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/2012/05/24/catholics-evangelicals-may-coordinate-on-religious-freedom-event-this-summer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/catholics-evangelicals-may-coordinate-on-religious-freedom-event-this-summer/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:47:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134680 Christian Post: The U.S. Catholic Church will hold an event this summer called "Fortnight for Freedom" to bring attention to religious freedom issues. The Christian Post has learned that discussions are underway to include evangelical organizations with these events. Evangelical organizations have expressed solidarity with Catholic leaders who oppose the Obama administration's birth control mandate, which, they argue, is a religious freedom issue. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/catholics-evangelicals-may-coordinate-on-religious-freedom-event-this-summer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/alan-e-sears-indecision-on-obama-mandate-is-the-same-as-deciding-not-to-fight/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/alan-e-sears-indecision-on-obama-mandate-is-the-same-as-deciding-not-to-fight/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 17:11:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134596 Townhall: In a country as great as the United States of America, where even in hard times we are surrounded by plenty, it’s easy to get comfortable. And in that lax condition, certain freedoms are taken for granted until they are overtly threatened. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/alan-e-sears-indecision-on-obama-mandate-is-the-same-as-deciding-not-to-fight/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/51-oppose-forcing-religious-organizations-to-provide-birth-control/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/51-oppose-forcing-religious-organizations-to-provide-birth-control/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 15:53:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134556 Rasmussen Reports: While most voters oppose this mandate, they also think it’s unlikely these Catholic institutions ultimately will shut down rather than implement the health care law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/51-oppose-forcing-religious-organizations-to-provide-birth-control/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/california-catholic-bishop-church-getting-co-opted-by-political-right/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/california-catholic-bishop-church-getting-co-opted-by-political-right/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 21:53:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134524 Washington Post: Bishop Stephen Blaire, of Stockton, Calif., said in an article in America, a left-leaning magazine published by the Jesuits, that a wider range of views need to be heard when the bishops meet next month in Atlanta. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/california-catholic-bishop-church-getting-co-opted-by-political-right/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/inside-the-beltway-lawsuit-what-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/inside-the-beltway-lawsuit-what-lawsuit/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 21:12:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134500 Washington Times: Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell has seen a lot of media abuse in his time as the master monitor of the liberal press. Now, he’s seen the very worst: The broadcast networks “all but spiked the largest legal action in history to defend our constitutionally protected religious freedom,” the analyst says, citing CBS, ABC and NBC for skimming over news that 43 Catholic dioceses and organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the Obama administration. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/inside-the-beltway-lawsuit-what-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/fury-spreads-catholic-leaders-join-mrc-outrage-over-network-silence-on-catholics-vs-obama-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/fury-spreads-catholic-leaders-join-mrc-outrage-over-network-silence-on-catholics-vs-obama-lawsuit/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:24:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134488 Media Research Center: Yet, 19 seconds of news coverage remains the only attention given by the evening broadcast networks. Two days after news broke, the tally is . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/fury-spreads-catholic-leaders-join-mrc-outrage-over-network-silence-on-catholics-vs-obama-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/missouri-lawmakers-reject-federal-abortion-drug-mandate-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/missouri-lawmakers-reject-federal-abortion-drug-mandate-2/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 18:10:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134462 LifeNews: The Missouri General Assembly has given overwhelming approval to legislation opposing the Obama Administration’s abortion drug mandate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/missouri-lawmakers-reject-federal-abortion-drug-mandate-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/evangelicals-respond-to-catholic-lawsuits-%e2%80%98we-are-all-catholic-now%e2%80%99-lifesitenews/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/evangelicals-respond-to-catholic-lawsuits-%e2%80%98we-are-all-catholic-now%e2%80%99-lifesitenews/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 17:40:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134453 LifeSiteNews: The Alliance Defense Fund is handling three lawsuits against the mandate on behalf of Louisiana College, Geneva College, and a private employer. ADF President and General Counsel Alan Sears said, “These new cases… join the growing list of evangelical, protestant, and Catholic religious organizations and employers who are taking a stand in objecting to the government when it forces any religious institution or individual to provide or fund morally repugnant services.