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/2012/04/18/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-announces-2012-gubernatorial-prayer-breakfast/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-announces-2012-gubernatorial-prayer-breakfast/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:12:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131408 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-announces-2012-gubernatorial-prayer-breakfast/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/engaging-the-issues-austin-nimocks-discrimination-laws-and-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/engaging-the-issues-austin-nimocks-discrimination-laws-and-religious-freedom/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:33:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130801 Engage Family Blog of the WVFPC: On this week’s edition of Engaging the Issues, Austin Nimocks, Senior Legal Counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, discusses whether nondiscrimination laws can peacefully coexist with religious freedom. (Audio link) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/engaging-the-issues-austin-nimocks-discrimination-laws-and-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/west-virginia-legislature-takes-bold-step-in-strengthening-marriage-in-west-virginia-fpc-of-wv/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/west-virginia-legislature-takes-bold-step-in-strengthening-marriage-in-west-virginia-fpc-of-wv/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:37:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128518 Engage Family Blog: On the final day of the 2012 Legislative Session, the West Virginia State Legislature approved H.B. 4605 a bill creating a premarital education option to applicants for marriage licenses in the state. The measure is aimed at strengthening the more than 13,000 marriages and reducing the more than 9,000 divorces that take place every year in West Virginia. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/west-virginia-legislature-takes-bold-step-in-strengthening-marriage-in-west-virginia-fpc-of-wv/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/dr-robert-p-george-%e2%80%93-the-logic-of-%e2%80%98after-birth-abortion%e2%80%99-fpc-of-wv/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/dr-robert-p-george-%e2%80%93-the-logic-of-%e2%80%98after-birth-abortion%e2%80%99-fpc-of-wv/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:34:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128516 The Engage Family Blog (includes audio link): Two philosophers recently published an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics promoting the idea of, “after-birth abortion.” Dr. Robert P. George helps us understand the logical implications of what we used to call, “infanticide” and how it reveals the necessary logical implications of the abortion industry itself. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/dr-robert-p-george-%e2%80%93-the-logic-of-%e2%80%98after-birth-abortion%e2%80%99-fpc-of-wv/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/wv-pregnancy-care-centers-abuse-abortion-and-healing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/wv-pregnancy-care-centers-abuse-abortion-and-healing/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:30:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127019 Engage Family Blog: Judy Sloane is the executive director of Labor of Love Ministries, a pregnancy care center in Morgantown, WV. For most of her adult life, Judy has been counseling young women to choose life over abortion, caring for them during their pregnancy, and loving their children once born. But there is more to it than that . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/wv-pregnancy-care-centers-abuse-abortion-and-healing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-interviews-gov-tomblin-religious-freedom-sanctity-of-life-and-family/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-interviews-gov-tomblin-religious-freedom-sanctity-of-life-and-family/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:18:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125761 here. Part two can be accessed here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-interviews-gov-tomblin-religious-freedom-sanctity-of-life-and-family/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/sanctity-of-human-life-sunday-resources-for-every-person-to-celebrate-life-family-policy-council-of-wv/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/sanctity-of-human-life-sunday-resources-for-every-person-to-celebrate-life-family-policy-council-of-wv/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:48:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123574 Engage Family Minute Blog: This Sunday is the “Sanctity of Human Life Sunday” across the nation. It marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the day America began legalizing killing our unborn. Since that day more than 50,000,000 unborn children have been murdered “legally” on American soil. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/sanctity-of-human-life-sunday-resources-for-every-person-to-celebrate-life-family-policy-council-of-wv/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-state-of-the-family-address-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-state-of-the-family-address-2/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:34:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122830 State of the Family Address at (includes audio): My Fellow West Virginians, Tradition, as well as our state constitution, requires that the Governor of the State of West Virginia give an address at the commencement of the regular session of the legislature, “of the condition of the state.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-state-of-the-family-address-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/wv-state-school-board-approves-anti-bullying-policy-to-include-gay-lesbian-students/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/wv-state-school-board-approves-anti-bullying-policy-to-include-gay-lesbian-students/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:21:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121011 The Charleston Gazette: Jeremy Dys, president of the conservative values group Family Policy Council, said he had "grave concerns" about the anti-bullying measure. Dys said it "unconstitutionally limits free speech" and gives "unbridled authority" to teachers to crack down on students who speak out against homosexuality. