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/2012/03/20/gay-donors-key-group-for-obama-to-plot-strategy-in-washington/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/gay-donors-key-group-for-obama-to-plot-strategy-in-washington/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:42:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129191 NY Times: The conference, one of the largest ever gatherings of gay donors, is being organized by the Gill Action Fund, one of the country’s leading gay political organizations, which has played a quiet but pivotal role at the state level in recent years on gay marriage and other issues, including working to defeat lawmakers who oppose gay marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/gay-donors-key-group-for-obama-to-plot-strategy-in-washington/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/04/nh-outside-groups-gird-for-marriage-fight/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/04/nh-outside-groups-gird-for-marriage-fight/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:49:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=89603 Concord Monitor: "The Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., has vowed to do 'whatever it takes' to repeal gay marriage in New Hampshire. Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders in Boston is promising to do 'whatever it takes' to stop them." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/04/nh-outside-groups-gird-for-marriage-fight/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/out-of-state-big-money-backs-ny-homosexual-agenda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/out-of-state-big-money-backs-ny-homosexual-agenda/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:22:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86500 Politico: "Last spring, a low-profile Colorado millionaire, Tim Gill, and other gay donors financed a quiet wave of polling in a state Senate district in Buffalo and another in a Hispanic section of Queens . . . The results gave courage to Gill and other top gay donors, producing a campaign that helped unseat three incumbent state legislators and opened a new phase in the politics of the gay rights movement that could have an even larger impact on the 2012 cycle." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/out-of-state-big-money-backs-ny-homosexual-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/the-problem-with-billionaire-philanthropists/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/the-problem-with-billionaire-philanthropists/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:37:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68728 The Huffington Post: "Philanthropy is vital to fill the gaps in a fraying safety net and keep arts organizations afloat, especially in hard times. But this giving can also bankroll sharply ideological groups or fund large-scale efforts to revamp public policy - allowing the rich to exert influence on top of the vast sums they already spend to sway elections . . . a handful of wealthy gay funders, most notably the software entrepreneur Tim Gill, have helped to legitimize same-sex marriage through tens of millions dollars in targeted philanthropy and political giving." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/the-problem-with-billionaire-philanthropists/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/02/new-lesbian-parenting-study-makes-claims-unsupported-by-the-evidence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/02/new-lesbian-parenting-study-makes-claims-unsupported-by-the-evidence/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:11:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67093 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/02/new-lesbian-parenting-study-makes-claims-unsupported-by-the-evidence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/17/ny-gay-groups-renew-push-for-same-sex-marriage-vote/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/17/ny-gay-groups-renew-push-for-same-sex-marriage-vote/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:36:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55789 Reuters: "A group called Fight Back New York, created with money from software entrepreneur and openly gay philanthropist Tim Gill, is pledging to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get pro-gay marriage candidates elected to the state Senate in November's elections. Advocates aim to bring the issue of same-sex marriage to the Senate floor as early as next year. The legislature voted three months ago to reject a similar bill." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/17/ny-gay-groups-renew-push-for-same-sex-marriage-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/29/gill-action-fund-coo-transition-to-position-as-victory-fund-deputy-executive-director/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/29/gill-action-fund-coo-transition-to-position-as-victory-fund-deputy-executive-director/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:05:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50288 GayPolitics.com: "Victory Fund President and CEO Chuck Wolfe said Brand’s return to a key leadership role comes at pivotal moment in gay politics. 'Electoral politics is an important and growing part of the fight for LGBT equality.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/29/gill-action-fund-coo-transition-to-position-as-victory-fund-deputy-executive-director/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/12/weber-shandwick-and-gill-foundation-release-business-of-change-a-resource-guide-for-effective-corporate-nonprofit-collaboration-on-lgbt-equality/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/12/weber-shandwick-and-gill-foundation-release-business-of-change-a-resource-guide-for-effective-corporate-nonprofit-collaboration-on-lgbt-equality/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:10:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=47874 Weber Shandwick: "Weber Shandwick and the Gill Foundation have released 'Business of Change,' a resource guide focused on corporate-nonprofit collaboration to promote equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The 104-page guide, available free to download, is a first-of-its-kind collection of best practices with actionable and practical ideas to help nonprofits and corporations advance LGBT equality . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/12/weber-shandwick-and-gill-foundation-release-business-of-change-a-resource-guide-for-effective-corporate-nonprofit-collaboration-on-lgbt-equality/feed/ 0