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/pastor-speaks-biblical-truth-gets-legal-attention-one-news-now/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/pastor-speaks-biblical-truth-gets-legal-attention-one-news-now/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:55:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134445 One News Now: Attorney Erik Stanley of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) says the complaints are "the same tiresome claims from a group that is intent on bullying churches and intimidating them into silence." "What this pastor did in Kentucky was nothing more than to exercise his constitutional right to speak freely from his pulpit," Stanley asserts. "No pastor anywhere should ever have to fear the IRS, or Americans United or any other group for that matter when they stand and they speak biblical truth in the pulpit. That's all this pastor was doing." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/pastor-speaks-biblical-truth-gets-legal-attention-one-news-now/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/4-in-10-democrats-desert-obama-in-arkansas-kentucky-primaries/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/4-in-10-democrats-desert-obama-in-arkansas-kentucky-primaries/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:22:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134416 The Hill: Four in ten Democratic voters chose someone other than President Obama on Tuesday in primaries in Arkansas and Kentucky. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/4-in-10-democrats-desert-obama-in-arkansas-kentucky-primaries/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/irs-should-investigate-kentucky-church-for-opposing-obama-re-election-says-americans-united/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/irs-should-investigate-kentucky-church-for-opposing-obama-re-election-says-americans-united/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:43:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134311 AU: Kentucky church violated federal law when its pastor demanded the ouster of President Barack Obama during church services, Americans United for Separation of Church and State told the Internal Revenue Service today. During a May 13 service, Pastor Ronnie Spriggs of Hager Hill Freewill Baptist Church in Hager Hill, Ky., demanded that Obama be voted out of office for supporting marriage equality for same-sex couples. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/irs-should-investigate-kentucky-church-for-opposing-obama-re-election-says-americans-united/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/one-company-says-no-one-says-yes-gay-pride/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/one-company-says-no-one-says-yes-gay-pride/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:22:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133018 Examiner.com: Besides its own lawyers, Hands On Originals is also being represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, whose website says they are, “… (A) servant organization that provides the resources that will keep the door open for the spread of the Gospel through the legal defense.” Their lawyers wrote in their filing that owners of the company, “(D)id not want to communicate the message of the requested shirt — that people should be ‘proud’ about engaging in homosexual behavior or same-sex relationships — nor did they want to promote the pride festival or the ideology conveyed at that advocacy event.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/one-company-says-no-one-says-yes-gay-pride/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pro-lifers-not-protected-at-western-kentucky-u/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pro-lifers-not-protected-at-western-kentucky-u/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:27:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132909 One News Now: In a letter [PDF] to university officials, Travis Barham of Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) complains that officials and the teacher of Elaina Smith, the art student who vandalized the crosses, were aware that this was going to occur, yet they did nothing to stop it. He points out that it is the duty of university officials to protect students' First Amendment rights, not "passively allow them to be violated." [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pro-lifers-not-protected-at-western-kentucky-u/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/republicans-act-like-democrats-tulsa-beacon/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/republicans-act-like-democrats-tulsa-beacon/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:14:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132802 Tulsa Beacon: A spokesman for the Alliance Defense Fund said Hands On Originals has a practice of not doing business with groups that don’t reflect its moral and Christian values. The homosexuals complained to the “human rights commission” and filed a formal charge. A commissioner said that a homosexual business owner could refuse to do work for a Christian but a Christian could not refuse a job for homosexuals. “Americans in the marketplace should not be subject to predatory legal attacks simply for abiding by their beliefs,” said ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Jim Campbell. “The Constitution prohibits the government from forcing business owners to promote messages they disagree with, so the commission should immediately dismiss this complaint. This kind of bullying may be practiced in a dictatorship, but violations of conscience have no place in the United States.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/republicans-act-like-democrats-tulsa-beacon/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/ky-federal-court-firing-by-state-was-improper-gay-employee-faced-discrimination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/ky-federal-court-firing-by-state-was-improper-gay-employee-faced-discrimination/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 22:44:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132652 Courier-Journal: The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services fired a gay employee for sending inappropriate emails, but allowed a heterosexual worker who did the same thing to go unpunished, a federal judge has found. | Stroder v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Service, No. 3:09-CV-00947-H (W.D. Ky Apr. 24, 2012) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/ky-federal-court-firing-by-state-was-improper-gay-employee-faced-discrimination/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/ky-church-held-liable-for-negligent-supervision-of-youth-minister-in-traffic-accident/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/ky-church-held-liable-for-negligent-supervision-of-youth-minister-in-traffic-accident/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:01:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132478 Religion Clause Blog: Thirteen-year old Jamie Mitchell was killed in an auto accident in which Coulter allowed the boy to drive after a campout that included ten members of the church youth group. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/ky-church-held-liable-for-negligent-supervision-of-youth-minister-in-traffic-accident/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/travis-barham-free-speech-versus-vandalism-at-western-kentucky-university/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/travis-barham-free-speech-versus-vandalism-at-western-kentucky-university/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:31:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132450 Travis Barham at the Speak Up University Blog: Though universities frequently wax eloquent about the critical importance of free speech, they often fail to protect vigorously the basic freedoms of pro-life students. And Western Kentucky University is the latest example of this gap between rhetoric and reality on campus. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/travis-barham-free-speech-versus-vandalism-at-western-kentucky-university/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adf-western-ky-univ-turns-blind-eye-to-vandalized-pro-life-display/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adf-western-ky-univ-turns-blind-eye-to-vandalized-pro-life-display/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:54:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132371 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adf-western-ky-univ-turns-blind-eye-to-vandalized-pro-life-display/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/pro-abortion-student-vandalizing-pro-life-display-won%e2%80%99t-apologize/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/pro-abortion-student-vandalizing-pro-life-display-won%e2%80%99t-apologize/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:38:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132325 Life News: This morning, our friends at the Alliance Defense Fund faxed a letter to WKU President Ransdell requesting that they respond to our four requests. (View the ADF letter here.) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/pro-abortion-student-vandalizing-pro-life-display-won%e2%80%99t-apologize/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/hands-on-originals-lays-out-defense-in-discrimination-case-lexington-herald-leader/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/hands-on-originals-lays-out-defense-in-discrimination-case-lexington-herald-leader/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:00:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131787 Lexington Herald-Leader: His faith is central to the case, said company attorney Bryan Beauman of Paris. “The government can’t make people choose between their faith and their livelihood and also can’t make business owners because of their religious beliefs be penalized for abiding by their beliefs,” he said in an interview. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/hands-on-originals-lays-out-defense-in-discrimination-case-lexington-herald-leader/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/adf-businessman-allowed-to-take-stand-for-beliefs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/adf-businessman-allowed-to-take-stand-for-beliefs/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:05:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131769 One News Now: But Adamson has Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorneys in his corner. "American small-business owners do not surrender their freedom at the marketplace gate," says attorney Bryan Beaumon. "The government cannot make Americans choose between their faith and their livelihood just because activist groups make such demands." "So the commission should immediately dismiss this complaint," fellow attorney Jim Campbell continues. "This kind of bullying may be practiced in a dictatorship, but violations of conscience have no place in the United States." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/adf-businessman-allowed-to-take-stand-for-beliefs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/adf-ky-t-shirt-company-not-required-to-promote-message-it-disagrees-with/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/adf-ky-t-shirt-company-not-required-to-promote-message-it-disagrees-with/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:58:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131637 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/adf-ky-t-shirt-company-not-required-to-promote-message-it-disagrees-with/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/video-hands-on-original-wake-up-call-for-christian-businesses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/video-hands-on-original-wake-up-call-for-christian-businesses/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:16:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131644 VIMEO. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/video-hands-on-original-wake-up-call-for-christian-businesses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/kentucky-law-changed-to-accommodate-amish-buggies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/kentucky-law-changed-to-accommodate-amish-buggies/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:21:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130875 AP: Amish people in Kentucky will no longer have to use a bright orange reflective triangle on their horse-drawn buggies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/kentucky-law-changed-to-accommodate-amish-buggies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/cities-still-wrestling-with-including-sexual-orientation-in-anti-discrimination-ordinances/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/cities-still-wrestling-with-including-sexual-orientation-in-anti-discrimination-ordinances/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:50:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130710 Courier Press: Across the Ohio River 13 years later, a similar issue now sits before Vanderburgh County Commissioners who heard a multitude of testimonies and received dozens of letters of opposition, most of which are based on religious beliefs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/cities-still-wrestling-with-including-sexual-orientation-in-anti-discrimination-ordinances/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/may-the-government-force-you-to-print-ideological-materials-you-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-print/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/may-the-government-force-you-to-print-ideological-materials-you-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-print/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:15:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130579 Volokh Conspiracy: That’s the question brewing in Lexington, Kentucky. The Gay and Lesbian Services Organization has filed the following complaint with the Lexington Human Rights Commission (paragraph breaks added) . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/may-the-government-force-you-to-print-ideological-materials-you-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-print/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/jim-campbell-on-the-rod-arquette-show-bullying-a-company-to-print-gay-pride-shirts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/jim-campbell-on-the-rod-arquette-show-bullying-a-company-to-print-gay-pride-shirts/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:38:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130529 Jim Campbell on the Rod Arquette Show. | MP3 audio 6:52 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/jim-campbell-on-the-rod-arquette-show-bullying-a-company-to-print-gay-pride-shirts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/pro-abortion-activists-vandalize-college-pro-life-display/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/pro-abortion-activists-vandalize-college-pro-life-display/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:09:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130462 LifeNews: The pro-life student group at Northern Kentucky University is a victim of pro-abortion activists vandalizing their display once again — after pro-abortion students and a professor were taken to court the first time. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/pro-abortion-activists-vandalize-college-pro-life-display/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/ky-a-look-at-the-law-in-hands-on-originals-v-glso/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/ky-a-look-at-the-law-in-hands-on-originals-v-glso/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130401 South Sider Magazine: Parsing the potential legal arguments in the recent controversy involving Hands On Originals and the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (GLSO) is no easy task. At odds in this case are two fundamental concepts of American liberty: freedom of speech and free exercise of religion as delineated in the First Amendment vs. freedom from discrimination. The tension arising from pitting First Amendment notions against other important American values fuels this controversy and reflects a burgeoning conflict in the modern political climate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/ky-a-look-at-the-law-in-hands-on-originals-v-glso/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/byron-babione-what-if-a-t-shirt-maker-refused-to-make-shirts-supporting-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/byron-babione-what-if-a-t-shirt-maker-refused-to-make-shirts-supporting-marriage/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:53:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130319 Bryron Babione at Townhall: Imagine a T-shirt print shop run by owners who openly practice homosexual behavior. Let’s call it “Tolerance 101.” They make T-shirts for community events, annual “gay pride” rallies, and sports teams around their city. Now, imagine that a major Christian ministry contacts the company to have them make T-shirts that will be worn at an event supporting marriage as the union of one man and one woman. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/byron-babione-what-if-a-t-shirt-maker-refused-to-make-shirts-supporting-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/gay-group-files-complaint-against-shirt-business-baptist-press/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/gay-group-files-complaint-against-shirt-business-baptist-press/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:36:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130236 Baptist Press: The attacks are out of line, said Jim Campbell, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, the organization representing Hands On Originals. "No business owner should be forced to violate his conscience simply because someone demands it," he said. "The Constitution absolutely supports the rights of business owners to decline a request to support a message that conflicts with their deeply held convictions." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/gay-group-files-complaint-against-shirt-business-baptist-press/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/group-raises-questions-about-2-million-for-road-near-ark-encounter-theme-park/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/group-raises-questions-about-2-million-for-road-near-ark-encounter-theme-park/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:06:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130167 Bluegrass Politics Blog: A nonprofit group that advocates for the separation of church and state raised questions Wednesday about the legislature’s plan to spend $2 million on road improvements near the proposed Ark Encounter theme park in Grant County. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/group-raises-questions-about-2-million-for-road-near-ark-encounter-theme-park/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/bryan-beauman-in-search-of-tolerance-in-lexington-dont-look-to-the-government/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/bryan-beauman-in-search-of-tolerance-in-lexington-dont-look-to-the-government/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:51:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130038 Townhall: Something big is brewing in Lexington, Ky., and as difficult as it might be for some sports fans to believe, the implications are far greater than the University of Kentucky-Louisville Final Four match-up on March 31. At stake are fairness, tolerance, diversity, constitutionally protected rights, taxpayer dollars, and local jobs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/bryan-beauman-in-search-of-tolerance-in-lexington-dont-look-to-the-government/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/at-issue-faith-based-business-decisions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/at-issue-faith-based-business-decisions/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:47:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129924 One News Now: A Kentucky businessman is facing the wrath of a pro-homosexual group after rejecting a business transaction because of his Christian beliefs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/at-issue-faith-based-business-decisions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/amish-buggy-legislation-wins-final-passage-in-ky/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/amish-buggy-legislation-wins-final-passage-in-ky/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:49:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129878 