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/2011/06/20/planned-parenthood-indiana-cutting-staff-after-de-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/20/planned-parenthood-indiana-cutting-staff-after-de-funding/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:13:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106808 Life News: 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/2011/06/20/planned-parenthood-indiana-cutting-staff-after-de-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/court-denies-request-to-block-nyc-mosque-construction/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/court-denies-request-to-block-nyc-mosque-construction/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:52:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92565 Christian Post: "The New York Supreme Court denied a request Wednesday to block construction of the Islamic mosque near Ground Zero. Last week, the American Center for Law and Justice, which is representing 9/11 first responder Tim Brown in a lawsuit challenging the project, asked the state's High Court to grant a temporary restraining order on demolition or construction at the proposed Park51 site." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/court-denies-request-to-block-nyc-mosque-construction/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/aclj-seeks-injunction-to-halt-mosque-near-ground-zero/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/aclj-seeks-injunction-to-halt-mosque-near-ground-zero/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:27:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91103 Christian Post: "The American Center for Law and Justice, which represents 9/11 first responder firefighter Tim Brown in a lawsuit against the Park51 project, is seeking an injunction in any demolition and construction at the downtown Manhattan site." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/aclj-seeks-injunction-to-halt-mosque-near-ground-zero/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/aclj-inappropriate-involvement-between-nyc-mayors-office-ground-zero-mosque-developers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/aclj-inappropriate-involvement-between-nyc-mayors-office-ground-zero-mosque-developers/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:02:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90277 Jay Sekulow's Trial Notebook: "Our attorneys are now reviewing the documents which validate the substance of our suit and reveal an inappropriate involvement between the Mayor's Office and developers of the mosque." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/aclj-inappropriate-involvement-between-nyc-mayors-office-ground-zero-mosque-developers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/aclj-pro-life-victory-in-alabama/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/aclj-pro-life-victory-in-alabama/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:01:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90275 ACLJ: "There's been an important victory in a case that we've been involved with out of Alabama . . . For over ten years, a federal court injunction against a small group of activists had been used by the clinic and the Birmingham police to intimidate others from standing on the adjacent sidewalks. Being relegated to a distant sidewalk made effective offers of assistance and information difficult or impossible . . . In a written order issued on January 4th, Judge Ed Ramsey agreed with our arguments, and dismissed the lawsuit against Rev. Mahoney and the Christian Defense Coalition." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/aclj-pro-life-victory-in-alabama/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/christians-decry-san-diego-courts-ruling-on-memorial-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/christians-decry-san-diego-courts-ruling-on-memorial-cross/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:38:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90083 Charisma: "Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel [Joe Infranco] says war heroes have earned the right to be remembered. As he sees it, the memory of those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom shouldn’t be dishonored because the ACLU finds a small number of people who are merely offended." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/christians-decry-san-diego-courts-ruling-on-memorial-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/pro-life-groups-applaud-judges-ruling-against-obamacare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/pro-life-groups-applaud-judges-ruling-against-obamacare/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:06:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86395 LifeNews: "Senior Counsel [Steven H. Aden] of the pro-life legal group Alliance Defense Fund, also weighed in on the decision. 'No one should be forced to pay for an unconstitutional federal takeover of health care that will funnel taxpayer dollars into the pockets of abortionists and lead inevitably toward death panels for the elderly and infirm. Congress showed blatant disregard for the Constitution, and that’s the pivotal issue here,' he told LifeNews.com." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/pro-life-groups-applaud-judges-ruling-against-obamacare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/22/dozens-of-members-of-congress-file-legal-brief-backing-obamacare-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/22/dozens-of-members-of-congress-file-legal-brief-backing-obamacare-lawsuit/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:38:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83390 LifeNews: "Dozens of members of Congress and more than 70,000 Americans are represented in a new legal brief filed by a pro-life legal group supporting the lawsuit in Florida against ObamaCare. The American Center for Law and Justice today filed an amicus brief with a federal court in Florida on behalf of 63 members of Congress in support of Florida’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health care law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/22/dozens-of-members-of-congress-file-legal-brief-backing-obamacare-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/under-god-vindicated-in-attack-on-pledge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/under-god-vindicated-in-attack-on-pledge/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:29:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82223 WorldNetDaily: "Supporting the Pledge in the court battle was The National Legal Foundation, the Foundation for Moral Law, the Alliance Defense Fund and the American Center for Law & Justice, which filed a brief on behalf of 42 members of the 111th Congress and more than 80,000 Americans who signed on to the ACLJ's Committee to Protect 'Under God.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/under-god-vindicated-in-attack-on-pledge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/aclj-appeals-court-decision-upholding-constitutionality-of-pledge-of-allegiance-in-nh-schools-significant-and-sound/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/aclj-appeals-court-decision-upholding-constitutionality-of-pledge-of-allegiance-in-nh-schools-significant-and-sound/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:04:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82060 ACLJ: "The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) said today a federal appeals court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance - including the phrase 'under God' - in New Hampshire schools, represents a significant and sound decision that sends a message: patriotic, time-honored traditions should be embraced - not targeted for extinction - in our public schools. The ACLJ represented more than 40 members of Congress and more than 80,000 Americans in filing its amicus brief in this case and urged the appeals court to conclude that the Pledge did not violate the First Amendment." Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al. v. Hanover School District, et al., No. 09-2473 (1st Cir. Nov. 12, 2010) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/aclj-appeals-court-decision-upholding-constitutionality-of-pledge-of-allegiance-in-nh-schools-significant-and-sound/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/high-court-seen-snubbing-religious-expression-cases/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/high-court-seen-snubbing-religious-expression-cases/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:56:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79431 Education Week: "[A]t least one conservative constituency largely is still waiting for its day in the high court. Over the past two years alone, self-described religious-liberty groups on the right have asked the justices to hear appeals in some half-dozen cases involving religious expression in the public schools. In each case, the Supreme Court has refused . . . Half a dozen or so conservative legal organizations, as part of their advocacy work, regularly take up the cause of student religious expression—and, in some cases, nonreligious expression as well. In addition to Liberty Counsel, others include the Alliance Defense Fund, in Scottsdale, Ariz.; the American Center for Law and Justice, in Washington; the Liberty Institute, in Plano, Texas, which is not affiliated with Liberty Counsel; the Rutherford Institute, in Charlottesville, Va.; the Southeastern Legal Foundation, in Marietta, Ga.; and the Thomas More Law Center, in Ann Arbor, Mich." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/high-court-seen-snubbing-religious-expression-cases/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/christian-convert-from-indonesia-granted-asylum-in-u-s/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/christian-convert-from-indonesia-granted-asylum-in-u-s/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:31:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79380 ACLJ: "I am pleased to report that an ACLJ legal team has successfully obtained asylum in the United States for a 22-year-old woman from Indonesia - a woman who left the Muslim faith and converted to Christianity. As a result, she faced grave danger - including the threat of death - if she returned to her home country." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/christian-convert-from-indonesia-granted-asylum-in-u-s/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/jay-sekulow-keep-irs-out-of-churches-under-god-in-the-pledge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/jay-sekulow-keep-irs-out-of-churches-under-god-in-the-pledge/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:24:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76775 BeliefNet: "Let's not forget that this IRS prohibition on endorsing or opposing candidates from the pulpit was not born out of some desire to bring constitutional clarity to the issue, or even to draw a bright line on church/state issues. No, this law was put in place for one simple reason: political payback." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/jay-sekulow-keep-irs-out-of-churches-under-god-in-the-pledge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/aclj-alabama-victory-religious-freedom-protected-on-campus/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/aclj-alabama-victory-religious-freedom-protected-on-campus/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:54:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76742 ACLJ Trial Notebook: "Michala is enrolled at a public university on a music scholarship, and was required to take a musical theatre class. One course requirement was to participate in a performance that included two songs that Michala strongly objected to on religious grounds, one that used God’s name in vain and one that declares that the Bible is not necessarily true." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/aclj-alabama-victory-religious-freedom-protected-on-campus/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/aclj-demands-co-school-allow-student-to-wear-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/aclj-demands-co-school-allow-student-to-wear-cross/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:06:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76004 ACLJ: "The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, today demanded that a Colorado middle school permit a 7th grade student to wear a small cross on a chain to school warning school officials not to violate the student's First Amendment rights." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/aclj-demands-co-school-allow-student-to-wear-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/va-christian-meteorologist-says-he-was-fired-for-talking-about-ministry-plans/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/va-christian-meteorologist-says-he-was-fired-for-talking-about-ministry-plans/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:25:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75661 The Virginian-Pilot: "Former WAVY-TV weather forecaster Jon Cash on Wednesday accused the station of religious discrimination, in his most detailed comments since he was fired." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/va-christian-meteorologist-says-he-was-fired-for-talking-about-ministry-plans/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/eclj-tells-un-protect-christians-from-religious-hatred/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/eclj-tells-un-protect-christians-from-religious-hatred/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:43:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74603 ACLJ: "The ECLJ has just filed an important document with The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) at the UN - a follow-up to testimony we provided nearly three years ago when we began challenging the dangerous, anti-Christian concept known as 'defamation of religions.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/eclj-tells-un-protect-christians-from-religious-hatred/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/spanish-govt-imposes-e100000-for-anti-homosexuality-ads/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/spanish-govt-imposes-e100000-for-anti-homosexuality-ads/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:04:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74556 writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "This apparently happened in July, but I only heard about it a few weeks ago. Here is part of a summary from an advocacy group, the European Centre for Law and Justice: . . . 'The media group was fined 100,000 Euros for airing a promotional advertisement in defense of traditional family.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/spanish-govt-imposes-e100000-for-anti-homosexuality-ads/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/court-dismisses-suit-challenging-display-of-pledge-national-motto/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/court-dismisses-suit-challenging-display-of-pledge-national-motto/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:35:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74385 ACLJ / Jay Sekulow's Trial Notebook: "A federal district court dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation challenging the engravings of the national motto and Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. . . . In an opinion issued yesterday by the U.S. District Court in Madison, Wisconsin, the court dismissed the suit and concluded that the plaintiffs failed to establish standing in the case. Here's a summary of the decision posted here." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/court-dismisses-suit-challenging-display-of-pledge-national-motto/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/suit-threatens-planned-parenthood-funds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/suit-threatens-planned-parenthood-funds/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:21:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71913 Fox News / Live Shots: "Two former Planned Parenthood employees-turned-whistleblowers have made stunning allegations regarding the abortion provider's accounting practices. In a case now pending in federal court P. Victor Gonzalez alleges that he saw millions in fraudulent overbilling to state and federal governments when he worked as Chief Financial Officer for Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles . . .'" | ACLJ: Victory Against Planned Parenthood Stands P. Victor Gonzalez v. Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles, No. 09-55010 (9th Cir.) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/suit-threatens-planned-parenthood-funds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/ny-school-changes-policy-on-religious-necklace/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/ny-school-changes-policy-on-religious-necklace/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:35:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/ny-school-changes-policy-on-religious-necklace/ ACLJ Press Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/ny-school-changes-policy-on-religious-necklace/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/30/are-muslims-the-enemy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/30/are-muslims-the-enemy/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:41:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70643 Christianity Today: "Stuart Shepard, host of [CitizenLink's weekly webcast], noted that this position is a departure from Minnery's previous positions on religious liberty. 'You have spent a lot of time talking about religious freedom. And you work for Alliance Defense Fund quite a bit helping them fight for the rights of people, for religious freedom. It is quite a turn for you to say that this is not the right location for religious freedom to be expressed,' said Shepard. 