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/2011/11/02/nh-gay-advocate-resigns-citing-no-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/nh-gay-advocate-resigns-citing-no-funding/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:15:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117631 Boston.com (AP): The executive director of the driving force behind New Hampshire's gay marriage law announced Wednesday she is resigning due to insufficient funding drawn partly through the group's national organization. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/nh-gay-advocate-resigns-citing-no-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/new-york-gay-marriage-vote-alters-political-battle-lines/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/new-york-gay-marriage-vote-alters-political-battle-lines/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:16:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107048 WSJ.com: Opponents point to a May Alliance Defense Fund poll which claimed a 2.53% margin of error found that 62% of Americans think marriage should be defined "only as a union between one man and one woman." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/new-york-gay-marriage-vote-alters-political-battle-lines/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/n-y-legalizes-gay-marriage-usa-today/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/n-y-legalizes-gay-marriage-usa-today/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:55:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107033 USATODAY.com (6/24): "The opposition has created an illusion of momentum but not a real base of support or track record of victory in the courts," said Brian Raum, senior counsel with the conservative Alliance Defense Fund. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/n-y-legalizes-gay-marriage-usa-today/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/some-gay-rights-foes-claim-they-now-are-bullied/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/some-gay-rights-foes-claim-they-now-are-bullied/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:13:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105772 Burlington Free Press: "They're advocating for a lot of changes in the name of tolerance," said Jim Campbell, an attorney with the conservative Alliance Defense Fund. "Yet ironically the tolerance is not returned, for people of faith who don't agree with their agenda." . . . [Evan Wolfson] added: "There's been a shift in the moral understanding of people — that exclusion from marriage and anti-gay prejudice is wrong. Positions that wouldn't have been questioned in the past are now being held up to the light." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/some-gay-rights-foes-claim-they-now-are-bullied/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/26/gay-marriage-could-move-forward-in-some-u-s-states/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/26/gay-marriage-could-move-forward-in-some-u-s-states/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:49:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93499 Reuters: "A handful of U.S. states are poised to take up the issue of gay marriage afresh, due largely to incoming lawmakers who may tip the balance in favor of the controversial measure. In Maryland, New York and Rhode Island in particular, the legalization of same-sex marriages is moving ahead, organizers and supporters say." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/26/gay-marriage-could-move-forward-in-some-u-s-states/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/democratic-leader-in-iowa-senate-vows-to-block-marriage-vote/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/democratic-leader-in-iowa-senate-vows-to-block-marriage-vote/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:24:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80298 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/democratic-leader-in-iowa-senate-vows-to-block-marriage-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/libresco-when-debates-go-sour-gallagher-v-wolfson-marriage-debate-at-yale/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/libresco-when-debates-go-sour-gallagher-v-wolfson-marriage-debate-at-yale/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:00:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76610 Yale Daily News: "While checking Facebook during the Yale Political Union debate between Evan Wolfson, head of Freedom to Marry, and Maggie Gallagher, a leader from the National Organization for Marriage, I was pleased to see a steady stream of debate-related statuses. As the night went on, the tenor of the statuses from my mostly liberal friends began to shift. The people who referred to Ms. Gallagher as evil earlier in the night ended up with 'I think I enjoyed talking to [Gallagher] … What’s wrong with us?' ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/libresco-when-debates-go-sour-gallagher-v-wolfson-marriage-debate-at-yale/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/17/gay-marriage-fate-rests-in-courts-of-law-public-opinion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/17/gay-marriage-fate-rests-in-courts-of-law-public-opinion/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:10:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63248 Yahoo! News: "'The case in Massachusetts is much more incremental and strategic,' said [Jordan Lorence], a senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal firm helping to defend Prop. 8. 'It's like a rifle shot. The California case is much more massive in its magnitude. More than a rifle shot, it's like a big bomb.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/17/gay-marriage-fate-rests-in-courts-of-law-public-opinion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/11/group-wants-same-military-benefits-for-gay-spouses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/11/group-wants-same-military-benefits-for-gay-spouses/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55002 Washington Times: "'Gay people serving in the military, defending our country, should have the same rules and same opportunities as any other Americans, no more and no less,' Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, told The Washington Times . . . Austin R. Nimocks, a lawyer with the Alliance Defense Fund, said he thinks DOMA prevents the military from giving benefits to gay spouses . . . 