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/2011/06/16/phyllis-schlafly-crosses-can-stay-in-italy%e2%80%99s-classrooms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/phyllis-schlafly-crosses-can-stay-in-italy%e2%80%99s-classrooms/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:40:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106530 The Moral Liberal: I would hate to admit that Italy has more freedom of religion than the United States, where we like to brag about our First Amendment rights . . . A conservative public-interest law firm in the United States, called the Alliance Defense Fund, persuaded the judges to allow 33 members of the European Parliament to intervene in this lawsuit. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/phyllis-schlafly-crosses-can-stay-in-italy%e2%80%99s-classrooms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/alaska-nominee-says-sex-outside-of-marriage-should-be-illegal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/alaska-nominee-says-sex-outside-of-marriage-should-be-illegal/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:11:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99071 Miami Herald: The candidate, Don Haase of Valdez, also admitted under questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that his official resume failed to disclose his leadership role in Eagle Forum Alaska, which advocates for social conservative issues. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/alaska-nominee-says-sex-outside-of-marriage-should-be-illegal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/pro-lifers-to-boehner-fight-for-planned-parenthood-de-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/pro-lifers-to-boehner-fight-for-planned-parenthood-de-funding/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:37:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96537 LifeNews: "A few dozen leaders of pro-life organizations sent House Speaker John Boehner a letter on Thursday asking him to fight for the Pence Amendment — the legislative language preventing the Planned Parenthood abortion business from receiving any taxpayer funds under the Continuing Resolution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/pro-lifers-to-boehner-fight-for-planned-parenthood-de-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/11/preserving-americas-godly-foundation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/11/preserving-americas-godly-foundation/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:33:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90771 One News Now: "Callers can dial into the conference call and hear speakers from organizations like the Pacific Justice Institute, Eagle Forum, and the Alliance Defense Fund. The PreserveLiberty.com consultant encourages believers to continue to labor in prayer and remember God's faithfulness towards America, but he says they must also be prepared to engage their culture." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/11/preserving-americas-godly-foundation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/20/social-conservatives-craft-economic-vision-fit-for-the-times/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/20/social-conservatives-craft-economic-vision-fit-for-the-times/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:11:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77543 The Daily Caller: "Social conservatives . . . are now on the defensive. Federal courts continue to march against their priorities . . . among the ranks of Republican elites in Washington, D.C., acceptance of gay rights is on the march . . . Faced with these obstacles, leaders of the social conservative movement are crafting a vision fit for the times with a heavy emphasis on economic issues and scaled back ambitions that might have been shocking in their modesty only a few years ago." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/20/social-conservatives-craft-economic-vision-fit-for-the-times/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/social-conservatives-offer-lukewarm-support-of-would-be-speaker-boehner/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/social-conservatives-offer-lukewarm-support-of-would-be-speaker-boehner/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:22:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76851 The Daily Caller: "Two weeks out from an election in which Republicans are poised to make major gains, top social conservatives are voicing decidedly tepid support for House Minority Leader John Boehner, who stands ready to take the Speaker’s gavel if Republicans take the House in November . . . Struggling for relevance amidst the rise of Tea Party activists energized by spending, small government and economic issues, social conservatives had to fight Boehner to get language promoting traditional marriage into the GOP's 'Pledge to America.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/social-conservatives-offer-lukewarm-support-of-would-be-speaker-boehner/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/an-agenda-that-america-has-repeatedly-rejected/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/an-agenda-that-america-has-repeatedly-rejected/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:18:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73928 California Catholic Daily: "'What’s at stake in this case is bigger than California and bigger even than marriage,' said ADF senior counsel [Brian Raum]. 'These briefs demonstrate the wide-ranging concerns about marriage, voter rights, judicial activism, religious liberty, and other issues and how they will be affected nationwide if this lawsuit is allowed to prevail. A diverse number of Americans understand that this lawsuit seeks to impose -- through a San Francisco court -- an agenda that America has repeatedly rejected.