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/2012/01/16/anchorage-equality-initiative-draws-national-scrutiny-alaska-dispatch/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/anchorage-equality-initiative-draws-national-scrutiny-alaska-dispatch/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:10:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123052 Alaska Dispatch: The ADF also notes that the current exemption “does not even adequately protect religious organizations.” “Rather than exempting all acts of a religious organization, the exemption only applies when the challenged conduct is ‘reasonably calculated to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained,’” the ADF observes. “This type of exemption requires courts to determine whether the challenged conduct is sufficiently connected to the organization’s religious mission.” This will require judges to “evaluate sensitive religious matters outside their legitimate scope of authority,” the ADF adds ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/anchorage-equality-initiative-draws-national-scrutiny-alaska-dispatch/feed/ 0