'It's most likely under the current scenario that the military would follow DOMA because the marriage license held by a same-sex couple is a state-conferred right and not a federal-conferred right.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/11/group-wants-same-military-benefits-for-gay-spouses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/11/will-gay-military-spouses-receive-benefits-after-repeal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/11/will-gay-military-spouses-receive-benefits-after-repeal/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:27:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55000 LezGetReal: "Austin R. Nimocks, a lawyer with the Alliance Defense Fund, told The Washington Times, 'It’s most likely under the current scenario that the military would follow DOMA because the marriage license held by a same-sex couple is a state-conferred right and not a federal-conferred right. And so there is no requirement that the federal government acknowledge that state-conferred right in that regard. I think that federal DOMA would necessarily constrict the ability of the military to provide some sort of recognition to a marriage license held by a same-sex couple.' . . . The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee . . . asked Secretary Gates if he will recommend that Congress repeal DOMA . . . A spokesman for Gates declined to comment." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/11/will-gay-military-spouses-receive-benefits-after-repeal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/01/at-heart-of-prop-8-trial-a-fight-over-nurturing-kids/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/01/at-heart-of-prop-8-trial-a-fight-over-nurturing-kids/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:39:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50380 Sacramento Bee: "Austin Nimocks, a Proposition 8 attorney from the Alliance Defense Fund, which specializes in defense of religious rights, said Blankenhorn made the case that same-sex marriage could cause 'further debasement' of marriage as an institution. Gay marriage shouldn't be allowed, Nimocks said, because 'it intentionally deprives children of a father and a mother.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/01/at-heart-of-prop-8-trial-a-fight-over-nurturing-kids/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/09/gay-marriages-inevitability-in-doubt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/09/gay-marriages-inevitability-in-doubt/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:13:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=44641 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/09/gay-marriages-inevitability-in-doubt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/14/wisconsin-day-off-for-good-friday-draws-fire-from-ffrf/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/14/wisconsin-day-off-for-good-friday-draws-fire-from-ffrf/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:13:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=21190 writes at The Badger Herald: "But not everybody is laughing at what seems to be an innocuous day off, as the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Madison’s grumpiest constitutional watchdog, is readying a lawsuit . . . Before we dive into how the FFRF isn’t really about 'freedom,' let’s lay out the facts of the matter. Kids at MATC got Friday off." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/14/wisconsin-day-off-for-good-friday-draws-fire-from-ffrf/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/06/%e2%80%9ciowa-same-sex-marriage-ruling-spurs-activists%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/06/%e2%80%9ciowa-same-sex-marriage-ruling-spurs-activists%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:58:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=20287 The Globe Gazette (AP) reports: Rather than agreeing same-sex marriage is inevitable, opponents said the Iowa court decision would be a warning to other states that haven’t enacted constitutional amendments. “This (ruling) will catapult all of those states forward in the marriage amendment process,” said Douglas Napier, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal group based in Scottsdale, Ariz. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/06/%e2%80%9ciowa-same-sex-marriage-ruling-spurs-activists%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/02/semantics-rule-gay-marriage-debate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/02/semantics-rule-gay-marriage-debate/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:25:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=20085 reports in the AP: "The Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal group based in Scottsdale, Ariz., issued a news release this week in which it put quotation marks around the word marriage in the phrase "same-sex 'marriage'." It does the same with civil unions, questioning the legitimacy of the state's existing system of legal recognition for same-sex couples." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/02/semantics-rule-gay-marriage-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/06/lesbian-couple-seeking-divorce-in-new-jersey/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/06/lesbian-couple-seeking-divorce-in-new-jersey/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:14:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=14874 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/06/lesbian-couple-seeking-divorce-in-new-jersey/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/04/new-tell-three-campaign-proselytizes-for-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/04/new-tell-three-campaign-proselytizes-for-same-sex-marriage/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:36:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=14540 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/04/new-tell-three-campaign-proselytizes-for-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/30/civil-unions-a-minefield-for-obama/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/30/civil-unions-a-minefield-for-obama/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:46:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=14161 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/30/civil-unions-a-minefield-for-obama/feed/ 0