http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:56:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/eastern-europes-conservative-crackdown-on-reproductive-freedom-huffington-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/eastern-europes-conservative-crackdown-on-reproductive-freedom-huffington-post/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:56:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125282 The Huffington Post: There is a very strong pronatalist [anti-choice] current in Central and Eastern Europe and that goes along with nationalist tendencies in many of these countries," says Johanna Westeson, European regional director for the Center for Reproductive Rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/eastern-europes-conservative-crackdown-on-reproductive-freedom-huffington-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uk-mps-back-calls-to-recapture-powers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uk-mps-back-calls-to-recapture-powers/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:54:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125280 Burton News & Staffordshire Newspape: PRIME Minister David Cameron should take back control of more than 100 crime and policing laws from the European Union, two Conservative MPs have said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uk-mps-back-calls-to-recapture-powers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/abortion-is-bankrupt-in-spain/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/abortion-is-bankrupt-in-spain/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:52:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125278 Turtle Bay and Beyond: After the passage of Spain’s liberal abortion law in 2010 the government began subsidizing abortion on demand, providing it at no cost to the mother. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/abortion-is-bankrupt-in-spain/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/bishops-refute-white-house-blog-on-contraception-coverage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/bishops-refute-white-house-blog-on-contraception-coverage/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:50:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125276 Turtle Bay and Beyond: The White House blog in a post called “Health Reform, Preventive Services, and Religious Institutions” addresses women’s preventive services required under the Affordable Care Act by religious institutions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/bishops-refute-white-house-blog-on-contraception-coverage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/tx-medina-valley-indpendent-school-district-prayer-case-is-settled/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/tx-medina-valley-indpendent-school-district-prayer-case-is-settled/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:44:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125273 Houston Chronicle: Settling a controversial prayer lawsuit, the Medina Valley Independent School District has agreed that its teachers, administrators and other employees will not pray with students, elicit prayer, proselytize, or display religious artifacts. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/tx-medina-valley-indpendent-school-district-prayer-case-is-settled/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/utah-bills-to-strengthen-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/utah-bills-to-strengthen-marriage/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:38:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125271 The Salt Lake Tribune: Two bills before the Utah Legislature this session are intended to strengthen the institution of marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/utah-bills-to-strengthen-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/australia-mps-set-to-debate-gay-marriage-in-house-of-representatives/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/australia-mps-set-to-debate-gay-marriage-in-house-of-representatives/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:35:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125269 The Courier-Mail: THE national legislature will on Monday become the Pink Parliament with a total of four gay marriage bills being up for consideration. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/australia-mps-set-to-debate-gay-marriage-in-house-of-representatives/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/court-suspends-spains-most-famous-judge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/court-suspends-spains-most-famous-judge/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:32:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125267 CNN.com: Spain's best-known judge will be suspended for 11 years from the bench after his conviction Thursday for improperly ordering wiretaps while investigating a financial corruption case, the nation's Supreme Court ruled. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/court-suspends-spains-most-famous-judge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/center-for-reproductive-rights-reopens-lawsuit-against-fda-restrictions-on-emergency-contraception/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/center-for-reproductive-rights-reopens-lawsuit-against-fda-restrictions-on-emergency-contraception/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:27:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125265 Center for Reproductive Rights: Seeking immediate relief that would allow emergency contraception over-the-counter access for women of all ages, today the Center for Reproductive Rights asked a federal court to reopen the Center’s 2005 lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for imposing unnecessary age restrictions on the drugs, also known as the “morning-after pill.” | Tummino v. Hamburg ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/center-for-reproductive-rights-reopens-lawsuit-against-fda-restrictions-on-emergency-contraception/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/arizona-bill-targets-police-in-polygamous-enclave/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/arizona-bill-targets-police-in-polygamous-enclave/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:10:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125263 The Salt Lake Tribune: A bill advancing in the Arizona Legislature would abolish the police department in Colorado City, a northern Arizona community where state Attorney General Tom Horne says officers who are followers of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs flout the law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/arizona-bill-targets-police-in-polygamous-enclave/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ontario-no-more-lord%e2%80%99s-prayer-at-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ontario-no-more-lord%e2%80%99s-prayer-at-meetings/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125261 Stratford Gazette: Perth County has dropped the long-standing tradition of reciting the Lord’s Prayer at the beginning of council meetings. