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/2012/05/17/rhode-island-governor-%e2%80%98acting-as-a-dictator%e2%80%99-with-same-sex-%e2%80%98marriage%e2%80%99-executive-order-foes-say/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/rhode-island-governor-%e2%80%98acting-as-a-dictator%e2%80%99-with-same-sex-%e2%80%98marriage%e2%80%99-executive-order-foes-say/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 18:30:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133981 LifeSiteNews: In March, the Alliance Defense Fund sued Chafee for issuing an executive order to create a health care exchange under ObamaCare that would fund elective abortion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/rhode-island-governor-%e2%80%98acting-as-a-dictator%e2%80%99-with-same-sex-%e2%80%98marriage%e2%80%99-executive-order-foes-say/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/ri-mclaughlin-bill-attempts-to-protect-existing-religious-monuments-creates-defense-fund/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/ri-mclaughlin-bill-attempts-to-protect-existing-religious-monuments-creates-defense-fund/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:13:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133941 Valley Breeze: Rep. James McLaughlin, a Democrat who represents Cumberland and Central Falls, filed a bill last week, H-8143, that seeks to protect community monuments with religious symbols by classifying them as having "secular traditional, cultural or community recognition and value." And it creates a $1 million defense fund in case of challenges. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/ri-mclaughlin-bill-attempts-to-protect-existing-religious-monuments-creates-defense-fund/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ri-governor-signs-order-to-recognize-same-sex-marriages-performed-out-of-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ri-governor-signs-order-to-recognize-same-sex-marriages-performed-out-of-state/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 22:01:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133616 Washington Post (AP): Rhode Island’s governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ri-governor-signs-order-to-recognize-same-sex-marriages-performed-out-of-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ri-group-seeks-to-reopen-cranston-prayer-banner-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ri-group-seeks-to-reopen-cranston-prayer-banner-case/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:22:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133566 Boston Globe: A group of seven people has notified a federal court that they're appealing a ruling that barred them from intervening in a lawsuit that resulted in the removal of a prayer banner at a Rhode Island public high school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ri-group-seeks-to-reopen-cranston-prayer-banner-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/new-target-for-atheists-rhode-island-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/new-target-for-atheists-rhode-island-cross/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 16:04:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133150 One News Now: ADF attorney Erik Stanley weighs in on the issue. "Public monuments to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice should not be dismantled because a few offended activists want to scrub the public square clean of anything that hints of religion," says Stanley . . . ADF attorney Joe Infranco says that complaint is getting old. "The idea that this 91-year-old memorial is unconstitutional is a tiresome claim from a radical group that has dreamed of a purely secularized society for years," states Infranco. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/new-target-for-atheists-rhode-island-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/ri-allocation-of-playing-fields-did-not-violate-establishment-clause/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/ri-allocation-of-playing-fields-did-not-violate-establishment-clause/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 21:21:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133097 Religion Clause Blog: In Rogers v. Mulholland, (D RI, May 4, 2012), a Rhode Island federal district court rejected claims by municipal taxpayers that the city of Pawtucket violated the Establishment Clause in the way it allocated use of publicly owned athletic fields for use by private religious schools. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/ri-allocation-of-playing-fields-did-not-violate-establishment-clause/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/adf-offers-to-defend-ri-world-war-i-memorial-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/adf-offers-to-defend-ri-world-war-i-memorial-cross/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 17:28:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132932 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/adf-offers-to-defend-ri-world-war-i-memorial-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/ri-lawmakers-take-up-3-gay-marriage-bills/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/ri-lawmakers-take-up-3-gay-marriage-bills/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:25:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132743 WPRI.com: Rhode Island's House Judiciary Committee is going to hear several bills related to same-sex unions, marriage and divorce Wednesday . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/ri-lawmakers-take-up-3-gay-marriage-bills/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/ag-ri-memorial-with-cross-transcends-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/ag-ri-memorial-with-cross-transcends-religion/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:55:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132728 Boston Globe (AP): The Rhode Island attorney general said Wednesday that a war monument topped with a cross on city property in Woonsocket "transcends religion" and should not be removed because of a complaint from an atheist group. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/ag-ri-memorial-with-cross-transcends-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/aclu-little-interest-in-civil-unions-in-ri/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/aclu-little-interest-in-civil-unions-in-ri/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:21:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132695 Boston Globe: The state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union compiled the number and says it demonstrates that the civil union law is a "complete failure." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/aclu-little-interest-in-civil-unions-in-ri/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/ri-city-opts-to-fight-for-memorial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/ri-city-opts-to-fight-for-memorial/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 16:08:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132560 WoonsocketCall.com: Buoyed by offers of free legal assistance and an outpouring of public support, the City Council will decide tonight whether to establish a defense fund to keep the monument at Place Jolicoeur, in the parking lot of Fire Station No. 2, with the Latin cross intact . . . The Liberty Counsel, the Alliance Defense Fund and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which supported Cranston’s fight to save a prayer banner, are among the national organizations offering free legal help. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/ri-city-opts-to-fight-for-memorial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/liberty-counsel-offers-woonsocket-pro-bono-legal-assistance-to-defend-war-memorial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/liberty-counsel-offers-woonsocket-pro-bono-legal-assistance-to-defend-war-memorial/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:33:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132312 Liberty Counsel stands ready to defend Woonsocket, Rhode Island, against threats from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), which takes issue with the 91-year-old war memorial located on Woonsocket Fire Department property, simply because it contains a cross. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/liberty-counsel-offers-woonsocket-pro-bono-legal-assistance-to-defend-war-memorial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/cash-strapped-ri-city-backing-down-in-cross-fight/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/cash-strapped-ri-city-backing-down-in-cross-fight/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:03:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132231 Fox News: Council President John Ward told The Woonsocket Call this week that he agrees with those who say the cross is more of a historical symbol — like the grave markers at Normandy, France — but he said the financially struggling city can't afford to get dragged into a legal battle. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/cash-strapped-ri-city-backing-down-in-cross-fight/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/ri-cross-in-groups-crosshairs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/ri-cross-in-groups-crosshairs/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:24:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131934 The Call: The thorny constitutional principle of separation of church and state is rearing its head over a 1921 World War I monument featuring a prominent Christian cross on city property. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/ri-cross-in-groups-crosshairs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/alan-e-sears-in-rhode-island-a-move-to-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/alan-e-sears-in-rhode-island-a-move-to-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortions/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:06:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131334 Alan E. Sears at the ADF Blog: It’s no small thing to challenge the governor of a state, but then it’s no small thing for a governor to short-circuit the democratic process, and compel Christians to support voluntary abortions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/alan-e-sears-in-rhode-island-a-move-to-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/late-motion-to-intervene-in-school-prayer-mural-case-is-frivolous/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/late-motion-to-intervene-in-school-prayer-mural-case-is-frivolous/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:46:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131205 Religion Clause Blog: On that same day, a group of seven individuals moved to intervene in the case, asking the court to stay and reconsider its decision. In Ahlquist v. City of Cranston, (D RI, April 12, 2012), the court refused, finding the motion to intervene untimely and holding that movants had made no showing they have standing in the matter. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/late-motion-to-intervene-in-school-prayer-mural-case-is-frivolous/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/ri-mulls-mandated-ultrasounds-before-abortions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/ri-mulls-mandated-ultrasounds-before-abortions/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:04:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130984 Boston Globe: Abortion policy and politics returned to the Statehouse on Wednesday as lawmakers weighed a proposal to require abortion providers to perform fetal ultrasounds on women seeking abortions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/ri-mulls-mandated-ultrasounds-before-abortions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/ri-students-art-censored-due-to-heteronormativity/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/ri-students-art-censored-due-to-heteronormativity/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:19:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130771 630wpro: Warwick School Superintendent Peter Horoschak is stepping in after a student mural at Pilgrim High School was deemed inappropriate and painted over because it depicted a man holding the hand of a woman and child. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/ri-students-art-censored-due-to-heteronormativity/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/casey-mattox-on-the-zeb-bell-show-ri-gov-bypasses-legislature-to-create-pro-abortion-health-exchange-for-obamacare-adf-sues/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/casey-mattox-on-the-zeb-bell-show-ri-gov-bypasses-legislature-to-create-pro-abortion-health-exchange-for-obamacare-adf-sues/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:58:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129806 Casey Mattox appeared on the Zeb Bell Show to discuss the suit. | MP3 audio 6:08 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/casey-mattox-on-the-zeb-bell-show-ri-gov-bypasses-legislature-to-create-pro-abortion-health-exchange-for-obamacare-adf-sues/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/casey-mattox-the-fight-against-abortion-distortion-in-rhode-island-townhall/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/casey-mattox-the-fight-against-abortion-distortion-in-rhode-island-townhall/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:56:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129544 Townhall: While the Supreme Court prepares for the showdown over the constitutionality of ObamaCare next week, another important battle over the controversial law is playing out in a state court in Rhode Island. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/casey-mattox-the-fight-against-abortion-distortion-in-rhode-island-townhall/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/obamacare-commotion-one-news-now/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/obamacare-commotion-one-news-now/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:40:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129535 One News Now: ADF attorney Casey Mattox tells OneNewsNow the lawsuit was filed on behalf of Rhode Island Right to Life and 38 state lawmakers. "No one should force Rhode Islanders to subsidize other people's abortions under the guise of healthcare reform, especially through illegitimate, extra-constitutional methods," he contends. "The responsibility to define and create these exchanges lies solely with the people through the General Assembly. The governor cannot circumvent state lawmakers simply because the majority of them want to maintain longstanding prohibitions against the use of taxpayer dollars for elective abortions." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/obamacare-commotion-one-news-now/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/adf-joins-lawsuit-against-rhode-island-governor%e2%80%99s-power-grab/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/adf-joins-lawsuit-against-rhode-island-governor%e2%80%99s-power-grab/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:56:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129375 National Right to Life: Added ADF Senior Counsel Casey Mattox, “No one should force Rhode Islanders to subsidize other people’s abortions under the guise of health care reform, especially through illegitimate, extra-constitutional methods.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/adf-joins-lawsuit-against-rhode-island-governor%e2%80%99s-power-grab/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/rhode-island-gov-sued-for-funding-abortions-in-obamacare-lifenews/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/rhode-island-gov-sued-for-funding-abortions-in-obamacare-lifenews/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:53:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129373 LifeNews: “No one should force Rhode Islanders to subsidize other people’s abortions under the guise of health care reform, especially through illegitimate, extra-constitutional methods,” said ADF Senior Counsel Casey Mattox. “The responsibility to define and create these exchanges lies solely with the people through the General Assembly. The governor cannot circumvent state lawmakers simply because the majority of them want to maintain longstanding prohibitions against the use of taxpayer dollars for elective abortions.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/rhode-island-gov-sued-for-funding-abortions-in-obamacare-lifenews/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/adf-joins-lawsuit-against-ri-governors-power-grab-to-create-pro-abortion-health-exchange/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/adf-joins-lawsuit-against-ri-governors-power-grab-to-create-pro-abortion-health-exchange/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:51:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129222 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/adf-joins-lawsuit-against-ri-governors-power-grab-to-create-pro-abortion-health-exchange/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/bishop-thomas-j-tobin-five-problems-with-homosexual-%e2%80%9cmarriage%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/bishop-thomas-j-tobin-five-problems-with-homosexual-%e2%80%9cmarriage%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:13:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128924 Rhode Island Catholic: It’s a sure sign of spring, as predictable as the Red Sox at spring training, the swallows returning to Capistrano, and the flowing of green beer on St. Patrick’s Day. I’m referring of course to the public re-appearance of the determined proponents of homosexual marriage ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/bishop-thomas-j-tobin-five-problems-with-homosexual-%e2%80%9cmarriage%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/ri-seven-sue-to-block-banner-removal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/ri-seven-sue-to-block-banner-removal/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127998 Brown Daily Herald: Seven people are seeking an injunction to block a federal judge's ruling that ordered Cranston High School West to remove a prayer banner from its auditorium, the Providence Journal reported. After almost two months of debating whether to appeal the ruling, the banner was officially removed last weekend. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/ri-seven-sue-to-block-banner-removal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/cranston-ri-to-pay-aclu-150k-toward-attorneys-fees-in-prayer-banner-litigation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/cranston-ri-to-pay-aclu-150k-toward-attorneys-fees-in-prayer-banner-litigation/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:54:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127942 ABC 6 (includes video): The controversy over the prayer banner at Cranston High School West has come to an end. The banner was recently removed for good, and Tuesday there's an agreement between the city of Cranston and the ACLU over legal fees. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/cranston-ri-to-pay-aclu-150k-toward-attorneys-fees-in-prayer-banner-litigation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/ri-aclu-wants-prayer-banner-removed-asap-demands-173k-attorneys-fees/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/ri-aclu-wants-prayer-banner-removed-asap-demands-173k-attorneys-fees/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:33:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126519 WPRI.com (includes video): Cranston Mayor Allan Fung tells Eyewitness News that school and city officials will meet next week to discuss the ACLU's request for $173,000 in legal fees related to the prayer banner lawsuit. Until then, the mayor says, the banner will remain intact. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/ri-aclu-wants-prayer-banner-removed-asap-demands-173k-attorneys-fees/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/rhode-island-teen-who-fought-against-prayer-banner-gets-scholarship-from-atheist-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/rhode-island-teen-who-fought-against-prayer-banner-gets-scholarship-from-atheist-group/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:01:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126218 Fox News: The American Humanist Association, a national atheist organization, says that Jessica Ahlquist, 16, of Cranston High School West, stood up for her beliefs despite critics . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/rhode-island-teen-who-fought-against-prayer-banner-gets-scholarship-from-atheist-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/ri-school-wont-appeal-prayer-banner-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/ri-school-wont-appeal-prayer-banner-case/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:09:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126074 OneNewsNow.com: A Rhode Island public school district committee has voted not to appeal a federal court decision ordering the removal of a prayer banner displayed in a high school auditorium. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/ri-school-wont-appeal-prayer-banner-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/r-i-house-passes-gender-identity-hate-crime-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/r-i-house-passes-gender-identity-hate-crime-bill/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:55:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125407 The Providence Journal: Crimes that stem from the victim's gender identity would be considered hate crimes under legislation winning support in the Rhode Island General Assembly. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/r-i-house-passes-gender-identity-hate-crime-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/rhode-island-town-readies-for-boisterous-hearing-on-now-covered-prayer-banner/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/rhode-island-town-readies-for-boisterous-hearing-on-now-covered-prayer-banner/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:01:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125258 Fox News: A Rhode Island town is bracing for a potentially "boisterous" public hearing next week where officials will vote on whether to fight a court order to take down a prayer banner that has hung for decades in a high school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/rhode-island-town-readies-for-boisterous-hearing-on-now-covered-prayer-banner/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/aclu-seeks-173000-from-cranston-in-prayer-saga/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/aclu-seeks-173000-from-cranston-in-prayer-saga/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:59:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124615 GoLocalProv.com: Following up a federal court’s decision earlier this month finding unconstitutional the display of a prayer mural in Cranston High School West’s auditorium, Rhode Island ACLU attorneys have today asked the court to award $173,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs for their successful work on the case . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/aclu-seeks-173000-from-cranston-in-prayer-saga/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/rhode-island-city-enraged-over-school-prayer-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/rhode-island-city-enraged-over-school-prayer-lawsuit/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:21:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124267 NYTimes.com: ut Jessica Ahlquist is also an outspoken atheist who has incensed this heavily Roman Catholic city with a successful lawsuit to get a prayer removed from the wall of her high school auditorium, where it has hung for 49 years. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/rhode-island-city-enraged-over-school-prayer-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/occupy-protestors-harass-pro-life-advocates-in-roe-event/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/occupy-protestors-harass-pro-life-advocates-in-roe-event/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:02:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124257 LifeNews.com: Occupy protestors disrupted one pro-life prayer event in the nation’s capital this past weekend, but they also aggressively disrupted a pro-life event in Providence, Rhode Island to the point that it couldn’t be completed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/occupy-protestors-harass-pro-life-advocates-in-roe-event/feed/ 0