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/2012/02/24/john-w-whitehead-there-is-nothing-constitutional-about-state-mandated-transvaginal-ultrasounds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/john-w-whitehead-there-is-nothing-constitutional-about-state-mandated-transvaginal-ultrasounds/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:30:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126811 Huffington Post: From disputes over whether the federal health care mandate should cover contraception and abortion to state-led efforts to undermine abortion by, among other things, requiring that women seeking to have abortions be subjected to invasive transvaginal ultrasounds without their consent, these highly partisan issues keep us divided and distracted, and incapable of doing anything to prevent the steady erosion of our rights by the powers that be. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/john-w-whitehead-there-is-nothing-constitutional-about-state-mandated-transvaginal-ultrasounds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/va-correcting-a-wrong-re-home-schoolers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/va-correcting-a-wrong-re-home-schoolers/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:48:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125484 OneNewsNow.com: The Virginia Senate is considering a bill that would give home-schooled students access to participate in sports at public schools, and one attorney thinks the proposal is a good idea. H.B. 947 . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/va-correcting-a-wrong-re-home-schoolers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/nativity-scene-at-gct-primary-continues-to-stir-controversy-paragoulddailypress-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/nativity-scene-at-gct-primary-continues-to-stir-controversy-paragoulddailypress-com/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:15:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123054 ParagouldDailyPress.com: Noble said he had not responded to the letters pending legal advice. He said the Rutherford Institute and Liberty Counsel had volunteered to help the school district in the matter and the Alliance Defense Fund had sent a list of court cases that might be applicable to the situation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/nativity-scene-at-gct-primary-continues-to-stir-controversy-paragoulddailypress-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/04/constitutional-experts-pro-life-%e2%80%98terrorists%e2%80%99-could-be-permanently-detained-without-trial-under-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/04/constitutional-experts-pro-life-%e2%80%98terrorists%e2%80%99-could-be-permanently-detained-without-trial-under-law/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:10:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121946 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/04/constitutional-experts-pro-life-%e2%80%98terrorists%e2%80%99-could-be-permanently-detained-without-trial-under-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/07/he-dared-to-question-evolution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/07/he-dared-to-question-evolution/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:30:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115733 OneNewsNow.com: The Rutherford Institute is preparing to appeal a recent court decision against an Ohio science teacher who tried to teach his student to think critically about evolution ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/07/he-dared-to-question-evolution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/23/ok-suit-seeks-religious-exemption-from-drivers-license-biometric-photo/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/23/ok-suit-seeks-religious-exemption-from-drivers-license-biometric-photo/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:09:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114415 Religion Clause: In Cleveland County, Oklahoma, a woman has filed suit is state court seeking a religious accommodation that would allow her to obtain a driver's license with a low resolution photograph instead of the state-required high-resolution photo that captures biometric data. The complaint (full text) in Beach v. Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, (OK Dist. Ct., Sept. 21, 2011) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/23/ok-suit-seeks-religious-exemption-from-drivers-license-biometric-photo/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/john-whitehead-constitution-day-is-the-constitution-on-life-support/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/john-whitehead-constitution-day-is-the-constitution-on-life-support/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:00:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113342 The Rutherford Institute: We can pretend that the Constitution, which was written to hold the government accountable, is still our governing document. However, the reality we must come to terms with is that in the America we live in today, the government does whatever it wants. And the few of us who actively fight to preserve the rights enshrined in the Constitution (a group whose numbers continue to shrink) do so knowing that in the long run, we may be fighting a losing battle. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/13/john-whitehead-constitution-day-is-the-constitution-on-life-support/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/suppression-of-free-speech-all-over-the-country/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/suppression-of-free-speech-all-over-the-country/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:48:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112694 OneNewsNow.com: A Virginia street preacher's "noise" equals constitutionally free speech, according to a legal group. