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/2012/05/16/graduation-controversy-mercer-board-pikeview-can-use-church-as-venue-for-ceremony/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/graduation-controversy-mercer-board-pikeview-can-use-church-as-venue-for-ceremony/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:46:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133787 Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Whether a high school’s choice of graduation venue was an issue of separation between church and state led to an emergency meeting of the Mercer County Board of Education Thursday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/graduation-controversy-mercer-board-pikeview-can-use-church-as-venue-for-ceremony/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/west-virginia-88-of-pro-life-candidates-win-primaries/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/west-virginia-88-of-pro-life-candidates-win-primaries/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:43:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133328 LifeNews: The pro-life community in West Virginia had an excellent night during its primary election last night as 88 percent of the candidates the main statewide pro-life group endorsed made it past their primary and on to the general election. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/west-virginia-88-of-pro-life-candidates-win-primaries/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-announces-2012-gubernatorial-prayer-breakfast/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-announces-2012-gubernatorial-prayer-breakfast/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:12:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131408 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-announces-2012-gubernatorial-prayer-breakfast/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/u-s-senate-confirms-thacker-to-federal-appeals-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/u-s-senate-confirms-thacker-to-federal-appeals-court/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:49:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131319 West Virginia Record: West Virginia attorney Stephanie Thacker has been confirmed to a federal appeals court. The U.S. Senate voted 91-3 in favor of Thacker to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Monday evening. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/u-s-senate-confirms-thacker-to-federal-appeals-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/engaging-the-issues-austin-nimocks-discrimination-laws-and-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/engaging-the-issues-austin-nimocks-discrimination-laws-and-religious-freedom/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:33:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130801 Engage Family Blog of the WVFPC: On this week’s edition of Engaging the Issues, Austin Nimocks, Senior Legal Counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, discusses whether nondiscrimination laws can peacefully coexist with religious freedom. (Audio link) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/engaging-the-issues-austin-nimocks-discrimination-laws-and-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/wv-passing-a-solution-for-which-there-is-no-problem/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/wv-passing-a-solution-for-which-there-is-no-problem/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:06:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130226 Engage Family Minute: Evidently, the Kanawha County Commission voted in February to add, “sexual orientation” to their equal opportunity. Had we been aware, we could have at least countered the talking points that were clearly fed to them by activists for the “tolerance” agenda. What is quite interesting to me, however, is some of the quotes from the county commissioners. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/wv-passing-a-solution-for-which-there-is-no-problem/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/west-virginia-legislature-takes-bold-step-in-strengthening-marriage-in-west-virginia-fpc-of-wv/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/west-virginia-legislature-takes-bold-step-in-strengthening-marriage-in-west-virginia-fpc-of-wv/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:37:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128518 Engage Family Blog: On the final day of the 2012 Legislative Session, the West Virginia State Legislature approved H.B. 4605 a bill creating a premarital education option to applicants for marriage licenses in the state. The measure is aimed at strengthening the more than 13,000 marriages and reducing the more than 9,000 divorces that take place every year in West Virginia. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/west-virginia-legislature-takes-bold-step-in-strengthening-marriage-in-west-virginia-fpc-of-wv/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/wv-pregnancy-care-centers-abuse-abortion-and-healing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/wv-pregnancy-care-centers-abuse-abortion-and-healing/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:30:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127019 Engage Family Blog: Judy Sloane is the executive director of Labor of Love Ministries, a pregnancy care center in Morgantown, WV. For most of her adult life, Judy has been counseling young women to choose life over abortion, caring for them during their pregnancy, and loving their children once born. But there is more to it than that . