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/2012/03/05/same-sex-custody-battle-could-change-florida-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/same-sex-custody-battle-could-change-florida-law/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:45:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127663 AP: But the Brevard County couple separated two years later, and the birth mother eventually left Florida with the child without telling her former lover. The woman who donated the egg and calls herself the biological mother finally tracked them down in Australia with the help of a private detective. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/same-sex-custody-battle-could-change-florida-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/family-policy-council-echoes-objections-to-school-prayer-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/family-policy-council-echoes-objections-to-school-prayer-bill/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:57:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126407 The Florida Independent: "The Florida Family Policy Council, one of the most influential anti-gay rights and anti-abortion groups in the state, is joining the chorus of opposition to a school prayer bill quickly making its way through the Florida Legislature." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/family-policy-council-echoes-objections-to-school-prayer-bill/feed/ 0 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/2011/11/21/family-policy-council-starts-campaign-to-help-pastors-register-%e2%80%98pro-life-and-pro-family%e2%80%99-voters-florida-independent/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/family-policy-council-starts-campaign-to-help-pastors-register-%e2%80%98pro-life-and-pro-family%e2%80%99-voters-florida-independent/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:57:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119082 Florida Independent: John Stemberger, the president of the anti-gay and anti-abortion Florida Family Policy Council, has started a new project to get as many religious voters to the polls as possible . . . He also adds that pastors “have a virtual ‘army’ of attorneys at [their] disposal.” He cites the Alliance Defense Fund and the Liberty Counsel (who largely defend anti-abortion activists) as resources for the pastors. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/family-policy-council-starts-campaign-to-help-pastors-register-%e2%80%98pro-life-and-pro-family%e2%80%99-voters-florida-independent/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/muslim-hacker-destroys-florida-family-policy-council-website-defending-christian-convert/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/muslim-hacker-destroys-florida-family-policy-council-website-defending-christian-convert/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:09:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72387 Catholic News Agency: "A hacker has attacked the website of the Florida Family Policy Council (FFPC), a group assisting the Christian convert Rifqa Bary. The hacker said he made the attack because of the group’s thinking about 'Great Islam.' The loss of the website could have consequences for the 2010 election in Florida, the group claimed." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/muslim-hacker-destroys-florida-family-policy-council-website-defending-christian-convert/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/02/time-a-florida-culture-war-circus-over-rifqa-bary/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/02/time-a-florida-culture-war-circus-over-rifqa-bary/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:56:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=35045 TIME: "But despite the heated rhetoric once again fueling a Florida fracas, it's not at all clear that Rifqa Bary's rights are in danger." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/02/time-a-florida-culture-war-circus-over-rifqa-bary/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/understanding-the-legal-challenge-to-floridas-ban-on-homosexual-adoption/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/understanding-the-legal-challenge-to-floridas-ban-on-homosexual-adoption/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:09:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34239 president of the Florida Family Policy Council: "The decision by Judge Lederman is classic, text-book, judicial activism. Instead of interpreting and enforcing the plain language of the statute, which has been held constitutional by federal courts, she openly and brazenly defied the rule of law. She ignored the will of the people as expressed through the legislature and inserted her own personal opinion. Instead of exercising her proper judicial role as a restrained academic interpreter of existing law, she became a social change agent and usurped her limited role." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/understanding-the-legal-challenge-to-floridas-ban-on-homosexual-adoption/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/29/six-ave-maria-law-students-receive-fellowships/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/29/six-ave-maria-law-students-receive-fellowships/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=22780 NaplesNews.com: "Six students of Ave Maria School of Law have been chosen to participate in the prestigious Blackstone Fellowship offered by the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, a public-interest legal institute active in advancing pro-life, religious-freedom, and civil liberties causes . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/29/six-ave-maria-law-students-receive-fellowships/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/13/prayer-ultrasound-marriage-license-bills-stall-in-florida/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/13/prayer-ultrasound-marriage-license-bills-stall-in-florida/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:14:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=21052 St. Petersburg Times: Legislation that would open the door to school prayer and discourage teaching evolution has been declared dead. Prospects don't look good for a proposal to require ultrasounds for first-trimester abortions. Same goes for a bill to make marriage licenses more expensive for couples who don't take a premarriage education course." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/13/prayer-ultrasound-marriage-license-bills-stall-in-florida/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/11/florida-gov-crist-criticized-for-appointing-planned-parenthood-backed-judge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/11/florida-gov-crist-criticized-for-appointing-planned-parenthood-backed-judge/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:20:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=17820 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/11/florida-gov-crist-criticized-for-appointing-planned-parenthood-backed-judge/feed/ 3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/10/11th-circuit-dismisses-fla-family-policy-council-judicial-questionnaire-suit-on-standing-grounds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/10/11th-circuit-dismisses-fla-family-policy-council-judicial-questionnaire-suit-on-standing-grounds/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:13:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=17608 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/10/11th-circuit-dismisses-fla-family-policy-council-judicial-questionnaire-suit-on-standing-grounds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/13/florida-makes-effort-to-save-build-marriages/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/13/florida-makes-effort-to-save-build-marriages/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:15:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=15495 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/13/florida-makes-effort-to-save-build-marriages/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/03/florida-30000-settles-lawsuit-over-cops-pro-gay-intimidation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/03/florida-30000-settles-lawsuit-over-cops-pro-gay-intimidation/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:21:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=7196 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/03/florida-30000-settles-lawsuit-over-cops-pro-gay-intimidation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/23/religious-group-questions-fla-judicial-ethics-code/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/23/religious-group-questions-fla-judicial-ethics-code/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 15:43:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=4001 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/23/religious-group-questions-fla-judicial-ethics-code/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/02/yes-on-2-launched-in-10-florida-cities/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/02/yes-on-2-launched-in-10-florida-cities/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 18:40:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3101 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/02/yes-on-2-launched-in-10-florida-cities/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/20/supreme-court-allows-daytona-beach-nudity-law-to-stand/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/20/supreme-court-allows-daytona-beach-nudity-law-to-stand/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:15:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/adf.php/2008/02/20/supreme-court-allows-daytona-beach-nudity-law-to-stand/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/20/supreme-court-allows-daytona-beach-nudity-law-to-stand/feed/ 0