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/an-agenda-that-america-has-repeatedly-rejected/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/18/conservatives-call-to-keep-dadt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/18/conservatives-call-to-keep-dadt/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:38:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52444 Advocate: "Leaders of antigay groups, including Center for Military Readiness president Elaine Donnelly (pictured), will hold a press conference Thursday afternoon to call for maintaining the military’s antigay 'don’t ask, don’t tell' policy . . . Joining Donnelly at the press conference, according to information obtained by People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog, will be . . . Jordan W. Lorence of the Alliance Defense Fund. . . ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/18/conservatives-call-to-keep-dadt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/30/broad-federation-of-faith-based-organizations-gathers-to-mobilize-grassroots-movement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/30/broad-federation-of-faith-based-organizations-gathers-to-mobilize-grassroots-movement/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:11:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=28699 Liberty Counsel: "Today a federation of some of the largest faith-based organizations in the country gathered in the Nation’s capital to plan, strategize, and work together on common interests within the Judeo-Christian tradition to mobilize their grassroots constituencies and to communicate faith and values to the religious, social, cultural, and policymaking institutions. The constituents of these organizations are concerned about the spiritual, moral, cultural, and economic condition of the Nation. The Freedom Federation is a federation of individual, national, multi-ethnic and transgenerational organizations and leaders. The Freedom Federation is not a separate organization. It is a federation of organizations with large and unique constituencies that share common core values . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/30/broad-federation-of-faith-based-organizations-gathers-to-mobilize-grassroots-movement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/iowa-debate-did-republicans-do-enough-on-marriage-issue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/iowa-debate-did-republicans-do-enough-on-marriage-issue/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 23:09:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23647 CoveringIowaPolitics.com: "In an letter to fellow social conservatives, Bill Salier of Everyday America, former Rep. Danny Carroll of the Iowa Family Policy Center, former Sen. Kitty Rehberg of the Eagle Forum and Pastor Brad Cranston of Iowa Baptists for Biblical Values said they were disappointed more wasn’t done to move the marriage amendment in the waning days of the session. 'The unwillingness of Senate Republicans to stand on principle and break with senate tradition has revealed much about the vacuum of leadership in the Senate,' they wrote." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/iowa-debate-did-republicans-do-enough-on-marriage-issue/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/homeschooling-is-the-primary-issue-for-the-parental-rights-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/homeschooling-is-the-primary-issue-for-the-parental-rights-amendment/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 18:38:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23593 writing at Religion Dispatches: "The desire to forward the bill as something with a more universal appeal is likely why, though the board of the Parentalrights.org website it overwhelmingly affiliated with the homeschooling movement, little mention has been made of it as an issue. Indeed, of the HSLDA-dominated Parentalrights.org 'top ten' list of treaty targets, homeschooling doesn’t even make an appearance. But that doesn’t mean that homeschoolers are any less its core constituency; just that they’ll be working more quietly behind the scenes, and defending their interests through appeals to non-homeschooling parents." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/homeschooling-is-the-primary-issue-for-the-parental-rights-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/29/the-man-behind-parental-rights-amendment-farris-championed-homeschooling-built-college-local-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/29/the-man-behind-parental-rights-amendment-farris-championed-homeschooling-built-college-local-church/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:55:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=22706 WorldNetDaily: "Remarkable is a word reserved for very few extraordinary men to describe their contributions and legacies, but it captures the nature, charisma, consistency and work of Michael P. Farris," Star Parker said. The media spotlight currently is on Farris again as the Parental Rights Amendment makes its way through Congress. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/29/the-man-behind-parental-rights-amendment-farris-championed-homeschooling-built-college-local-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/12/missouri-academy-helps-citizens-get-connected/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/12/missouri-academy-helps-citizens-get-connected/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:45:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=15393 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/12/missouri-academy-helps-citizens-get-connected/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/08/exodus-california-christian-groups-unite-to-remove-children-from-public-schoools/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/08/exodus-california-christian-groups-unite-to-remove-children-from-public-schoools/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:00:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/adf.php/2008/02/08/exodus-california-christian-groups-unite-to-remove-children-from-public-schoools/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/08/exodus-california-christian-groups-unite-to-remove-children-from-public-schoools/feed/ 0