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/2010/06/14/fl-volusia-council-voting-on-library-room-use/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/14/fl-volusia-council-voting-on-library-room-use/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:21:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62878 The Daytona Beach News-Journal: "The Volusia County Council will vote at Thursday's meeting on [a change spurred on] by a recent federal lawsuit filed by a politically active Christian group that was turned away from holding a seminar at New Smyrna Beach Regional Library. . . . Verdugo sued in February. His lawyers, with the Alliance Defense Fund, called Volusia's policy unconstitutional and sought $100 in damages and for the county to pay their fees. Alliance filed a nearly identical lawsuit on Verdugo's behalf against Osceola County in November. That suit was dropped after Osceola changed its policy." | ADF News Release of February 5, 2010 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/14/fl-volusia-council-voting-on-library-room-use/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/22/florida-library-sued-over-access-issue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/22/florida-library-sued-over-access-issue/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:26:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52698 OneNewsNow: "A Florida library slammed the door on a Christian organization and now faces a federal court suit . . . 'The time has passed -- pastors and churches should not live in fear of being punished by the government simply because of their religious speech and their religious message,' [Joel Oster] emphasizes. 'Our country is best served when churches are allowed to be the church in our communities -- and their speech should not be silenced simply because they are the church.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/22/florida-library-sued-over-access-issue/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/17/florida-man-sues-two-libraries-for-religious-discrimination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/17/florida-man-sues-two-libraries-for-religious-discrimination/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:59:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52351 American Libraries: "A Florida man has filed a religious-discrimination lawsuit against Volusia County and Library Director Lucinda Colee . . . 'Public libraries should not be posting what amounts to ‘No Religious People Allowed Here’ signs on their public meeting-room doors,' said Joel Oster, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian-rights advocacy group that is representing Verdugo. 'Having a policy explicitly designed to exclude religious groups from speaking in public meeting rooms is blatantly unconstitutional.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/17/florida-man-sues-two-libraries-for-religious-discrimination/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/christian-group-sues-library-over-rejection/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/christian-group-sues-library-over-rejection/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:06:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51990 News-Journal: "The Christian Family Coalition claims the politically active group's religious rights were violated after a request to hold a seminar at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library was denied. ... Joel Oster, a senior attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, said Christian groups should not be denied access to public meeting rooms because of their beliefs. 'Having a policy explicitly designated to exclude religious groups from meeting in public facilities is blatantly unconstitutional,' Oster said in a prepared statement." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/christian-group-sues-library-over-rejection/feed/ 0