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/2012/05/22/ms-legislator-gets-death-threats-for-citing-scripture-on-homosexual-acts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ms-legislator-gets-death-threats-for-citing-scripture-on-homosexual-acts/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 21:51:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134384 Clarion Ledger: A state legislator is asking authorities to investigate death threats allegedly made against him and his family related to his online comments concerning same-sex marriage. "We got several death threats on Saturday left on the answering machine," said Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ms-legislator-gets-death-threats-for-citing-scripture-on-homosexual-acts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/mississippi-law-police-must-get-tissue-from-abortion-to-help-raped-girls/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/mississippi-law-police-must-get-tissue-from-abortion-to-help-raped-girls/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:30:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134103 LifeNews: A new state law in Mississippi helps young girls who are victimized by rape or incest who are victimized again by abortions. As undercover investigations have found Planned Parenthood an abortion facilities not always reporting cases of suspected abuse to authorities, pro-life advocates have pushed for a new law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/mississippi-law-police-must-get-tissue-from-abortion-to-help-raped-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/ms-karens-law-dies-after-receiving-abortion-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/ms-karens-law-dies-after-receiving-abortion-amendment/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:00:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133190 WDAM: In 1988, 15 year old Jones County resident Karen Knotts, was kidnapped, raped and murdered. The man convicted was her stepfather James Pugh. He was sentenced to life in prison, but became eligible for parole this year. Karen's Law, a Mississippi bill named in her honor, set out increase the sentence of manslaughter from 20 years to 30 years. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/ms-karens-law-dies-after-receiving-abortion-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/abortion-bill-killed-in-ms-senate-committee/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/abortion-bill-killed-in-ms-senate-committee/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:37:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132363 HattiesburgAmericans.com: A Mississippi Senate chairman on Thursday killed a bill that could have led to a homicide criminal prosecution for anyone performing an abortion once a fetal heartbeat is found. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/abortion-bill-killed-in-ms-senate-committee/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/ms-abortion-issue-leads-to-blocked-nominee/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/ms-abortion-issue-leads-to-blocked-nominee/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:46:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132112 Clarion Ledger: Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is blocking a state Board of Health nomination because the nominee has ties to the state's only abortion clinic, The Associated Press confirmed Tuesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/ms-abortion-issue-leads-to-blocked-nominee/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/liberty-counsel-applauds-jackson-county-schools-for-protecting-graduation-messages/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/liberty-counsel-applauds-jackson-county-schools-for-protecting-graduation-messages/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:23:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131268 Liberty Counsel: Yesterday, the Jackson County School Board in Mississippi unanimously passed a student speech policy, which will allow the senior class to pick a student speaker to deliver a two-minute message before and after graduation. The contents of that speech may or may not include a prayer. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/liberty-counsel-applauds-jackson-county-schools-for-protecting-graduation-messages/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/liberty-institute-files-appeal-to-defend-church-from-discrimination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/liberty-institute-files-appeal-to-defend-church-from-discrimination/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:51:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131257 Liberty Institute: Opulent Life Church has enlisted the help of Liberty Institute to protect the church from discrimination by the city of Holly Springs, MS. The church wishes to expand their current space in downtown, but due to zoning restrictions the church must get the approval of 60 percent of nearby residents and the town’s Mayor before they can expand. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/liberty-institute-files-appeal-to-defend-church-from-discrimination/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/mississippi-gov-signs-bill-that-could-force-last-abortion-clinic-to-close/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/mississippi-gov-signs-bill-that-could-force-last-abortion-clinic-to-close/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:55:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131247 LifeNews: The governor of Mississippi has signed a bill that would make the state the first in the nation to be without an active abortion business if the only one in the state can’t comply with the sensible new law he signed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/mississippi-gov-signs-bill-that-could-force-last-abortion-clinic-to-close/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/miss-gov-signing-new-abortion-regulations-monday/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/miss-gov-signing-new-abortion-regulations-monday/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:18:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131239 NECN.com: Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he will sign a bill Monday to put new requirements on doctors who work at the state's only abortion clinic, effective July 1. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/miss-gov-signing-new-abortion-regulations-monday/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/ffrf-still-targeting-school-prayer-one-news-now/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/ffrf-still-targeting-school-prayer-one-news-now/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:04:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130952 One News Now: Matt Sharp of Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) says the Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent intimidating letters to 400 districts in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Kentucky, hoping they will cave rather than stand up to the threat of a lawsuit. But his firm is encouraging the latter option. "We hope that schools will stand up for the free-speech rights of students and the right to express their religious beliefs in opportunities like this and won't cave in to pressure," Sharp says, "but we think that's probably what their game plan is." [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/ffrf-still-targeting-school-prayer-one-news-now/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/miss-sole-abortion-clinic-to-sue-if-cant-comply/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/miss-sole-abortion-clinic-to-sue-if-cant-comply/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:58:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130821 NECN (AP): The owner of Mississippi's sole abortion clinic says she will sue the state if her business