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/vermont-ordinance-could-ban-pro-lifers-from-protesting-at-planned-parenthood-clinic/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/vermont-ordinance-could-ban-pro-lifers-from-protesting-at-planned-parenthood-clinic/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 18:17:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134464 LifeSiteNews: The city council of Burlington, Vermont, has passed a new ordinance that could have the effect of banning pro-life protesters from exercising their right to protest in front of the town’s Planned Parenthood facility. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/vermont-ordinance-could-ban-pro-lifers-from-protesting-at-planned-parenthood-clinic/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/vermont-senate-rejects-assisted-suicide-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/vermont-senate-rejects-assisted-suicide-bill/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:56:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131038 VPR: The Vermont Senate has rejected legislation that would allow terminally ill people to get a physician's help in ending their own lives. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/vermont-senate-rejects-assisted-suicide-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/vermont-to-vote-on-measure-to-legalize-assisted-suicide/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/vermont-to-vote-on-measure-to-legalize-assisted-suicide/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:04:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130898 LifeNews: Euthanasia advocates in the Vermont legislature are pushing for a vote to make the state to next to join Oregon and Washington as the only states in the nation to legalize the practice of killing patients in assisted suicides. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/vermont-to-vote-on-measure-to-legalize-assisted-suicide/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/glad-argues-one-spouse-at-a-time-rule-applies-to-civil-unions-as-well-as-marriages/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/glad-argues-one-spouse-at-a-time-rule-applies-to-civil-unions-as-well-as-marriages/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:58:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130861 GLAD: In a case involving a man who married in Massachusetts without dissolving his Vermont civil union to a different man, GLAD will argue before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) that the marriage should be considered void. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/glad-argues-one-spouse-at-a-time-rule-applies-to-civil-unions-as-well-as-marriages/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/court-decides-it-can-adjudicate-churchs-factional-dispute/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/court-decides-it-can-adjudicate-churchs-factional-dispute/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:30:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130676 Religion Clause Blog: In Carter v. Lee (VT Super, April 3, 2012), a Vermont trial court held that it can adjudicate a dispute between factions of the First Congregational Church of Manchester. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/court-decides-it-can-adjudicate-churchs-factional-dispute/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/vt-governor-disappointed-at-assisted-suicide-bills-demise/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/vt-governor-disappointed-at-assisted-suicide-bills-demise/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:02:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129046 Republic (AP): Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says he's disappointed with the decision of state Senate leaders not to bring right-to-die legislation to a vote in the chamber this year. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/vt-governor-disappointed-at-assisted-suicide-bills-demise/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/okeefe-video-exposes-voter-fraud-friendly-policies-in-vermont/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/okeefe-video-exposes-voter-fraud-friendly-policies-in-vermont/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:50:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128475 the report and video. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/okeefe-video-exposes-voter-fraud-friendly-policies-in-vermont/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/vt-town-suspends-traditional-prayer-at-meeting/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/vt-town-suspends-traditional-prayer-at-meeting/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:47:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127877 WPTZ.com: For years, the Vermont town of Franklin near the Canadian border started Town Meeting with a prayer. A lawsuit stopped that from happening this year. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/vt-town-suspends-traditional-prayer-at-meeting/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/vt-franklin-town-defends-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/vt-franklin-town-defends-prayer/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:21:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127203 St. Alban's Messenger: Judge Martin Maley will not rule on the constitutionality of town prayer at Franklin's Town Meeting prior to Town Meeting Day, he said at a hearing Tuesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/vt-franklin-town-defends-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/vt-woman-aclu-ask-judge-to-ban-town-meeting-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/vt-woman-aclu-ask-judge-to-ban-town-meeting-prayer/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:02:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127081 Worcester Telegram: In the small, northern Vermont town of Franklin, the annual Town Meeting starts with the banging of the gavel, the Pledge of the Allegiance and a prayer, delivered by a local pastor. But one woman has objected to the last custom for the last eight years. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/vt-woman-aclu-ask-judge-to-ban-town-meeting-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/vermont-woman-asks-judge-to-ban-town-meeting-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/vermont-woman-asks-judge-to-ban-town-meeting-prayer/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:53:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126918 Fox News: A Franklin woman is asking a Vermont judge to block a prayer that is used as part of the opening ceremonies on Town Meeting Day. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/vermont-woman-asks-judge-to-ban-town-meeting-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/va-man-surrenders-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/va-man-surrenders-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:45:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120242 OneNewsNow.com: A Virginia man who prosecutors say helped a woman leave the U.S. with her daughter so she wouldn't have to turn custody of the girl over to her former lesbian partner has surrendered to face charges he aided in international parental kidnapping. