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/2011/11/16/brooklyn-museum-to-display-video-criticized-as-anti-christian/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/brooklyn-museum-to-display-video-criticized-as-anti-christian/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:23:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118787 Reuters: The Brooklyn Museum said a controversial video artwork of ants crawling on a crucifix will be displayed this week despite lawmakers' complaints that it is anti-Christian and may endanger the institute's public funding. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/brooklyn-museum-to-display-video-criticized-as-anti-christian/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/catholic-league-clergybanned-from-911-nyc-ceremony/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/catholic-league-clergybanned-from-911-nyc-ceremony/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:46:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111781 Catholic League: The reason given for this grand act of censorship is spurious: Bloomberg's office says the focus should be on the families who lost their loved ones. According to this logic, when the clergy are invited to speak at public events, or to open ceremonies with an invocation, they are detracting—not adding—to the overall theme. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/catholic-league-clergybanned-from-911-nyc-ceremony/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/catholic-league-christian-foes-hit-the-marketplace/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/catholic-league-christian-foes-hit-the-marketplace/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:26:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111702 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/catholic-league-christian-foes-hit-the-marketplace/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/05/air-force-attacked-by-religious-foes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/05/air-force-attacked-by-religious-foes/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:01:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110031 Catholic League: The U.S. Air Force has suspended a class at Vandenberg Air Force Base after complaints that it violates church and state. Bill Donohue responded with this letter to Gen. Edward A. Rice, Jr., the Commander of Air Education and Training: ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/05/air-force-attacked-by-religious-foes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/02/catholic-league-obama-plays-catch-22-with-religious-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/02/catholic-league-obama-plays-catch-22-with-religious-groups/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:39:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109673 Catholic League: In other words, the Obama administration is playing Catch-22 with religious employers. If they are too religious, Catholic social service agencies risk losing federal funds, but if Catholic hospitals are not sufficiently religious, they cannot be exempt from carrying health insurance policies that transgress their religious tenets. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/02/catholic-league-obama-plays-catch-22-with-religious-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/catholic-league-for-religious-and-civil-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/catholic-league-for-religious-and-civil-rights/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:47:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107132 Catholic League: Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains why he is opposed to funding faith-based programs under President Obama . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/catholic-league-for-religious-and-civil-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/catholic-league-where-gay-marriage-is-headed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/catholic-league-where-gay-marriage-is-headed/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:46:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107130 Catholic League: Ultimately, this issue will not be resolved in the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court: it will be decided by a constitutional amendment. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/catholic-league-where-gay-marriage-is-headed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/09/catholic-league-u-n-panels-bogus-appeal-to-ireland/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/09/catholic-league-u-n-panels-bogus-appeal-to-ireland/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:17:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105895 Catholic League: For Religious and Civil Rights: The Irish government correctly notes that it cannot "rewrite its history or right the wrongs that were done." It should have used stronger language: it is obscene for an international body to hold the women religious of one nation accountable for alleged abuses that took place nearly a century ago. If this is the new standard of justice, then no nation can claim innocence. What's driving this initiative is more than revisionist history—it smacks of an agenda. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/09/catholic-league-u-n-panels-bogus-appeal-to-ireland/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/catholic-league-catholic-views-on-gay-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/catholic-league-catholic-views-on-gay-marriage/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:03:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99017 Catholic League: Indeed, as a practicing Catholic, I never once heard a homily on homosexuality; even passing references have been few. A recent ABC News and Washington Post poll disclosed that, for the first time, the majority of Americans favor homosexual marriage (53 percent). It should be kept in mind, however, that public opinion polls are not an accurate barometer of serious public sentiment: there have been more than 30 state initiatives on this subject, and never once have voters elected to support same-sex marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/catholic-league-catholic-views-on-gay-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/03/catholic-league-christian-and-sikh-students-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/03/catholic-league-christian-and-sikh-students-rights/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:47:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94558 Catholic League: "Tomorrow, a fifth-grader in a Los Angeles public school will be allowed to sing a song at a talent show that mentions Jesus, but only because his mother acquired the services of the Alliance Defense Fund threatening a lawsuit: he was initially denied the right to sing the song, "We Shine," because it mentions Jesus too many times (it was not disclosed how many times it would take to violate the unwritten quota)." