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/2012/02/14/rand-paul-holds-up-senate-action-over-detainees-in-egypt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/rand-paul-holds-up-senate-action-over-detainees-in-egypt/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:28:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125737 Roll Call News: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is delaying the confirmation of Adalberto Jose Jordan to join the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as well as a transportation bill in an effort to force Senate leaders to schedule a vote on his proposal to cut off aid to Egypt until Americans being held there are released. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/rand-paul-holds-up-senate-action-over-detainees-in-egypt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/gay-marriage-and-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/gay-marriage-and-religious-freedom/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:41:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114768 Commonweal: As a result, marriage licenses are only available in Ledyard with a prior appointment. A lesbian couple moved into town from Miami, sought a marriage license and then refused to wait for an appointment, preferring instead to file a lawsuit. On one side is People for the American Way, representing the couple. On the other side is the Alliance Defense Fund. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/gay-marriage-and-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/14/ny-town-clerk-may-lose-job-for-refusing-to-issue-marriage-licenses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/14/ny-town-clerk-may-lose-job-for-refusing-to-issue-marriage-licenses/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:10:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113467 Dallas Voice: Her defense is that New York law requires employers to accommodate employees’ religious beliefs and the town would have to accept hers. She said she will seek the help of Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal group. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/14/ny-town-clerk-may-lose-job-for-refusing-to-issue-marriage-licenses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/pfaw-foundation-demands-that-ny-town-clerks-end-marriage-discrimination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/pfaw-foundation-demands-that-ny-town-clerks-end-marriage-discrimination/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:10:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113344 People For the American Way: People For the American Way Foundation and Proskauer Rose, LLP, a global law firm, sent a letter this weekend to the Ledyard Town Board, demanding that the town’s clerk fulfill her legal duty to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The letter refers to Ledyard Town Clerk Rose Marie Belforti, who had publicly stated that she will not sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples and refused to do so for Katie Carmichael and Deirdre DiBiaggio on August 30. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/pfaw-foundation-demands-that-ny-town-clerks-end-marriage-discrimination/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/people-for-the-american-way-adf-tried-to-blame-aclu-au-for-its-unpopular-proposal-in-king-sc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/people-for-the-american-way-adf-tried-to-blame-aclu-au-for-its-unpopular-proposal-in-king-sc/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:58:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83776 People for the American Way, Right Wing Watch: "The proposed solution that they hit upon is to create a lottery through which residents can request to fly any flag approved by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs at one week intervals . . . Local residents clearly are not happy wtih the proposal and [Joe Infranco], the ADF attorney assisting the town, responded by blaming the entire thing on the ACLU and Americans United." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/people-for-the-american-way-adf-tried-to-blame-aclu-au-for-its-unpopular-proposal-in-king-sc/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/marriage-and-much-much-more-at-stake-in-iowa/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/marriage-and-much-much-more-at-stake-in-iowa/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:38:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80474 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/marriage-and-much-much-more-at-stake-in-iowa/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/in-the-wake-of-gay-teen-suicides-leftists-target-david-barton-for-asking-why-homosexuality-isnt-regulated-as-health-hazard/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/in-the-wake-of-gay-teen-suicides-leftists-target-david-barton-for-asking-why-homosexuality-isnt-regulated-as-health-hazard/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:46:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75983 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/in-the-wake-of-gay-teen-suicides-leftists-target-david-barton-for-asking-why-homosexuality-isnt-regulated-as-health-hazard/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/george-soros-vs-judicial-elections-stripping-people-of-power-giving-lawyers-control-of-courts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/george-soros-vs-judicial-elections-stripping-people-of-power-giving-lawyers-control-of-courts/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:03:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/george-soros-vs-judicial-elections-stripping-people-of-power-giving-lawyers-control-of-courts/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/george-soros-vs-judicial-elections-stripping-people-of-power-giving-lawyers-control-of-courts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/06/de-family-presses-appeal-of-prayer-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/06/de-family-presses-appeal-of-prayer-ruling/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:35:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/06/de-family-presses-appeal-of-prayer-ruling/ The Daily Times: "Attorneys representing an anonymous Jewish family who sued the Indian River School District over the school board's practice of opening its meetings with an explicitly Christian prayer -- and lost -- have appealed to the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. ... In addition to the 69-page brief on behalf of plaintiff 'Jane Doe,' two other groups filed "friend of the court" briefs in support of the family's position that a sectarian prayer at a school board meeting is unconstitutional and fails to respect diversity." | “Sectarian prayer at DE school board meetings violates church-state separation” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/06/de-family-presses-appeal-of-prayer-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/18/conservatives-call-to-keep-dadt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/18/conservatives-call-to-keep-dadt/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:38:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52444 Advocate: "Leaders of antigay groups, including Center for Military Readiness president Elaine Donnelly (pictured), will hold a press conference Thursday afternoon to call for maintaining the military’s antigay 'don’t ask, don’t tell' policy . . . Joining Donnelly at the press conference, according to information obtained by People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog, will be . . . Jordan W. Lorence of the Alliance Defense Fund. . . ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/18/conservatives-call-to-keep-dadt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/20-left-wing-groups-sign-letter-to-the-white-house-to-prevent-government-funded-religious-discrimination-and-unwelcome-proselytizing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/20-left-wing-groups-sign-letter-to-the-white-house-to-prevent-government-funded-religious-discrimination-and-unwelcome-proselytizing/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:18:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51099 this letter posted on the Anti-Defamation League website. It begins: "On the one year anniversary of your Executive Order establishing the new White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the undersigned religious, education, civil rights, labor, and health organizations write to urge that you take additional actions to prevent government-funded religious discrimination and protect social service beneficiaries from unwelcome proselytizing . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/20-left-wing-groups-sign-letter-to-the-white-house-to-prevent-government-funded-religious-discrimination-and-unwelcome-proselytizing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/28/washington-post-sounds-the-warning-alarm-nom-head-is-a-formidable-opponent/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/28/washington-post-sounds-the-warning-alarm-nom-head-is-a-formidable-opponent/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:52:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34541 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/28/washington-post-sounds-the-warning-alarm-nom-head-is-a-formidable-opponent/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/radical-senior-justice-dept-nominee-faces-gop-roadblock-in-senate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/radical-senior-justice-dept-nominee-faces-gop-roadblock-in-senate/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:33:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=22116 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/23/radical-senior-justice-dept-nominee-faces-gop-roadblock-in-senate/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/25/disabled-children-lose-fight-against-aclu-ariz-supreme-court-strikes-down-voucher-program/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/25/disabled-children-lose-fight-against-aclu-ariz-supreme-court-strikes-down-voucher-program/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:03:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=19392 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/25/disabled-children-lose-fight-against-aclu-ariz-supreme-court-strikes-down-voucher-program/feed/ 3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/11/christian-broadcasters-fear-fairness-doctrine-return/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/11/christian-broadcasters-fear-fairness-doctrine-return/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:32:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=15278 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/02/11/christian-broadcasters-fear-fairness-doctrine-return/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/11/05/pfaw-obama-wins-mandate-on-the-courts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/11/05/pfaw-obama-wins-mandate-on-the-courts/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:00:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=9183 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/11/05/pfaw-obama-wins-mandate-on-the-courts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/18/pfaw-the-human-toll-how-individual-americans-have-fared-at-the-hands-of-bush-judges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/18/pfaw-the-human-toll-how-individual-americans-have-fared-at-the-hands-of-bush-judges/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:46:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=7640 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/18/pfaw-the-human-toll-how-individual-americans-have-fared-at-the-hands-of-bush-judges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/29/pro-bono-lawyers-make-case-to-oconnor-in-religious-speech-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/29/pro-bono-lawyers-make-case-to-oconnor-in-religious-speech-suit/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:55:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6239 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/29/pro-bono-lawyers-make-case-to-oconnor-in-religious-speech-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/23/10th-circuit-colorado-scholarship-restrictions-to-students-at-pervasively-sectarian-schools-held-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/23/10th-circuit-colorado-scholarship-restrictions-to-students-at-pervasively-sectarian-schools-held-unconstitutional/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:52:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6113 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/23/10th-circuit-colorado-scholarship-restrictions-to-students-at-pervasively-sectarian-schools-held-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/04/democrats-continue-to-stall-on-judicial-nominees/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/04/democrats-continue-to-stall-on-judicial-nominees/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:13:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=4603 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/04/democrats-continue-to-stall-on-judicial-nominees/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/04/kathryn-kolbert-to-head-people-for-the-american-way/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/04/kathryn-kolbert-to-head-people-for-the-american-way/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:38:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/adf.php/2008/02/04/kathryn-kolbert-to-head-people-for-the-american-way/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/04/kathryn-kolbert-to-head-people-for-the-american-way/feed/ 1