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/va-man-surrenders-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/us-prosecutors-reach-plea-deal-with-missionary-who-helped-natural-mom-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/us-prosecutors-reach-plea-deal-with-missionary-who-helped-natural-mom-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:43:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117818 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/us-prosecutors-reach-plea-deal-with-missionary-who-helped-natural-mom-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/same-sex-couple-files-discrimination-suit-against-owners-of-vermont-inn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/same-sex-couple-files-discrimination-suit-against-owners-of-vermont-inn/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:09:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111360 The Rhode Island Catholic: The O’Reillys and the inn are being represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based legal organization. Holly Carmichael, an attorney for ADF, said that similar discrimination complaints are being filed in states that allow same-sex marriage or civil unions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/same-sex-couple-files-discrimination-suit-against-owners-of-vermont-inn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/19/alan-e-sears-outing-the-wildflower-inn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/19/alan-e-sears-outing-the-wildflower-inn/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:24:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111265 Alan E. Sears at Townhall: It doesn’t take courage to ride the wave of support for same-sex ‘marriage.’ It takes courage to stand against the surging tide. At the Wildflower Inn, so high in the Vermont hills, the water is rising fast. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/19/alan-e-sears-outing-the-wildflower-inn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/vermont-governor-presides-over-lesbians-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/vermont-governor-presides-over-lesbians-marriage/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:07:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111072 SeattlePI.com: Making good on a campaign promise, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin married a lesbian couple in a small ceremony in his office. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/vermont-governor-presides-over-lesbians-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/19/aclu-sues-vermont-resort-for-refusing-lesbian-wedding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/19/aclu-sues-vermont-resort-for-refusing-lesbian-wedding/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:33:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108385 ACLU: The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Vermont filed a lawsuit today against a Vermont resort that refused to host a lesbian couple’s wedding reception due to the owners’ personal bias against lesbian and gay people. Vermont law prohibits denying access to public accommodations based on sexual orientation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/19/aclu-sues-vermont-resort-for-refusing-lesbian-wedding/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/a-fight-over-a-girl-and-gods-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/a-fight-over-a-girl-and-gods-law/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:47:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107064 AP: Lisa Miller's path from lesbian in committed relationship to international fugitive started in 2003. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/a-fight-over-a-girl-and-gods-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/20/school-censors-religious-words-in-graduation-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/20/school-censors-religious-words-in-graduation-speech/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:22:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106776 Fox News: A high school valedictorian in Vermont was forbidden by school administers from delivering nearly half of his graduation speech in which he discussed how Jesus had changed his life.  "I was just sharing a story about my life and how it was changed,” said Kyle Gearwar, the valedictorian at Fair Haven Union High School. “And as an American and as a valedictorian I felt that I should have been able to do that.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/20/school-censors-religious-words-in-graduation-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/25/vermont-missionary-pleads-not-guilty-to-helping-natural-mom-take-child-from-former-lesbian-partner/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/25/vermont-missionary-pleads-not-guilty-to-helping-natural-mom-take-child-from-former-lesbian-partner/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 15:56:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104633 AP: A Tennessee missionary charged with helping a woman get her child out of the United States as part of a high-profile lesbian custody case in Vermont says he's not guilty. Timothy David Miller . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/25/vermont-missionary-pleads-not-guilty-to-helping-natural-mom-take-child-from-former-lesbian-partner/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/13/assisted-suicide-getting-nowhere-in-vermont/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/13/assisted-suicide-getting-nowhere-in-vermont/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 16:09:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103603 One News Now: he victory thus far does give those who oppose assisted suicide another chance to educate voters and the public to ensure that the bill does not pass next time around, but Beerworth expects a full-court press from pro-life proponents. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/13/assisted-suicide-getting-nowhere-in-vermont/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/04/vt-law-school-lifts-ban-on-military-recruiters/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/04/vt-law-school-lifts-ban-on-military-recruiters/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 20:48:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102791 Boston Globe: The Vermont Law School is lifting its 25-year-old ban on military recruiters on campus because the military is ending its "don't ask, don't tell" policy about gays and lesbians serving in the military. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/04/vt-law-school-lifts-ban-on-military-recruiters/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/pastor-is-accused-of-helping-to-kidnap-girl-at-center-of-lesbian-custody-fight/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/pastor-is-accused-of-helping-to-kidnap-girl-at-center-of-lesbian-custody-fight/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:24:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101991 NY Times: Federal authorities last week arrested and charged a Tennessee pastor with aiding in the “international parental kidnapping” of a girl who has been missing since late 2009 and is at the center of a lengthy custody battle between her two mothers — a onetime lesbian couple who were in a civil union. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/pastor-is-accused-of-helping-to-kidnap-girl-at-center-of-lesbian-custody-fight/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/25/pastor-free-on-bond-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/25/pastor-free-on-bond-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:48:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101862 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/25/pastor-free-on-bond-in-vt-lesbian-custody-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/02/vermont-aclu-sues-over-town-meeting-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/02/vermont-aclu-sues-over-town-meeting-prayer/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:54:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96968 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/02/vermont-aclu-sues-over-town-meeting-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/22/vt-unions-rally-in-support-of-wisconsin-workers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/22/vt-unions-rally-in-support-of-wisconsin-workers/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:11:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96172 Chicago Tribune: "Representatives of the Vermont Education Association and of nurses at Fletcher Allen Health Care will stage a noontime rally at the Statehouse in Montpelier." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/22/vt-unions-rally-in-support-of-wisconsin-workers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/2nd-circuit-upholds-dismissal-of-street-preachers-challenge-to-noise-ordinance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/2nd-circuit-upholds-dismissal-of-street-preachers-challenge-to-noise-ordinance/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:05:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95761 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/2nd-circuit-upholds-dismissal-of-street-preachers-challenge-to-noise-ordinance/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/vermont-jn36tn-ok-with-dmv/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/vermont-jn36tn-ok-with-dmv/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:13:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93024 OneNewsNow: "'The state said, "No -- we don't allow religion or a deity on our vanity plates" and denied the request,' recaps Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney [Jeremy Tedesco]. 'So we litigated the case, and after five years, we won at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. After the district court ruled against us, the Second Circuit said that Mr. Byrne needs to be granted equal access to the vanity plate forum for his religious speech.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/vermont-jn36tn-ok-with-dmv/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/vt-wont-appeal-religious-vanity-plate-decision-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/vt-wont-appeal-religious-vanity-plate-decision-2/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:24:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91667 Washington Examiner (AP): "The state of Vermont has ended a years-long legal dispute with a man who has been fighting for the right to display a reference to one of the Bible's most famous passages on a vanity plate . . . 'This really is a great victory for free speech,' said [Jeremy Tedesco], the general council for the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, which represented Byrne." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/17/vt-wont-appeal-religious-vanity-plate-decision-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/vt-wont-appeal-religious-vanity-plate-decision/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/vt-wont-appeal-religious-vanity-plate-decision/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:11:48 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91495 Associated Press: "A Vermont man will be able to get a license plate that refers to a famous passage from the Bible's New Testament." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/14/vt-wont-appeal-religious-vanity-plate-decision/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/matthew-sharp-vermont-had-no-license-to-censor-vanity-plates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/matthew-sharp-vermont-had-no-license-to-censor-vanity-plates/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:00:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90962 Matthew Sharp writing at Townhall: "[T]he recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Byrne v. Rutledge, a lawsuit wrapped up Monday, assures us that no matter how short the message or the viewpoint it expresses, it is protected by the First Amendment . . . Shawn Byrne applied to the Vermont DMV for the tag 'JN36TN,' a creative reference to the popular Bible verse, John 3:16. But Vermont denied his request, citing a state law prohibiting vanity plates that reference religion or deity." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/matthew-sharp-vermont-had-no-license-to-censor-vanity-plates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/vt-high-school-dance-canceled-some-upset-by-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/vt-high-school-dance-canceled-some-upset-by-ban/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:02:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90394 Boston.com (AP): "A Vermont high school's winter ball has been canceled at least in part because of slow ticket sales caused by a ban on the style of dancing known as 'grinding.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/vt-high-school-dance-canceled-some-upset-by-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/03/vermont-montana-lead-battles-over-assisted-suicide-in-2011/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/03/vermont-montana-lead-battles-over-assisted-suicide-in-2011/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:35:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=89292 LifeNews: "Vermont and Montana will form ground zero for the debate over assisted suicide in 2011 as legislatures in both states are expected to tackle bills related to the subject." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/03/vermont-montana-lead-battles-over-assisted-suicide-in-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/conservatives-defend-doma-amid-more-lawsuits/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/conservatives-defend-doma-amid-more-lawsuits/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:26:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81388 Christian Post: "The American Civil Liberties Union and Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders both filed lawsuits Tuesday on behalf of same-sex couples trying to receive federal benefits from their partners. In GLAD's case, the advocate group filed a lawsuit on behalf of five same-sex couples and widowed partner across three states – Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire . . . ADF Legal Council [Dale Schowengerdt] explained that GLAD put multiple plaintiffs on the lawsuit because 'their legal arguments are a little bit thin and they focus a lot on the stories of these couples and basically make an emotional appeal.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/conservatives-defend-doma-amid-more-lawsuits/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/08/supreme-court-allows-child-custody-ruling-in-favor-of-former-lesbian-partner-versus-mom-to-stand/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/08/supreme-court-allows-child-custody-ruling-in-favor-of-former-lesbian-partner-versus-mom-to-stand/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:41:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80948 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/08/supreme-court-allows-child-custody-ruling-in-favor-of-former-lesbian-partner-versus-mom-to-stand/feed/ 0