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/03/catholic-league-christian-and-sikh-students-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/readers-to-staten-island-authorities-leave-baby-jesus-alone/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/readers-to-staten-island-authorities-leave-baby-jesus-alone/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:48:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86113 Staten Island Advance: "A Nativity scene’s removal from the St. George Ferry Terminal has sparked an online debate still raging about political correctness and the celebration of Christmas." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/readers-to-staten-island-authorities-leave-baby-jesus-alone/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/08/boca-raton-under-fire-for-menorah-display/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/08/boca-raton-under-fire-for-menorah-display/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:52:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85348 Jewish Telegraphic Agency: "A Catholic civil rights organization is accusing Boca Raton, Fla., of discrimination for buying and displaying menorahs in public buildings without including a nativity scene." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/08/boca-raton-under-fire-for-menorah-display/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/npr-smithsonian-under-fire-for-gay-portraiture-exhibit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/npr-smithsonian-under-fire-for-gay-portraiture-exhibit/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:06:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84906 NPR: But included in that meditation is a crucifix — a cross bearing the body of Christ — crawling with ants . . . Donohue says he complained to members of Congress and the Smithsonian's Board of Regents. "My principle is very simple," he says, "If it's wrong for the government to take the taxpayers' money to promote religion, why is it OK to take taxpayers' money to assault religion?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/npr-smithsonian-under-fire-for-gay-portraiture-exhibit/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/2010/11/17/wa-governor-wont-display-nativity-set-indoors/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/wa-governor-wont-display-nativity-set-indoors/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:56:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82527 The News Tribune: "A New York-based Catholic group has sent a small Nativity set to each of the 50 governors, including Gov. Chris Gregoire, but it won’t be going up inside Washington’s Capitol . . . Holiday displays have had a rugged history at the Capitol in recent years . . . Wesselius sued with help from the Alliance Defense Fund, a national advocacy group for religious freedom that has offices in Arizona. That led to a legal settlement in October 2007 and a new GA policy to set aside certain areas for holiday displays." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/wa-governor-wont-display-nativity-set-indoors/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/catholic-league-un-anti-blasphemy-resolution-is-flawed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/catholic-league-un-anti-blasphemy-resolution-is-flawed/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:44:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81271 Catholic League Press Release: "It is not just that this U.N. resolution is poorly worded, it is the intent behind it: it is being promoted by member states that are known for disrespecting human rights, including, most spectacularly, religious liberties." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/09/catholic-league-un-anti-blasphemy-resolution-is-flawed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/now-feminists-attacks-catholic-church-catholic-league-response-homosexual-priests-not-interested-in-girls/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/now-feminists-attacks-catholic-church-catholic-league-response-homosexual-priests-not-interested-in-girls/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 19:16:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/now-feminists-attacks-catholic-church-catholic-league-response-homosexual-priests-not-interested-in-girls/ The Catholic League: ". . . NOW is calling on the authorities to investigate sexual abuse in the 'male-dominated Catholic Church,' claiming that 'girls as much as boys' are victims of sexual abuse. But the female-dominated organization is wrong as usual: homosexual priests, who commit most of the abuse, are not interested in girls . . . " | NOW press release: NOW President Calls for Fundamental Reform to Stop Clergy Sexual Abuse | Related post: Is the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church a “gay” scandal ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/now-feminists-attacks-catholic-church-catholic-league-response-homosexual-priests-not-interested-in-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/catholic-league-ny-times-editorial-creep-confuses-pedophilia-with-homosexual-behavior/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/catholic-league-ny-times-editorial-creep-confuses-pedophilia-with-homosexual-behavior/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:04:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/catholic-league-ny-times-editorial-creep-confuses-pedophilia-with-homosexual-behavior/ Catholic League: "[NY Times writer Rachel Donadio] . . . consistently refers to the problem as pedophilia. Perhaps Ms. Donadio missed reading the Times story of April 10 on Leslie Lothstein, a psychologist who has treated about 300 priests. He says that "only a small minority were true pedophiles." Correct. All the data show that most of the molesters have been homosexuals . . . " NY Times article by Rachel Danadio: In Abuse Crisis, a Church Is Pitted Against Society and Itself ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/catholic-league-ny-times-editorial-creep-confuses-pedophilia-with-homosexual-behavior/feed/ 