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/wv-pregnancy-care-centers-abuse-abortion-and-healing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-interviews-gov-tomblin-religious-freedom-sanctity-of-life-and-family/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-interviews-gov-tomblin-religious-freedom-sanctity-of-life-and-family/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:18:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125761 here. Part two can be accessed here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/family-policy-council-of-west-virginia-interviews-gov-tomblin-religious-freedom-sanctity-of-life-and-family/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/supreme-court-rejects-appeals-in-student-speech-cases/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/supreme-court-rejects-appeals-in-student-speech-cases/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:02:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123210 News from The Associated Press: The Supreme Court has passed up a pair of cases for the online age - whether schools may censor students who are at home when they create online attacks against school officials and other students. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/supreme-court-rejects-appeals-in-student-speech-cases/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-delegates-introduce-bill-to-limit-sexually-oriented-businesses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-delegates-introduce-bill-to-limit-sexually-oriented-businesses/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:11:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122879 State Journal: Three West Virginia delegates are introducing a bill that would limit the activities of "sexually oriented businesses" in West Virginia. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-delegates-introduce-bill-to-limit-sexually-oriented-businesses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-state-of-the-family-address-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-state-of-the-family-address-2/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:34:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122830 State of the Family Address at (includes audio): My Fellow West Virginians, Tradition, as well as our state constitution, requires that the Governor of the State of West Virginia give an address at the commencement of the regular session of the legislature, “of the condition of the state.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-state-of-the-family-address-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-turner-rallies-for-open-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-turner-rallies-for-open-prayer/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:53:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122799 Tyler Star News: Dustin Turner, a St. Marys High School teacher and pastor of Middlebourne United Christian Fellowship, spoke at Monday night's regularly scheduled Tyler County Board of Education meeting to request the board consider instituting spoken prayer as part of the their regular agenda. Members of his congregation also attended in support of the proposal but did not speak to the board. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/wv-turner-rallies-for-open-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/west-virginia-elects-pro-lifer-jeff-kessler-to-lead-senate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/west-virginia-elects-pro-lifer-jeff-kessler-to-lead-senate/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:40:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119042 LifeNews.com: The West Virginia state legislature has chosen a pro-life advocate to lead the state Senate as West Virginians for Life continues working with lawmakers to pass measures designed to protect unborn children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/west-virginia-elects-pro-lifer-jeff-kessler-to-lead-senate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/wv-should-bullying-policy-be-specific/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/wv-should-bullying-policy-be-specific/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:17:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118044 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/wv-should-bullying-policy-be-specific/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/07/wv-dept-of-ed-taking-comments-on-bullying-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/07/wv-dept-of-ed-taking-comments-on-bullying-policy/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:47:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117887 News from The Associated Press: The state Department of Education is taking public comments until 4 p.m. Tuesday about the 75-page student conduct and disciplinary policy that the Board of Education will consider Dec. 14. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/07/wv-dept-of-ed-taking-comments-on-bullying-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/wv-new-state-homeschool-policy-in-the-works/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/wv-new-state-homeschool-policy-in-the-works/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:37:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111004 HSLDA: t also does not appear that the state legislature has authorized the state board to promulgate rules or regulations regarding homeschooling in West Virginia. In fact, if there is any change needed, it in the area of deregulation—not increased regulation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/17/wv-new-state-homeschool-policy-in-the-works/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/08/w-va-campaign-targets-anti-gay-bullying%c2%a0/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/08/w-va-campaign-targets-anti-gay-bullying%c2%a0/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:41:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110245 The Charleston Gazette: Fairness West Virginia, a statewide advocacy group that promotes civil rights and fair treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents, has launched a new campaign with the goal of creating effective anti-bullying policies in West Virginia. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/08/w-va-campaign-targets-anti-gay-bullying%c2%a0/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/charleston-attorney-to-be-nominated-for-fourth-circuit-opening/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/charleston-attorney-to-be-nominated-for-fourth-circuit-opening/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:24:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109246 West Virginia Record: harleston attorney Stephanie Thacker is President Obama's pick to fill an opening on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/charleston-attorney-to-be-nominated-for-fourth-circuit-opening/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/court-strikes-down-express-advocacy-and-electioneering-communication-definitions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/court-strikes-down-express-advocacy-and-electioneering-communication-definitions/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:59:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108559 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/court-strikes-down-express-advocacy-and-electioneering-communication-definitions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/lessons-west-virginia-should-learn-in-a-new-york-minute-about-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/lessons-west-virginia-should-learn-in-a-new-york-minute-about-marriage/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:41:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107126 Engage Family Blog: What the outcome will be for West Virginia is not dependent upon what happened in New York, but there are lessons to be learned. One lesson ought to be painfully clear: what we have said from the beginning, what we have continued to predict would be the case has come true. Now is not the time for West Virginia’s lawmakers to ignore the issue. It is the duty of every lawmaker in West Virginia to secure the right of all West Virginians to vote on the definition of marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/lessons-west-virginia-should-learn-in-a-new-york-minute-about-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/west-virginia-manchin-defends-pro-planned-parenthood-vote/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/west-virginia-manchin-defends-pro-planned-parenthood-vote/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 18:19:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104109 LifeNews: Senator Joe Manchin, in a new interview, is defending the vote he cast earlier this year against legislation that would yank taxpayer funding from the Planned Parenthood abortion business. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/west-virginia-manchin-defends-pro-planned-parenthood-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/16/court-rejects-challenge-to-religious-workers-visa-rules/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/16/court-rejects-challenge-to-religious-workers-visa-rules/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 17:11:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103706 Religion Clause Blog: In Ruiz-Diaz v. United States, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50433 (WD WA, May 10, 2011), a Washington federal district court rejected a challenge to immigration rules that treat religious workers applying to adjust their immigration status to become permanent residents differently from those in various other employment-based preference categories. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/16/court-rejects-challenge-to-religious-workers-visa-rules/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/12/wv-help-for-unwanted-homosexuality/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/12/wv-help-for-unwanted-homosexuality/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 15:59:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103474 WVMetroNews (includes video interview with Jeremiah Dys of the Family Policy Council of WV): "Our desire and our mission is to help people live lives that are congruent with their faith," Exodus International Senior Director of Church Equipping and Student Ministries Jeff Buchanan said. | See also Engage Family Blog: Is the Gazette Right? Aren’t We All Defective? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/12/wv-help-for-unwanted-homosexuality/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/ex-gay-group-to-visit-w-va/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/ex-gay-group-to-visit-w-va/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:27:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102319 W. Virginia Gazette: Exodus International plans a May 10 event at CMA Church in Morgantown to teach religious leaders how to minister to people who don't want to be attracted to members of the same sex. The Family Policy Council of West Virginia invited Exodus to hold the seminar, the first of its kind that the Orlando-based group has held in the state. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/ex-gay-group-to-visit-w-va/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/west-virginia-group-tomblin-gop-governor-candidates-pro-life/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/west-virginia-group-tomblin-gop-governor-candidates-pro-life/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:07:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102024 LifeNews: The statewide pro-life group in West Virginia says that each of the Republican candidates for governor is pro-life as is Democratic primary election candidate Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/west-virginia-group-tomblin-gop-governor-candidates-pro-life/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/w-va-gay-advocacy-group-hires-first-staffer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/w-va-gay-advocacy-group-hires-first-staffer/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:26:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101994 WVGazette.com: Now 23, Milam is the first full-time staffer for Fairness West Virginia, a group founded in 2009 that advocates for gays and lesbians. One of his biggest challenges as program director, he said, is to show state leaders that rural communities have a stake in gay-rights issues. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/w-va-gay-advocacy-group-hires-first-staffer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/18/manchin-blasted-by-pro-life-group-for-funding-planned-parenthood/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/18/manchin-blasted-by-pro-life-group-for-funding-planned-parenthood/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:32:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101371 LifeNews: West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is earning strong criticism from a pro-life group who says the self-declared pro-life senator who is working overtime to cover up his support for the Planned Parenthood abortion business. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/18/manchin-blasted-by-pro-life-group-for-funding-planned-parenthood/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/wv-pro-life-group-says-manchin-not-really-interest-in-stopping-taxpayer-funded-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/wv-pro-life-group-says-manchin-not-really-interest-in-stopping-taxpayer-funded-abortion/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:04:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101251 Charleston Daily Mail: But an anti-abortion group that has consistently endorsed Manchin in elections, West Virginians for Life, scorned his proposal as "irrelevant" and "a cover," saying the former governor isn't really interested in stopping taxpayer-funded abortions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/wv-pro-life-group-says-manchin-not-really-interest-in-stopping-taxpayer-funded-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/job-announcement-fpcwv-seeks-director-of-development/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/job-announcement-fpcwv-seeks-director-of-development/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:18:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99680 Family Policy Council of West Virginia: The Family Policy Council of West Virginia is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the position of Director of Development. Qualifications for this position are described as . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/job-announcement-fpcwv-seeks-director-of-development/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/4th-circuit-upholds-west-virginias-vaccination-requirements-over-constitutional-challenges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/4th-circuit-upholds-west-virginias-vaccination-requirements-over-constitutional-challenges/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:37:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99600 Religion Clause Blog: In Workman v. Mingo County Board of Education, (4th Cir., March 22, 2011), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld West Virginia's statute requiring vaccination for various diseases as a condition of attending school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/4th-circuit-upholds-west-virginias-vaccination-requirements-over-constitutional-challenges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/w-va-sexual-orientation-measure-dies-in-legislative-session/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/w-va-sexual-orientation-measure-dies-in-legislative-session/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:16:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97858 WV Gazette: "West Virginia will not add sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination laws, at least not this year. Lawmakers didn't act in time on a pair of bills (SB226, HB2045) . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/w-va-sexual-orientation-measure-dies-in-legislative-session/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/02/wv-senate-passes-appellate-court-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/02/wv-senate-passes-appellate-court-bill/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:56:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96979 WVRecord.com: "The push for an intermediate appellate court is now headed to the House of Delegates. The state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to create a three-judge panel to hear appeals . . . he proposed legislation, Senate Bill 307 . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/02/wv-senate-passes-appellate-court-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/wv-advice-for-planned-parenthood-to-balance-their-budget-by/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/wv-advice-for-planned-parenthood-to-balance-their-budget-by/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:47:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96737 writes at the Engage Family Blog: "Downtown, 134 lawmakers took the time to affirm the life-saving, women’s health-loving, family-supporting work of the thousands of staff and volunteers who support their local PCC (maybe you call them Crisis Pregnancy Centers). Uptown, supporters of an unfettered abortion industry dodged the rain and the use of the word “abortion” except to point out how mean “anti-abortion” people were and how Planned Parenthood – who performed more than 330,000 abortions in 2009 – does not use Federal Funding to perform abortions (note how they never deny doing them, just not using your tax dollars to do it). I feel sorry for PP, what with all the scandal and proposed cuts in funding! So, I’m offering them some advice to help them tighten their budgetary belts and, while I’m at it, put a few fallacies to rest. So, here’s what I might tell Planned Parenthood if I were their budget analyst . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/wv-advice-for-planned-parenthood-to-balance-their-budget-by/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/wv-gay-miner-to-push-for-anti-discrimination-bills/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/wv-gay-miner-to-push-for-anti-discrimination-bills/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:24:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95828 WV Gazette: "Sam Hall, the gay miner who sued a Massey subsidiary in December, will be at the Statehouse on Monday. He’s scheduled to appear at a 9 a.m. press conference organized by the group Fairness West Virginia to push for a pair of bills (SB226 and HB2045) that would add age and sexual orientation to the state’s Human Rights Act." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/wv-gay-miner-to-push-for-anti-discrimination-bills/feed/ 0