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/2012/05/23/ethics-complaint-against-ore-psychiatrist-for-practicing-conversion-therapy-part-of-new-campaign/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/ethics-complaint-against-ore-psychiatrist-for-practicing-conversion-therapy-part-of-new-campaign/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 21:17:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134502 AP: Hirsh, 22, contends the Oregon psychiatrist was practicing "conversion therapy" to change his sexual orientation. His experience is the subject of an ethics complaint filed this month by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which plans to take the same action in other states as part of a national campaign to stop therapists from trying to make gay people straight. | Southern Poverty Law Center press release and complaint ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/ethics-complaint-against-ore-psychiatrist-for-practicing-conversion-therapy-part-of-new-campaign/feed/ 0 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/2012/03/30/matt-barber-left%e2%80%99s-orwellian-censorship-campaign/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/matt-barber-left%e2%80%99s-orwellian-censorship-campaign/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:57:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130040 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/matt-barber-left%e2%80%99s-orwellian-censorship-campaign/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/ma-judge-dismisses-charges-against-peaceful-pro-life-activist-allegedly-beaten-by-police/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/ma-judge-dismisses-charges-against-peaceful-pro-life-activist-allegedly-beaten-by-police/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:50:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125811 LifeSiteNews.com: “Ever since Barack Obama came into office there has been an aggressive effort to undermine peaceful pro-life activity by casting pro-life activists as terrorists,” Scheidler said. “We’ve seen the Department of Homeland Security listing pro-lifers as potential terrorists. We’ve seen special meetings between the FBI and pro-abortion groups.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/ma-judge-dismisses-charges-against-peaceful-pro-life-activist-allegedly-beaten-by-police/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/black-pastors-join-pro-family-groups-to-condemn-southern-poverty-law-center-for-%e2%80%98bigotry%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/black-pastors-join-pro-family-groups-to-condemn-southern-poverty-law-center-for-%e2%80%98bigotry%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:53:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123438 LifeSiteNews.com: A coalition that includes black pastors and pro-family organizations held a protest outside the headquarters of the Southern Poverty Law Center yesterday to protest the organization’s ongoing “slander” against pro-family organizations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/black-pastors-join-pro-family-groups-to-condemn-southern-poverty-law-center-for-%e2%80%98bigotry%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/il-gay-couple-files-complaints-over-bed-and-breakfasts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/il-gay-couple-files-complaints-over-bed-and-breakfasts/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:51:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117647 Windy City Times: A Timber Creek receptionist referred Windy City Times to The Alliance Defense Fund ( ADF ), a self-described "Christian legal alliance defending religious liberty, sanctity of life, marriage, and the family." A 2005 Southern Poverty Law Center report listed ADF as one the top 12 most influential anti-gay groups in the country. ADF did not respond to a request to comment in time for publication. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/il-gay-couple-files-complaints-over-bed-and-breakfasts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/16/day-of-truth-anti-gay-bullying/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/16/day-of-truth-anti-gay-bullying/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:24:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113738 Anti-LGBT Bullying Advocates Meet with Bachmann's Office | The Advocate: In a meeting that she described as cordial and productive, Aaberg talked about the pervasive bullying her son had faced. The problem was compounded by a school policy that did not adequately counter such harassment, she said. To the contrary, Justin’s school allowed such events as the “Day of Truth” to occur: The annual antigay event is organized by the social conservative legal group Alliance Defense Fund, though the ex-gay group Exodus International has also supported Day of Truth in the past. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/16/day-of-truth-anti-gay-bullying/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/2011/07/22/respect-of-marriage-act-seeks-to-silence-voters-says-policy-analyst/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/respect-of-marriage-act-seeks-to-silence-voters-says-policy-analyst/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:48:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108770 Christian Post: An Alliance Defense Fund/ Public Opinion Strategies poll also found that 62 percent of Americans still believe that marriage should be defined only as a union between one and one woman. "Americans understand marriage," ADF Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks testified at the hearing. "Since 1968 over 32 jurisdictions have voted on marriage it's passed by an average of 63 percent. They don't need a legislature to define it for them." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/respect-of-marriage-act-seeks-to-silence-voters-says-policy-analyst/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/david-cortman-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-should-school-districts-staff-stay-neutral-on-sexual-orientation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/david-cortman-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-should-school-districts-staff-stay-neutral-on-sexual-orientation/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:25:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108688 David Cortman on the Janet Mefferd Show to discuss the topic. | MP3 audio 19:17 mins | Update and related post. