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/2012/02/13/hawaii-constitutional-right-to-moderately-corporally-punish-one%e2%80%99s-child/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/hawaii-constitutional-right-to-moderately-corporally-punish-one%e2%80%99s-child/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:15:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125570 The Volokh Conspiracy: So held the Hawaii Supreme Court, in Hamilton ex rel. Lethem v. Lethem (Haw. Feb. 7, 2012), interpreting the Hawaii Constitution, though in reasoning that could be seen as applicable to the federal Constitution and to other state constitutions . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/hawaii-constitutional-right-to-moderately-corporally-punish-one%e2%80%99s-child/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/uk-public-backs-right-of-parents-to-smack/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/uk-public-backs-right-of-parents-to-smack/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125072 The Christian Institute: Nearly two thirds, 60 per cent, of the public think that the curbs should be scrapped. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/uk-public-backs-right-of-parents-to-smack/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/belt-whipping-texas-judge-suspended-sign-of-shift-on-corporal-punishment-christian-science-monitor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/belt-whipping-texas-judge-suspended-sign-of-shift-on-corporal-punishment-christian-science-monitor/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:28:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119462 CSMonitor.com: Adams maintains that he did nothing wrong, and the investigation could exonerate him, but the fact that the Texas court took this step is significant, says David Finkelhor, director of the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/belt-whipping-texas-judge-suspended-sign-of-shift-on-corporal-punishment-christian-science-monitor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/in-sweden-a-generation-of-kids-whove-never-been-spanked-cnn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/in-sweden-a-generation-of-kids-whove-never-been-spanked-cnn/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:10:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118362 CNN: He occasionally got a spanking from mom, or a swat on the rear and a stern look from his dad. But he remembers one day when his kindergarten teacher, school principal and a social worker came to their home. They worried Ian wasn't fitting in; they wanted to talk about the "abuse." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/in-sweden-a-generation-of-kids-whove-never-been-spanked-cnn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/07/deaths-put-focus-on-pastor%e2%80%99s-advocacy-of-spanking/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/07/deaths-put-focus-on-pastor%e2%80%99s-advocacy-of-spanking/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:03:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117999 NYTimes.com: The pastoral mood in the hills of Tennessee offered a stark contrast to the storm raging around the country over the Pearls’ teachings on child discipline, which advocate systematic use of “the rod” to teach toddlers to submit to authority. The methods, seen as common sense by some grateful parents and as horrific by others, are modeled, Mr. Pearl is fond of saying, on “the same principles the Amish use to train their stubborn mules.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/07/deaths-put-focus-on-pastor%e2%80%99s-advocacy-of-spanking/feed/ 0