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/2012/05/14/ne-public-school-graduation-keeps-prayer-despite-aclu-objection/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ne-public-school-graduation-keeps-prayer-despite-aclu-objection/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:19:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133511 KPTM.com: It's an 11-year-old battle between the Nebraska ACLU and Columbus Lakeview High School. The school told Fox 42 that it is tradition for the graduation ceremony to include prayer. The ACLU says prayer shouldn't be allowed. Lakeview High parents and students say they won't stop praying anytime soon. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ne-public-school-graduation-keeps-prayer-despite-aclu-objection/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/nebraska-battle-complicates-gop-effort-to-retake-senate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/nebraska-battle-complicates-gop-effort-to-retake-senate/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:02:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132297 The Hill: The Senate Republican primary in Nebraska has turned into a proxy war between conservatives and establishment Republicans that could complicate efforts to wrest control of the Senate from Democrats. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/nebraska-battle-complicates-gop-effort-to-retake-senate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/neb-refuses-order-to-surrender-execution-drug-to-fda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/neb-refuses-order-to-surrender-execution-drug-to-fda/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:20:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131724 AP: Nebraska will not surrender its supply of a controversial execution drug to the Food and Drug Administration because it believes the court order requiring it to do so is flawed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/neb-refuses-order-to-surrender-execution-drug-to-fda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/lincoln-city-ne-council-will-consider-gender-identity-discrimination-ordinance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/lincoln-city-ne-council-will-consider-gender-identity-discrimination-ordinance/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:39:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131580 JournalStar.com: Councilman Carl Eskridge plans to propose a fairness ordinance, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/lincoln-city-ne-council-will-consider-gender-identity-discrimination-ordinance/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/omaha-council-approves-gay-discrimination-ordinance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/omaha-council-approves-gay-discrimination-ordinance/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:01:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128699 WOWT.com: The Omaha City Council approved a controversial city ordinance Tuesday that will make it against the law to discriminate in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identity. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/omaha-council-approves-gay-discrimination-ordinance/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/bob-kerrey-is-officially-running-for-senate-in-nebraska/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/bob-kerrey-is-officially-running-for-senate-in-nebraska/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:39:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127278 Washington Post: Kerrey had announced earlier this month that would not try to return to the Senate, citing his family in New York City. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/bob-kerrey-is-officially-running-for-senate-in-nebraska/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/non-catholic-christian-groups-state-governments-sue-over-obama-birth-control-mandate-daily-caller/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/non-catholic-christian-groups-state-governments-sue-over-obama-birth-control-mandate-daily-caller/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:16:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126745 The Daily Caller: But the more surprising development may be the entrance into the fight of Christians from denominations other than Roman Catholicism. On Tuesday the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit on behalf of Geneva College, a Beaver Falls, Penn. school affiliated with the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, and Louisiana College, a Baptist institution, adding them to the growing list of plaintiffs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/non-catholic-christian-groups-state-governments-sue-over-obama-birth-control-mandate-daily-caller/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/7-states-sue-over-obama-birth-control-coverage-rule/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/7-states-sue-over-obama-birth-control-coverage-rule/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:41:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126733 MSNBC: Seven states asked a federal judge Thursday to block an Obama administration mandate that requires birth control coverage for employees of religious-affiliated hospitals, schools and outreach programs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/7-states-sue-over-obama-birth-control-coverage-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/carney-gop-cancelled-keystone-not-obama/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/carney-gop-cancelled-keystone-not-obama/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:52:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126622 The Daily Caller: The November decision to reject the construction plan “was the result of a decision made, to honor, the concerns of those in Nebraska, including the Republican governor … [that the pipeline] would threaten the water supply in Nebraska,” Carney said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/carney-gop-cancelled-keystone-not-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/ne-gay-rights-advocates-fight-for-anti-discrimination-measure/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/ne-gay-rights-advocates-fight-for-anti-discrimination-measure/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:33:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126271 KHASTV.COM (includes video): Gay rights advocates are preparing to fight a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would prevent cities from enforcing local rules to protect gays and transgendered people from discrimination. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/ne-gay-rights-advocates-fight-for-anti-discrimination-measure/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/state-ags-threaten-to-sue-over-birth-control-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/state-ags-threaten-to-sue-over-birth-control-mandate/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:26:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125318 The Hill: The threat came from the attorneys general of Nebraska, Texas and South Carolina. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/state-ags-threaten-to-sue-over-birth-control-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/ne-bill-would-prohibit-local-sexual-orientation-discrimination-measures/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/ne-bill-would-prohibit-local-sexual-orientation-discrimination-measures/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:54:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123673 Omaha.com: In the Legislature, State Sen. Beau McCoy's Legislative Bill 912 would amend state law to prohibit local governments from creating new classes of residents protected from discrimination. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/ne-bill-would-prohibit-local-sexual-orientation-discrimination-measures/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/nebraka-correctional-officer-who-could-not-carry-bible-loses-title-vii-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/nebraka-correctional-officer-who-could-not-carry-bible-loses-title-vii-case/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:39:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123084 Religion Clause: In Franks v. Nebraska, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2829 (D NE, Jan. 10, 2012), a Nebraska federal district court rejected a Title VII employment discrimination claims by a correctional officer who was not permitted to carry a pocket-sized Bible while at work in the Omaha Correctional Center. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/nebraka-correctional-officer-who-could-not-carry-bible-loses-title-vii-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/ne-school-aclu-agree-no-reason-for-season-sign/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/ne-school-aclu-agree-no-reason-for-season-sign/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:20:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120962 Omaha.com: Lincoln lawyer Jeff Downing, who has defended schools and cities in cases involving religious expression, said the school probably overreacted by taking down the sign. "I think it's a completely defensible thing to have on a school kiosk at this time of year," he said. "It could have a meaning for one observer that's completely different from the next observer who looks at it." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/ne-school-aclu-agree-no-reason-for-season-sign/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/right-to-life-will-oppose-pro-life-democrat-ben-nelson-for-his-support-of-obamacare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/right-to-life-will-oppose-pro-life-democrat-ben-nelson-for-his-support-of-obamacare/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:56:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120918 LifeNews.com: Formerly a celebrated pro-life Democrat who enjoyed support from Right to Life for his standing as a minority voice within the Democratic party speaking against abortion, Nelson lost his support within pro-life circles after he voted for the abortion-funding Obamacare . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/right-to-life-will-oppose-pro-life-democrat-ben-nelson-for-his-support-of-obamacare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/8th-circuit-to-revisit-funeral-protests/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/8th-circuit-to-revisit-funeral-protests/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:02:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120340 JournalStar.com: federal appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review its decision in a Missouri case that could decide the constitutionality of Nebraska's funeral picketing law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/8th-circuit-to-revisit-funeral-protests/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/ne-homeschool-families-face-criminal-charges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/ne-homeschool-families-face-criminal-charges/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:30:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120202 HSLDA: New truancy enforcement laws have sparked criminal charges against several homeschool families in Nebraska. A Dawson County Sheriff’s deputy actually threatened to remove one family’s children unless they enrolled them in public school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/ne-homeschool-families-face-criminal-charges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/aclu-demands-halt-to-prayer-at-private-nebraska-graduation-ceremony/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/aclu-demands-halt-to-prayer-at-private-nebraska-graduation-ceremony/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:35:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118981 The New American: The ACLU’s Nebraska franchise is demanding that a school district in that state put a stop to prayer at its high school graduation, even though the ceremony is sponsored and run privately by parents. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/aclu-demands-halt-to-prayer-at-private-nebraska-graduation-ceremony/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/ne-lakeview-to-continue-aclu-discussion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/ne-lakeview-to-continue-aclu-discussion/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:28:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118586 Columbus Telegram: Patrons of Lakeview Community School District, including eight senior students, showed their support Monday night for the continuation of prayer during graduation ceremonies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/ne-lakeview-to-continue-aclu-discussion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/aclu-demands-stop-to-graduation-prayer-at-columbus-high-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/aclu-demands-stop-to-graduation-prayer-at-columbus-high-school/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:34:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117814 KHGI-TV/KWNB-TV/KHGI-CD-Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings: ACLU Nebraska (American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska) Thursday demanded that school officials at Lakeview High School in Columbus stop holding a high school graduation ceremony that subjects students to "unconstitutional religious messages," a press release from ACLU says. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/aclu-demands-stop-to-graduation-prayer-at-columbus-high-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/rules-for-nebraska-counselors-still-mired-in-gay-debate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/rules-for-nebraska-counselors-still-mired-in-gay-debate/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:40:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117133 Fox News: A coalition of social workers, psychologists and family therapists demanded Monday that the state adopt rules that would require certain mental health professionals to offer referrals to gay patients if they refuse to treat them because of religious beliefs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/rules-for-nebraska-counselors-still-mired-in-gay-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/ne-pain-capable-legislation-making-a-difference/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/ne-pain-capable-legislation-making-a-difference/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:47:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117013 OneNewsNow.com: Figures show that abortions in The Cornhusker State have dropped ten percent overall following the October 15, 2010, implementation of L.B. 1103, a bill that recognizes that unborn babies can feel pain at least at 20 weeks gestation and bans abortions after that point. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/ne-pain-capable-legislation-making-a-difference/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/25/westboro-baptist-church-wins-one-court-loses-one-in-life/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/25/westboro-baptist-church-wins-one-court-loses-one-in-life/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:59:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116721 Findlaw: Another week, another Westboro Baptist Church case. This week, Shirley Phelps-Roper won an injunction in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to halt enforcement of the Nebraska Funeral Picketing Law (NFPL). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/25/westboro-baptist-church-wins-one-court-loses-one-in-life/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/20/8th-circuit-ne-funeral-picketing-law-should-have-been-put-on-hold-temporarily/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/20/8th-circuit-ne-funeral-picketing-law-should-have-been-put-on-hold-temporarily/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:44:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116463 Phelps-Roper v. Troutman, No. 10-2601 (8th Cir. Oct. 20, 2011) We agree that the district court here was required to follow our Nixon precedent, which concluded that the government was unlikely to prove a significant interest in protecting funeral attendees . . . We do not make a final determination of the constitutional issues . . . Since Phelps-Roper was likely to succeed on the merits of her facial challenge under Nixon, the district court should have enjoined enforcement of the NFPL. The order denying a preliminary injunction is reversed, and the case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/20/8th-circuit-ne-funeral-picketing-law-should-have-been-put-on-hold-temporarily/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/fremont-girl-banned-from-wearing-rosary-at-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/fremont-girl-banned-from-wearing-rosary-at-school/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:55:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115255 KETV Omaha (includes video): A sixth-grade girl said she was told that she can't wear a necklace that resembles a rosary because it violates the dress code at the Fremont Public Schools. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/03/fremont-girl-banned-from-wearing-rosary-at-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/neb-woman-sues-for-medicaid-coverage-of-unborn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/neb-woman-sues-for-medicaid-coverage-of-unborn/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:48:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112603 University Faculty for Life: A Nebraska woman who is not eligible for state medical assistance because of her immigration status has sued the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services for denying coverage to her unborn child under SCHIPS. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/neb-woman-sues-for-medicaid-coverage-of-unborn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/nebraska-supreme-court-former-lesbian-partner-can-seek-custody-against-biological-parent/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/nebraska-supreme-court-former-lesbian-partner-can-seek-custody-against-biological-parent/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:45:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112240 in loco parentis did not apply . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/nebraska-supreme-court-former-lesbian-partner-can-seek-custody-against-biological-parent/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/26/nebraska-webcam-abortion-ban-goes-into-effect-saturday/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/26/nebraska-webcam-abortion-ban-goes-into-effect-saturday/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:41:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111957 LifeNews.com: Two new pro-life laws go into effect in Nebraska on Saturday — one that requires teenagers to get parental consent before getting an abortion and another that is receiving more attention, that bans webcam abortions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/26/nebraska-webcam-abortion-ban-goes-into-effect-saturday/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/nebraska-race-against-genocide-unites-community-for-sudan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/nebraska-race-against-genocide-unites-community-for-sudan/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:14:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110477 Nebraska.tv: A race for freedom of religion, freedom of education, and most of all freedom from slaughter took place in Grand Island Nebraska, Saturday. Sudanese refugees from across the state locked arms with local residents, with a loud and clear message -- stop genocide now. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/nebraska-race-against-genocide-unites-community-for-sudan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/nebraska-abortions-down-10-thanks-to-fetal-pain-abortion-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/nebraska-abortions-down-10-thanks-to-fetal-pain-abortion-ban/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:19:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109211 LifeNews.com: Nebraska abortions are down 10 percent during the first six months of 2011, according to a preliminary report from the state health department, and it appears a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy may be the cause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/nebraska-abortions-down-10-thanks-to-fetal-pain-abortion-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/leroy-carhart-talks-about-security-concerns-future-of-clinic/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/leroy-carhart-talks-about-security-concerns-future-of-clinic/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:08:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109031 The Washington Post: LeRoy Carhart travels from his home in Nebraska almost every week to perform abortions at a clinic in Germantown, Md. He rarely stays at the same hotel twice. He rolls dice to pick the route he’ll take to work, because “the biggest part of security is not being predictable,” he said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/leroy-carhart-talks-about-security-concerns-future-of-clinic/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/states-enact-record-wave-of-anti-abortion-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/states-enact-record-wave-of-anti-abortion-laws/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:39:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108837 AP: Kansas is one of the five states - along with Alabama, Idaho, Indiana and Oklahoma - that enacted abortion bans this year modeled after the groundbreaking fetal-pain bill passed in Nebraska in 2010. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/states-enact-record-wave-of-anti-abortion-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/omaha-ne-clergy-proclamation-being-gay-not-a-sin/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/omaha-ne-clergy-proclamation-being-gay-not-a-sin/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:20:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106160 KETV Omaha: Elnes, who leads an Omaha church of 1,500 members at 87th Street and Pacific Street, said more than 100 ordained Christian ministers have signed the proclamation, including leaders from Lutheran, Episcopalian, United Church of Christ, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/omaha-ne-clergy-proclamation-being-gay-not-a-sin/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/27/nebraska-gov-signs-webcam-abortion-ban-parental-consent-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/27/nebraska-gov-signs-webcam-abortion-ban-parental-consent-bill/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 21:22:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104985 LifeNews: Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law two pro-life pieces of legislation yesterday and today when he put his signature on bills to ban webcam abortions and require parental consent before abortions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/27/nebraska-gov-signs-webcam-abortion-ban-parental-consent-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/nebraska-abortion-parental-consent-bill-is-passed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/nebraska-abortion-parental-consent-bill-is-passed/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 06:00:00 +0000 jazepro http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104857 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/nebraska-abortion-parental-consent-bill-is-passed/feed/ 0