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/david-cortman-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-should-school-districts-staff-stay-neutral-on-sexual-orientation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/jeremy-tedesco-anoka-hennepins-neutrality-policy-on-sexuality-makes-sense/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/jeremy-tedesco-anoka-hennepins-neutrality-policy-on-sexuality-makes-sense/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:54:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108155 Minnesota Public Radio News: "Over the top" only begins to describe a June 27 commentary piece authored by Richard Cohen of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Kate Kendall of the National Center for Lesbian Rights regarding the Anoka-Hennepin School District's sexual orientation curriculum policy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/jeremy-tedesco-anoka-hennepins-neutrality-policy-on-sexuality-makes-sense/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/conservative-group-to-anoka-hennepin-keep-sexual-orientation-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/conservative-group-to-anoka-hennepin-keep-sexual-orientation-policy/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:08:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107246 Minnesota Public Radio News: he Alliance Defense Fund, a group of Christian attorneys who have worked in several states on efforts to ban same-sex marriage, sent a letter to the school district on Tuesday. In it, Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco said the civil rights groups' arguments have "no basis in law." "The district should not allow SPLC and NCLR to browbeat them into abandoning its sensible policy of requiring district personnel to remain neutral on issues regarding sexual orientation," Tedesco wrote. "Neutrality does not equal hostility. Rather, neutrality respects all sides of a controversial issue, and advocates none." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/conservative-group-to-anoka-hennepin-keep-sexual-orientation-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/adf-minn-school-district-can-reject-activist-demands-to-support-homosexual-behavior/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/adf-minn-school-district-can-reject-activist-demands-to-support-homosexual-behavior/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:09:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107319 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/adf-minn-school-district-can-reject-activist-demands-to-support-homosexual-behavior/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/religious-right-poll-contradicts-trends-on-gay-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/religious-right-poll-contradicts-trends-on-gay-marriage/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:31:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106698 The Washington Independent: The Alliance Defense Fund — founded in part by Focus on the Family, Campus Crusade for Christ and the American Family Association, which has been dubbed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center — paid for the poll. The ADF opposes any rights for same-sex couples including marriage, civil unions and domestic partner benefits. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/religious-right-poll-contradicts-trends-on-gay-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/27/mn-anoka-hennepin-school-district-glbt-policy-criticized/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/27/mn-anoka-hennepin-school-district-glbt-policy-criticized/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 20:59:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104969 Star Tribune: Two national groups have urged the Anoka-Hennepin School District to repeal a policy that requires teachers remain neutral about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues (GLBT).The Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Center for Lesbian Rights . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/27/mn-anoka-hennepin-school-district-glbt-policy-criticized/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/28/splc-and-rights-groups-urge-mn-school-district-to-restore-lgbt-students-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/28/splc-and-rights-groups-urge-mn-school-district-to-restore-lgbt-students-rights/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:44:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94053 letter sent this morning, the Southern Poverty Law Center, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Faegre & Benson, LLP are urging Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin School District and Champlin Park High School (CPHS) to immediately restore the rights of two lesbian students, Desiree (“Dez”) Shelton and Sarah Lindstrom." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/28/splc-and-rights-groups-urge-mn-school-district-to-restore-lgbt-students-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/dadt-and-left-wing-intellectual-bigotry/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/dadt-and-left-wing-intellectual-bigotry/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:54:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87981 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/dadt-and-left-wing-intellectual-bigotry/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/matthew-j-franck-on-same-sex-marriage-stop-playing-the-hate-card/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/matthew-j-franck-on-same-sex-marriage-stop-playing-the-hate-card/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:23:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87787 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/matthew-j-franck-on-same-sex-marriage-stop-playing-the-hate-card/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/frc-open-letter-calling-for-civil-debate-end-to-character-assassination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/frc-open-letter-calling-for-civil-debate-end-to-character-assassination/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:15:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86816 FRC: "Family Research Council (FRC) announced the placement of a full-page open letter in today's print editions of Politico and the Washington Examiner responding to the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) recent attacks on FRC and other groups." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/frc-open-letter-calling-for-civil-debate-end-to-character-assassination/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/frc-countering-the-lefts-smear-and-silence-campaign/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/frc-countering-the-lefts-smear-and-silence-campaign/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:54:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85897 writes in the FRC Washington Update: "This morning, I had the opportunity to appear on 'Fox and Friends' to respond to the Left's ongoing campaign to smear and silence FRC and other pro-family organizations. As I reported yesterday, the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has called on national TV networks to censor us because of our support for man-woman marriage." Video is here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/frc-countering-the-lefts-smear-and-silence-campaign/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/frc-splcs-cowardly-lyin/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/frc-splcs-cowardly-lyin/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:24:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85609 Family Research Council: "Richard Cohen, SPLC's President, revealed what this whole attack on FRC was really about.'We don't believe that some of these people should be put on national TV.' According to Cohen, FRC's position on marriage should disqualify us from any media appearances. (Is it really our position on marriage or that the facts are just not on their side?)" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/frc-splcs-cowardly-lyin/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/07/tolerance-law-center-report-labels-southern-poverty-law-center-a-hate-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/07/tolerance-law-center-report-labels-southern-poverty-law-center-a-hate-group/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:02:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85275 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/07/tolerance-law-center-report-labels-southern-poverty-law-center-a-hate-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/california-chief-justice-views-iowa-vote-as-reason-for-change/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/california-chief-justice-views-iowa-vote-as-reason-for-change/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:32:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85100 The American Independent: "As The Iowa Independent previously reported, several out-of-state groups — New Jersey-based National Organization for Marriage, Mississippi-based American Family Association, Washington, D.C.-based Family Research Council, Washington, D.C.-based Citizens United Political Victory Fund, Georgia-based Faith & Freedom Coalition and Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund — spent nearly $1 million to defeat the Iowa justices and provided unsolicited materials directly to Iowa churches in an effort to influence congregations across the state." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/california-chief-justice-views-iowa-vote-as-reason-for-change/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/the-family-foundation-continues-to-ally-itself-with-hate-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/the-family-foundation-continues-to-ally-itself-with-hate-groups/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:43:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85023 Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life Blog: "The Family Foundation based in Richmond, Virginia, has a long history of promoting an over the top anti-gay agenda. Thus, it is surprising that TFF has been silent on the designation of its allies - e.g., Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, American Family Association, etc. - as either anti-gay groups or anti-gay hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC") [ADF listed as allied organization]" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/the-family-foundation-continues-to-ally-itself-with-hate-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/family-policy-council-of-w-va-ally-listed-as-hate-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/family-policy-council-of-w-va-ally-listed-as-hate-group/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:31:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85016 Charleston Gazette: "A national group associated with the Family Policy Council of West Virginia has been named a hate group by a civil rights center. The Southern Poverty Law Center announced late last month it would list the Family Research Council and a dozen other organizations as hate groups . . . The Family Policy Council of West Virginia's website says it has "strategic alliances" with FRC and two other national groups, Focus on the Family and the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/family-policy-council-of-w-va-ally-listed-as-hate-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/la-times-spews-hate-speech-at-frc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/la-times-spews-hate-speech-at-frc/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:05:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84908 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/la-times-spews-hate-speech-at-frc/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/brad-oleary-splc-aims-hate-crimes-law-at-first-amendment-freedoms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/brad-oleary-splc-aims-hate-crimes-law-at-first-amendment-freedoms/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:04:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84922 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/03/brad-oleary-splc-aims-hate-crimes-law-at-first-amendment-freedoms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/pro-family-leaders-warn-that-hate-group-label-defines-christianity-as-bigotry/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/pro-family-leaders-warn-that-hate-group-label-defines-christianity-as-bigotry/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:12:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84591 Catholic News Agency: "The Southern Poverty Law Center’s classification of pro-family groups as hate groups is the 'next phase' of a gay rights movement which seeks to redefine Christianity as bigotry and to shut down honest debate, pro-family leaders warned." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/pro-family-leaders-warn-that-hate-group-label-defines-christianity-as-bigotry/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/southern-poverty-law-ctr-demonizes-christian-supporters-of-traditional-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/southern-poverty-law-ctr-demonizes-christian-supporters-of-traditional-marriage/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:24:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83718 writing at Legal Insurrection: "SPLC is at it again, with a list of 18, 'anti-gay' groups, 13 of whom also will make SPLC's upcoming 'hate group' list . . . All these groups, with one exception below, were included for having a fundamentalist Christian view of homosexuality and gay marriage. Oddly, no Orthodox Jewish or Muslim groups were included, even though those religious affiliations have views not much different from fundamentalist Christians." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/southern-poverty-law-ctr-demonizes-christian-supporters-of-traditional-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/24/illinois-family-institute-says-it-is-not-a-hate-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/24/illinois-family-institute-says-it-is-not-a-hate-group/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:06:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=19267 The Illinois Family Institute has posted this article on OpposingViews.com in response to its being placed on a "Hate Groups" list prepared by the Southern Poverty Law Center. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/24/illinois-family-institute-says-it-is-not-a-hate-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/05/legal-public-interest-groups-hit-by-madoff/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/05/legal-public-interest-groups-hit-by-madoff/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:39:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=11656 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/05/legal-public-interest-groups-hit-by-madoff/feed/ 3