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/2012/01/24/mn-court-revives-gay-marriage-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/24/mn-court-revives-gay-marriage-suit/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:05:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123863 Washington Times: “Voters can make sure that this courts ruling is not the final word. The final word belongs to the people of Minnesota, not judges,” said Jordan Lorence, senior counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund, which represented the Minnesota Family Council in a friend-of-the-court brief in support of traditional marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/24/mn-court-revives-gay-marriage-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/mn-one-more-issue-in-stadium-debate-human-toll-of-gambling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/mn-one-more-issue-in-stadium-debate-human-toll-of-gambling/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:38:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120912 MinnPost: The state should be protecting its citizens, rather than encouraging them to do something not in their best interest, Prichard adds. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/mn-one-more-issue-in-stadium-debate-human-toll-of-gambling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/mn-anti-gay-marriage-groups-quietly-prep-for-ballot-battle/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/mn-anti-gay-marriage-groups-quietly-prep-for-ballot-battle/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:52:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115187 Politics in Minnesota: Supporters of marriage ban amendment hope to continue an unbroken string of victories nationwide ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/mn-anti-gay-marriage-groups-quietly-prep-for-ballot-battle/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/ny-times-gay-students-bullied-in-anoka-minn-suit-says/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/ny-times-gay-students-bullied-in-anoka-minn-suit-says/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:58:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113390 NYTimes.com: But conservative parents have organized to lobby against change. “Saying that you should accept two moms as a normal family — that would be advocacy,” said Tom Prichard, president of the Minnesota Family Council. “There should be no tolerance of bullying, but these groups are using the issue to try to press a social agenda.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/ny-times-gay-students-bullied-in-anoka-minn-suit-says/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/couples-file-appeal-in-minnesota-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/couples-file-appeal-in-minnesota-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:13:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111362 Minnesota Independent: . . . “[T[he Minnesota Supreme Court’s Baker decision is undoubtedly binding and controlling here,” MFC’s attorneys wrote. Those attorneys are from the Alliance Defense Fund, a group founded by prominent religious right groups including James Dobson’s Focus on the Family and the American Family Association, an organization that has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/couples-file-appeal-in-minnesota-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/19/mn-gay-marriage-debate-brace-for-a-15-month-brawl/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/19/mn-gay-marriage-debate-brace-for-a-15-month-brawl/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:28:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111330 StarTribune.com: Both sides in the fight over Minnesota's proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage face major challenges. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/19/mn-gay-marriage-debate-brace-for-a-15-month-brawl/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/adf-on-flawed-marriage-attack-minn-u-s-supreme-courts-have-already-settled-it/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/adf-on-flawed-marriage-attack-minn-u-s-supreme-courts-have-already-settled-it/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:11:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111221 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/adf-on-flawed-marriage-attack-minn-u-s-supreme-courts-have-already-settled-it/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/20/mn-divorced-legislators-supporting-the-marriage-amendment-have-been-targeted/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/20/mn-divorced-legislators-supporting-the-marriage-amendment-have-been-targeted/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 19:16:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104253 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/20/mn-divorced-legislators-supporting-the-marriage-amendment-have-been-targeted/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/05/marriage-amendment-moves-ahead-in-minnesota-legislature/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/05/marriage-amendment-moves-ahead-in-minnesota-legislature/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 14:30:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102828 New American: On the judicial side, St. Paul attorney Jane Bowman insisted that existing laws—and the state Supreme Court ruling upholding them—make the proposed amendment “redundant and unnecessary,” to which attorney Austin Nimocks of the pro-marriage Alliance Defense Fund pointed out that there was no guarantee that future courts would not use their power to overturn such laws. “The next Minnesota court challenged with this demand may not demonstrate the same level of judicial restraint,” Nimocks said, adding, “The Constitution is the people’s document, and they are entitled to change it.” . . . [other allies and opponents quoted] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/05/marriage-amendment-moves-ahead-in-minnesota-legislature/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/mn-judge-dismisses-marriage-challenge-says-u-s-supreme-court-has-already-decided-the-issue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/mn-judge-dismisses-marriage-challenge-says-u-s-supreme-court-has-already-decided-the-issue/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:44:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97472 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/mn-judge-dismisses-marriage-challenge-says-u-s-supreme-court-has-already-decided-the-issue/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/new-mn-judge-pick-represented-conservative-christian-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/new-mn-judge-pick-represented-conservative-christian-groups/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:55:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88511 Religion Clause: "[O]n Tuesday, Minnesota's Gov. Tim Pawlenty appointed attorney Jamie L. Anderson to a vacancy created by a retirement on the state's 4th District (Hennepin County) Court. Anderson is the wife of the Governor's chief of staff and has represented conservative religious groups in high profile cases." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/new-mn-judge-pick-represented-conservative-christian-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/judge-rejects-family-council-bid-in-minn-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/judge-rejects-family-council-bid-in-minn-lawsuit/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:16:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84868 Washington Blade: "A judge has rejected an attempt by the Minnesota Family Council to intervene in a lawsuit challenging state law that bans same-sex marriage, the Minnesota Independent, a Center for Independent Media online newsmagazine, reported . . . The Minnesota Family Council attempted to enter the lawsuit with the help of James Dobson’s Alliance Defense Fund, an evangelical Christian legal group . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/judge-rejects-family-council-bid-in-minn-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/judge-rejects-mn-family-council-bid-in-marriage-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/judge-rejects-mn-family-council-bid-in-marriage-lawsuit/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:19:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84263 The Minnesota Independent: "The Family Council argued that it should be part of the lawsuit, in part, because if DOMA is ruled unconstitutional, it will cost them millions to fight same-sex marriage. The court said the group has no standing to defend DOMA . . . The Minnesota Family Council attempted to enter the lawsuit with the help of James Dobson’s Alliance Defense Fund, an evangelical Christian legal group." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/judge-rejects-mn-family-council-bid-in-marriage-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/lgbt-issues-poised-to-be-hot-debate-at-mn-capitol/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/lgbt-issues-poised-to-be-hot-debate-at-mn-capitol/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:56:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82776 Minnesota Independent: "After years as a low-profile issue at the Minnesota Legislature, same-sex marriage is likely to become a source of controversy next session . . .  Republican leadership has been mum on the prospect so far, and despite long odds, LGBT advocates hope to advance a few key provisions of their own in 2011." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/lgbt-issues-poised-to-be-hot-debate-at-mn-capitol/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/defenders-of-marriage-see-golden-opportunity-in-republican-takeover-of-minn-legislature/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/defenders-of-marriage-see-golden-opportunity-in-republican-takeover-of-minn-legislature/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:12:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81834 TriValleyCentral.com (AP): "Tom Prichard, president of the Minnesota Family Council, says his group will push for a statewide vote in 2012 to ban gay marriage and civil unions in Minnesota’s Constitution. Previous efforts to do so in 2004, 2005 and 2006 met a firewall in the strongly Democratic state Senate, but that liberal majority crumbled Nov. 2." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/defenders-of-marriage-see-golden-opportunity-in-republican-takeover-of-minn-legislature/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/13/minnesota-family-council-says-its-poll-suggests-minnesotans-want-a-governor-against-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/13/minnesota-family-council-says-its-poll-suggests-minnesotans-want-a-governor-against-same-sex-marriage/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:06:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72023 MinnPost: "'When voters were asked which gubernatorial candidate they supported without knowing the candidates position on marriage, Dayton received 42% of the vote, Tom Emmer 33% and Tom Horner 12%. When people were then told that Dayton and Horner supported redefining marriage to include homosexual couples and refused to support allowing the people to vote on the issue, Emmer’s vote total rose 9 percentage points to 42%, Dayton’s dropped 6 percentage points to 36% of the vote, and Horner dropped 3 points to 9%.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/13/minnesota-family-council-says-its-poll-suggests-minnesotans-want-a-governor-against-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/minnesota-and-its-marriage-definition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/minnesota-and-its-marriage-definition/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:51:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62671 OneNewsNow: "Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) hopes to intervene in a lawsuit filed in Minnesota state court to overturn that state's law on marriage . . . '[The lawsuit is] requesting the courts to engage in judicial activism by twisting the state constitution to throw out the state marriage laws and to reject the great public policy benefits that come to a society that defines marriage as one man and one woman,' [ADF Attorney Jordan Lorence] reports. 'Children benefit best when they're raised by their own father and mother.'" | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/minnesota-and-its-marriage-definition/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mfc-and-adf-intervene-in-lawsuit-to-legalize-homosexual-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mfc-and-adf-intervene-in-lawsuit-to-legalize-homosexual-marriage/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:28:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mfc-and-adf-intervene-in-lawsuit-to-legalize-homosexual-marriage/ Minnesota Family Council: "Tom Prichard, President of the Minnesota Family Council today announced the filing of a notice of intervention in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Minnesota’s marriage law. 'We’re filing this notice to intervene to ensure Minnesota’s marriage law is vigorously defended in the courts. We are being assisted in this effort by the Alliance Defense Fund, the national expert in defending marriage laws across the country.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mfc-and-adf-intervene-in-lawsuit-to-legalize-homosexual-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit-in-minnesota/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit-in-minnesota/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:12:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit-in-minnesota/ INFORUM (AP): "The [Minnesota Family Council] is represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorney [Jordan Lorence], who frequently represents conservative Christian groups around the country in gay rights cases. He's filing the request Thursday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit-in-minnesota/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:25:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit/ Pioneer Press: "Emphasizing the suit's potential prominence, [Jordan Lorence] of the Alliance Defense Fund would spearhead the effort. Lorence won a case at the California Supreme Court reversing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's unilateral decision to issue same-sex marriage licenses, and he is assisting in a nationally watched California gay marriage case awaiting closing arguments in federal court. 