Boston Globe (AP): Kentucky’s General Assembly gave final passage Tuesday to legislation that would exempt the Amish from a longstanding requirement that they affix bright orange safety triangles on their slow-moving buggies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/amish-buggy-legislation-wins-final-passage-in-ky/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/homosexual-group-files-discrimination-complaint-after-ky-company-refuses-t-shirt-order/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/homosexual-group-files-discrimination-complaint-after-ky-company-refuses-t-shirt-order/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:22:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129745 The Republic (AP): A gay and lesbian group in Lexington has filed a discrimination complaint against a T-shirt printer after the company refused to honor a bid to produce apparel for an event. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/homosexual-group-files-discrimination-complaint-after-ky-company-refuses-t-shirt-order/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/kentucky-high-court-hears-amish-buggy-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/kentucky-high-court-hears-amish-buggy-case/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:02:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128895 Courier-Journal: Kentucky’s Supreme Court justices didn’t dispute Thursday that a law requiring bright orange-red triangles on horse-drawn buggies imposes a burden on the consciences of those Amish who believe that using them would violate their religion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/kentucky-high-court-hears-amish-buggy-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/bryan-beauman-kentucky-anti-bullying-advocate-resorts-to-bullying/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/bryan-beauman-kentucky-anti-bullying-advocate-resorts-to-bullying/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:44:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128770 Townhall: Kentucky has an anti-bullying law on the books. It’s been there since 2008, but the ACLU, Kentucky Fairness Campaign, and Democrat legislators decided it needed to be enhanced this year. Therefore, on March 13, Kentucky Rep. Mary Lou Marzian (D-Louisville) and her associates on the House Education Committee, pressed for new anti-bullying legislation to be passed out of committee for a vote on the House floor. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/bryan-beauman-kentucky-anti-bullying-advocate-resorts-to-bullying/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/ky-bullying-bill-failure-leads-to-capitol-confrontation-state-journal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/ky-bullying-bill-failure-leads-to-capitol-confrontation-state-journal/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:29:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128740 State-Journal: A bill to protect students from bullying by their classmates died Tuesday in the House Education Committee because some lawmakers worried it would give “special rights” to gay students. [report on the photo involving Hartman confrontation of Bryan Beauman and Andrew Walker] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/ky-bullying-bill-failure-leads-to-capitol-confrontation-state-journal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/ky-house-panel-turns-down-anti-bullying-bill-despite-pleas-from-parents-lexington-herald-leader/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/ky-house-panel-turns-down-anti-bullying-bill-despite-pleas-from-parents-lexington-herald-leader/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:06:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128588 Lexington Herald Leader Photo: Chris Hartman, left, director of the Fairness Campaign, which supported the bill, confronted Bryan Beauman, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, following Tuesday's House Education Committee meeting at the Capitol in Frankfort. (also at Courier-Journal) Family Foundation of Kentucky: Bullying Bill supporter harasses opponent in Capitol Annex hallway ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/ky-house-panel-turns-down-anti-bullying-bill-despite-pleas-from-parents-lexington-herald-leader/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/bullying-bill-supporter-harasses-opponent-in-capitol-annex-hallway-family-foundation-of-ky/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/bullying-bill-supporter-harasses-opponent-in-capitol-annex-hallway-family-foundation-of-ky/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:18:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128510 Family Foundation of KY: The leading supporter of the so-called “Bullying Bill” became verbally and physically abusive in a Capitol Annex hallway with an opponent of the bill after the bill went down to defeat in a House committee, attracting the attention of State Police and other observers. The Family Foundation called on the Fairness Campaign to issue a public apology for the behavior of its director, Chris Hartman. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/bullying-bill-supporter-harasses-opponent-in-capitol-annex-hallway-family-foundation-of-ky/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/12-defendants-in-ohio-amish-attacks-join-challenge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/12-defendants-in-ohio-amish-attacks-join-challenge/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:24:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128208 AP: Twelve defendants charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio are challenging the constitutionality of the federal hate crimes law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/12-defendants-in-ohio-amish-attacks-join-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/speaker-more-people-against-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/speaker-more-people-against-abortion/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:00:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128135 Courier Press: "We are winning in litigation," said Bryan Beauman of the Alliance Defense Fund. He spoke at Holy Name to raise money for the 20th-annual Marsha's Place Pregnancy Resource Center fundraising banquet. "We are winning in state legislatures, and ... most importantly, we are winning in the court of public opinion." . . . "Don't tell me this is a social issue," Beauman said. "It is as economic and political as it can be." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/speaker-more-people-against-abortion/feed/ 0