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/2012/01/09/evangelicals-hurry-to-find-alternative-to-romney/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/evangelicals-hurry-to-find-alternative-to-romney/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:21:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122393 NYTimes.com: “This is the $100,000 question: Can the evangelical leadership unify behind Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Rick Perry?” said John Stemberger, president of Florida Family Policy Council. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/evangelicals-hurry-to-find-alternative-to-romney/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/9th-circuit-understands-conservative-argument/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/9th-circuit-understands-conservative-argument/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:30:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96054 One News Now: Both sides have presented their appeal in the case involving Capistrano High School student Chad Farnan, who sued his history teacher, Dr. Corbett, in April 2008 for attacking Christianity during his lectures and for calling creationism "superstitious nonsense." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/9th-circuit-understands-conservative-argument/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/california-chief-justice-views-iowa-vote-as-reason-for-change/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/california-chief-justice-views-iowa-vote-as-reason-for-change/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:32:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85100 The American Independent: "As The Iowa Independent previously reported, several out-of-state groups — New Jersey-based National Organization for Marriage, Mississippi-based American Family Association, Washington, D.C.-based Family Research Council, Washington, D.C.-based Citizens United Political Victory Fund, Georgia-based Faith & Freedom Coalition and Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund — spent nearly $1 million to defeat the Iowa justices and provided unsolicited materials directly to Iowa churches in an effort to influence congregations across the state." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/california-chief-justice-views-iowa-vote-as-reason-for-change/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/05/iowa-retention-vote-was-abused/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/05/iowa-retention-vote-was-abused/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:28:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80625 Iowa State Daily: "The extremely controversial campaign to vote "No" on judicial retention cost $1 million. Funds came from anti-gay organizations such as Mississippi-based American Family Association, Washington, D.C.-based Family Research Council, Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, Georgia-based Faith & Freedom Coalition and New Jersey-based National Organization for Marriage. Notably, none of these are directly affected by decisions made in Iowa courts." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/05/iowa-retention-vote-was-abused/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/03/iowans-vote-to-oust-all-three-supreme-court-justices/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/03/iowans-vote-to-oust-all-three-supreme-court-justices/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:26:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80010 Iowa Independent: "The highly charged campaign featured more than $1 million in spending against the judges from national anti-gay organizations like the Mississippi-based American Family Association, Washington, D.C.-based Family Research Council, Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, Georgia-based Faith & Freedom Coalition and New Jersey-based National Organization for Marriage. The campaign culminated in a 20-city bus tour across Iowa." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/03/iowans-vote-to-oust-all-three-supreme-court-justices/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/national-pro-marriage-anti-gay-groups-unite-to-target-iowa-judges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/national-pro-marriage-anti-gay-groups-unite-to-target-iowa-judges/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:35:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77644 writing in The Iowa Independent: "The campaign to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justices over a 2009 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage has attracted the attention of some of the most influential conservative organizations in America . . . The Liberty Institute, the Texas organization offering to defend pastors who run afoul of the IRS by encouraging congregations to vote against the judges, is an affiliate organization of the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/national-pro-marriage-anti-gay-groups-unite-to-target-iowa-judges/feed/ 0