2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/new-york-times-finds-more-gay-abusers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/new-york-times-finds-more-gay-abusers/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:30:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/new-york-times-finds-more-gay-abusers/ Catholic League: "Because there isn't a whole lot more to this story, it just underscores our accusation that the point is to cast doubt on the pope's commitment to ending abuse. In other words, this is pure politics. Nonetheless, the story contains some unintended chestnuts. How so? It shows, without ever saying so, that homosexuality was once again the problem." Katrin Bennhold writing at the NY Times: Future Pope’s Role in Abuse Case Was Complex ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/new-york-times-finds-more-gay-abusers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/not-all-gay-sex-is-abusive/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/not-all-gay-sex-is-abusive/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:49:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/not-all-gay-sex-is-abusive/ Catholic League: "If a 17-year old guy has sex with an older guy for twenty years, and continues to have sex with him at the age of 38—while he is married with children—is there anyone who would believe his claim that he was sexually abused? The answer is yes: the New York Times would . . . Why would the New York Times try to sell this so-called abuse story with a straight face? For two reasons: it wallows in stories designed to weaken the moral authority of the Catholic Church, and it is so gay-friendly as to be gay-crazy." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/not-all-gay-sex-is-abusive/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/05/gay-cover-up-must-end/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/05/gay-cover-up-must-end/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:47:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/05/gay-cover-up-must-end/ Catholic League: ". . . even though priests have less access to males, homosexual priests are molesting them at a higher rate. It's time to end the gay cover-up once and for all . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/05/gay-cover-up-must-end/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/pelosi-lies-about-catholic-support/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/pelosi-lies-about-catholic-support/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:48:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/pelosi-lies-about-catholic-support/ Catholic League: " . . . Then Pelosi lied. She said she is grateful for the support of 60 orders of nuns, not mentioning that the letter she received had a whopping total of 55 signatories. Worse, she had the gall to say that this represents 'every order you can think of.' Wrong. In fact, there are 793 religious communities, which means she heard from seven-and-a-half percent of them. Moreover, since there are approximately 65,000 nuns in the U.S., that means she was contacted by .0008 percent of them . . . Shameless is too kind a word to use to describe what Pelosi did today." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/pelosi-lies-about-catholic-support/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/26/air-force-retracted-perkins-invitation-after-criticism-of-obamas-dadt-position/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/26/air-force-retracted-perkins-invitation-after-criticism-of-obamas-dadt-position/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:40:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53502 CNSNews: "Perkins said he took to the FRC Web site to oppose Obama’s policy proposal, and urged Congress to retain the current law which excludes homosexuals from openly serving in the military . . . 'Dear Mr. Perkins: I wish to thank you for accepting our initial invitation to speak at our national prayer luncheon on Feb. 25,' it stated. '(H)owever, we must rescind the invitation due to statements posted on the Family Research Council Web site which are incompatible in our role as military members who serve our elected officials and our commander-in-chief.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/26/air-force-retracted-perkins-invitation-after-criticism-of-obamas-dadt-position/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/25/catholic-league-tony-perkins-censored-at-air-force-base/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/25/catholic-league-tony-perkins-censored-at-air-force-base/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:41:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53424 Catholic League: "I will now contact Major General Darrell D. Jones, Commander of the Air Force District of Washington, at Andrews Air Force Base asking for a probe into this matter." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/25/catholic-league-tony-perkins-censored-at-air-force-base/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/catholic-league-congress-should-probe-air-force-academy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/catholic-league-congress-should-probe-air-force-academy/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:13:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50830 Catholic League: "We need to know why hypersensitivity to non-Christians has evolved into insensitivity to Christians." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/catholic-league-congress-should-probe-air-force-academy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/27/catholic-league-prop-8-trial-demonizes-catholicism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/27/catholic-league-prop-8-trial-demonizes-catholicism/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:54:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=49830 Catholic League: "As the Catholic Church has long noted, there is a huge difference between condemning sinful behavior and condemning those who engage in it. It is even more preposterous to sanction incivility against sinners by the self-righteous. Plato condemned sodomy. Jefferson thought it should be a felony. Neither was Catholic. And neither they, nor the Catholic Church, ever thought it was okay for gay bashers to act out their hatred . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/27/catholic-league-prop-8-trial-demonizes-catholicism/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/22/catholic-league-role-of-religion-skewed-in-prop-8-trial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/22/catholic-league-role-of-religion-skewed-in-prop-8-trial/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:39:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=49421 Catholic League: "Lawyers for the anti-Prop 8 side are touting Stanford University professor Gary Segura’s testimony that religious groups which supported Prop 8 constituted 34 percent of the nation’s population, while only 2 percent of religions opposed it. His comment was grossly misleading . . . Second, over 100 faith-based organizations, listed on the website of Vote NO on Prop 8, support gay marriage and worked hard to defeat Prop 8." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/22/catholic-league-role-of-religion-skewed-in-prop-8-trial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/raunchy-christmas-plays-abound/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/raunchy-christmas-plays-abound/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:30:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=44949 Catholic League: "For whatever reason, there are more raunchy Christmas plays this year than ever before. Not surprisingly, many are gay-themed, most are confined to the east and west coasts, and all are loved by art critics. The plays run the gamut from the irreverent to the vulgar." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/raunchy-christmas-plays-abound/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/23/obama-supporting-homosexual-activist-to-out-sexually-involved-priests-unless-they-support-gay-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/23/obama-supporting-homosexual-activist-to-out-sexually-involved-priests-unless-they-support-gay-marriage/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:33:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=43249 LifeSiteNews: "A new homosexual website, ChurchOuting.org, is intent on publicly disclosing who the gay priests are in the Archdiocese of Washington. The goal of this outing is to intimidate gay priests, as well as heterosexual priests who may be 'romantically involved,' into voicing objections to the Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage. " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/23/obama-supporting-homosexual-activist-to-out-sexually-involved-priests-unless-they-support-gay-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/12/democrat-questions-catholic-group%e2%80%99s-tax-exempt-status-after-bishops-pressed-for-ban-on-abortion-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/12/democrat-questions-catholic-group%e2%80%99s-tax-exempt-status-after-bishops-pressed-for-ban-on-abortion-funding/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:20:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42085 CNSNews: "Catholic bishops did nothing wrong in pressing Congress to bar federal funding of abortion in the Democrats’ health care reform bills, and any IRS investigation resulting from the bishops’ stance would be construed as harassment, the Catholic League said on Wednesday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/12/democrat-questions-catholic-group%e2%80%99s-tax-exempt-status-after-bishops-pressed-for-ban-on-abortion-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/03/war-on-christmas-commences/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/03/war-on-christmas-commences/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:51:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=41217 Catholic League: "For almost three decades, there has been a Christmas parade in Amelia, Ohio, a village outside Cincinnati. But this year there will be none. That’s because one person complained, village solicitor Laura Abrams. Her complaint: the word 'Christmas.' In response, the village changed the name to the 'Holiday Parade,' though it did not say what holiday was being celebrated. Understandably, this dishonest scheme created a furor, the result being—just to play it safe—there will be no parade." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/03/war-on-christmas-commences/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/28/opposite-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/28/opposite-sex-marriage/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:08:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=40606 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/28/opposite-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/27/does-health-care-cover-abortion-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/27/does-health-care-cover-abortion-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:02:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34402 Wall Street Journal: "We often think of abortion as a black-and-white issue. But when it comes to the question of whether health care reform bills 'cover' or provide 'taxpayer support" for abortion, there are many shades of gray. As of now, neither side is entirely telling the whole truth about what the bills do. On some aspects, Obama and his allies have misled; on others, pro-lifers have. More important, some of this does not involve matters of 'fact' or 'truth' or 'lies,' but rather subjective judgment calls, a land where ideologues don't function well, but legislators must." LifeNews: BeliefNet's Steve Waldman Gets it Wrong on Abortion Funding in Health Care Bills ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/27/does-health-care-cover-abortion-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/12/eeoc-charlotte-under-scrutiny/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/12/eeoc-charlotte-under-scrutiny/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:39:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32776 Catholic League has submitted a letter to the EEOC in connection with its investigation of a Catholic College in North Carolina due to its refusal to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/12/eeoc-charlotte-under-scrutiny/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/20/abortion-as-health-care-obama-wants-us-to-pay-for-it/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/20/abortion-as-health-care-obama-wants-us-to-pay-for-it/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:46:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30526 Catholic League: "If the Bush administration had said that it wants to seek 'common ground' on gun control, and then decided to subsidize handguns in high crime areas, it would have been condemned from high heaven." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/20/abortion-as-health-care-obama-wants-us-to-pay-for-it/feed/ 1