'Well, it is indeed,' said Minnery. Minnery said it was 'hypocritical' for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to talk about religious freedom. He said the city had been fighting churches wanting to use public school buildings for Sunday worship." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/30/are-muslims-the-enemy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/aclj-gears-up-new-legal-challenges-to-stop-ground-mosque-land-is-partly-owned-by-public-utility/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/aclj-gears-up-new-legal-challenges-to-stop-ground-mosque-land-is-partly-owned-by-public-utility/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:06:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69832 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/aclj-gears-up-new-legal-challenges-to-stop-ground-mosque-land-is-partly-owned-by-public-utility/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/milton-church-files-injunction-and-lawsuit-against-sheriff-wendell-hall-and-jail/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/milton-church-files-injunction-and-lawsuit-against-sheriff-wendell-hall-and-jail/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:26:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69767 Santa Rosa's Press Gazette: "The Federal lawsuit brought by Pastor Larry Webb on behalf of the First Apostolic Church seeks to prohibit Sheriff Wendell Hall of Santa Rosa County, from barring the Church’s faith based alcohol substance abuse program from the Santa Rosa County Jail." | Via Religion Clause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/milton-church-files-injunction-and-lawsuit-against-sheriff-wendell-hall-and-jail/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/10/aclj-calls-on-state-department-to-cancel-tax-funded-middle-east-trip-by-controversial-imam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/10/aclj-calls-on-state-department-to-cancel-tax-funded-middle-east-trip-by-controversial-imam/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/10/aclj-calls-on-state-department-to-cancel-tax-funded-middle-east-trip-by-controversial-imam/ CNSNews: "The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) on Tuesday called on the U.S. State Department to remove Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf from a taxpayer-funded trip to Muslim countries, citing his controversial views about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/10/aclj-calls-on-state-department-to-cancel-tax-funded-middle-east-trip-by-controversial-imam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/aclj-is-providing-legal-aid-to-persecuted-pakistani-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/aclj-is-providing-legal-aid-to-persecuted-pakistani-christians/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:13:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67648 Pakistan Christian Post: "Speaking at the PPC conference on August 2, 2010, Shaheryar Gill, attorney with the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), shared about the work ACLJ’s affiliate, European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) is doing in Pakistan. Gill said that the ECLJ is providing legal assistance to persecuted Christians in Pakistan." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/aclj-is-providing-legal-aid-to-persecuted-pakistani-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/04/group-to-fight-vote-clearing-way-for-nyc-mosque/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/04/group-to-fight-vote-clearing-way-for-nyc-mosque/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:14:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67370 Associated Press: "Even as the project's backers celebrated the decision, a conservative advocacy group founded by the Rev. Pat Robertson announced it would challenge the panel's vote in state court Wednesday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/04/group-to-fight-vote-clearing-way-for-nyc-mosque/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/aclj-poised-to-file-court-challenge-to-proposed-ground-zero-mosque-after-nyc-declines-to-landmark-historic-building/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/aclj-poised-to-file-court-challenge-to-proposed-ground-zero-mosque-after-nyc-declines-to-landmark-historic-building/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:22:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67258 ACLJ: "The ACLJ is planning to file an Article 78 petition in state court to challenge the city's actions. The ACLJ will allege that there's been an abuse of discretion in the Commission's decision and that filing is expected to occur tomorrow." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/aclj-poised-to-file-court-challenge-to-proposed-ground-zero-mosque-after-nyc-declines-to-landmark-historic-building/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/02/az-immigration-decision-frustrates-american-people/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/02/az-immigration-decision-frustrates-american-people/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:02:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67119 OneNewsNow: "A Christian law firm is disappointed but not surprised that a federal judge last week threw out most of the Arizona immigration law that was designed to make it easier for state and local law enforcement to apprehend suspected illegal aliens. Prior to last week's decision, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) had filed an amicus brief supporting the Arizona law. Consequently, the law firm shared the disappointment with other border-enforcement activists once the final decision was reached." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/02/az-immigration-decision-frustrates-american-people/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/aclj-asks-commission-to-make-n-y-building-a-landmark-to-keep-mosque-from-being-built/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/aclj-asks-commission-to-make-n-y-building-a-landmark-to-keep-mosque-from-being-built/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:29:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66562 CNSNews: "Jordan Sekulow, attorney for the American Center for Law and Justice, said the group has filed written testimony with the New York Landmark Preservation Commission to try to halt the joint plan of the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement to build a mosque to replace a building just two blocks from Ground Zero. The landing gear of one of the planes commandeered by Muslim terrorists on Sept. 11 crashed through the roof of the building that the ACLJ wants to preserve." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/aclj-asks-commission-to-make-n-y-building-a-landmark-to-keep-mosque-from-being-built/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/planos-liberty-institute-expands-reach-from-candy-cane-pens-to-palin-prayer-cross-on-federal-land/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/planos-liberty-institute-expands-reach-from-candy-cane-pens-to-palin-prayer-cross-on-federal-land/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:22:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66482 The Dallas Morning News: "In recent years, Liberty has moved to extend its reach and has tapped into the growing field of Christian legal advocacy. It has become involved in national conservative causes from a Mojave Desert cross to the National Day of Prayer. Along the way, the nonprofit's annual budget has quadrupled to more $2 million. It has merged with its parent policy organization endorsed by evangelist James Dobson, opened an Austin office and relocated its headquarters to a building for Christian ministries." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/planos-liberty-institute-expands-reach-from-candy-cane-pens-to-palin-prayer-cross-on-federal-land/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/interview-bus-driver-fired-for-refusing-to-drive-woman-to-abortion-clinic/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/interview-bus-driver-fired-for-refusing-to-drive-woman-to-abortion-clinic/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:28:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66188 LifeSiteNews: "The native Texan told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) that CARTS officials abruptly terminated him for declining to drive a woman to Planned Parenthood's South Austin facility, after he discovered that the facility performed abortions. ... Graning said that no protocol for orders to drive people to abortion clinics had ever been discussed. 'I'm a Christian ... I love the Lord and I'm not going to be a part of something like this,' said Graning, a former pastor. He pointed out that the woman quickly received a ride from another bus." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/interview-bus-driver-fired-for-refusing-to-drive-woman-to-abortion-clinic/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/obama-gains-evangelical-allies-on-immigration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/obama-gains-evangelical-allies-on-immigration/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:36:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=65823 New York Times: "At a time when the prospects for immigration overhaul seem most dim, supporters have unleashed a secret weapon: a group of influential evangelical Christian leaders. Normally on the opposite side of political issues backed by the Obama White House, these leaders are aligning with the president to support an overhaul that would include some path to legalization for illegal immigrants already here. They are preaching from pulpits, conducting conference calls with pastors and testifying in Washington — as they did last Wednesday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/obama-gains-evangelical-allies-on-immigration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/12/challenged-court-using-feelings-as-case-decider/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/12/challenged-court-using-feelings-as-case-decider/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:06:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/12/challenged-court-using-feelings-as-case-decider/ WorldNetDaily: "A district judge's decision that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional is being challenged on the argument, submitted in friend-of-the-court briefs to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, that never before has any court decided that "hurt feelings" are grounds for making a claim. 'The district court in this case embraced an entirely novel – and improper – basis for standing: hurt feelings,' said the brief submitted by the American Center for Law and Justice. "Never has the Supreme Court endorsed anything like such a wide-open concept of access to federal adjudication." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/12/challenged-court-using-feelings-as-case-decider/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/02/aclj-wins-9th-circuit-appeal-in-massive-fraud-case-against-planned-parenthood-affiliates-in-california/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/02/aclj-wins-9th-circuit-appeal-in-massive-fraud-case-against-planned-parenthood-affiliates-in-california/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:08:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64974 ACLJ: "The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in favor of the American Center for Law and Justice’s (ACLJ) client in a multi-million dollar fraud case against Planned Parenthood (PP) affiliates in California. ... The allegation in this case is that PP affiliates in California illegally marked up the supposed cost of various birth control drugs when seeking government reimbursement, resulting in tens of millions of dollars of overbilling – at taxpayer expense. State audits in both California and Washington State have found PP affiliates guilty of overbilling." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/02/aclj-wins-9th-circuit-appeal-in-massive-fraud-case-against-planned-parenthood-affiliates-in-california/feed/ 0