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/wv-state-school-board-approves-anti-bullying-policy-to-include-gay-lesbian-students/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/12/can-you-plant-a-church-in-a-school-engage-family-minute/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/12/can-you-plant-a-church-in-a-school-engage-family-minute/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:09:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120612 Engage Family Minute: Jordan Lorence, senior vice-president with the Alliance Defense Fund, has been the chief litigator on this case. Jordan wrote an instructive blog post on the topic (copied below), but also took the time to join me for a brief discussion over the phone. I hope you will listen to it – especially if you are a pastor or elder committed to planting churches in West Virginia – and share it with your friends. [audio at the link] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/12/can-you-plant-a-church-in-a-school-engage-family-minute/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/fpc-of-wv-president-to-provide-testimony-on-non-existent-%e2%80%98bullying%e2%80%99-legislation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/fpc-of-wv-president-to-provide-testimony-on-non-existent-%e2%80%98bullying%e2%80%99-legislation/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:24:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118405 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/fpc-of-wv-president-to-provide-testimony-on-non-existent-%e2%80%98bullying%e2%80%99-legislation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/wv-should-bullying-policy-be-specific/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/wv-should-bullying-policy-be-specific/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:17:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118044 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/wv-should-bullying-policy-be-specific/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-bullying/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-bullying/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:23:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115951 Family Policy Council of West Virginia: Schools should prohibit bullying for any reason. Rules against bullying ought to apply equally and fairly to all. Bullying is defined by a person's actions, not by the status of his victim. Singling out who is and who is not protected from bullies misses the point. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-bullying/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/who-controls-the-pulpit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/who-controls-the-pulpit/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:08:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112653 Engage Family Minute: I cannot think of a single pastor that I know who would answer that question with any answer but, “Christ himself.” Yet, that does not seem to be the way the IRS and some politicians view it . . . To that end, let me commend to you the work of the Alliance Defense Fund and www.PulpitFreedom.org. On Sunday, October 2, 2011 – just 2 days, providentially, before West Virginia’s special election for governor – the Alliance Defense Fund is encouraging pastors to participate in Pulpit Freedom Sunday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/who-controls-the-pulpit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/does-your-marriage-have-what-it-takes-to-last-a-lifetime/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/does-your-marriage-have-what-it-takes-to-last-a-lifetime/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:27:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111202 Engage Family Minute: I did find some common ground with Ms. Krasnow when she said “You can leave each other…But once you have children, you can’t leave the marriage… it becomes bigger than you.” The best thing, the things worth fighting for are always bigger than we are. Anything smaller than us is not worth our time. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/does-your-marriage-have-what-it-takes-to-last-a-lifetime/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/lessons-west-virginia-should-learn-in-a-new-york-minute-about-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/lessons-west-virginia-should-learn-in-a-new-york-minute-about-marriage/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:41:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107126 Engage Family Blog: What the outcome will be for West Virginia is not dependent upon what happened in New York, but there are lessons to be learned. One lesson ought to be painfully clear: what we have said from the beginning, what we have continued to predict would be the case has come true. Now is not the time for West Virginia’s lawmakers to ignore the issue. It is the duty of every lawmaker in West Virginia to secure the right of all West Virginians to vote on the definition of marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/lessons-west-virginia-should-learn-in-a-new-york-minute-about-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/12/wv-help-for-unwanted-homosexuality/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/12/wv-help-for-unwanted-homosexuality/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 15:59:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103474 WVMetroNews (includes video interview with Jeremiah Dys of the Family Policy Council of WV): "Our desire and our mission is to help people live lives that are congruent with their faith," Exodus International Senior Director of Church Equipping and Student Ministries Jeff Buchanan said. | See also Engage Family Blog: Is the Gazette Right? Aren’t We All Defective? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/12/wv-help-for-unwanted-homosexuality/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/ex-gay-group-to-visit-w-va/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/ex-gay-group-to-visit-w-va/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:27:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102319 W. Virginia Gazette: Exodus International plans a May 10 event at CMA Church in Morgantown to teach religious leaders how to minister to people who don't want to be attracted to members of the same sex. The Family Policy Council of West Virginia invited Exodus to hold the seminar, the first of its kind that the Orlando-based group has held in the state. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/ex-gay-group-to-visit-w-va/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/job-announcement-fpcwv-seeks-director-of-development/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/job-announcement-fpcwv-seeks-director-of-development/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:18:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99680 Family Policy Council of West Virginia: The Family Policy Council of West Virginia is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the position of Director of Development. Qualifications for this position are described as . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/job-announcement-fpcwv-seeks-director-of-development/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/apple-pulls-exodus-so-called-gay-cure-app-calling-it-hate-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/apple-pulls-exodus-so-called-gay-cure-app-calling-it-hate-speech/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:27:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98888 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/apple-pulls-exodus-so-called-gay-cure-app-calling-it-hate-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/21/why-i-provide-abortions-%e2%80%93-the-abortion-industry-brag/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/21/why-i-provide-abortions-%e2%80%93-the-abortion-industry-brag/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:31:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98667 The Engage Family Blog: As part of it’s “celebration,” the abortion industry re-released this 13-page paper from 2005 with quotes from their leading lights titled, “Why I Provide Abortions.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/21/why-i-provide-abortions-%e2%80%93-the-abortion-industry-brag/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/wv-advice-for-planned-parenthood-to-balance-their-budget-by/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/wv-advice-for-planned-parenthood-to-balance-their-budget-by/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:47:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96737 writes at the Engage Family Blog: "Downtown, 134 lawmakers took the time to affirm the life-saving, women’s health-loving, family-supporting work of the thousands of staff and volunteers who support their local PCC (maybe you call them Crisis Pregnancy Centers). Uptown, supporters of an unfettered abortion industry dodged the rain and the use of the word “abortion” except to point out how mean “anti-abortion” people were and how Planned Parenthood – who performed more than 330,000 abortions in 2009 – does not use Federal Funding to perform abortions (note how they never deny doing them, just not using your tax dollars to do it). I feel sorry for PP, what with all the scandal and proposed cuts in funding! So, I’m offering them some advice to help them tighten their budgetary belts and, while I’m at it, put a few fallacies to rest. So, here’s what I might tell Planned Parenthood if I were their budget analyst . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/wv-advice-for-planned-parenthood-to-balance-their-budget-by/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/wv-pro-life-leaders-call-on-gubernatorial-candidates-to-reject-campaign-money-from-pro-abortion-activists/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/wv-pro-life-leaders-call-on-gubernatorial-candidates-to-reject-campaign-money-from-pro-abortion-activists/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:03:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95437 Engage Family Blog: "In a joint letter sent on Monday to each candidate running in the special election for governor, leaders from West Virginians for Life and the Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCWV) challenge lawmakers to sign the, “Vote for Life” Pledge. The letter, signed by Karen Cross and Jeremiah Dys, also urges the pro-life community in West Virginia to commit to voting only for a candidate who refuses the millions of dollars the abortion industry offers to many candidates today." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/wv-pro-life-leaders-call-on-gubernatorial-candidates-to-reject-campaign-money-from-pro-abortion-activists/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-support-grieving-parents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-support-grieving-parents/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:07:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94778 Family Policy Council of West Virginia: Eleven members of the West Virginia House of Delegates introduced the West Virginia Grieving Parents Act (HB3043), or “Bobby’s Law,” on Monday, February 7, 2011. The proposed legislation would close a legal loophole that has prevented parents of the legal means they need in order to bury, and properly grieve for, their stillborn or miscarried child. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-support-grieving-parents/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/28/jeremiah-g-dys-parents-need-way-to-grieve/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/28/jeremiah-g-dys-parents-need-way-to-grieve/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:58:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94108 writing in the Charleston Gazette: "Faced with an agonizing loss, Cassandra and her family began making plans for mourning little Bobby James. But, because of a loophole in West Virginia's law, they were not allowed to do so. Because Bobby did not weigh enough, the law did not allow for the hospital to issue a birth certificate. Because they could not get a birth certificate, they were unable to get a death certificate. And without a death certificate, Cassandra and Jason would not be able to bury their son." | The Family Policy Council of West Virginia press release. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/28/jeremiah-g-dys-parents-need-way-to-grieve/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/audio-wv-grieving-parents-act-would-allow-parents-to-bury-stillborn-miscarried-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/audio-wv-grieving-parents-act-would-allow-parents-to-bury-stillborn-miscarried-children/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:57:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92464 The Engage Family Blog: "In September of 2010, Cassandra experienced complications with her pregnancy. Rushed to the hospital, the doctors did all they could to save the pregnancy. But, at only 20-weeks into the pregnancy, little Bobby James was born. Too weak to survive, Bobby died within minutes . . . Because of a shortcoming in West Virginia law, the hospital could not issue a birth certificate. Without a birth certificate, Cassandra and Jason could not get a death certificate." | Jeremy Dys discusses the issue on "The Catholic Connection," a production of the Ave Maria Radio Network. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/audio-wv-grieving-parents-act-would-allow-parents-to-bury-stillborn-miscarried-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/wv-grieving-parents-act-would-allow-parents-to-bury-stillborn-miscarried-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/wv-grieving-parents-act-would-allow-parents-to-bury-stillborn-miscarried-children/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:45:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91835 Engage Family Blog: "The Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCVW) announced Monday that it is asking West Virginia lawmakers to support proposed legislation, the 'Grieving Parents Act,' which will close a legal loophole that has prevented parents of the legal means they need in order to bury, and properly grieve for, their stillborn or miscarried child." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/wv-grieving-parents-act-would-allow-parents-to-bury-stillborn-miscarried-children/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/west-virginians-to-vote-on-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/west-virginians-to-vote-on-marriage/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:54:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91389 The Engage Family Blog: "In a prepared statement Tuesday, West Virginia Family Foundation spokesman Kevin McCoy discussed a marriage amendment set to appear in the West Virginia legislature. He called the amendment an effort of bi-partisan lawmakers and spoke frankly on what the amendment would accomplish." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/west-virginians-to-vote-on-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-releases-2011-legislative-agenda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-releases-2011-legislative-agenda/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:53:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91383 West Virginia Family Policy Council / The Engage Family blog: "A servant organization that advocates for policies that embrace the sanctity of human life, enrich marriage, and safeguard religious freedom released its 2011 Legislative Agenda. Among its legislative priorities for 2011, the Family Policy Council of West Virginia (FPCWV) will encourage lawmakers to strengthen marriage, support grieving parents, protect students, and honor the culture of life." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-releases-2011-legislative-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/17/wv-many-upset-about-exclusion-of-prayer-at-one-commencement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/17/wv-many-upset-about-exclusion-of-prayer-at-one-commencement/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:43:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87328 Charleston Daily Mail: "Controversy has erupted over a graduation ceremony at West Virginia University-Parkersburg after administrators decided to forgo prayer during the event . . . [Jeremy Dys' group, the Family Policy Council of West Virginia] was alerted by a national group called the Alliance Defense Fund and quickly rallied to support the students who favored the public prayer and call media attention to the university decision to skip it." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/17/wv-many-upset-about-exclusion-of-prayer-at-one-commencement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/wvu-parkersburg-prayer-is-offensive-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/wvu-parkersburg-prayer-is-offensive-speech/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:20:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86498 writing at the Family Policy Council of West Virginia's Engage Family blog: "Are we still on this debate? I mean, really, it seems like since I was a kid, the ACLU has been brainwashing people into thinking that their mythical wall of separation of church and state means that the public square must be completely whitewashed of any reference to God. So it seems at WVUP, anyway. According to our friends at the Alliance Defense Fund: 'When WVU-Parkersburg nursing students voted 40 to 4 to include prayer in Thursday’s pinning ceremony, university officials responded by banning prayer completely because the vote was not unanimous.'" | FPCWV press release is here. | ADF news release is here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/wvu-parkersburg-prayer-is-offensive-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/who-is-the-harbinger-of-our-culture-hopefully-not-canada/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/who-is-the-harbinger-of-our-culture-hopefully-not-canada/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:47:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86221 writing at The Engage Family Blog: "Now, let me sum up: the Canadian military – who has fully embraced open homosexual conduct in their military – has issued a directive concerning individuals who will convince a psychologist to write a note to a surgeon that the person is trapped in the wrong body and that surgeon is to mutilate that individual’s genitals to “correct” what must amount to a birth defect." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/who-is-the-harbinger-of-our-culture-hopefully-not-canada/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/fpcwv-thanks-sen-manchin-for-vote-against-open-homosexual-behavior-abortion-clinics-in-military/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/fpcwv-thanks-sen-manchin-for-vote-against-open-homosexual-behavior-abortion-clinics-in-military/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:37:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86223 Family Policy Council of West Virginia: "Late Thursday, the United States Senate rejected a measure (57-40) that would have normalized homosexual behavior in the military and allowed taxpayer dollars to be used to fund abortion-on-demand on military bases. The only member of the U.S. Senate to break with his party was Sen. Joe Manchin." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/fpcwv-thanks-sen-manchin-for-vote-against-open-homosexual-behavior-abortion-clinics-in-military/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/jeremy-dys-debates-pepe-johnson-on-dadt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/jeremy-dys-debates-pepe-johnson-on-dadt/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:17:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84599 MetroNews: "Former Army Sergeant Pepe Johnson from West Virginia says it's good news. 'I'm pretty excited about it. It reiterated a lot of things that I already knew,' he said on Wednesday's MetroNews Talkline . . . The President and General Counsel for the Family Policy Council of West Virginia, though, says the survey sends a bad message." Audio is here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/jeremy-dys-debates-pepe-johnson-on-dadt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/jeremy-dys-that-pesky-first-amendment-also-covers-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/jeremy-dys-that-pesky-first-amendment-also-covers-christians/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:20:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77924 writing in The Charleston Gazette and at the Engage Family Blog: "Christians should never be penalized for expressing their religious beliefs. They have the same First Amendment rights as everyone else. Our government -- whether a lawmaker or school administrator -- should never single out Christians or Christian groups for simply expressing their religious beliefs." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/jeremy-dys-that-pesky-first-amendment-also-covers-christians/feed/ 0