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/2010/08/30/pa-supreme-court-legal-guardians-cant-pull-plug-on-mentally-disabled/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/30/pa-supreme-court-legal-guardians-cant-pull-plug-on-mentally-disabled/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:59:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70650 The Bulletin (Philadelphia): "[T]he Pennsylvania Supreme Court has determined that state law requires life-preserving treatment for people who are not near death and have not refused treatment . . . 'A person’s value isn’t based on his or her physical or mental abilities,' said ADF Legal Counsel [Matt Bowman]. 'No one should be allowed to decide that a person’s life is not worth saving just because he or she has a disability or medical condition.'" ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/30/pa-supreme-court-legal-guardians-cant-pull-plug-on-mentally-disabled/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/30/court-mental-disability-not-a-death-sentence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/30/court-mental-disability-not-a-death-sentence/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:54:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70648 OneNewsNow: "Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has ruled against family members who wanted to end the life of a man with mental disabilities . . . Randall Wenger of the Independence Law Center and an allied attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) tells OneNewsNow the court stood with 53-year-old David Hockenberry, who has had acute mental disabilities since birth." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/30/court-mental-disability-not-a-death-sentence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/pa-supreme-court-legal-guardians-can%e2%80%99t-pull-plug-on-mentally-disabled/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/pa-supreme-court-legal-guardians-can%e2%80%99t-pull-plug-on-mentally-disabled/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:48:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/pa-supreme-court-legal-guardians-can%e2%80%99t-pull-plug-on-mentally-disabled/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/pa-supreme-court-legal-guardians-can%e2%80%99t-pull-plug-on-mentally-disabled/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/groups-support-forsyth-in-prayer-appeal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/groups-support-forsyth-in-prayer-appeal/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:42:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62545 Winston-Salem Journal: "A number of foundations and other nonprofit groups have filed statements of support for Forsyth County as it appeals a federal judge's decision in May to ban prayers that mention Jesus or make other sectarian references at county meetings . . . The county is being represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a group that supports public expressions of Christianity. Many of the groups filing friend-of-the-court briefs have similar goals." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/groups-support-forsyth-in-prayer-appeal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/20/west-shore-student-free-to-wear-anti-abortion-t-shirt-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/20/west-shore-student-free-to-wear-anti-abortion-t-shirt-2/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:10:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39505 York Daily Record: "The Harrisburg-based Independence Law Center and Alliance Defense Fund, Christian law group, are representing Boyer and his son." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/20/west-shore-student-free-to-wear-anti-abortion-t-shirt-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/08/pa-pro-life-shirt-triggers-dress-code-dispute/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/08/pa-pro-life-shirt-triggers-dress-code-dispute/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:04:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=38424 Courthouse News Service: "The father of a middle-school student ordered to remove an 'Abortion is not Healthcare' T-shirt on the day of President Obama's speech to students claims the school's dress code amounts to 'draconian censorship of religious and political speech' . . . He is represented by Randall Wenger of the Independence Law Center and David Cortman of the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/08/pa-pro-life-shirt-triggers-dress-code-dispute/feed/ 0