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/2012/05/24/adf-alliance-alert-publication-schedule-may-25th-and-28th/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/adf-alliance-alert-publication-schedule-may-25th-and-28th/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 23:06:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134686 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/adf-alliance-alert-publication-schedule-may-25th-and-28th/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/brazilian-senate-committee-oks-civil-unions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/brazilian-senate-committee-oks-civil-unions/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:55:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134684 Huffington Post: A measure allowing same-sex civil unions passed its first legislative step in Brazil's Congress, where it has lingered for 16 years. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/brazilian-senate-committee-oks-civil-unions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/expert-american-misunderstandings-on-religious-liberty-affect-efforts-abroad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/expert-american-misunderstandings-on-religious-liberty-affect-efforts-abroad/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:50:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134682 Christian Post: "There has to be a wall institutionally between the government and the church or religious groups," he said. "But many have taken that law of separation to think that it means separating religion from politics, which is precisely the opposite of what the Founding Fathers wanted." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/expert-american-misunderstandings-on-religious-liberty-affect-efforts-abroad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/catholics-evangelicals-may-coordinate-on-religious-freedom-event-this-summer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/catholics-evangelicals-may-coordinate-on-religious-freedom-event-this-summer/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:47:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134680 Christian Post: The U.S. Catholic Church will hold an event this summer called "Fortnight for Freedom" to bring attention to religious freedom issues. The Christian Post has learned that discussions are underway to include evangelical organizations with these events. Evangelical organizations have expressed solidarity with Catholic leaders who oppose the Obama administration's birth control mandate, which, they argue, is a religious freedom issue. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/catholics-evangelicals-may-coordinate-on-religious-freedom-event-this-summer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/first-mosque-for-shia-muslims-opens-in-finland/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/first-mosque-for-shia-muslims-opens-in-finland/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:46:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134678 Europe News: The first mosque and cultural center for Finland’s Shi’ites was inaugurated in the capital Helsinki earlier this week. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/first-mosque-for-shia-muslims-opens-in-finland/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/penna-dexter-gay-divorce-threatens-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/penna-dexter-gay-divorce-threatens-marriage/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:44:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134676 Baptist Press: This means that regardless of the referendum outcome in November, Maryland at least will recognize same-sex "marriages" from other states. Advocates of same sex "marriage" see this as a way to get the legal camel's nose under the tent. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/penna-dexter-gay-divorce-threatens-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptist-leader-condemns-anti-gay-diatribes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptist-leader-condemns-anti-gay-diatribes/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:41:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134674 Baptist Press: The Southern Baptist Convention's national strategist for gender issues has released a statement condemning the harsh language of two independent Baptist pastors from North Carolina whose remarks on homosexuals and gender identity have gone viral on the Interne ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptist-leader-condemns-anti-gay-diatribes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/a-group-is-questioning-the-center-for-arizona-policy-tax-exempt-status-read-more-httppolitics-kfyi-comcc-commonmainheadlines3-htmlfeed118695article10152308ixzz1vptmh6ep/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/a-group-is-questioning-the-center-for-arizona-policy-tax-exempt-status-read-more-httppolitics-kfyi-comcc-commonmainheadlines3-htmlfeed118695article10152308ixzz1vptmh6ep/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:39:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134672 KFYI: An Arizona atheist organization wants the IRS to investigate the tax exempt status of the Center for Arizona Policy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/a-group-is-questioning-the-center-for-arizona-policy-tax-exempt-status-read-more-httppolitics-kfyi-comcc-commonmainheadlines3-htmlfeed118695article10152308ixzz1vptmh6ep/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptists-draw-distance-from-harsh-anti-gay-rhetoric-yet-hold-to-convictions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptists-draw-distance-from-harsh-anti-gay-rhetoric-yet-hold-to-convictions/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:36:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134670 Baptist Press: Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund, said pastors in particular should not be afraid to speak biblically from the pulpit without fear of reprisal, even when their opinion is contrary to that of President Obama. "The fact that the pastor may be responding to a comment from the president doesn't make the biblical comments off-limits," Stanley said. The ADF campaigns against U.S. law that prohibits pastors from using the pulpit to oppose political candidates. "At ADF, we believe that restriction is unconstitutional," Stanley said. "Our point is that we should let the pastors and the churches of America debate what is wrong or right." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptists-draw-distance-from-harsh-anti-gay-rhetoric-yet-hold-to-convictions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/myanmar-arab-awakening-top-us-list-of-progress-on-human-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/myanmar-arab-awakening-top-us-list-of-progress-on-human-rights/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:30:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134668 Christian Science Monitor: State Department's annual report on human rights around the world also notes the important role that technology, the Internet, and social media play in advancing individual freedoms. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/myanmar-arab-awakening-top-us-list-of-progress-on-human-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/ousted-after-demanding-wine-for-mass-jail-chaplain-claims-rights-were-violated/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/ousted-after-demanding-wine-for-mass-jail-chaplain-claims-rights-were-violated/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:18:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134666 The Post and Courier: For 15 years, he has consumed 1 ounce of sacramental wine during Mass without incident. Inmates partake only in the bread. But this week he lost a fight. Chief Deputy Mitch Lucas, the jail’s administrator, has told Lofton to replace the wine — brought to the jail in a TSA-approved container designed for holy water — with grape juice. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/ousted-after-demanding-wine-for-mass-jail-chaplain-claims-rights-were-violated/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/who-ignores-link-between-growing-incidence-of-preterm-birth-and-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/who-ignores-link-between-growing-incidence-of-preterm-birth-and-abortion/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:12:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134664 C-FAM: The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released an important new study looking at the growing and harmful medical phenomenon of “pre-term birth.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/who-ignores-link-between-growing-incidence-of-preterm-birth-and-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-storm-of-protest-as-prayers-banned-at-sevenoaks-council-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-storm-of-protest-as-prayers-banned-at-sevenoaks-council-meetings/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:05:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134662 ThisisKent: Prayers have been banned at council meetings – sparking a storm of protest. New chairman Dee Morris has chosen not to have a chaplain offer a blessing before Sevenoaks District Council meetings. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-storm-of-protest-as-prayers-banned-at-sevenoaks-council-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/churches-sealed-shut-in-indonesia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/churches-sealed-shut-in-indonesia/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:01:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134659 Canada Free Press: Seventeen churches have been forcibly closed in Indonesia’s Aceh province following last month’s election of a hard-line Islamic governor. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/churches-sealed-shut-in-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/missouri-to-vote-on-right-to-pray-constitutional-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/missouri-to-vote-on-right-to-pray-constitutional-amendment/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:58:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134657 Chicago Tribune: Voters in the U.S. state of Missouri will decide on August 7 whether to approve a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to pray in public places. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/missouri-to-vote-on-right-to-pray-constitutional-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/guttmacher-inflates-abortion-numbers-in-latin-america/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/guttmacher-inflates-abortion-numbers-in-latin-america/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:56:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134655 Turtle Bay and Beyond: A recent article in a medical journal in Mexico completely debunks the Guttmacher Institute numbers on “unsafe” abortions in several latin american countries. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/guttmacher-inflates-abortion-numbers-in-latin-america/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/official-vows-china-will-correct-gender-imbalance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/official-vows-china-will-correct-gender-imbalance/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:53:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134653 XINHUANET: With most Chinese provinces experiencing a serious gender imbalance, a government official in charge of family planning has pledged the country will work hard to ameliorate the problem. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/official-vows-china-will-correct-gender-imbalance/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/china%e2%80%99s-population-control-inspired-by-ideas-of-the-club-of-rome/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/china%e2%80%99s-population-control-inspired-by-ideas-of-the-club-of-rome/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:51:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134651 Turtle Bay and Beyond: They were inspired by the reports of the Club of Rome, a think tank that unites Heads of States, UN bureaucrats, diplomats, scientists and business leaders who claim they “share a common concern for the future of humanity and the planet.