delay of the final vote," said Jonathan Saenz, Esq., director of legislative affairs for Liberty Institute. 'Liberal fringe efforts to complicate, obfuscate, and denigrate our heritage and history must be rejected. A vote delayed is a vote denied.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/texas-education-board-takes-up-historysocial-studies-experts-and-educators-stand-for-final-vote-on-standards-this-week/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/27/judge-ky-cant-legislate-dependence-on-god/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/27/judge-ky-cant-legislate-dependence-on-god/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:43:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34411 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/27/judge-ky-cant-legislate-dependence-on-god/feed/ 4 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/19/alan-e-sears-preying-on-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/19/alan-e-sears-preying-on-prayer/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:30:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=18752 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/19/alan-e-sears-preying-on-prayer/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/09/opposing-views-should-churches-be-tax-exempt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/09/opposing-views-should-churches-be-tax-exempt/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:32:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=17489 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/09/opposing-views-should-churches-be-tax-exempt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/06/10th-circuit-hearing-in-atheists-suit-to-remove-utah-highway-patrol-memorial-crosses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/06/10th-circuit-hearing-in-atheists-suit-to-remove-utah-highway-patrol-memorial-crosses/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:37:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=17415 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/06/10th-circuit-hearing-in-atheists-suit-to-remove-utah-highway-patrol-memorial-crosses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/04/adf-attorney-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-atheist-suit-against-detroit-agency/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/04/adf-attorney-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-atheist-suit-against-detroit-agency/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:00:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=17129 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/04/adf-attorney-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-atheist-suit-against-detroit-agency/feed/ 0