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/suppression-of-free-speech-all-over-the-country/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/ma-mother-outraged-after-middle-school-children-forced-to-take-oral-sex-survey/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/ma-mother-outraged-after-middle-school-children-forced-to-take-oral-sex-survey/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:58:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106709 Daily Mail Online: A Massachusetts middle school has sparked outrage after forcing students to answer questions about oral sex. Parent Arlene Tessitore made an official complaint after her seventh and eighth grade daughters were forced to take the Youth Risk Behaviour Study at Memorial Middle School. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/ma-mother-outraged-after-middle-school-children-forced-to-take-oral-sex-survey/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/10/conservative-trial-lawyers-use-lawsuits-to-protect-free-speech-religious-freedom-property-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/10/conservative-trial-lawyers-use-lawsuits-to-protect-free-speech-religious-freedom-property-rights/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 16:20:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103210 Injury Board Blog Network: There are scores of other cases like these every year, filed by these groups and others, such as the Alliance Defense Fund, the Rutherford Institute, and many others... just as the Founders intended. The "tort reform" movement will eventually reach harm cases, through restrictions on the filing of any lawsuit, Americans don't recognize the universality of the rights protected in our Constitution and Bill of Rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/10/conservative-trial-lawyers-use-lawsuits-to-protect-free-speech-religious-freedom-property-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/02/va-challenge-to-zoning-denial-by-interfaith-retreat-center-can-move-ahead/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/02/va-challenge-to-zoning-denial-by-interfaith-retreat-center-can-move-ahead/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 16:09:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102452 Religion Clause Blog: In a letter ruling in Oracle Institute v. Board of Supervisors of Grayson County, (VA Cir. Ct., April 26, 2011), a Virginia state trial judge rejected a number of defenses to a suit brought by an interfaith spiritual retreat center challenging the denial of a special use permit for property which it wished to develop. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/02/va-challenge-to-zoning-denial-by-interfaith-retreat-center-can-move-ahead/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/28/religious-material-a-no-no-on-school-playgrounds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/28/religious-material-a-no-no-on-school-playgrounds/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:19:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99325 One News Now: "Pennsylvania third-grader is getting legal help after being told by school officials that she can't hand out Christian tracts on the playground." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/28/religious-material-a-no-no-on-school-playgrounds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/parents-under-siege-in-global-battle-against-state-control-of-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/parents-under-siege-in-global-battle-against-state-control-of-children/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:55:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97259 New American: “Parents, not the government, are the ones ultimately responsible for making educational choices for their children, and jailing them for standing on this universal right is simply unconscionable,” declared ADF attorney Roger Kiska. “Irene Wiens was well within her rights under the European Convention on Human Rights to opt to teach her children a view of sexuality that is in accord with her own religious beliefs, instead of sending them to four days of classes and an interactive play that she found to be objectionable.” Kiska noted that the ADF is defending four similar case . . . [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/parents-under-siege-in-global-battle-against-state-control-of-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/rutherford-institute-sues-dept-of-homeland-security-and-tsa-over-scanners/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/rutherford-institute-sues-dept-of-homeland-security-and-tsa-over-scanners/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:46:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82504 The Rutherford Institute: (links to the complaint) "In a case involving the continuing encroachment of modern technology upon personal privacy, The Rutherford Institute has filed a Fourth Amendment lawsuit in federal court against Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and John Pistole, administrator of the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), on behalf of two airline pilots who refused to submit to airport security screening which relies on advanced imaging technology that exposes intimate details of a person’s body to government agents." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/rutherford-institute-sues-dept-of-homeland-security-and-tsa-over-scanners/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/va-evangelist-sues-challenging-citys-noise-ordinance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/va-evangelist-sues-challenging-citys-noise-ordinance/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:26:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80311 The Rutherford Institute: "The Rutherford institute has filed a First Amendment lawsuit in federal court against the City of Winchester, its police chief and another police officer, charging that the City’s noise ordinance, which prohibits sounds that 'annoy' or 'disturb' others, is unconstitutional. The case arose out of events that transpired during the 2010 Apple Blossom Festival in which a Christian street preacher was prevented from preaching about his religious beliefs on a public sidewalk after a passerby complained that he felt 'uncomfortable' with the message." | For more information, including text of the complaint, see Religion Clause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/va-evangelist-sues-challenging-citys-noise-ordinance/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/high-court-seen-snubbing-religious-expression-cases/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/high-court-seen-snubbing-religious-expression-cases/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:56:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79431 Education Week: "[A]t least one conservative constituency largely is still waiting for its day in the high court. Over the past two years alone, self-described religious-liberty groups on the right have asked the justices to hear appeals in some half-dozen cases involving religious expression in the public schools. In each case, the Supreme Court has refused . . . Half a dozen or so conservative legal organizations, as part of their advocacy work, regularly take up the cause of student religious expression—and, in some cases, nonreligious expression as well. In addition to Liberty Counsel, others include the Alliance Defense Fund, in Scottsdale, Ariz.; the American Center for Law and Justice, in Washington; the Liberty Institute, in Plano, Texas, which is not affiliated with Liberty Counsel; the Rutherford Institute, in Charlottesville, Va.; the Southeastern Legal Foundation, in Marietta, Ga.; and the Thomas More Law Center, in Ann Arbor, Mich." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/high-court-seen-snubbing-religious-expression-cases/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/the-rutherford-institute-to-represent-pilot-who-refused-virtual-strip-search/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/the-rutherford-institute-to-represent-pilot-who-refused-virtual-strip-search/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:28:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77799 ChristianNewsWire: "In a case involving the continuing encroachment of modern technology upon personal privacy, The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of an airline pilot who refused to submit to airport security screening that exposes intimate details of a person's body to government agents." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/the-rutherford-institute-to-represent-pilot-who-refused-virtual-strip-search/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/sc-suit-says-county-sign-control-ordinance-is-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/sc-suit-says-county-sign-control-ordinance-is-unconstitutional/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:50:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76079 Religion Clause Blog: "The complaint (full text) in Moultrie v. Berkeley County, South Carolina, (D SC, filed 10/5/2010), argues that by providing exemptions for political signs (as well as for "for sale" and "for lease" signs) but not for signs expressing religious messages . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/sc-suit-says-county-sign-control-ordinance-is-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/va-rutherford-institute-warns-middle-school-principal-against-creating-hostile-workplace-environment-towards-religion-fca-club/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/va-rutherford-institute-warns-middle-school-principal-against-creating-hostile-workplace-environment-towards-religion-fca-club/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:24:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71064 Rutherford Institute: "In a letter to Don Curtis, the principal of Wilson Middle School in Fishersville, Va., John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, warns the school administrator against creating a hostile workplace environment towards religion and discriminating against religious student groups such as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Several members of the community asked the Institute to intervene after Curtis emailed teachers advising them that they could be subject to termination proceedings should they assist students in forming an FCA club at their school." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/va-rutherford-institute-warns-middle-school-principal-against-creating-hostile-workplace-environment-towards-religion-fca-club/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/scholars-westboro-message-at-marines-funeral-offensive-but-protected/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/scholars-westboro-message-at-marines-funeral-offensive-but-protected/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:34:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=65820 York Daily Record: "The writers of all seven amicus briefs filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Westboro Baptist Church noted two things: The protest by the Rev. Fred Phelps and members of his family was terribly offensive and presented a worldview with which they disagreed greatly. And, despite that, all seven said the court must rule in favor of the Kansas-based church when it hears the appeal by Spring Garden Township's Albert Snyder in October." | Via Religion Clause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/19/scholars-westboro-message-at-marines-funeral-offensive-but-protected/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/2010/05/26/rutherford-argues-council-prayers-constitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/rutherford-argues-council-prayers-constitutional/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 22:27:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/rutherford-argues-council-prayers-constitutional/ One News Now: "The Rutherford Institute is urging the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm legislative prayers in Forsyth County, North Carolina, as constitutional." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/rutherford-argues-council-prayers-constitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/13/free-religious-speech-for-students-in-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/13/free-religious-speech-for-students-in-school/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:12:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/13/free-religious-speech-for-students-in-school/ Daily Dunkin Democrat: "Like Jefferson and Madison, I strongly believe in separation of church and state. And if a principal were to mandate school-directed prayer in classrooms, then that would be a violation of that separation. However, if at commencement, a valedictorian speaks of what God and Christ have meant to her life, that is her First Amendment right to free speech! The Roberts Supreme Court does not appear to agree . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/13/free-religious-speech-for-students-in-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/01/u-s-supreme-court-will-consider-first-amendment-rights-of-christian-club/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/01/u-s-supreme-court-will-consider-first-amendment-rights-of-christian-club/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:58:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=57145 Christian Examiner: "The U.S. Supreme Court—which will review a religious discrimination case brought by a Christian legal society from San Francisco college of law—has received nearly two dozen legal briefs supporting the student club . . . 'Just as all student groups have the right to associate with people who share common beliefs and interests, Christian student groups have the right to be Christian student groups,' said [Gregory S. Baylor], senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund. 'Requiring leaders of a Christian club to live by a Christian code of conduct is no different than an environmentalist club requiring its leaders not to be lumberjacks.'" | For more information on the case see the ADF Alliance Alert case tag: http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/tag/zz-christian-legal-society-v-martinez/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/01/u-s-supreme-court-will-consider-first-amendment-rights-of-christian-club/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/31/tn-cheatham-county-seminar-will-focus-on-teachers-religious-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/31/tn-cheatham-county-seminar-will-focus-on-teachers-religious-rights/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:09:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=57023 The Ashland City Times: "Cheatham County educators are invited to attend a teleconference that organizers say will focus on the constitutional rights of religious persons in public schools . . . The Cheatham County Ministerial Alliance, Family Action Council of Tennessee and Alliance Defense Fund are sponsoring the conference." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/31/tn-cheatham-county-seminar-will-focus-on-teachers-religious-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/22/john-whitehead-the-right-not-to-be-offended-the-supreme-court-and-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/22/john-whitehead-the-right-not-to-be-offended-the-supreme-court-and-religion/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:51:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/22/john-whitehead-the-right-not-to-be-offended-the-supreme-court-and-religion/ writes at the Huffington Post: "The First Amendment right to free speech is on life support. And with its recent refusal to review the case of Nurre v. Whitehead, the Supreme Court may have pulled the plug." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/22/john-whitehead-the-right-not-to-be-offended-the-supreme-court-and-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/delaware-ruling-in-prayer-suit-could-have-wide-reach/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/delaware-ruling-in-prayer-suit-could-have-wide-reach/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:58:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53023 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/delaware-ruling-in-prayer-suit-could-have-wide-reach/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/rutherford-institute-urges-supreme-court-to-restore-christian-student-groups-access-to-university-campus/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/rutherford-institute-urges-supreme-court-to-restore-christian-student-groups-access-to-university-campus/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:38:03 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52071 Rutherford Institute: "The Rutherford Institute has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez in defense of the right of a Christian university student group to be able to freely associate with fellow believers who subscribe to their religious beliefs about sexual conduct outside of marriage." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/15/rutherford-institute-urges-supreme-court-to-restore-christian-student-groups-access-to-university-campus/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/29/va-lawmaker-targets-police-prayer-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/29/va-lawmaker-targets-police-prayer-policy/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:33:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=46559 Associated Press: "A state legislator is renewing his effort to undo an administrative order requiring Virginia State Police chaplains to deliver non-denominational prayers at official events. Del. Charles W. Carrico, a retired state trooper, claims the 2008 directive from State Police Superintendent W. Steven Flaherty violates the chaplains' constitutional right to free exercise of religion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/29/va-lawmaker-targets-police-prayer-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/08/rutherford-institute-asks-u-s-supreme-court-to-protect-student-artistic-expression-reverse-ban-on-instrumental-performance-of-ave-maria/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/08/rutherford-institute-asks-u-s-supreme-court-to-protect-student-artistic-expression-reverse-ban-on-instrumental-performance-of-ave-maria/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:07:48 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=44522 Rutherford Institute Press Release: "Voicing the concern that arts education in the public schools is in danger of being sanitized of any art with remotely religious themes or inspiration, The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S Supreme Court to weigh in on a case in which public school officials banned the performance of an instrumental arrangement of Franz Biebl's 'Ave Maria' at a high school graduation simply because the superintendent feared it might be religious." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/08/rutherford-institute-asks-u-s-supreme-court-to-protect-student-artistic-expression-reverse-ban-on-instrumental-performance-of-ave-maria/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/19/calling-for-common-sense-about-christmas-rutherford-institute-issues-legal-guidelines-for-celebrating-christmas-in-public-at-school-or-work-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/19/calling-for-common-sense-about-christmas-rutherford-institute-issues-legal-guidelines-for-celebrating-christmas-in-public-at-school-or-work-2/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:47:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42874 Christian Newswire: "Hoping to alleviate any confusion over the do's and don'ts of celebrating Christmas in schools, workplaces and elsewhere, The Rutherford Institute has issued its 'Twelve Rules of Christmas' guidelines, which are available here." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/19/calling-for-common-sense-about-christmas-rutherford-institute-issues-legal-guidelines-for-celebrating-christmas-in-public-at-school-or-work-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/16/john-w-whitehead-calls-for-sweeping-changes-to-the-u-s-supreme-court-and-far-reaching-revisions-to-the-confirmation-process/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/16/john-w-whitehead-calls-for-sweeping-changes-to-the-u-s-supreme-court-and-far-reaching-revisions-to-the-confirmation-process/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:43:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42438 Rutherford Institute: "The time has surely come for an independent judicial appointments commission to be established ... to take Supreme Court appointments out of the hands of politicians and beyond the reach of the political process..."--John W. Whitehead & John M. Beckett ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/16/john-w-whitehead-calls-for-sweeping-changes-to-the-u-s-supreme-court-and-far-reaching-revisions-to-the-confirmation-process/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/11/the-horrors-of-sexual-trafficking-american-style/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/11/the-horrors-of-sexual-trafficking-american-style/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:54:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=35874 Rutherford Institute: "The only way to truly combat sex trafficking is to expose its seedy underbelly, harshly punish perpetrators and bring justice to the victims. Yes, as collective communities and as a nation, we must make sexual trafficking a priority. The future of our country hangs in the balance." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/11/the-horrors-of-sexual-trafficking-american-style/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/10/rutherford-institute-others-virginia-jail-ban-on-biblical-passages-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/10/rutherford-institute-others-virginia-jail-ban-on-biblical-passages-unconstitutional/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:31:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29789 Rutherford Institute: "The Rutherford Institute, in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Virginia, the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, Prison Fellowship, the Friends Committee on National Legislation and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, has demanded that officials at the Rappahannock Regional Jail immediately end their illegal practice of censoring religious material sent to detainees." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/10/rutherford-institute-others-virginia-jail-ban-on-biblical-passages-unconstitutional/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/rutherford-institute-urges-us-supreme-court-to-hear-free-speech-case-of-high-school-valedictorian-censored-silenced-for-referencing-christ/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/rutherford-institute-urges-us-supreme-court-to-hear-free-speech-case-of-high-school-valedictorian-censored-silenced-for-referencing-christ/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:28:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27742 Rutherford Institute: "Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have asked the United States Supreme Court to hear the case of a high school valedictorian whose microphone was turned off by school officials after she began speaking about the part her religious beliefs played in her success in life . . . A copy of the brief is available here . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/rutherford-institute-urges-us-supreme-court-to-hear-free-speech-case-of-high-school-valedictorian-censored-silenced-for-referencing-christ/feed/ 0