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/2011/01/26/amended-opinion-issued-en-banc-review-denied-in-world-vision-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/26/amended-opinion-issued-en-banc-review-denied-in-world-vision-case/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:28:48 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93505 Religion Clause: "Yesterday, a panel of the 9th Circuit issued an amended opinion and denied an en banc rehearing in Spencer v. World Vision, Inc., (9th Cir., Jan. 25, 2011). At issue is whether the Christian humanitarian organization, World Vision, comes within the exemption in Title VII  . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/26/amended-opinion-issued-en-banc-review-denied-in-world-vision-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/when-religious-freedom-and-equal-opportunity-employment-laws-collide/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/when-religious-freedom-and-equal-opportunity-employment-laws-collide/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:03:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81964 Law Office of Patricia Kane Williams, LLC: "This summer a divided Ninth Circuit held that World Vision, a noted humanitarian organization, could terminate employees on account of their religious beliefs. Although approved for publication, the case offers little guidance because each member of the three-judge panel provided a different analysis for his or her conclusion . . . As is to be expected for a case raising such hot issues, numerous organizations, such as the U.S. Department of Justice, the Christian Legal Society, Alliance Defense Fund, Association for Christian Schools International, etc., appeared as amici curiae." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/when-religious-freedom-and-equal-opportunity-employment-laws-collide/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/2010/08/31/ninth-circuit-protects-para-church-ministries-%e2%80%93-really/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/ninth-circuit-protects-para-church-ministries-%e2%80%93-really/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:09:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70807 Kevin Theriot writing at Speak Up Movement / Church: "This decision [in Spence v. World Vision] brings the Ninth Circuit in line with several others such as the Eleventh in Atlanta and the Third in Philadelphia. What's remarkable is the court went even further than its sister circuits when making this ruling. For instance, in holding that World Vision falls under the Title VII’s exemption for religious organizations, the court said that the First Amendment would require such an exemption, even if Title VII didn’t provide for it. It’s encouraging to know that even if Congress attempts to narrow the law to only apply to churches, para-church ministries like World Vision are still protected by the Constitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/ninth-circuit-protects-para-church-ministries-%e2%80%93-really/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/greg-baylor-are-you-sitting-down-9th-circuit-delivers-favorable-religious-freedom-decision/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/greg-baylor-are-you-sitting-down-9th-circuit-delivers-favorable-religious-freedom-decision/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:08:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70477 Gregory S. Baylor writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "Yes, believe it or not, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a favorable religious freedom decision. On Monday, the court held that World Vision is in fact a religious organization and thus allowed to fire three employees who had repudiated the Christian beliefs they once held." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/greg-baylor-are-you-sitting-down-9th-circuit-delivers-favorable-religious-freedom-decision/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/groups-protest-ban-on-religion-based-hiring-in-proposed-samhsa-legislation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/groups-protest-ban-on-religion-based-hiring-in-proposed-samhsa-legislation/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:12:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70363 Religion Clause: "Today's New York Times and a press release from World Vision report that over 100 religious organizations have written to every member of Congress objecting to a provision in HR 5466, the proposed SAMHSA Modernization Act of 2010 reauthorizing the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. At issue is a provision (Sec. 501(m)(2)) that would prevent grant recipients under the Act from hiring on the basis of religion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/groups-protest-ban-on-religion-based-hiring-in-proposed-samhsa-legislation/feed/ 0