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ontario-no-more-lord%e2%80%99s-prayer-at-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/rhode-island-town-readies-for-boisterous-hearing-on-now-covered-prayer-banner/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/rhode-island-town-readies-for-boisterous-hearing-on-now-covered-prayer-banner/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:01:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125258 Fox News: A Rhode Island town is bracing for a potentially "boisterous" public hearing next week where officials will vote on whether to fight a court order to take down a prayer banner that has hung for decades in a high school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/rhode-island-town-readies-for-boisterous-hearing-on-now-covered-prayer-banner/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/judge-slams-critics-of-texas-school-prayer-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/judge-slams-critics-of-texas-school-prayer-ruling/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125256 Sacramento Bee: U.S. District Judge Fred Biery on Thursday admonished those who "demagogued this case for their own political goals." He then added, "You should be ashamed of yourselves." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/judge-slams-critics-of-texas-school-prayer-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/un-secretary-general-tells-african-nations-to-adopt-lgbt-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/un-secretary-general-tells-african-nations-to-adopt-lgbt-rights/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:53:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125254 Friday Fax: C-Fam: Last week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told African nations to repeal criminal laws that sanction homosexual conduct and to stop discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/un-secretary-general-tells-african-nations-to-adopt-lgbt-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/n-j-senator-introduces-bill-to-allow-voters-to-decide-on-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/n-j-senator-introduces-bill-to-allow-voters-to-decide-on-marriage/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:47:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125252 NJ.com: State Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) has introduced a measure to allow voters to decide whether New Jersey should allow gay couples to get married. The measure (SCR-88) . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/n-j-senator-introduces-bill-to-allow-voters-to-decide-on-marriage/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/guttmacher-teen-abortion-and-pregnancy-rates-down-due-to-contraception/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/guttmacher-teen-abortion-and-pregnancy-rates-down-due-to-contraception/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:42:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125248 Reuters: Birth and abortion rates among U.S. teens fell to record lows in 2008 as increased use of contraceptives sent the overall teen pregnancy rate to its lowest level since at least 1972, a study showed on Wednesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/guttmacher-teen-abortion-and-pregnancy-rates-down-due-to-contraception/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/2012/02/09/kansas-bill-requires-doctors-to-tell-patients-that-abortion-increases-breast-cancer-risk/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/kansas-bill-requires-doctors-to-tell-patients-that-abortion-increases-breast-cancer-risk/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:31:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125243 MSN.com: . . . including requiring doctors to tell women that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer and eliminating tax credits for post-secondary medical institutions that perform abortions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/kansas-bill-requires-doctors-to-tell-patients-that-abortion-increases-breast-cancer-risk/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/komens-next-headache-endless-politics-and-public-relations-problems/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/komens-next-headache-endless-politics-and-public-relations-problems/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:26:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125241 WSJ.com: It's unclear why a charity focused on the prevention and treatment of breast cancer would decide to align itself with a group so closely tied to just one political party. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/komens-next-headache-endless-politics-and-public-relations-problems/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/christie-calls-on-union-chief-to-resign-over-school-voucher-comment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/christie-calls-on-union-chief-to-resign-over-school-voucher-comment/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:19:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125238 Fox News: The call from the governor was the latest fallout for New Jersey Education Association Executive Director Vincent Giordano, whose own salary tops $300,000. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/christie-calls-on-union-chief-to-resign-over-school-voucher-comment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/cardinal-designate-timothy-dolan-president-barack-obama-needs-to-stop-intruding-into-internal-life-of-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/cardinal-designate-timothy-dolan-president-barack-obama-needs-to-stop-intruding-into-internal-life-of-church/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:09:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125236 CBS New York (includes video): “The federal government should do what it’s traditionally done since July 4, 1776, namely back out of intruding into the internal life of a church,” Dolan told CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/cardinal-designate-timothy-dolan-president-barack-obama-needs-to-stop-intruding-into-internal-life-of-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/obama-administration-struggles-to-contain-uproar-over-birth-control-rule/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/obama-administration-struggles-to-contain-uproar-over-birth-control-rule/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:04:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125234 The Hill: The White House struggled Wednesday to contain the growing uproar over its birth-control mandate, with Democrats peeling off one by one in what has become an increasingly divisive election-year controversy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/obama-administration-struggles-to-contain-uproar-over-birth-control-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ala-school-defends-bible-assemblies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ala-school-defends-bible-assemblies/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125232 OneNewsNow.com: Liberty Counsel is proud of an Alabama school board for standing strong against a complaint filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation concerning religious assemblies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ala-school-defends-bible-assemblies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uganda-reintroduces-legislation-criminalizing-homosexuality/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uganda-reintroduces-legislation-criminalizing-homosexuality/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125229 JURIST: The Parliament of Uganda [official website] on Tuesday reintroduced legislation that would criminalize certain homosexual activities. