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/2011/12/13/kathleen-gallagher-of-the-ny-catholic-conference-on-ynn-news-choose-life-on-ny-license-plates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/kathleen-gallagher-of-the-ny-catholic-conference-on-ynn-news-choose-life-on-ny-license-plates/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:49:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120711 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/kathleen-gallagher-of-the-ny-catholic-conference-on-ynn-news-choose-life-on-ny-license-plates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/17/choose-life-custom-license-plates-allowed-in-ny/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/17/choose-life-custom-license-plates-allowed-in-ny/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:31:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118847 Christian Post: Attorney Jeffrey Shafer from The Alliance Defense Fund, who is representing the pro-life organization, said that First Amendment rights were at stake here, and he was confident that the ruling would stand and allow even more states to adopt the plates. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/17/choose-life-custom-license-plates-allowed-in-ny/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/alan-e-sears-in-new-york-a-victory-for-the-pro-life-message/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/alan-e-sears-in-new-york-a-victory-for-the-pro-life-message/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:29:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118712 TellADF Blog: In a day when so many Christians in America are under legal attack for things like handing out gospel tracts on a public sidewalk, leading a prayer before a public meeting, or even wishing someone a “Merry Christmas,” it’s perhaps not surprising that some states and groups have tried to drive efforts to create life-affirming license plates off the road. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/alan-e-sears-in-new-york-a-victory-for-the-pro-life-message/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/ny-drivers-can-now-%e2%80%9cchoose-life%e2%80%9d-over-death/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/ny-drivers-can-now-%e2%80%9cchoose-life%e2%80%9d-over-death/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:57:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118572 Greeley Gazette: ADF Senior Counsel, Jeff Shafer, says the court’s ruling is a victory for free speech. “Pro-adoption organizations should be allowed to express their message as part of a program where others are freely allowed to express theirs,” Shafer continued “The state's not authorized to censor The Children First Foundation for its life-affirming viewpoint, but it's gotten away with doing so for ten years now since the application was first submitted.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/ny-drivers-can-now-%e2%80%9cchoose-life%e2%80%9d-over-death/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/ny-state-to-review-decision-on-choose-life-plates-democrat-and-chronicle/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/ny-state-to-review-decision-on-choose-life-plates-democrat-and-chronicle/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:52:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118470 Democrat and Chronicle: Jeffrey Shafer, an attorney with the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, contended the foundation has a strong case in New York. The Alliance Defense Fund, a pro-life group, is representing the foundation. "I think if (the state) were to make the decision to take it on appeal, I think we would still prevail," Shafer said. "I think the facts of this case are clearly demonstrative of a First Amendment violation." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/ny-state-to-review-decision-on-choose-life-plates-democrat-and-chronicle/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/court-orders-new-york-to-allow-%e2%80%98choose-life%e2%80%99-license-plates-lifesitenews-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/court-orders-new-york-to-allow-%e2%80%98choose-life%e2%80%99-license-plates-lifesitenews-com/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:23:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118455 LifeSiteNews.com: “Pro-adoption organizations have the right to a specialty license plate on the same terms as any other organization, and the court’s decision affirms that,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jeff Shafer. “The state is not authorized to censor The Children First Foundation for its life-affirming viewpoint, but it has gotten away with doing so for 10 years now since the application was first submitted.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/court-orders-new-york-to-allow-%e2%80%98choose-life%e2%80%99-license-plates-lifesitenews-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/court-ny-can-choose-pro-life-tags-onenewsnow-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/court-ny-can-choose-pro-life-tags-onenewsnow-com/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:01:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118441 OneNewsNow.com: "Pro-adoption organizations have the right to a specialty license plate on the same terms as any other organization, and the court's decision affirms that," Shafer shares. "The state's not authorized to censor The Children First Foundation for its life-affirming viewpoint, but it's gotten away with doing so for ten years now since the application was first submitted." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/court-ny-can-choose-pro-life-tags-onenewsnow-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/federal-judge-gives-go-ahead-to-new-york-%e2%80%9cchoose-life%e2%80%9d-license-plate-nrl-news-today/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/federal-judge-gives-go-ahead-to-new-york-%e2%80%9cchoose-life%e2%80%9d-license-plate-nrl-news-today/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:48:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118434 NRL News Today: The Alliance Defense Fund first took the case in 2004 and its lawsuit prompted then-Governor George Pataki to impose a moratorium on all requests for custom license plates. Shafer says about the state has denied about another 100 requests because of the moratorium. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/federal-judge-gives-go-ahead-to-new-york-%e2%80%9cchoose-life%e2%80%9d-license-plate-nrl-news-today/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/judge-says-new-yorks-refusal-to-issue-choose-life-license-plates-violates-first-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/judge-says-new-yorks-refusal-to-issue-choose-life-license-plates-violates-first-amendment/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:46:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118432 ABA Journal: The Alliance Defense Fund represented the group, according to a press release. ADF lawyer Jeffrey Shafer told AP that 28 other states offer Choose Life plates and the Illinois case was “kind of an odd turn, an anomalous result.