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/2011/05/19/anti-bullying-bill-fails-in-louisiana-legislature/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/anti-bullying-bill-fails-in-louisiana-legislature/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 21:20:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104149 BestofNewOrleans.com: espite last-minute revisions designed to mollify family-values conservatives, Rep. Austin Badon’s anti-bullying bill went down in flames today at a contentious session of the Louisiana House. HB 112, known as the “Safe Schools Bill,” was fiercely opposed by the Louisiana Family Forum and Louisiana Baptists; it failed in a 53-43 vote. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/anti-bullying-bill-fails-in-louisiana-legislature/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/au-louisiana-student-girds-for-battle-on-behalf-of-sound-science/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/au-louisiana-student-girds-for-battle-on-behalf-of-sound-science/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:38:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95484 Americans United Wall of Separation Blog: Zachary Kopplin, a senior at Baton Rouge Magnet High School, wants to see the 2008 Louisiana Science Education Act repealed, and he’s working with state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson (D-New Orleans) to garner support for a bill she plans to introduce in April that will do just that . . . When Gov. Bobby Jindal signed the measure back in 2008, Americans United warned that it was merely another attempt by creationists to slip fundamentalist religion into biology classes . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/au-louisiana-student-girds-for-battle-on-behalf-of-sound-science/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/21/louisiana-family-forum-forces-shelving-of-textbook-selection-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/21/louisiana-family-forum-forces-shelving-of-textbook-selection-bill/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:03:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/21/louisiana-family-forum-forces-shelving-of-textbook-selection-bill/ The Times-Picayune: "Rep. Charles 'Bubba' Chaney, D-Rayville, thought he had an innocuous bill when he arrived at the House Education Committee this morning. The Louisiana Family Forum and social conservatives had another idea, effectively forcing Chaney to abandon a proposal to change the process for choosing textbooks for Louisiana schools." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/21/louisiana-family-forum-forces-shelving-of-textbook-selection-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/05/americans-united-warns-louisiana-education-board-not-to-adopt-review-policy-that-favors-creationism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/05/americans-united-warns-louisiana-education-board-not-to-adopt-review-policy-that-favors-creationism/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:44:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=47116 Americans United for Separation of Church and State: "In a letter sent to the Board, Americans United warns that the proposed review policy is constitutionally suspect because it appears to open the door for creationist concepts to be taught in public schools. The Board calls for allowing challenged materials to be reviewed by a panel that could easily be stacked with people sympathetic to creationism. It would bypass the expert opinion of the Louisiana Department of Education." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/05/americans-united-warns-louisiana-education-board-not-to-adopt-review-policy-that-favors-creationism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/louisiana-marriage-commission-members-take-dim-view-of-same-sex-adoption/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/louisiana-marriage-commission-members-take-dim-view-of-same-sex-adoption/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:31:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32428 The Times-Picayune: "'If anything, they (state marriage and adoption laws) should be strengthened,' Rep. Frank Hoffman, R-West Monroe, a member of Gov. Bobby Jindal's 29-member Commission on Marriage and the Family, said. 'Marriage is between one man and one woman, and we need to do all we can to support that.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/louisiana-marriage-commission-members-take-dim-view-of-same-sex-adoption/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/24/three-bills-backed-by-family-advocates-before-la-legislature/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/24/three-bills-backed-by-family-advocates-before-la-legislature/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:43:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=28163 CitizenLink reports on three bills before the Louisiana legislature backed by the Louisiana Family Forum. HB 340, the Louisiana Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment Act HB 60 "would set standards regarding names on birth certificates. HB 517 "protect[s] medical workers' conscience rights." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/24/three-bills-backed-by-family-advocates-before-la-legislature/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/louisiana-senate-panel-rejects-bill-attacking-sale-of-pornography-to-minors/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/louisiana-senate-panel-rejects-bill-attacking-sale-of-pornography-to-minors/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:52:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27690 Times-Picayune: "The Committee on Commerce voted 12-2 to defer action on Senate Bill 152 by Sen. A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell, killing it for the session unless he can find a way to bring it back as an amendment to another measure. Bookstore operators and lobbyists for retailers and the motion picture industry opposed the bill while the Louisiana Family Forum, a conservative Christian lobbying group, favored its passage." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/louisiana-senate-panel-rejects-bill-attacking-sale-of-pornography-to-minors/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/17/louisiana-religion-amendment-meddling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/17/louisiana-religion-amendment-meddling/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:03:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27386 letter to the editor of the Louisiana Advocate: "Readers should know that Michelle Ghetti, the Southern University law professor who is promoting HB340, also helped the LFF promote the creationist Louisiana Science Education Act in 2008. She also helped convince BESE to gut the policy implementing the LSEA on Jan. 13. Her Web page at the Southern University Law Center states her affiliation with the Alliance Defense Fund, whose purpose is to destroy the separation of church and state." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/17/louisiana-religion-amendment-meddling/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/15/errant-exercise-louisiana-amendment-could-jeopardize-health-care-civil-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/15/errant-exercise-louisiana-amendment-could-jeopardize-health-care-civil-rights/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:54:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27214 writes at Americans United for Separation of Church and State: "While Americans United has always supported providing strong protection for those who wish to exercise their religion freely, we are extremely concerned with the overly broad language of HB 340." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/15/errant-exercise-louisiana-amendment-could-jeopardize-health-care-civil-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/14/bese-panel-votes-on-la-school-science-guidelines/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/14/bese-panel-votes-on-la-school-science-guidelines/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:50:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=12484 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/14/bese-panel-votes-on-la-school-science-guidelines/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/12/louisiana-science-lessons-to-stir-debate-evolution-teaching-rules-before-board/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/12/louisiana-science-lessons-to-stir-debate-evolution-teaching-rules-before-board/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:11:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=12349 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/12/louisiana-science-lessons-to-stir-debate-evolution-teaching-rules-before-board/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/11/03/louisiana-family-forum-puts-the-fear-of-god-into-bourbon-street-strip-clubs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/11/03/louisiana-family-forum-puts-the-fear-of-god-into-bourbon-street-strip-clubs/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:42:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=9079 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/11/03/louisiana-family-forum-puts-the-fear-of-god-into-bourbon-street-strip-clubs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/louisiana-lawmaker-seeks-to-regulate-sexually-oriented-businesses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/louisiana-lawmaker-seeks-to-regulate-sexually-oriented-businesses/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 16:55:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3336 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/louisiana-lawmaker-seeks-to-regulate-sexually-oriented-businesses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/10/louisiana-panel-approves-bill-limiting-embryonic-stem-cell-research-funds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/10/louisiana-panel-approves-bill-limiting-embryonic-stem-cell-research-funds/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:52:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/10/louisiana-panel-approves-bill-limiting-embryonic-stem-cell-research-funds/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/10/louisiana-panel-approves-bill-limiting-embryonic-stem-cell-research-funds/feed/ 0