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/2012/05/09/house-committee-plans-to-consider-measures-devised-with-support-of-anti-lgbt-groups-email-shows/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/house-committee-plans-to-consider-measures-devised-with-support-of-anti-lgbt-groups-email-shows/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:29:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133289 MetroWeekly: Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) plans to introduce an amendment on Wednesday to the National Defense Authorization Act in a mark-up of the bill before the House Armed Services Committee that is aimed at creating "a conscience protection clause" for military chaplains in the wake of the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." . . . Among the advocates included in the planning for the amendments being offered and from whom Johnson was seeking input were Elaine Donnelly of the Center for Military Readiness; Brian Duggan, a lobbyist for the National Organization for Marriage; Austin Nimocks and Daniel Blomberg, lawyers with the Alliance Defense Fund . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/house-committee-plans-to-consider-measures-devised-with-support-of-anti-lgbt-groups-email-shows/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/house-seeks-to-intervene-in-defense-of-doma-in-military-benefits-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/house-seeks-to-intervene-in-defense-of-doma-in-military-benefits-case/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:49:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132916 Metro Weekly: The House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group today sought to intervene, as expected, in the challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act and related laws brought by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network on behalf of LGB servicemembers and veterans and their spouses. The intervention in McLaughlin v. United States . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/house-seeks-to-intervene-in-defense-of-doma-in-military-benefits-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/22/sldn-lawyers-tell-court-american-servicemembers-and-their-families-are-among-domas-victims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/22/sldn-lawyers-tell-court-american-servicemembers-and-their-families-are-among-domas-victims/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:18:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119283 MetroWeekly: Telling the court that there are no facts in dispute in the case, SLDN lawyers argue that the court should rule on the legal issues in the case and decide those issues in SLDN's favor. On Friday, Nov. 18, however, the Republican leadership-controlled House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group filed a notice before the court announcing that, should the federal government decline to defend DOMA in this case as it has done in other cases challenging DOMA, BLAG stands ready to seek intervention to do so itself. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/22/sldn-lawyers-tell-court-american-servicemembers-and-their-families-are-among-domas-victims/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/doma-challenge-imminent-not-widely-supported-onenewsnow-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/doma-challenge-imminent-not-widely-supported-onenewsnow-com/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:59:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116562 OneNewsNow.com: "It never was about 'oh, let me please serve. I don't want to lie; I want to serve my country.' That was just all frosting on a get-rid-of-DOMA cake. And so this is not unexpected." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/doma-challenge-imminent-not-widely-supported-onenewsnow-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/after-demise-of-dont-ask-activists-call-for-end-to-military-ban-on-transgenders/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/after-demise-of-dont-ask-activists-call-for-end-to-military-ban-on-transgenders/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:26:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114960 Washington Times: With homosexuals now able to serve openly in the military, the gay rights movement’s next battleground is to persuade the Obama administration to end the armed forces’ ban on “transgenders,” a group that includes transsexuals and cross-dressers. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/after-demise-of-dont-ask-activists-call-for-end-to-military-ban-on-transgenders/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/elaine-donnelly-congress-resists-rush-for-an-lgbt-military/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/elaine-donnelly-congress-resists-rush-for-an-lgbt-military/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:54:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113937 Washington Times: ccording to The Washington Times, in an Aug. 11 letter to Mr. Panetta, Aubrey Sarvis of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) disingenuously suggests that it would be “simple” to add “sexual orientation” to the five categories (race, color, sex, religion and national origin) covered under the Military Equal Opportunity program and Human Goals Charter. Such a change, he argues, would justify 10 mostly new administrative policies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/elaine-donnelly-congress-resists-rush-for-an-lgbt-military/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/group-wants-military-recruiters-to-target-gays-after-repeal-of-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/group-wants-military-recruiters-to-target-gays-after-repeal-of-ban/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:45:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109354 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/group-wants-military-recruiters-to-target-gays-after-repeal-of-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/07/9th-circuit-orders-end-to-ban-on-gay-service-members/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/07/9th-circuit-orders-end-to-ban-on-gay-service-members/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:30:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107663 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/07/9th-circuit-orders-end-to-ban-on-gay-service-members/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/us-military%e2%80%99s-pro-homosexual-indoctrination-has-started/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/us-military%e2%80%99s-pro-homosexual-indoctrination-has-started/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:33:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99497 Family Policy Network: AOur government’s push for legitimizing homosexuality is foolish and reckless, since it has been well-established by medical science and research that homosexual activity is one of the most deadly practices known to humanity. (The numerous crippling mental and health problems associated with homosexuality are too numerous to list here, but can be seen at this link: http://www.corporateresourcecouncil.org/white_papers/Health_Risks.pdf) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/us-military%e2%80%99s-pro-homosexual-indoctrination-has-started/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/dadt-lawsuits-to-remain-active/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/dadt-lawsuits-to-remain-active/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:40:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87950 Associated Press: "Pending lawsuits against the military ban on openly gay troops will remain in place for now, even though Congress has voted to repeal the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/dadt-lawsuits-to-remain-active/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/house-leadership-announces-new-plan-to-repeal-dadt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/house-leadership-announces-new-plan-to-repeal-dadt/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:08:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86560 Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: "The U.S. House is scheduled to vote tomorrow to add repeal language to a bill that already once passed the House floor and the Senate Armed Services Committee – thus, helping chances that repeal passes as little time remains in the lame-duck session." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/house-leadership-announces-new-plan-to-repeal-dadt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/discharged-gay-veterans-sue-for-reinstatement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/discharged-gay-veterans-sue-for-reinstatement/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:37:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86235 Associated Press: "Three military veterans who were discharged under the law that prohibits gays from serving openly in uniform sued the government Monday to be reinstated and to pressure lawmakers to repeal the 'don't ask, don't tell' law before a new Congress is sworn in." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/discharged-gay-veterans-sue-for-reinstatement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/dadt-splitting-gay-rights-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/dadt-splitting-gay-rights-groups/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:02:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82164 Washington Post / Federal Eye: "On Monday, three groups that support lifting the gay ban -- the Palm Center at the University of California Santa Barbara, OutServe and Knights Out -- said they want lawmakers to pass the [defense authorization bill] whether or not it includes language ending 'don't ask, don't tell' . . . It's a risky political calculation that puts them in direct conflict with four larger groups more directly involved with lobbying efforts to end the ban: the Human Rights Campaign, the Center for American Progress, Servicemembers United and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/dadt-splitting-gay-rights-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/group-says-air-force-has-stopped-enforcing-gay-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/group-says-air-force-has-stopped-enforcing-gay-ban/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:06:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76636 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/group-says-air-force-has-stopped-enforcing-gay-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/congress-not-courts-may-have-final-word-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/congress-not-courts-may-have-final-word-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:25:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76130 The National Law Journal on Law.com: "Two federal court rulings dramatically shifted the legal landscape with respect to the military's ban against openly gay service members. It's unclear, however, whether they will survive U.S. Supreme Court review. Ultimately, the matter may be settled where the Obama administration wants it to be -- in Congress." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/congress-not-courts-may-have-final-word-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/dadt-failure-widens-rift-among-gay-rights-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/dadt-failure-widens-rift-among-gay-rights-groups/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:52:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/dadt-failure-widens-rift-among-gay-rights-groups/ Congress.org: "The split has only grown in the months since, with activists such as Choi staging aggressive, low-budget protests to pressure key Democratic leaders, while the Human Rights Campaign has worked quietly behind the scenes in meetings with some of the very same politicians. The tension between those two radically different approaches came to a head last week when Senate Republicans successfully filibustered an attempt to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/dadt-failure-widens-rift-among-gay-rights-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/dadt-in-reids-hands/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/dadt-in-reids-hands/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:33:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71861 The Advocate (Warning: may include ads promoting homosexual behavior): "Fearful that delaying action on 'don’t ask, don’t tell' until after the midterms could potentially kill the measure for the year, repeal advocates are pushing Senate majority leader Harry Reid to schedule a Senate floor vote on the defense funding bill in September." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/dadt-in-reids-hands/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/agreement-reached-in-dadt-litigation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/agreement-reached-in-dadt-litigation/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:05:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68967 Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: "Victor Fehrenbach's attorneys have reached an agreement with the Air Force and DOJ. There are three key points: 1) The Secretary (or his designee) cannot reach a discharge decision until after August 27; 2) If the decision is discharge, Fehrenbach will have 21 day notice. He can move forward with an injunction in that time frame. 3) Air Force and DOJ are required to notify the court of their actions." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/agreement-reached-in-dadt-litigation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/idaho-aviator-sues-to-block-dont-ask-dont-tell/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/idaho-aviator-sues-to-block-dont-ask-dont-tell/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:55:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/idaho-aviator-sues-to-block-dont-ask-dont-tell/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/idaho-aviator-sues-to-block-dont-ask-dont-tell/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/04/homosexual-groups-plan-august-lobbying-blitz-to-repeal-dadt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/04/homosexual-groups-plan-august-lobbying-blitz-to-repeal-dadt/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:16:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67371 The Hill: "The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) — two organizations on the front lines of the repeal fight — will send staffers and allies to the offices of senators from Arkansas, Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Virginia as part of their Countdown 2010 advocacy campaign." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/04/homosexual-groups-plan-august-lobbying-blitz-to-repeal-dadt/feed/ 0