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uganda-reintroduces-legislation-criminalizing-homosexuality/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/pastor-rick-warren-id-rather-go-to-jail-than-obey-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/pastor-rick-warren-id-rather-go-to-jail-than-obey-mandate/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:48:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125227 LifeNews.com: “I’m not a Catholic but I stand in 100% solidarity with my brothers & sisters to practice their belief against govt pressure,” Warren said. “I’d go to jail rather than cave in to a govement mandate that violates what God commands us to do. Would you? Acts 5:29.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/pastor-rick-warren-id-rather-go-to-jail-than-obey-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/iowa-same-sex-couple-sue-over-death-record/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/iowa-same-sex-couple-sue-over-death-record/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:46:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125225 Des Moines Register: A same-sex couple filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Iowa Department of Health, seeking a new death certificate for their stillborn child after one of their names was removed from the original death certificate. | Lambda Legal press release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/iowa-same-sex-couple-sue-over-death-record/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ilya-somin-ginsburg-and-scalia-on-foreign-constitutions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ilya-somin-ginsburg-and-scalia-on-foreign-constitutions/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125223 Volokh Conspiracy: Conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby has a good article today on the somewhat overwrought criticism of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for saying, in Cairo, that the US Constitution is not a good model for other countries in 2012. As Jacoby points out, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia recently actually said that “[t]he bill of rights of the former ‘evil empire,’ the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was much better than ours,” without raising any such hackles. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ilya-somin-ginsburg-and-scalia-on-foreign-constitutions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/dale-carpenter-reinhardt%e2%80%99s-minimalism-lowering-the-stakes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/dale-carpenter-reinhardt%e2%80%99s-minimalism-lowering-the-stakes/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:31:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125220 Volokh Conspiracy: In contrast to Judge Walker’s maximalist opinion striking down Prop 8, it’s generally accepted that Judge Reinhardt’s opinion was minimalist. There’s a commonsense way in which the opinion is not at all minimalist. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/dale-carpenter-reinhardt%e2%80%99s-minimalism-lowering-the-stakes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/resolving-conflicting-legal-norms-between-us-and-foreign-courts-uva-symposium/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/resolving-conflicting-legal-norms-between-us-and-foreign-courts-uva-symposium/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:29:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125218 symposium on how to resolve conflicting legal norms in US and foreign courts . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/resolving-conflicting-legal-norms-between-us-and-foreign-courts-uva-symposium/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/jeremy-tedesco-conscience-and-campus-orthodoxy-online-library-of-law-and-liberty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/jeremy-tedesco-conscience-and-campus-orthodoxy-online-library-of-law-and-liberty/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125125 Online Library of Law and Liberty: In the end, the court struck at the very heart of what Julea’s lawsuit is all about: that the First Amendment prohibits public universities from demanding that students change or violate their beliefs as a condition to getting a degree. As the court said: “A university cannot compel a student to alter or violate her belief systems . . . as the price for obtaining a degree.” The Sixth Circuit is right, “Tolerance is a two-way street.” A fact that is often lost on public universities when it comes to Christian expression and belief, as Julea’s case so clearly shows. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/jeremy-tedesco-conscience-and-campus-orthodoxy-online-library-of-law-and-liberty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/marriage-on-the-line-in-colo/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/marriage-on-the-line-in-colo/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:12:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125214 OneNewsNow.com: Colorado lawmakers face the task of dealing with a same-gender civil unions bill again this year. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/marriage-on-the-line-in-colo/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/states-challenge-federal-approval-requirements-for-election-law-changes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/states-challenge-federal-approval-requirements-for-election-law-changes/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:07:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125212 The Washington Post: The provision requires states and localities with a history of discrimination to get federal approval of any changes in their voting laws. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/states-challenge-federal-approval-requirements-for-election-law-changes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/stupak-obamacare-protected-conscience-except-when-it-didnt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/stupak-obamacare-protected-conscience-except-when-it-didnt/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:03:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125210 LifeNews.com: In a new interview with Greta Van Susteren of Fox News, “pro-life” former Democratic congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan says he is opposed to the controversial new Obama mandate that forces religious employers to pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs in employee health insurance plans. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/stupak-obamacare-protected-conscience-except-when-it-didnt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/new-head-of-biggest-planned-parenthood-says-abortion-sacred/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/new-head-of-biggest-planned-parenthood-says-abortion-sacred/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125208 LifeNews.com: Melaney Linton, who will now oversee Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, is determined to further the Life-ending work of Planned Parenthood . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/new-head-of-biggest-planned-parenthood-says-abortion-sacred/feed/ 0