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/2011/03/24/decision-against-resuming-same-sex-weddings-emboldens-prop-8-backers-but-fails-to-deter-foes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/decision-against-resuming-same-sex-weddings-emboldens-prop-8-backers-but-fails-to-deter-foes/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:21:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99043 OC Weekly: Jordan Lorence, senior vice counsel and vice president of Alliance Defense Fund, a coalition of Christian attorneys and organizations backing Prop. 8, reacts: "It is a significant development in favor of marriage." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/decision-against-resuming-same-sex-weddings-emboldens-prop-8-backers-but-fails-to-deter-foes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/elton-john-plays-calif-benefit-to-fund-prop-8-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/elton-john-plays-calif-benefit-to-fund-prop-8-case/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:06:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92573 New York Times: "The cause for this fundraiser — extravagant even when measured against Hollywood events — was the legal fight to overturn Proposition 8, the California voter initiative that banned gay marriage. At the end of the night, as the crowd headed to a long line of waiting limousines and shuttle vans, Rob Reiner, the director and a leader of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, announced that the event had raised $3 million." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/elton-john-plays-calif-benefit-to-fund-prop-8-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/23/same-sex-marriage-gets-financial-boost-from-wall-street-led-by-republicans/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/23/same-sex-marriage-gets-financial-boost-from-wall-street-led-by-republicans/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:07:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73521 New York Times: "With scores of first-time donors in the room, many of them from Wall Street, the AFER [American Foundation for Equal Rights] raised more than $1.2 million – with $100,000 coming in during and after last night’s event. The reception was chaired by three Republicans: Ken Mehlman, left, of private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company; Paul Singer of hedge fund Elliott Management; and Peter Thiel of hedge fund Clarium Capital." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/23/same-sex-marriage-gets-financial-boost-from-wall-street-led-by-republicans/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/court-overturns-same-sex-marriage-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/court-overturns-same-sex-marriage-ban/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:15:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67535 The Daily Californian: "Supporters of the marriage ban, including the Alliance Defense Fund, have said they would appeal the decision." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/court-overturns-same-sex-marriage-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/14/bush-v-gore-lawyers-unite-to-try-to-take-down-prop-8/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/14/bush-v-gore-lawyers-unite-to-try-to-take-down-prop-8/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:18:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62875 The Desert Sun: "Olson and Boies are the lawyers who once opposed each other in Bush v. Gore following the 2000 election, but now represent two unmarried same-sex couples who want to marry but can't under the ban . . . [Jim Campbell], an attorney representing the Alliance Defense Fund, which supports the gay marriage ban, said 'we've laid out a strong case for the Constitutionality of Proposition 8. We feel that the 9th Circuit (Court of Appeals) has clearly said that sexual orientation is not a suspect class,' he said." | ADFmedia.org Perry v. Schwarzenegger resource page ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/14/bush-v-gore-lawyers-unite-to-try-to-take-down-prop-8/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/cato-institute-and-center-for-american-progress-marriage-equality-for-all-couples/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/cato-institute-and-center-for-american-progress-marriage-equality-for-all-couples/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:55:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62502 Center for American Progress, and Robert A. Levy, chairman of the Cato Institute, writing in the Washington Post: "43 years after Loving, the courts are once again grappling with denial of equal marriage rights -- this time to gay couples. We believe that a society respectful of individual liberty must end this unequal treatment under the law. Toward that goal, we have agreed to co-chair the advisory board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights. The foundation helped launch the case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which is currently before a federal district court in California but is likely to be appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/cato-institute-and-center-for-american-progress-marriage-equality-for-all-couples/feed/ 0