can't comply with a regulation that will soon become law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/miss-sole-abortion-clinic-to-sue-if-cant-comply/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/ms-organization-challenges-prayer-at-school-events/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/ms-organization-challenges-prayer-at-school-events/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:44:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130805 WLOX.com: A national organization is urging Mississippi public school districts to stop student-initiated prayer at school-sponsored events. The Freedom From Religion Foundation recently sent letters to all superintendents, raising concerns about prayers at football games and graduation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/ms-organization-challenges-prayer-at-school-events/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/atheists-challenge-prayer-at-ms-school-events/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/atheists-challenge-prayer-at-ms-school-events/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:06:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130575 WLOX.com: A national organization is urging Mississippi public school districts to stop student-initiated prayer at school-sponsored events. The Freedom From Religion Foundation recently sent letters to all superintendents, raising concerns about prayers at football games and graduation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/atheists-challenge-prayer-at-ms-school-events/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/mississippi-could-become-first-abortion-free-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/mississippi-could-become-first-abortion-free-state/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:50:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130539 LifeNews: The Mississippi state Senate has approved a measure that abortion backers strongly oppose because it could resulting in stopping abortions at the last remaining abortion facility in the state, making it the first abortion-free state in the country. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/mississippi-could-become-first-abortion-free-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/mississippi-senate-passes-abortion-regulation-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/mississippi-senate-passes-abortion-regulation-bill/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:05:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130460 Sun Herald: Mississippi lawmakers have passed a bill that would require any doctor performing abortions at an abortion clinic to be a board-certified OB-GYN with admitting privileges at a local hospital. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/mississippi-senate-passes-abortion-regulation-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/ms-chairman-questions-bills-on-immigration-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/ms-chairman-questions-bills-on-immigration-abortion/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:19:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130270 Washington Examiner: House Bill 1196 would prohibit abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detectable, unless the woman's health is at risk. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/ms-chairman-questions-bills-on-immigration-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/santorum-wins-alabama-mississippi-gop-primaries/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/santorum-wins-alabama-mississippi-gop-primaries/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:00:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128554 AZ Central (AP): A resurgent Rick Santorum swept primaries in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday night, upending the race for the Republican presidential nomination yet again and nudging Newt Gingrich toward the sidelines. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/santorum-wins-alabama-mississippi-gop-primaries/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/abortion-bill-passes-mississippi-house/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/abortion-bill-passes-mississippi-house/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:36:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128493 Sun Herald: A bill that would require doctors at abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and to be certified in obstetrics and gynecology has passed the Mississippi House. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/abortion-bill-passes-mississippi-house/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/pro-life-youth-arrested-outside-school-and-held-in-jail-for-24-hours/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/pro-life-youth-arrested-outside-school-and-held-in-jail-for-24-hours/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:37:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128166 LifeSiteNews (includes video): Two pro-life advocates who were arrested and held in jail for 24 hours while peacefully demonstrating outside a high school in Mississippi say they were told by police that they were detained simply because they were talking about abortion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/pro-life-youth-arrested-outside-school-and-held-in-jail-for-24-hours/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/santorum-mississippi-could-make-it-a-2-man-race/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/santorum-mississippi-could-make-it-a-2-man-race/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:22:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127985 The AP reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/santorum-mississippi-could-make-it-a-2-man-race/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/ms-surveilling-homeschoolers-the-2nd-try-%e2%80%a6/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/ms-surveilling-homeschoolers-the-2nd-try-%e2%80%a6/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:31:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125916 Education News: For the second time in just months, an attempt to assemble information such as names and addresses on all homeschool students in one Mississippi judicial district and provide those details to judges has been defeated . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/ms-surveilling-homeschoolers-the-2nd-try-%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/miss-senator-proposes-anti-abortion-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/miss-senator-proposes-anti-abortion-amendment/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:11:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125856 SunHerald.com: A Mississippi senator is proposing an anti-abortion constitutional amendment similar to one rejected by voters last November. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/miss-senator-proposes-anti-abortion-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/mississippi-to-spank-or-not-to-spank/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/mississippi-to-spank-or-not-to-spank/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:12:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124409 OneNewsNow.com: Senate Bill 2180, "An Act to Amend Section 97-5-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, to Revise the Offense of Felonious Abuse of Batter of a Child; and for Related Purposes," submitted by Republican Senator Brice Wiggins, would make it a felony to "whip, strike, or otherwise abuse any child" in a manner that causes "bodily harm." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/mississippi-to-spank-or-not-to-spank/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/woman-wins-600k-from-botched-abortion-malpractice-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/woman-wins-600k-from-botched-abortion-malpractice-lawsuit/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:26:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122671 LifeNews: A Mississippi woman has won a legal settlement related to a botched abortion done on her by abortion practitioner Joseph Booker, who worked at two different abortion facilities in the state years ago. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/woman-wins-600k-from-botched-abortion-malpractice-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/ms-extinguished-bentonia-crosses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/ms-extinguished-bentonia-crosses/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:49:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122224 WLBT 3 - Jackson, MS (includes video): Two lighted crosses on a city-owned water tower in Bentonia have been turned off and one disgruntled resident has raised the ire of the entire town. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/ms-extinguished-bentonia-crosses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/personhood-battle-shifts-to-miss-lawmakers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/personhood-battle-shifts-to-miss-lawmakers/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:29:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121895 USATODAY.com: The blistering fight over whether Mississippi law should define life at conception is expected to continue this year by way of the Legislature. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/personhood-battle-shifts-to-miss-lawmakers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/aclu-warns-st-joe-schools-about-religious-speakers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/aclu-warns-st-joe-schools-about-religious-speakers/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:27:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121839 KansasCity.com (AP): The American Civil Liberties Union has warned a northwest Missouri school district that it is coming close to breaching the line of separation between church and state with some of the motivational speakers it has arranged through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/aclu-warns-st-joe-schools-about-religious-speakers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/ms-jackson-county-school-leaders-discuss-prayer-policy-in-wake-of-ffrf-letter/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/ms-jackson-county-school-leaders-discuss-prayer-policy-in-wake-of-ffrf-letter/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:18:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120673 Gulflive.com: lso at Monday's meeting at St. Martin High School, board members said they intend to pen a freedom of speech policy that will maintain students' rights to pray, while protecting the district from potential lawsuits. Religious speech became a hot topic in the district after the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/ms-jackson-county-school-leaders-discuss-prayer-policy-in-wake-of-ffrf-letter/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/17/albert-mohler-we%e2%80%99re-all-harry-blackmun-now-%e2%80%94-the-lessons-of-mississippi/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/17/albert-mohler-we%e2%80%99re-all-harry-blackmun-now-%e2%80%94-the-lessons-of-mississippi/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:09:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118920 AlbertMohler.com: The bitter lesson of Mississippi’s defeat of the human personhood amendment is this: When it comes to moral reasoning concerning the unborn child, far too many just adopt Harry Blackmun’s moral framework and want to tweak it. Many in the pro-life movement want to shift his lines of moral judgment, but not to repudiate his deadly logic. We may think we are pro-life, but if we do not affirm the personhood of every human being at every point of development, from fertilization onward, we are not really so pro-life as we think. Or, in other words, we’re all Harry Blackmun now. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/17/albert-mohler-we%e2%80%99re-all-harry-blackmun-now-%e2%80%94-the-lessons-of-mississippi/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/miss-abortion-amendment-backers-creating-political-committee/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/miss-abortion-amendment-backers-creating-political-committee/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:30:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118793 The Republic: Supporters of the so-called personhood movement, which defines life as beginning at fertilization, have formed a political action committee to help elect anti-abortion candidates and to educate voters. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/miss-abortion-amendment-backers-creating-political-committee/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/steven-ertelt-put-personhood-amendments-aside-focus-on-ending-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/steven-ertelt-put-personhood-amendments-aside-focus-on-ending-abortion/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:50:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118381 LifeNews.com: With the defeat of the personhood amendment in Mississippi, it’s time for the pro-life movement to put aside these amendments and focus on the task at hand: ending abortion and protecting unborn children under law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/steven-ertelt-put-personhood-amendments-aside-focus-on-ending-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/mississippi-abortion-vote-energizes-abortion-rights-groups-wsj/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/mississippi-abortion-vote-energizes-abortion-rights-groups-wsj/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:47:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118220 WSJ: Energized by the resounding defeat of a Mississippi ballot initiative that would have criminalized abortion and some forms of birth control, abortion-rights groups have gone on the 2012 offensive. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/mississippi-abortion-vote-energizes-abortion-rights-groups-wsj/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/white-house-praises-defeat-of-abortion-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/white-house-praises-defeat-of-abortion-amendment/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:55:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118148 News from The Associated Press: White House officials are praising the defeat of an anti-abortion proposal in Mississippi that would have defined life as beginning at conception. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/white-house-praises-defeat-of-abortion-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/ohio-repeals-law-restricting-unions-miss-blocks-%e2%80%98personhood%e2%80%99-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/ohio-repeals-law-restricting-unions-miss-blocks-%e2%80%98personhood%e2%80%99-amendment/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:16:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118134 The Washington Post: Ohioans voted Tuesday to repeal a Republican-backed law that restricted collective bargaining for public workers, while Mississippi voters blocked an amendment that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/ohio-repeals-law-restricting-unions-miss-blocks-%e2%80%98personhood%e2%80%99-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/mississippi-personhood-amendment-loses-by-lopsided-margin/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/mississippi-personhood-amendment-loses-by-lopsided-margin/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:44:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118117 LifeNews: With 1559 of 1876 precincts counted, the amendment failed by a 58 to 42 percentage point margin. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/09/mississippi-personhood-amendment-loses-by-lopsided-margin/feed/ 0