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/judge-says-new-yorks-refusal-to-issue-choose-life-license-plates-violates-first-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/federal-court-orders-n-y-to-approve-choose-life-license-plates-christian-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/federal-court-orders-n-y-to-approve-choose-life-license-plates-christian-post/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:42:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118304 Christian Post: Pro-adoption organizations have the right to a specialty license plate on the same terms as any other organization, and the court’s decision affirms that,” ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jeff Shafer said in a statement. “The state is not authorized to censor The Children First Foundation for its life-affirming viewpoint, but it has gotten away with doing so for 10 years now since the application was first submitted.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/federal-court-orders-n-y-to-approve-choose-life-license-plates-christian-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/new-york-court-gives-choose-life-license-plate-a-victory-lifenews-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/new-york-court-gives-choose-life-license-plate-a-victory-lifenews-com/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:40:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118302 LifeNews.com: DF Senior Legal Counsel Jeff Shafer told LifeNews today that he’s glad the appeals court has now sided with the Choose Life plates. “Pro-adoption organizations have the right to a specialty license plate on the same terms as any other organization, and the court’s decision affirms that,” he said. “The state is not authorized to censor The Children First Foundation for its life-affirming viewpoint, but it has gotten away with doing so for 10 years now since the application was first submitted.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/new-york-court-gives-choose-life-license-plate-a-victory-lifenews-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/%e2%80%98choose-life%e2%80%99-plates-win-a-round-albany-times-union/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/%e2%80%98choose-life%e2%80%99-plates-win-a-round-albany-times-union/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:36:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118300 Albany Times Union: Here’s the release from the Alliance Defense Fund and then from the Catholic Conference, which was not a party to the suit but whose members support their aims. Alliance Defense Fund . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/%e2%80%98choose-life%e2%80%99-plates-win-a-round-albany-times-union/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/new-york-state-shouldve-allowed-anti-abortion-vanity-plate-federal-judge-in-syracuse-rules-syracuse-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/new-york-state-shouldve-allowed-anti-abortion-vanity-plate-federal-judge-in-syracuse-rules-syracuse-com/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:29:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118298 Syracuse.com: The state has denied another 100 or so other requests because of the moratorium, said Jeffry Shafer, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund, which represented Children First. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/new-york-state-shouldve-allowed-anti-abortion-vanity-plate-federal-judge-in-syracuse-rules-syracuse-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/court-rules-new-york-must-permit-%e2%80%9cchoose-life%e2%80%9d-license-plates-politics-on-the-hudson/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/court-rules-new-york-must-permit-%e2%80%9cchoose-life%e2%80%9d-license-plates-politics-on-the-hudson/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:26:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118296 Politics on the Hudson: The Alliance Defense Fund first brought the case in August 2004 after the DMV rejected the license plate, claiming it might offend some New Yorkers. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/court-rules-new-york-must-permit-%e2%80%9cchoose-life%e2%80%9d-license-plates-politics-on-the-hudson/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/after-seven-year-lawsuit-federal-court-allows-choose-life-license-plate-fox-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/after-seven-year-lawsuit-federal-court-allows-choose-life-license-plate-fox-news/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:23:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118292 Fox News: "Pro-adoption organizations have the right to a specialty license plate on the same terms as any other organization, and the court’s decision affirms that,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jeff Shafer. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/after-seven-year-lawsuit-federal-court-allows-choose-life-license-plate-fox-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/judge-backs-choose-life-ny-license-plates-ap-on-wsj/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/judge-backs-choose-life-ny-license-plates-ap-on-wsj/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:18:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118288 WSJ.com (AP): Attorney Jeffrey Shafer of the Alliance Defense Fund, who argued on behalf of the foundation, said state lawyers have 30 days to file a notice of appeal. Otherwise, McCurn's order will take effect. He said that would make New York the 29th state with "Choose Life" license plates. "Illinois was kind of an odd turn, an anomalous result," Shafer said. "We've had success in just about every other state we've sought to have some progress in this issue." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/judge-backs-choose-life-ny-license-plates-ap-on-wsj/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/court-tells-ny-to-produce-choose-life-license-plates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/court-tells-ny-to-produce-choose-life-license-plates/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:09:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118242 Examiner.com (photo of Jeffrey A. Shafer): According to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) a federal court ruled Tuesday that the state of New York violated the First Amendment when it rejected a pro-adoption group’s application to sponsor a “Choose Life” specialty license plate as part of a state program. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed the lawsuit on behalf of The Children First Foundation in 2004. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/court-tells-ny-to-produce-choose-life-license-plates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/victory-for-pro-life-license-plates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/victory-for-pro-life-license-plates/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:07:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118183 MyFoxNY.com: “Pro-adoption organizations have the right to a specialty license plate on the same terms as any other organization, and the court’s decision affirms that,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jeff Shafer. “The state is not authorized to censor The Children First Foundation for its life-affirming viewpoint, but it has gotten away with doing so for 10 years now since the application was first submitted.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/victory-for-pro-life-license-plates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/adf-ny-%e2%80%98choose-life%e2%80%99-license-plates-vindicated/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/adf-ny-%e2%80%98choose-life%e2%80%99-license-plates-vindicated/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:34:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118162 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/adf-ny-%e2%80%98choose-life%e2%80%99-license-plates-vindicated/feed/ 0