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/2012/02/13/washington-state-bill-forcing-abortion-coverage-gets-vote-soon/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/washington-state-bill-forcing-abortion-coverage-gets-vote-soon/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:22:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125578 LifeNews.com: The Family Policy Institute of Washington has analyzed the bill, which should be a concern to pro-life voters. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/washington-state-bill-forcing-abortion-coverage-gets-vote-soon/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/a-new-voice-in-marriage-debate-lynnwoods-joseph-backholm-is-becoming-known-as-an-articulate-spokesman-for-social-and-religious-conservatives-heraldnet-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/a-new-voice-in-marriage-debate-lynnwoods-joseph-backholm-is-becoming-known-as-an-articulate-spokesman-for-social-and-religious-conservatives-heraldnet-com/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:19:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123737 HeraldNet.com - Local news: Around the country, there are 39 other Family Policy Institutes like Washington's. Each is independently run yet share one thing in common -- an association with the Focus on the Family arm of the Alliance Defense Fund, Family Research Council and CitizenLink. Backholm made clear association is legally different than affiliation. "We are totally self-sustaining, self-funded and self-operating," he said. "We get no funds for operation." Yet the ties are strong. The Alliance Defense Fund planned to dispatch lawyers to Olympia last week to strategize with lawmakers opposed to legalizing same-sex marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/a-new-voice-in-marriage-debate-lynnwoods-joseph-backholm-is-becoming-known-as-an-articulate-spokesman-for-social-and-religious-conservatives-heraldnet-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/14/northern-plains-pastor%e2%80%99s-briefing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/14/northern-plains-pastor%e2%80%99s-briefing/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:13:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113469 Dakota Voice: Even restrictions on pastoral endorsements of candidates are unconstitutional, and after four years of the Alliance Defense Fund‘s Pulpit Initiative, the IRS has yet to take a single action against dozens of pastors who have deliberately defied the unconstitutional 1954 prohibition on tax exempt organizations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/14/northern-plains-pastor%e2%80%99s-briefing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/pro-lifers-pack-hearings-on-bill-targeting-crisis-pregnancy-centers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/pro-lifers-pack-hearings-on-bill-targeting-crisis-pregnancy-centers/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:38:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94658 LifeSiteNews: "The Washington state Senate heard testimony yesterday regarding a bill that targets pro-life crisis pregnancy centers (CPC). The bill, which CPC supporters say would enact onerous regulations and expose the centers to harassing lawsuits, was introduced in January into the Washington State House of Representatives and is now making its way through the Senate." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/pro-lifers-pack-hearings-on-bill-targeting-crisis-pregnancy-centers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/wa-conscience-protection-lawsuit-may-move-forward/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/wa-conscience-protection-lawsuit-may-move-forward/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:41:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88633 OneNewsNow: "The Washington Board of Pharmacy says it won't provide conscience protections for pharmacies or pharmacists after all . . . Joseph Backholm of the Family Policy Institute of Washington tells OneNewsNow the board has stopped the rule-making process . . . 'It was a lawsuit against the state on behalf of several pharmacists that will now likely move forward,' Backholm explains. 'It had been suspended once it looked like the Board of Pharmacy was going to provide a right of referral.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/wa-conscience-protection-lawsuit-may-move-forward/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/06/new-campaign-demanding-gay-prop-8-judge-be-booted/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/06/new-campaign-demanding-gay-prop-8-judge-be-booted/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:13:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67808 WorldNetDaily: "Officials with the Alliance Defense Fund said the decision is radical. 'Its impact could be devastating to marriage and the democratic process,' said Senior Counsel [Brian Raum]. 'It's not radical for more than seven million Cailfornians to protect marriage as they've always known it. What would be more radical would be to allow a handful of activists to gut the core of the American democratic system and, in addition, force the entire country to accept a system that intentionally denies children the mom and the dad they deserve.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/06/new-campaign-demanding-gay-prop-8-judge-be-booted/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/18/wa-hearing-tomorrow-on-bill-to-force-daycares-into-unions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/18/wa-hearing-tomorrow-on-bill-to-force-daycares-into-unions/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:40:42 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52402 Family Policy Institute of Washington email: "House Bill 1329, which could force daycares (including church daycares) to join a union if other daycares in their area chose too, is scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection on Thursday at 3:30pm, in Senate Hearing Room 4 of the Cherberg building. The Committee plans to hear a striker amendment, which could significantly change major provisions of the House bill." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/18/wa-hearing-tomorrow-on-bill-to-force-daycares-into-unions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/16/washington-groups-hope-to-stop-domestic-partnership-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/16/washington-groups-hope-to-stop-domestic-partnership-bill/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:46:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=15574 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/16/washington-groups-hope-to-stop-domestic-partnership-bill/feed/ 2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/washington-conservative-religious-groups-merge-new-home-is-lynnwood/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/washington-conservative-religious-groups-merge-new-home-is-lynnwood/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:39:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/washington-conservative-religious-groups-merge-new-home-is-lynnwood/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/washington-conservative-religious-groups-merge-new-home-is-lynnwood/feed/ 0