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/2012/03/21/hundreds-to-attend-family-institute-of-connecticuts-stand-up-for-religious-freedom-rally-march-23rd-in-hartford/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/hundreds-to-attend-family-institute-of-connecticuts-stand-up-for-religious-freedom-rally-march-23rd-in-hartford/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:54:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129325 Christian Newswire: Family Institute of Connecticut will co-host the Hartford Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally on Friday, March 23rd at 12:00 p.m. in front the of the Ribicoff Court House, 450 Main Street. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/hundreds-to-attend-family-institute-of-connecticuts-stand-up-for-religious-freedom-rally-march-23rd-in-hartford/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/20/the-gaying-of-ct-politics/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/20/the-gaying-of-ct-politics/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:37:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69635 Fairfield Weekly: "[L]ast week, Connecticut got its first openly gay candidate for statewide office when Kevin Lembo won a smashing victory in the Democratic primary for state comptroller . . . Lembo crushed Jarjura by taking 70 percent of the primary vote. Some Connecticut politicians believe part of the reason for Jarjura’s humiliating defeat was Democratic voter anger over what was viewed as the anti-gay attitudes of Jarjura and his supporters." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/20/the-gaying-of-ct-politics/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/family-institute-of-connecticut-persuades-enfield-board-of-education-to-defy-aclu/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/family-institute-of-connecticut-persuades-enfield-board-of-education-to-defy-aclu/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:34:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/family-institute-of-connecticut-persuades-enfield-board-of-education-to-defy-aclu/ Christian Newswire: "The Family Institute of Connecticut (FIC), the state's largest and best known pro-life, pro-marriage and family organization, persuaded the Enfield Board of Education this week to defy a legal threat from the ACLU and send graduation ceremonies back to First Cathedral. Enfield's vote capped a two-month effort by FIC to persuade the town to stand up in defense of the First Amendment . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/family-institute-of-connecticut-persuades-enfield-board-of-education-to-defy-aclu/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/anti-lgbt-activists-attend-r-i-summit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/anti-lgbt-activists-attend-r-i-summit/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:30:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53695 edge Boston: "Representatives from several anti-LGBT organizations gathered in Rhode Island on Saturday, Feb. 27, for a conference billed as the New England Family, Life and Marriage Summit . . . Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, made similar statements. He used the fact Catholic Charities in Boston and Washington, D.C., lost their government funding after they refused to allow same-sex couples to adopt children. 'The state drove them out of the adoption business,' Nimocks said. 'This is a question of persecution.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/anti-lgbt-activists-attend-r-i-summit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/anti-gay-groups-to-hold-r-i-summit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/anti-gay-groups-to-hold-r-i-summit/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:28:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52927 EDGE Boston: "An upcoming gathering of anti-gay organizations in the Ocean State continues to face opposition from local activists. The Family Research Council is sponsoring the New England Family, Life and Marriage Summit on Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Ocean State Baptist Church in Smithfield. According to FRC’s announcement, the daylong conference will feature "experts" from the National Organization for Marriage Rhode Island, the Alliance Defense Fund and Family Policy Councils from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/anti-gay-groups-to-hold-r-i-summit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/14/ct-judicial-activism-at-root-of-euthanasia-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/14/ct-judicial-activism-at-root-of-euthanasia-lawsuit/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:29:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=38953 OneNewsNow: "A pro-family spokesman in Connecticut sees similarities between his state's previous battle over same-sex 'marriage' and another current legal squabble over physician-assisted suicide . . . 'They've learned that when you can't get something through the people's representatives, what you can do in Connecticut is...try to get the courts to just impose it.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/14/ct-judicial-activism-at-root-of-euthanasia-lawsuit/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/17/state-agency-removes-website-links-to-open-and-affirming-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/17/state-agency-removes-website-links-to-open-and-affirming-churches/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:46:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30417 reports in the Hartford Courant: "The state Department of Children and Families has removed from its website links to 'open and affirming' churches after a group opposed to gay marriage threatened legal action." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/17/state-agency-removes-website-links-to-open-and-affirming-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/what-happened-to-the-liberty-of-conscience/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/what-happened-to-the-liberty-of-conscience/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:40:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=22096 Family Institute of Connecticut blog: "I’ve been wondering lately, why is it that people are tending to view religious freedom as something evermore narrow? Is that freedom only for the clergy? Is it only applicable when practiced in a certain building, or upon a certain day and time? Yet as I read the text of the First Amendment, I can find no such limitations. The freedom is guaranteed for all citizens, at all places and times. It is for everyone, 24×7." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/what-happened-to-the-liberty-of-conscience/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/22/opponents-of-same-sex-marriage-fight-conn-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/22/opponents-of-same-sex-marriage-fight-conn-bill/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:07:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=21976 The Day: "The state Senate could vote as soon as today on a measure to formally codify last year's Connecticut Supreme Court decision overturning the state's ban on same-sex marriage, prompting a 'last-ditch' attempt by social conservatives and the Catholic Church to pressure lawmakers to block the bill." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/22/opponents-of-same-sex-marriage-fight-conn-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/21/groups-want-faith-exemption-on-same-sex-marriage-issue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/21/groups-want-faith-exemption-on-same-sex-marriage-issue/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:11:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=21827 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/21/groups-want-faith-exemption-on-same-sex-marriage-issue/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/16/first-amendment-religious-freedom-under-attack-in-connecticut-again/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/16/first-amendment-religious-freedom-under-attack-in-connecticut-again/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:21:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=21489 Christian Newswire: "Family Institute of Connecticut Action is running newspaper ads statewide to raise awareness about the threats posed by SB 899. The ad can be viewed at www.ctfamily.org. SB 899 claims to make the Connecticut Supreme Court decision legalizing same sex marriage the law. But it goes much further than that. It includes totally inadequate accommodation of First Amendment religious liberty rights." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/16/first-amendment-religious-freedom-under-attack-in-connecticut-again/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/14/connecticut-gay-marriage-opponents-lobby-lawmakers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/14/connecticut-gay-marriage-opponents-lobby-lawmakers/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:22:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=21221 WWLP.com (AP): "The General Assembly is considering ways to update state law to conform with last fall's ruling, including stripping gender references from marriage regulations. " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/14/connecticut-gay-marriage-opponents-lobby-lawmakers/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/07/family-institute-of-conn-seeks-to-prevent-limits-to-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/07/family-institute-of-conn-seeks-to-prevent-limits-to-religious-freedom/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:09:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=20568 AP: "The Family Institute of Connecticut says some lawmakers are using a recent state Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage to limit opponents' religious freedoms." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/07/family-institute-of-conn-seeks-to-prevent-limits-to-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/25/calls-for-conn-senate-judiciary-committee-chairmans-to-resign-in-wake-of-anti-catholic-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/25/calls-for-conn-senate-judiciary-committee-chairmans-to-resign-in-wake-of-anti-catholic-bill/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:25:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=19449 ChristiansUnite reports: Family Institute of Connecticut Action today called upon Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan and Senate President Pro Tempore Donald Williams to remove Rep. Michael Lawlor and Sen. Andrew McDonald from their positions as co-chairmen of the Connecticut General Assembly's powerful Judiciary Committee. The use of the Committee by Rep. Lawlor and Sen. McDonald to launch an outrageous unconstitutional attack on religious liberty made this request necessary. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/25/calls-for-conn-senate-judiciary-committee-chairmans-to-resign-in-wake-of-anti-catholic-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/09/connecticut-bill-would-reform-financial-management-of-catholic-parishes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/09/connecticut-bill-would-reform-financial-management-of-catholic-parishes/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:38:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=17552 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/09/connecticut-bill-would-reform-financial-management-of-catholic-parishes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/19/there%e2%80%99s-nothing-democratic-about-judges-%e2%80%94-not-society-%e2%80%94-upending-traditional-definition-of-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/19/there%e2%80%99s-nothing-democratic-about-judges-%e2%80%94-not-society-%e2%80%94-upending-traditional-definition-of-marriage/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:02:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=10932 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/19/there%e2%80%99s-nothing-democratic-about-judges-%e2%80%94-not-society-%e2%80%94-upending-traditional-definition-of-marriage/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/07/connecticut-marriage-politics-why-the-delayed-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/07/connecticut-marriage-politics-why-the-delayed-ruling/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:30:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=8231 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/10/07/connecticut-marriage-politics-why-the-delayed-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/17/family-institute-of-connecticut-why-we-must-win-in-connecticut/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/17/family-institute-of-connecticut-why-we-must-win-in-connecticut/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:12:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=5978 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/17/family-institute-of-connecticut-why-we-must-win-in-connecticut/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/yet-another-courant-op-ed-for-marriage-redefinition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/yet-another-courant-op-ed-for-marriage-redefinition/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 22:26:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3473 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/12/yet-another-courant-op-ed-for-marriage-redefinition/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/hartford-courant-promotes-%e2%80%9cpolyamory%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/hartford-courant-promotes-%e2%80%9cpolyamory%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 20:23:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3422 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/hartford-courant-promotes-%e2%80%9cpolyamory%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/05/connecticut-state%e2%80%99s-episcopal-bishop-purging-pro-family-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/05/connecticut-state%e2%80%99s-episcopal-bishop-purging-pro-family-churches/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 20:52:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3199 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/05/connecticut-state%e2%80%99s-episcopal-bishop-purging-pro-family-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/11/connecticut-out-of-state-same-sex-%e2%80%9cmarriage%e2%80%9d-bill-still-dead/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/11/connecticut-out-of-state-same-sex-%e2%80%9cmarriage%e2%80%9d-bill-still-dead/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:20:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/11/connecticut-out-of-state-same-sex-%e2%80%9cmarriage%e2%80%9d-bill-still-dead/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/11/connecticut-out-of-state-same-sex-%e2%80%9cmarriage%e2%80%9d-bill-still-dead/feed/ 1