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/2012/04/03/teach-about-easter-in-school-with-care-baptist-joint-committee-for-religious-liberty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/teach-about-easter-in-school-with-care-baptist-joint-committee-for-religious-liberty/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:41:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130239 Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty: Over at the blog of the Alliance Defense Fund, David Cortman writes that public schools shouldn't let church-state concerns dissuade from teaching the Christian meaning and celebration of Easter . . . I don't disagree with his conclusion . . . Important too is how the discussion is led, and that (along with his parenthetical name-calling) is where I part ways with Cortman's post . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/teach-about-easter-in-school-with-care-baptist-joint-committee-for-religious-liberty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/religious-groups-urge-candidates-not-to-use-religion-inappropriately/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/religious-groups-urge-candidates-not-to-use-religion-inappropriately/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:17:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126372 Religion Clause Blog: In a document titled Religion in Political Campaigns -- An Interfaith Statement of Principles, drafted by the Anti-Defamation League, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the Interfaith Alliance, the 14 groups said . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/religious-groups-urge-candidates-not-to-use-religion-inappropriately/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/left-wing-and-homosexual-organizations-ask-obama-to-stifle-religious-freedom-in-%e2%80%98faith-based%e2%80%99-initiative/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/left-wing-and-homosexual-organizations-ask-obama-to-stifle-religious-freedom-in-%e2%80%98faith-based%e2%80%99-initiative/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:10:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113869 Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Americans United for Separation of Church and State has joined a coalition of religious, education, civil rights and health organizations in a letter to President Barack Obama expressing concern over his approach to hiring bias in the “faith-based” initiative. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/left-wing-and-homosexual-organizations-ask-obama-to-stifle-religious-freedom-in-%e2%80%98faith-based%e2%80%99-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/09/forsyth-prayer-case-heading-to-court-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/09/forsyth-prayer-case-heading-to-court-2/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 21:00:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103145 MyFox8.com: Mike Johnson is a lawyer with the Christian group Alliance Defense Fund and Katherine Parker of the ACLU will argue against prayer, according to the paper. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/09/forsyth-prayer-case-heading-to-court-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/09/forsyth-prayer-case-heading-to-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/09/forsyth-prayer-case-heading-to-court/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 16:45:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103099 Winston-Salem Journal: Meanwhile, the county enlisted the help of a conservative Christian group, the Alliance Defense Fund. The ADF helped the county craft an ordinance that would regulate the invocations by opening them to all clergy on a first-come, first-served basis, with no oversight on what the clergy members could say . . . Mike Johnson, the ADF attorney for the county, called the case one with “nationwide implications.” Johnson said that no appellate court has mandated only non-sectarian invocations ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/09/forsyth-prayer-case-heading-to-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/09/4th-circuit-set-to-hear-appeal-of-legislative-prayer-injunction/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/09/4th-circuit-set-to-hear-appeal-of-legislative-prayer-injunction/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 16:43:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103097 Baptist Joint Committee: This week, a panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals is ready to hear the county's appeal - which was brought only after a local religious organization promised to pay for the Alliance Defense Fund attorney fees. (Mike Johnson quoted) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/09/4th-circuit-set-to-hear-appeal-of-legislative-prayer-injunction/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/baptist-leader-denounces-pulpit-politics/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/baptist-leader-denounces-pulpit-politics/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:27:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73722 Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty: "J. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, said the Alliance Defense Fund’s plan to provoke investigations of these houses of worship by the Internal Revenue Service could risk the tax-exempt status of the churches. ADF lawyers would then challenge the investigations in court." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/baptist-leader-denounces-pulpit-politics/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/08/video-greg-baylor-on-american-political-science-association-panel-to-discuss-cls-v-martinez/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/08/video-greg-baylor-on-american-political-science-association-panel-to-discuss-cls-v-martinez/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:00:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71430 C-SPAN: "Panelists talked about the Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 ruling in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. In that case the court ruled that a public university has the right to withdraw formal recognition of groups that do not adhere to anti-discrimination policies. Participants: [Gregory S. Baylor], Alliance Defense Fund; Kimberlee Wood Colby, Christian Legal Society; Frank Guliuzza, Patrick Henry College; Holly Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty; Richard B. Katskee, Assistant Legal Director, Americans United for Separation of Church and State." (The full video has not yet aired on C-Span as of this posting) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hB8e1c74mA ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/08/video-greg-baylor-on-american-political-science-association-panel-to-discuss-cls-v-martinez/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/law-review-broadening-the-picture-of-nineteenth-century-baptists-how-battles-with-catholicism-moved-baptists-toward-separationism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/law-review-broadening-the-picture-of-nineteenth-century-baptists-how-battles-with-catholicism-moved-baptists-toward-separationism/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:35:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70426 Broadening the Picture of Nineteenth-Century Baptists: How Battles with Catholicism Moved Baptists Toward Separationism Marty McMahone, 25 J.L. & Religion 453 (2010) "The thesis of this article is that during the early development of the United States, Baptists, while agreeing on the basic principle of religious liberty, exhibited several different streams of thought concerning the proper relationship between church and state. Baptists fought hard against the state establishments that existed at the time of the American founding. During that time (and after it as well), they did often use the phrase 'separation of church and state.' However, even during the last days of those battles, they expressed views different from modern separationism. To characterize Baptists as separationists during that time requires an equivocal understanding of the use of the term among early Baptists. Different streams of thought on separation were evident at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and they would widen into at least three different perspectives on church-state relations during the course of the century." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/law-review-broadening-the-picture-of-nineteenth-century-baptists-how-battles-with-catholicism-moved-baptists-toward-separationism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/groups-urge-congressional-hearings-on-faith-based-initiative/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/groups-urge-congressional-hearings-on-faith-based-initiative/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:31:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64683 Religion Clause: "On June 18, thirty national organizations comprising the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination, sent a letter (full text) to the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee urging it to hold hearings on the current status of the Faith-Based Initiative." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/groups-urge-congressional-hearings-on-faith-based-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/advocacy-groups-react-to-cls-v-martinez/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/advocacy-groups-react-to-cls-v-martinez/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:18:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/advocacy-groups-react-to-cls-v-martinez/ Religion Clause Blog: "Many advocacy groups and interested parties have issued statements on yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. Here is a sampling . . . " (links to press releases by numerous groups including ADF) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/advocacy-groups-react-to-cls-v-martinez/feed/ 0