'They're basically asking for a right that has no limitations to it,' Lorence said, adding that a victory for the plaintiffs would be 'a high-magnitude earth tremor on marriage.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/family-council-pulls-in-dobson-group-to-stop-gay-marriage-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/family-council-pulls-in-dobson-group-to-stop-gay-marriage-suit/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:48:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/family-council-pulls-in-dobson-group-to-stop-gay-marriage-suit/ Minnesota Independent: "In response to a lawsuit filed in Hennepin County last month challenging Minnesota’s ban on same-sex marriage, the Minnesota Family Council is bringing in the Alliance Defense Fund, an evangelical legal group founded by James Dobson . . . 'We should be strengthening marriage, not undermining it,' [Jordan Lorence] said in a [press release] Wednesday. 'Once again, activists are trying to use the courts to force something on the people that they have repeatedly rejected.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/family-council-pulls-in-dobson-group-to-stop-gay-marriage-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/attack-on-marriage-in-minn-draws-intervention-effort/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/attack-on-marriage-in-minn-draws-intervention-effort/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:17:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/attack-on-marriage-in-minn-draws-intervention-effort/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/attack-on-marriage-in-minn-draws-intervention-effort/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/18/mn-suit-highlights-need-for-stronger-marriage-protections-in-wv/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/18/mn-suit-highlights-need-for-stronger-marriage-protections-in-wv/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 21:35:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=61076 FPC of West Virginia | Engage Family Blog: "It is more than obvious that stronger marriage protections are needed. Constitutional amendments voice the will of the people as they exercise their freedom to self-governance. In West Virginia I can only reiterate what Family Policy Council president Jeremy Dys has said time and again, 'There is no legitimate reason not to let the people of West Virginia vote to define marriage.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/18/mn-suit-highlights-need-for-stronger-marriage-protections-in-wv/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/abolition-of-adultery-laws-a-slippery-slope-to/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/abolition-of-adultery-laws-a-slippery-slope-to/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:53:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58948 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/abolition-of-adultery-laws-a-slippery-slope-to/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/22/minnesota-st-paul-to-add-domestic-partner-registry/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/22/minnesota-st-paul-to-add-domestic-partner-registry/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:33:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30833 reports at Minnesota Public Radio: "The St. Paul City Council is expected to adopt an ordinance today allowing domestic partners to register with the city. Under the ordinance, same-sex or opposite-sex couples could apply for a certificate showing that they are in a committed relationship." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/22/minnesota-st-paul-to-add-domestic-partner-registry/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/06/marriage-threatened-in-minnesota/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/06/marriage-threatened-in-minnesota/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 18:38:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23431 Minnesota Family Council has issued an alert detailing the threat that marriage faces in Minnesota and arguing for a Minnesota Marriage Amendment. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/06/marriage-threatened-in-minnesota/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/25/minnesota-some-parents-alarmed-as-anti-bully-legislation-moves-to-senate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/25/minnesota-some-parents-alarmed-as-anti-bully-legislation-moves-to-senate/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:07:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=19358 StarTribune.com: "The bill cleared a committee today and is headed to the Senate floor for a vote . . . Holding up a children's book that ends with two men getting married, several parents of students at a public school with an anti-bullying program weighed in Monday on proposed state anti-bullying legislation. They said the bill, designed to hold school districts more accountable on the issue, is less about inclusiveness and getting along than it is about promoting same-sex marriage and a pro-gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender agenda . . . " Tom Prichard of the Minnesota Family Council is quoted. Visit the Council's home page for more coverage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/25/minnesota-some-parents-alarmed-as-anti-bully-legislation-moves-to-senate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/20/minnesota-introduces-marriage-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/20/minnesota-introduces-marriage-amendment/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:38:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=18963 Citizen Link: "Minnesota House members will introduce an amendment this week to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/20/minnesota-introduces-marriage-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/12/minnesota-slippery-slope-anoka-hennepin-schools-adopt-neutrality-policy-on-issues-concerning-sexual-orientation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/12/minnesota-slippery-slope-anoka-hennepin-schools-adopt-neutrality-policy-on-issues-concerning-sexual-orientation/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:28:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=15398 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/12/minnesota-slippery-slope-anoka-hennepin-schools-adopt-neutrality-policy-on-issues-concerning-sexual-orientation/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/05/tom-prichard-no-redefining-marriage-would-result-in-discrimination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/05/tom-prichard-no-redefining-marriage-would-result-in-discrimination/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:47:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=11759 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/05/tom-prichard-no-redefining-marriage-would-result-in-discrimination/feed/ 0