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/2012/04/03/n-c-marriage-vote-could-help-sway-supreme-court-land-says/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/n-c-marriage-vote-could-help-sway-supreme-court-land-says/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:33:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130329 Baptist Press: With North Carolina voters poised to vote on a constitutional marriage amendment May 8, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary held a forum to discuss the importance and appropriateness of protecting the traditional definition of marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/n-c-marriage-vote-could-help-sway-supreme-court-land-says/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/baptist-leader-says-nc-crucial-in-marriage-debate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/baptist-leader-says-nc-crucial-in-marriage-debate/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:09:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129850 NECN.com: North Carolina, the last state in the South without a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, can play a key role in the national debate over the topic, a prominent Southern Baptist leader told an audience in Wake Forest on Wednesday. Richard Land, president of the convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/baptist-leader-says-nc-crucial-in-marriage-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/tn-500-protestors-stand-up-for-religious-freedom-at-the-capitol/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/tn-500-protestors-stand-up-for-religious-freedom-at-the-capitol/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:02:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129465 Tennessean: About 500 people packed the steps of the state Capitol for the Stand Up for Religious Freedom rally, held this afternoon to oppose the federal health care mandate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/tn-500-protestors-stand-up-for-religious-freedom-at-the-capitol/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/southern-baptist-erlc-releases-fact-sheet-on-obama-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/southern-baptist-erlc-releases-fact-sheet-on-obama-mandate/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:30:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126994 Baptist News: The Southern Baptist Convention's ethics entity has issued both a fact sheet about the Obama administration's contraceptive/abortion mandate and a call for support of a bill to restore conscience protections missing from the controversial requirement. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/southern-baptist-erlc-releases-fact-sheet-on-obama-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/more-lawsuits-filed-against-obama-mandate-nrtl-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/more-lawsuits-filed-against-obama-mandate-nrtl-news/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:07:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126478 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/more-lawsuits-filed-against-obama-mandate-nrtl-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/obamas-blaine-amendment-another-era-when-the-government-punished-catholic-institutions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/obamas-blaine-amendment-another-era-when-the-government-punished-catholic-institutions/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:31:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125322 Wall Street Journal (access via Google): "This ruling by the Obama Administration is the most transparently anti-Catholic action by the federal government since the Blaine Amendment was proposed in 1875," said Mr. Land this week on his national weekly radio show. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/obamas-blaine-amendment-another-era-when-the-government-punished-catholic-institutions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/bloomberg-republican-conservative-base-starts-rallying-around-santorum/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/bloomberg-republican-conservative-base-starts-rallying-around-santorum/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125250 Republican Conservative Base Starts Rallying Around Santorum: The Republican Party's socially conservative base, conflicted for months over which presidential candidate to back, is increasingly coalescing behind Rick Santorum in a shift that some observers say may energize his bid and slow Mitt Romney's momentum toward the nomination. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/bloomberg-republican-conservative-base-starts-rallying-around-santorum/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/southern-baptist-leader-if-obama-mandate-isn%e2%80%99t-changed-christians-will-go-to-jail/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/southern-baptist-leader-if-obama-mandate-isn%e2%80%99t-changed-christians-will-go-to-jail/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:38:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125245 LifeSiteNews.com: Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), told LifeSiteNews.com "we will not comply" with the Dept. of Health and Human Services’ mandate requiring religious institutions to cover abortifacient products such as Plan B, Ella, and the IUD. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/southern-baptist-leader-if-obama-mandate-isn%e2%80%99t-changed-christians-will-go-to-jail/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/land-urges-yes-for-miss-personhood-amend/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/land-urges-yes-for-miss-personhood-amend/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:20:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117854 Baptist Press: Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land has urged Mississippi voters to support an amendment to their state constitution that will protect human life from the moment of conception. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/land-urges-yes-for-miss-personhood-amend/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/land-iran-has-intl-obligation-to-free-pastor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/land-iran-has-intl-obligation-to-free-pastor/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:27:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115394 Baptist Press: Iran has an obligation under its international commitments to free a pastor facing execution and to drop all charges against him, Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land says in a letter written to Iran's United Nations ambassador. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/land-iran-has-intl-obligation-to-free-pastor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/land-cut-u-s-funding-to-un%e2%80%99s-population-fund/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/land-cut-u-s-funding-to-un%e2%80%99s-population-fund/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:21:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115311 Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission: The SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is on the record with strong support for H.R. 2059, legislation to prohibit funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). This bill would ensure that taxpayers are no longer forced to fund this agency, which known for its involvement with China’s one-child policy and forced sterilization. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/land-cut-u-s-funding-to-un%e2%80%99s-population-fund/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/values-voter-summit-partner-calls-irs-rule-restricting-religious-leaders-from-endorsing-candidates-dumb-the-american-independent/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/values-voter-summit-partner-calls-irs-rule-restricting-religious-leaders-from-endorsing-candidates-dumb-the-american-independent/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:19:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115309 The American Independent: Part of the mission of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, led by Richard D. Land, is to expand, generally, the freedom of religious groups to influence law and policy. This past Sunday, Land was among more than 400 religious leaders to participate in the Alliance Defense Fund’s Pulpit Freedom Sunday . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/values-voter-summit-partner-calls-irs-rule-restricting-religious-leaders-from-endorsing-candidates-dumb-the-american-independent/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/pastors-fight-irs-ban-on-endorsing-candidates-the-tennessean/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/pastors-fight-irs-ban-on-endorsing-candidates-the-tennessean/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:55:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115159 The Tennessean | tennessean.com: “The issue of whether the IRS can censor what a pastor says in the pulpit has never been tested in court,” said Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/pastors-fight-irs-ban-on-endorsing-candidates-the-tennessean/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/the-secret-is-out-churches-have-always-been-tax-exempt-examiner-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/the-secret-is-out-churches-have-always-been-tax-exempt-examiner-com/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:50:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115154 Examiner.com: “Pastors and churches shouldn’t live in fear of being punished or penalized by the government,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley. “Churches should be allowed to decide for themselves what they want to talk about. The IRS should not be the one making the decision by threatening to revoke a church’s tax-exempt status. No government-recognized status can be conditioned upon the surrender of a constitutionally protected right. That’s why ADF started Pulpit Freedom Sunday: to get the government out of the pulpits of America.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/the-secret-is-out-churches-have-always-been-tax-exempt-examiner-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/500-pastors-to-bait-irs-today-on-pulpit-freedom-sunday-tax-prof-blog/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/500-pastors-to-bait-irs-today-on-pulpit-freedom-sunday-tax-prof-blog/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:48:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115152 TaxProf Blog: Today is the fourth annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday, as 500 pastors plan to discuss politics and candidates in their sermons, flouting the law against campaigning by churches.  New York Times, The Political Pulpit . . . (includes video)   ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/500-pastors-to-bait-irs-today-on-pulpit-freedom-sunday-tax-prof-blog/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/more-pastors-sign-on-to-preach-politics-from-pulpit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/more-pastors-sign-on-to-preach-politics-from-pulpit/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:24:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115139 More Pastors Sign on to Preach Politics From Pulpit, Christian News: This Sunday, more than 400 pastors will be using their pulpits to preach politics and challenge the Internal Revenue Service's regulations that restrict religious leaders from endorsing candidates and discussing policies with their congregations . . . "Our goal has always been ... to have the Johnson amendment declared unconstitutional," Stanley said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/more-pastors-sign-on-to-preach-politics-from-pulpit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/evangelical-pastors-heed-a-political-calling-for-2012/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/evangelical-pastors-heed-a-political-calling-for-2012/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:16:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113218 Tribune Washington Bureau via Kansas City Star (also in Sacramento Bee): As pastors speak out on political matters, they've drawn admonitions from groups such as Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which warns that such activism could jeopardize their churches' nonprofit status. But the religious leaders are bolstered by well-funded Christian legal organizations supporting their cause. The most prominent - the Alliance Defense Fund, a group based in Scottsdale, Ariz., that spent $32 million in 2010 - is challenging a 1954 tax code amendment that prohibits pastors, as leaders of tax-exempt organizations, from supporting or opposing candidates from the pulpit. The fund sponsors Pulpit Freedom Sunday, in which it offers free legal representation to churches whose pastors preach about political candidates and are then audited by the Internal Revenue Service. (So far, no IRS investigations have been triggered.) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/evangelical-pastors-heed-a-political-calling-for-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/do-americans-disagree-when-church-leaders-mix-religion-politics/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/do-americans-disagree-when-church-leaders-mix-religion-politics/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:46:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111747 Do Americans Disagree When Church Leaders Mix Religion, Politics?, Christian News: The majority of Americans disapprove of their religious leaders getting involved in politics, reveals data collected from the General Social Survey. And according to one professor, the disapproval has only grown over the past two decades . . . But Southern Baptist ethicist Dr. Richard Land says survey data in the recently published American Religion: Contemporary Trends are too vague to accurately suggest Americans do not want religion mixed into their politics. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/do-americans-disagree-when-church-leaders-mix-religion-politics/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/so-baptist-rips-cain-for-mosque-remark/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/so-baptist-rips-cain-for-mosque-remark/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:39:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108629 OneNewsNow.com: he head of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Dr. Richard Land, is taking issue with GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain's criticism of a proposed mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/so-baptist-rips-cain-for-mosque-remark/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/08/pro-family-coalition-targets-nbc%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cplayboy-club%e2%80%9d-fall-series/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/08/pro-family-coalition-targets-nbc%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cplayboy-club%e2%80%9d-fall-series/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:49:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107813 New American: But the Coalition for the War on Illegal Pornography, led by Morality in Media, said the show is nothing more than a pornographic attack on families and the culture that should never see the light of day. “NBC is contributing to the sexual objectification and exploitation of women and encouraging greater acceptance of pornography with its soon-to-be-aired series,” the coalition charged in a press release. The coalition is made up of more than seventy groups, including Focus on the Family, Alliance Defense Fund, Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, American Family Association, Torah Jews for Decency, Wallbuilders, and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/08/pro-family-coalition-targets-nbc%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cplayboy-club%e2%80%9d-fall-series/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/baptist-leader-predicts-repeal-of-roe-v-wade/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/baptist-leader-predicts-repeal-of-roe-v-wade/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:57:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106461 OneNewsNow.com: There is now a 41-percent fertility gap between those who are pro-life and those who are pro-choice," he said. "And for the last 38 years, pro-life parents have been having their babies and they've been raising them to be pro-life. Pro-choice parents, alas, have often not had their babies -- and so they haven't raised them to be anything. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/baptist-leader-predicts-repeal-of-roe-v-wade/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/egypt-called-a-top-religious-liberty-violator/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/egypt-called-a-top-religious-liberty-violator/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:46:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102410 Baptist Press: Egypt should be added to an infamous list of the world's worst violators of religious liberty, a bipartisan commission told the United States government April 28. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/egypt-called-a-top-religious-liberty-violator/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/18/nashville-gen-identity-law-could-be-reversed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/18/nashville-gen-identity-law-could-be-reversed/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:30:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101393 Baptist Press: The Tennessee House of Representatives is expected to vote soon on legislation to prevent local governments from enacting ordinances such as a controversial one approved by the Nashville City Council that protects employees based on their "sexual orientation" or "gender identity." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/18/nashville-gen-identity-law-could-be-reversed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/12/music-city-usa-sings-a-gay-tune/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/12/music-city-usa-sings-a-gay-tune/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:50:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100779 One News Now: The Bible Belt city known for its country and Christian music has joined other communities in passing ordinances concerning sexual orientation . . . Had the ordinance been presented as a referendum before the general public, Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), says it would have been defeated. "Clearly the metro council members, a majority of them succumbed to the...intense lobbying of a minority ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/12/music-city-usa-sings-a-gay-tune/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/dave-cortman-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-the-supreme-courts-ruling-in-the-arizona-school-tuition-credit-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/dave-cortman-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-the-supreme-courts-ruling-in-the-arizona-school-tuition-credit-case/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:48:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100187 Dave Cortman appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss the ruling in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn. | MP3 audio 5:55 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/dave-cortman-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-the-supreme-courts-ruling-in-the-arizona-school-tuition-credit-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/baptist-press-supreme-court-hands-school-choice-big-win/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/baptist-press-supreme-court-hands-school-choice-big-win/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:48:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100134 Baptist Press: Parents should be able to choose what's best for their own children. This ruling empowers parents to do just that," David Cortman, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, said in a news release. ADF supports the law and represented an STO -- the Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization -- in the case. That particular organization was the main STO party in the case. "Parents should decide what schools their children attend and where their money goes," Cortman said. "The ACLU failed in its attempt to eliminate school choice for hundreds of thousands of students nationwide and also failed to demonstrate that it had any constitutional basis for its clients to file suit in the first place." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/baptist-press-supreme-court-hands-school-choice-big-win/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/gov-robert-bentley-what-baptists-thought/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/gov-robert-bentley-what-baptists-thought/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:42:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92680 writing at The Washington Post / On Faith: "Al Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, released a statement late Wednesday saying the governor's comments 'were completely consistent with mainstream evangelical piety and conviction' in that those who believe in Jesus are 'brothers.' As for those who don't, there's always the hope they will come to believe in Christ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/gov-robert-bentley-what-baptists-thought/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/u-s-passed-53-million-abortion-mark-in-2010/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/u-s-passed-53-million-abortion-mark-in-2010/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:09:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91610 Baptist Press: "At some point in 2010 -- 37 years removed from the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision -- a doctor in the United States performed the nation's 53 millionth legal abortion, a sobering stat that ethicists say should drive the public to speak up for the unborn." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/u-s-passed-53-million-abortion-mark-in-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/sad-day-senate-passes-dadt-repeal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/sad-day-senate-passes-dadt-repeal/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:01:44 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87858 reports at Baptist Press: "'No Americans, and especially not our troops, should be forced to abandon their religious beliefs,' Alliance Defense Fund attorney [Daniel Blomberg] said in a statement. 'We hope that our nation's leaders will work to ensure that none of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines are ever made to choose between serving their country or obeying their God as result of this damaging policy decision. And ADF stands ready to defend service members if they are ever unconstitutionally required to make that choice.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/sad-day-senate-passes-dadt-repeal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/07/richard-land-apples-indefensible-position/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/07/richard-land-apples-indefensible-position/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:02:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85249 Christian Post: "The decision by Apple to remove surreptitiously an iPhone application related to the Manhattan Declaration is nonsense at best and censorship at worst." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/07/richard-land-apples-indefensible-position/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/28/what-about-ivf-the-embryo-technology-that-evangelicals-dont-oppose/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/28/what-about-ivf-the-embryo-technology-that-evangelicals-dont-oppose/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:10:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79045 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/28/what-about-ivf-the-embryo-technology-that-evangelicals-dont-oppose/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/sbcs-richard-land-in-favor-of-tennessee-mosque/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/sbcs-richard-land-in-favor-of-tennessee-mosque/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:17:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75126 Associated Baptist Press: "Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, recently signed on as a charter member of the Interfaith Coalition on Mosques, an initiative sponsored by the Jewish Anti-Defamation League." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/sbcs-richard-land-in-favor-of-tennessee-mosque/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/campaigning-for-the-manhattan-declaration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/campaigning-for-the-manhattan-declaration/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:28:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74625 Christianity Today: "A group of charities, colleges, and churches wrote a letter to the Senate which stated that they opposed efforts to 'dilute the right of faith-based social service organizations to stay faith-based through their hiring' . . . The Alliance Defense Fund also took on the issue of religious liberty through its third annual 'Pulpit Freedom Sunday' . . . 'The question at stake is: Who should decide what is preached from the pulpit? Government bureaucrats and regulators, or the church and its leadership?' asked ADF president [Alan Sears]." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/campaigning-for-the-manhattan-declaration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/page-affirms-gop-pledge-on-life-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/page-affirms-gop-pledge-on-life-marriage/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:51:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74425 Baptist Press: "The president-elect of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee [Frank Page] is applauding a new Republican document that opposes taxpayer funding of abortion and stands up for 'traditional marriage,' and he says he longs for the day when both major parties take such stances." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/page-affirms-gop-pledge-on-life-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/alan-e-sears-awarded-john-leland-religious-liberty-award/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/alan-e-sears-awarded-john-leland-religious-liberty-award/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:56:50 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72811 TRUSTEES: Hope for America rests on believers, ERLC trustees told "ERLC trustees recognized [Alan Sears] as the recipient of the John Leland Religious Liberty Award. Sears is president and general counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund, an alliance of Christian attorneys and likeminded organizations that defend the right of people to freely practice their faith." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/alan-e-sears-awarded-john-leland-religious-liberty-award/feed/ 0