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/china%e2%80%99s-population-control-inspired-by-ideas-of-the-club-of-rome/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-second-govt-venue-discriminates-against-marriage-advocates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-second-govt-venue-discriminates-against-marriage-advocates/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:47:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134649 Christian Concern: The conference had originally been booked at the Law Society but had to be moved after the organisation cancelled the booking on the grounds that it did not fit with its diversity policy. It was then re-booked at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster. However, Christian Concern was contacted late on Tuesday afternoon - the day before the conference - and told that the event had been deemed inappropriate for the conference centre as it did not fit with the values of the government agency that runs the facility. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-second-govt-venue-discriminates-against-marriage-advocates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-concern-that-draft-medical-guidelines-undermine-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-concern-that-draft-medical-guidelines-undermine-religious-freedom/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:43:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134647 Christian Concern: Christian doctors and a Catholic Bishop have suggested that the draft guidance, entitled “Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice”, could significantly undermine freedom of belief for Christian doctors. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-concern-that-draft-medical-guidelines-undermine-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-tolerance-%e2%80%93-but-only-for-appropriate-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-tolerance-%e2%80%93-but-only-for-appropriate-groups/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:41:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134645 Telegraph: I believe the PM and his inner circle still haven't grasped the enormity of their mistake in pushing a change in the marriage law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-tolerance-%e2%80%93-but-only-for-appropriate-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-ministers-will-get-free-vote-on-gay-marriage-plans/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-ministers-will-get-free-vote-on-gay-marriage-plans/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:37:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134643 Christian Institute: David Cameron is to give Government ministers a free vote on plans to rewrite the definition of marriage following a wave of protest. The move is significant because, normally, ministers are expected to vote according to Government policy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-ministers-will-get-free-vote-on-gay-marriage-plans/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/spanish-doctor-ordered-to-pay-child-monthly-maintenance-after-botched-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/spanish-doctor-ordered-to-pay-child-monthly-maintenance-after-botched-abortion/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 20:07:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134641 Telegraph: A judge on the island of Majorca ordered the unnamed gynaecologist to pay the mother 150,000 euros (£120,000) in "moral damages" for his negligence and a monthly maintenance of 978 euros (£780) until the child reaches its 26th birthday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/spanish-doctor-ordered-to-pay-child-monthly-maintenance-after-botched-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/sc-abortion-compromise-could-mean-higher-insurance-premiums-for-state-workers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/sc-abortion-compromise-could-mean-higher-insurance-premiums-for-state-workers/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:57:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134639 The State: State employees could pay higher health insurance premiums in order for the state health plan to continue to cover abortions in the case of rape or incest, according to a compromise reached in the S.C. Senate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/sc-abortion-compromise-could-mean-higher-insurance-premiums-for-state-workers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/americas-21st-century-population-edge-babies-demographics-power-influence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/americas-21st-century-population-edge-babies-demographics-power-influence/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:53:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134637 Wall Street Journal (via Google): Birth rates are dropping all over the world, often below replacement rates. But not in the U.S . . . Every other major modern nation and every developing country has low or falling birth rates. Japan and Poland see 1.3 children per woman, Brazil and China 1.9, Pakistan 3.6 (down from 6.6 three decades ago). American fertility rates are relatively high, at nearly 2.1. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/americas-21st-century-population-edge-babies-demographics-power-influence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/us-cuts-33-million-in-aid-to-pakistan-over-osama-bin-laden-doctor-sentence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/us-cuts-33-million-in-aid-to-pakistan-over-osama-bin-laden-doctor-sentence/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:45:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134635 Telegraph: Congressmen on the powerful Senate appropriations committee voted to cut $1 million from the $800 million annual budget for each of the 33 years that Dr Shakeel Afridi has been told he must serve in jail for working with a foreign intelligence agency. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/us-cuts-33-million-in-aid-to-pakistan-over-osama-bin-laden-doctor-sentence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/ohio-abortion-foes-call-out-senators/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/ohio-abortion-foes-call-out-senators/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:40:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134633 Middletown Journal: Group buys ads targeting lawmakers. Faith 2 Action pushing Senate to act on ‘heartbeat’ bill. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/ohio-abortion-foes-call-out-senators/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/college-agrees-to-recognize-christian-club-lawsuit-dropped/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/college-agrees-to-recognize-christian-club-lawsuit-dropped/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:34:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134631 The Church Report: The Alliance Defense Fund said Tuesday the suit had served its purpose by forcing the school to give the group called 'Make Up Your Own Mind' access to university facilities and funding like it does for other groups. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/college-agrees-to-recognize-christian-club-lawsuit-dropped/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/why-americans-are-becoming-more-pro-life/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/why-americans-are-becoming-more-pro-life/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:31:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134629 Washington Post: Second, we have seen the way abortion is used in the world to undermine the rights of women, whether it is forced abortion in China, gender-selective abortion worldwide or its concentration among poor and minority women. Abortion is increasingly hard to square with women’s empowerment when it is the single greatest contributor tipping the scale towards a world with fewer women. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/why-americans-are-becoming-more-pro-life/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/hungary-reopens-abortion-controversy-with-pill-debate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/hungary-reopens-abortion-controversy-with-pill-debate/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:17:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134627 Wall Street Journal: Hungary won’t allow abortion pills because they pose health risks, the country’s senior official responsible for healthcare issues said this week, sparking a new debate among the public, politicians and NGOs, some of who voiced concerns that the Hungarian government could go further and restrict or ban abortion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/hungary-reopens-abortion-controversy-with-pill-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/obama-doj-forces-ark-university-to-biological-male-into-female-restrooms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/obama-doj-forces-ark-university-to-biological-male-into-female-restrooms/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:13:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134624 Breitbart: The Obama Department of Justice has reportedly ordered the University of Arkansas at Ft. Smith (UAFS) to allow a male student to use women’s bathrooms on campus. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/obama-doj-forces-ark-university-to-biological-male-into-female-restrooms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/targets-promise-to-gay-community/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/targets-promise-to-gay-community/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:04:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134622 One News Now: A pro-family organization is drawing attention to Target for donating its sales in support of "gay marriage" laws. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/targets-promise-to-gay-community/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/gay-marriage%e2%80%94nothing-new-under-the-sun/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/gay-marriage%e2%80%94nothing-new-under-the-sun/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134620 Catholic World Report: Gay marriage and homosexuality were part of the moral landscape faced by the first Christians in Ancient Rome . . . We can see, then, that Christians face nothing new in regard to the push for gay marriage. In fact, it is something quite old, and represents a return to the pagan views of sexuality that dominated the Roman Empire into which Christianity was born. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/gay-marriage%e2%80%94nothing-new-under-the-sun/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/female-soldiers-sue-to-end-combat-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/female-soldiers-sue-to-end-combat-ban/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 18:45:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134618 The HIll: Two female soldiers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to end the ban on women in combat. Command Sgt. Maj. Jane Baldwin and Col. Ellen Harding are suing to put an end to restrictions in combat positions “solely on the basis of sex.” Complaint: Baldwin v. Panetta, No. 1:12-cv-00832-RMC ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/female-soldiers-sue-to-end-combat-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/abortion-debate-jeopardizes-900-year-old-liechtenstein-dynasty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/abortion-debate-jeopardizes-900-year-old-liechtenstein-dynasty/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 18:18:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134615 LifeSiteNews: Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein has threatened to step down from his royal duties if a citizen-led initiative to limit his vetoing power proves successful ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/abortion-debate-jeopardizes-900-year-old-liechtenstein-dynasty/feed/ 0