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/2012/03/07/anti-abortion-protesters-set-for-settlement-in-harford-arrest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/anti-abortion-protesters-set-for-settlement-in-harford-arrest/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:06:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127864 Baltimore Sun: The Maryland State Police have agreed to pay a $385,000 settlement to 17 anti-abortion protesters arrested by Maryland State Troopers four years ago in Harford County . . . Members of the Alliance Defense Fund, a group founded 14 years ago with the stated mission of safeguarding Christian beliefs, were arrested while protesting in and around the town of Bel Air in August 2008. [Alert Editor Note: ADF is not a membership based organization.] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/anti-abortion-protesters-set-for-settlement-in-harford-arrest/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/pro-life-girls-protest-abortion-again-after-strip-search-incident/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/pro-life-girls-protest-abortion-again-after-strip-search-incident/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:10:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109553 LifeNews.com: Recently, Hon. Richard D. Bennett of the federal district court for the District of Maryland issued a 49-page opinion in a civil rights action filed by attorneys with the American Catholic Lawyers Association in 2009. The decision, following extensive motions for summary judgment by both plaintiffs and defendants, holds that the First and Fourth Amendment rights of the seven pro-life advocates who are the plaintiffs (as well as two pro-life advocates represented by the Alliance Defense Fund) were violated when the state troopers arrested and jailed them. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/pro-life-girls-protest-abortion-again-after-strip-search-incident/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/maryland-county-settling-lawsuit-over-arrest-strip-search-of-pro-life-college-girls/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/maryland-county-settling-lawsuit-over-arrest-strip-search-of-pro-life-college-girls/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:49:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97255 LifeSiteNews: "August 2008, following the arrest of the pro-lifers, the state decided not to pursue the charges against them. In September 2008, attorneys with Alliance Defense Fund, the Thomas More Society of Chicago, and the American Catholic Lawyers Association filed the complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/maryland-county-settling-lawsuit-over-arrest-strip-search-of-pro-life-college-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/04/supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-of-nj-religious-song-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/04/supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-of-nj-religious-song-ban/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:16:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74722 Associated Press: "The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Michael Stratechuk. He sued in 2004, saying the South Orange-Maplewood school district's ban violated the First Amendment's freedom of worship provision." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/04/supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-of-nj-religious-song-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/25/3rd-circuit-school-districts-exclusion-of-religious-holiday-music-is-reasonably-related-to-legitimate-pedagogical-concerns/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/25/3rd-circuit-school-districts-exclusion-of-religious-holiday-music-is-reasonably-related-to-legitimate-pedagogical-concerns/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:46:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=43529 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/25/3rd-circuit-school-districts-exclusion-of-religious-holiday-music-is-reasonably-related-to-legitimate-pedagogical-concerns/feed/ 2