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/2012/05/09/responses-to-obama-marriage-flip-flop-includes-strong-statement-supporting-marriage-by-rnc-chairman/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/responses-to-obama-marriage-flip-flop-includes-strong-statement-supporting-marriage-by-rnc-chairman/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 21:59:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133354 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/responses-to-obama-marriage-flip-flop-includes-strong-statement-supporting-marriage-by-rnc-chairman/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/sending-different-message-on-day-of-silence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/sending-different-message-on-day-of-silence/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:57:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131534 One News Now: Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) is encouraging students to celebrate the "Day of Silence" by distributing flyers discouraging ex-"gay" bashing at school . . . Today's "Day of Dialogue" -- sponsored by Focus on the Family and Alliance Defense Fund -- also offers a counter to tomorrow's pro-homosexual observance in schools. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/sending-different-message-on-day-of-silence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/matt-barber-left%e2%80%99s-orwellian-censorship-campaign/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/matt-barber-left%e2%80%99s-orwellian-censorship-campaign/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:57:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130040 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/matt-barber-left%e2%80%99s-orwellian-censorship-campaign/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/jennifer-roback-morse-why-opposing-the-gay-lobby-is-not-anti-gay/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/jennifer-roback-morse-why-opposing-the-gay-lobby-is-not-anti-gay/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:48:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129864 The Blaze: Redefining marriage raises questions that deserve to be fully aired. Trying to discredit skeptics changes the subject. Equating all disagreement with evidence of bias lowers the intellectual level of the discussion. These rhetorical tactics do not do the gay lobby any credit. In fact, responsible people of all parties should shun these strategies and make room for honest debate on this momentous question of changing the fundamental structure of our most important social institution. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/jennifer-roback-morse-why-opposing-the-gay-lobby-is-not-anti-gay/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/glaad-to-be-totalitarian/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/glaad-to-be-totalitarian/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:03:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127915 LifeSiteNews: The demands of GLAAD and other similarly focussed groups that Christians accept homosexual activity may well be a rooted in the approval of that distant coupling of sex and religion, in a desire to have organized religion today sanction that behaviour just as it was in the distant past by pagan culture ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/glaad-to-be-totalitarian/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/after-a-leadership-crisis-glaad-does-damage-control/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/after-a-leadership-crisis-glaad-does-damage-control/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:05:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110338 Advocate: The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation often shines the spotlight on a media outlet that has been reckless in its handling of LGBT portrayals. By doing so, the organization can help rehabilitate the outlet’s message and image. But now GLAAD is in the position of responding to a media spotlight placed on it. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/after-a-leadership-crisis-glaad-does-damage-control/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/lakers-to-work-with-glaad-on-fighting-gay-slurs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/lakers-to-work-with-glaad-on-fighting-gay-slurs/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:54:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101247 AP: GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios said his organization will advocate zero-tolerance policies for anti-gay slurs at sports events, similar to a policy adopted by the New York Yankees at the new Yankee Stadium. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/lakers-to-work-with-glaad-on-fighting-gay-slurs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/media-matters-to-fund-new-equality-matters-initiative/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/media-matters-to-fund-new-equality-matters-initiative/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:47:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88652 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/media-matters-to-fund-new-equality-matters-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/facebook-doesnt-get-mad-it-gets-glaad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/facebook-doesnt-get-mad-it-gets-glaad/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:36:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77587 FRC Washington Update: "Last week, the social media giant officially friended the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to 'end hate speech and anti-gay bullying' on the Internet. The new partnership, which made a splash in the mainstream news, is significant because it puts Facebook on the media's growing path toward censorship." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/facebook-doesnt-get-mad-it-gets-glaad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/facebook-working-with-glaad-to-censor-anti-gay-hate-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/facebook-working-with-glaad-to-censor-anti-gay-hate-speech/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:25:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76751 AP: "The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation says it reached out to Facebook last week after Internet bullies flooded a page it set up to honor teens who recently killed themselves in response to anti-gay hate." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/15/facebook-working-with-glaad-to-censor-anti-gay-hate-speech/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/cnn-removes-are-gays-bad-for-society-poll-after-glaad-anger-and-44-answered-yes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/cnn-removes-are-gays-bad-for-society-poll-after-glaad-anger-and-44-answered-yes/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:19:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72462 Watermark: "CNN came under fire the weekend after labor day when its Headline News Network affiliate posted an online poll asking if 'the surge in gay TV characters bad for society.' GLAAD immediately responded and requested the major news network remove the offensive online poll." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/cnn-removes-are-gays-bad-for-society-poll-after-glaad-anger-and-44-answered-yes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/court-overturns-california-gay-marriage-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/court-overturns-california-gay-marriage-ban/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:46:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67524 Chicago Pride: "'It's not radical for more than 7 million Californians to protect marriage as they've always known it,' ADF Senior Counsel Brian Raum said. 'What would be 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/2010/08/05/court-overturns-california-gay-marriage-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/09/nbc-to-change-today-wedding-contest-after-homosexual-protests/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/09/nbc-to-change-today-wedding-contest-after-homosexual-protests/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:14:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/09/nbc-to-change-today-wedding-contest-after-homosexual-protests/ Hollywood Reporter: "NBC has agreed to change the rules of a "Today" show wedding contest after receiving complaints from gay activists slamming the annual event as discriminatory. The morning show's "Modern Day Wedding" contest will be opened to allow same-sex couple after network executives met with Thursday with representatives from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/09/nbc-to-change-today-wedding-contest-after-homosexual-protests/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/28/10-year-old-boy-used-as-grand-marshal-of-arkansas-homosexual-fest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/28/10-year-old-boy-used-as-grand-marshal-of-arkansas-homosexual-fest/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:10:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64357 LifeSiteNews: "A 10-year-old boy is being used as Grand Marshal of an Arkansas homosexual pride parade this weekend. The move has attracted opposition from pro-family leaders, who have decried the movement's exposure of the boy to the lewd festival of sexual deviancy as 'a form of child abuse.' The boy, Will Phillips, attracted national media attention last year after he refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance at school, saying that homosexuals are refused 'liberty and justice' because the government defines marriage as between a man and a woman." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/28/10-year-old-boy-used-as-grand-marshal-of-arkansas-homosexual-fest/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/d-c-gay-marriage-check-now-legalized-prostitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/d-c-gay-marriage-check-now-legalized-prostitution/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:58:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63101 The Washington Post | DeBonis: "Handily, the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance -- the city's longest-running activist group -- just released its "Agenda 2010," laying out its priorities for lawmakers. Number one is keeping gay marriage legal . . . The 'Agenda' also includes a number of more ambitious items. Like this one: 'Prostitution: Legalize It, Regulate It, Zone It, Tax It.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/d-c-gay-marriage-check-now-legalized-prostitution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/gay-rights-groups-join-boycotts-over-immigration-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/gay-rights-groups-join-boycotts-over-immigration-law/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:06:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62488 Phoenix Business Journal: "Gay rights groups are joining boycotts of Arizona over the state’s controversial new immigration law. Twenty-three gay rights and advocacy groups said Tuesday they would join economic and meeting planner boycotts of the state already imposed by labor unions and Hispanic activists including the National Council of La Raza. The Arizona law gives police greater ability to question and detain suspected illegal immigrants." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/gay-rights-groups-join-boycotts-over-immigration-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/30/pcusa-minister-faces-new-charges-for-same-sex-ceremonies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/30/pcusa-minister-faces-new-charges-for-same-sex-ceremonies/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:42:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/30/pcusa-minister-faces-new-charges-for-same-sex-ceremonies/ Christian Post: "A retired Presbyterian minister who was cleared of wrongdoing two years ago for performing same-sex ceremonies for two lesbian couples is facing new charges and again awaiting trial." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/30/pcusa-minister-faces-new-charges-for-same-sex-ceremonies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/13/utah-paper-rejects-same-sex-wedding-announcement-advertisers-targeted/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/13/utah-paper-rejects-same-sex-wedding-announcement-advertisers-targeted/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:10:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32961 Google News (AP): "A southern Utah newspaper has rejected a gay California couple's wedding announcement, saying its policy is to publish announcements only for marriages legal under Utah law . . . GLAAD plans to contact Spectrum advertisers. . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/13/utah-paper-rejects-same-sex-wedding-announcement-advertisers-targeted/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/27/hbo-abc-rank-highest-in-glaads-network-responsibility-index/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/27/hbo-abc-rank-highest-in-glaads-network-responsibility-index/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:30:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=31096 GLAAD Press Release: "The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today released its third annual Network Responsibility Index, a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on television. Primetime programming on the five broadcast networks was evaluated as well as original primetime programming on 10 of the highest-rated cable networks." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/27/hbo-abc-rank-highest-in-glaads-network-responsibility-index/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/17/board-of-directors-names-jarrett-barrios-as-president-of-glaad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/17/board-of-directors-names-jarrett-barrios-as-president-of-glaad/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:23:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27498 GLAAD: "The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and GLAAD’s National Board of Directors today announced that Jarrett T. Barrios, a former State Senator from Massachusetts who now heads a leading health care foundation, will serve as GLAAD’s new President. GLAAD works to achieve full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans through media advocacy and anti-LGBT defamation work." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/17/board-of-directors-names-jarrett-barrios-as-president-of-glaad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/29/glaad-president-neil-giuliano-to-step-down/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/29/glaad-president-neil-giuliano-to-step-down/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:45:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=14059 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/29/glaad-president-neil-giuliano-to-step-down/feed/ 0