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/evangelicals-respond-to-catholic-lawsuits-%e2%80%98we-are-all-catholic-now%e2%80%99-lifesitenews/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/arizona-passes-exemption-for-religious-employers-nc-register/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/arizona-passes-exemption-for-religious-employers-nc-register/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:53:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134442 NC Register: Johnson told the Register that the conference initiated the effort to pass an exemption and worked closely with the Alliance Defense Fund — a coalition of Christian attorneys — to compose the bill’s initial draft. The Center for Arizona Policy, a conservative nonprofit, also advised on the bill. “I’m really glad that religious freedom has been expanded in Arizona,” said Matt Bowman, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund who worked on drafting the bill. Bowman told the Register that the new state law “empowers” Arizona residents to challenge the looming federal mandate that all employers, including many religiously affiliated entities such as schools and universities, provide all federally approved forms of birth control by next summer. “When states like Arizona protect the religious freedom of their citizens, they empower those citizens to go into court to protect their fundamental rights. [The law] allows them to sue the federal government and to be able to win,” Bowman said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/arizona-passes-exemption-for-religious-employers-nc-register/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-health-care-hangs-on-clause-queried-by-u-s-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-health-care-hangs-on-clause-queried-by-u-s-court/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:41:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134436 Bloomberg: When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the justices said next to nothing about racial equality, the ideal that drove the landmark law’s enactment. Instead, the court cited the constitutional clause that lets Congress regulate interstate commerce, saying the law barred discrimination at hotels and restaurants used by travelers moving across state lines. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-health-care-hangs-on-clause-queried-by-u-s-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/details-and-documents-in-catholic-suits-challenging-obamacare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/details-and-documents-in-catholic-suits-challenging-obamacare/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:33:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134432 Religion Clause Blog: Here is the listing of all the plaintiffs in the 12 lawsuits with links to news releases from the lead litigant in each suit, and links to the full text of complaints in 10 of the suits. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/details-and-documents-in-catholic-suits-challenging-obamacare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/notre-dame-presidents-statement-and-the-legal-complaint-against-hhs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/notre-dame-presidents-statement-and-the-legal-complaint-against-hhs/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 22:19:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134392 Mirror of Justice. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/notre-dame-presidents-statement-and-the-legal-complaint-against-hhs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/mary-ann-glendon-why-the-bishops-are-suing-the-u-s-government/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/mary-ann-glendon-why-the-bishops-are-suing-the-u-s-government/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 17:24:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134321 Wall Street Journal: The main goal of the contraception mandate is not to protect women's health. It is a move to conscript religious organizations into a political agenda. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/mary-ann-glendon-why-the-bishops-are-suing-the-u-s-government/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/a-last-gasp-effort/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/a-last-gasp-effort/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:34:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134309 Brattleboro Reformer: "The government shouldn’t punish people of faith for making decisions in accordance with their faith," stated the Alliance Defense Fund’s President, CEO, and General Counsel Alan Sears. "We welcome these lawsuits, which are about religious freedom and freedom of conscience, not about contraception ... These new cases are about the very right to determine what is ‘religious’ and what faith-based beliefs may be followed in life." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/a-last-gasp-effort/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/suits-swarming-over-healthcare-religious-conscience/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/suits-swarming-over-healthcare-religious-conscience/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:30:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134307 One News Now: Baylor says the Obama administration pointed to religious freedom in its decision in a very narrow way by exempting houses of worship. "But then they went on not to exempt anyone else," he explains. "They're basically saying, Hey, if you're a religious organization that's out there in the world, serving the world, hiring people who don't necessarily share your religious commitments, you're not entitled to freedom of conscience. I think that's one of the key issues at stake in all of these cases ... the scope of the right of conscience." [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/suits-swarming-over-healthcare-religious-conscience/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/43-catholic-agencies-file-suit-over-birth-control-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/43-catholic-agencies-file-suit-over-birth-control-mandate/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:26:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134304 Christian Post: Welcoming the lawsuits, Alliance Defense Fund CEO and General Counsel Alan Sears said the issue at hand is religious freedom. "These new cases are about the very right to determine what is 'religious' and what faith-based beliefs may be followed in life. They join the growing list of evangelical, protestant, and Catholic religious organizations and employers who are taking a stand in objecting to the government when it forces any religious institution or individual to provide or fund morally repugnant services." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/43-catholic-agencies-file-suit-over-birth-control-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/video-cardinal-dolan-says-white-house-is-strangling-catholic-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/video-cardinal-dolan-says-white-house-is-strangling-catholic-church/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:22:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134301 CBSNews (includes video): The spat between Catholic leaders and the Obama administration over its contraception policies is heating up again, with one of the nation's most prominent Catholic leaders charging that the White House is "strangling" the church over the matter . . . "We're like, wait a minute, when did the government get in the business of defining for us the extent of our ministry," Dolan said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/video-cardinal-dolan-says-white-house-is-strangling-catholic-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/adf-comment-on-12-new-lawsuits-against-obama-abortion-pill-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/adf-comment-on-12-new-lawsuits-against-obama-abortion-pill-mandate/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:50:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134229 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/adf-comment-on-12-new-lawsuits-against-obama-abortion-pill-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/notre-dame-sues-over-obama-birth-control-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/notre-dame-sues-over-obama-birth-control-mandate/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:46:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134176 LifeNews: Notre Dame, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and dozens of Catholic hospitals and organizations have filed a total of 12 lawsuits today against Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the Obama administration over the controversial HHS mandate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/notre-dame-sues-over-obama-birth-control-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/pro-life-protestors-interrupt-sebelius%e2%80%99-georgetown-address/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/pro-life-protestors-interrupt-sebelius%e2%80%99-georgetown-address/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:03:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134065 LifeNews (includes video): As promised, pro-life advocates interrupted the speech pro-abortion HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gave at Georgetown University today. The speech has drawn condemnation from the Archdiocese of Washington, which has complained that the Catholic university should not be giving a platform to the abortion advocate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/pro-life-protestors-interrupt-sebelius%e2%80%99-georgetown-address/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/sebelius-stays-away-from-contraception-fight-at-georgetown/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/sebelius-stays-away-from-contraception-fight-at-georgetown/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:59:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134063 The Hill: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius didn’t mention the controversy over the administration’s contraception mandate during a Friday commencement speech at Georgetown University. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/sebelius-stays-away-from-contraception-fight-at-georgetown/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/second-catholic-college-may-drop-health-care-over-obamacare-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/second-catholic-college-may-drop-health-care-over-obamacare-mandate/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:45:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133953 LifeNews: Ave Maria University President James Towey told FoxNews, “We’re studying it right now. My own sense is, I don’t see … how it makes sense for us to stay in this.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/second-catholic-college-may-drop-health-care-over-obamacare-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/bishops-submit-comments-on-proposed-contraceptive-coverage-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/bishops-submit-comments-on-proposed-contraceptive-coverage-mandate/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:17:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133945 Religion Clause Blog: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops yesterday submitted its formal comments on the Department of Health and Human Services Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to health insurance coverage of contraceptive services. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/bishops-submit-comments-on-proposed-contraceptive-coverage-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/over-26000-petitions-sent-to-georgetown-opposing-invitation-to-hhs-secretary-sebelius/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/over-26000-petitions-sent-to-georgetown-opposing-invitation-to-hhs-secretary-sebelius/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:44:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133867 LifeSiteNews: The Cardinal Newman Society is sending to Georgetown University President John DiGioia the names of more than 26,000 people who joined an open letter urging Georgetown to cancel an invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a diploma ceremony this Friday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/over-26000-petitions-sent-to-georgetown-opposing-invitation-to-hhs-secretary-sebelius/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/catholic-bishops-threaten-lawsuit-over-administration%e2%80%99s-birth-control-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/catholic-bishops-threaten-lawsuit-over-administration%e2%80%99s-birth-control-mandate/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:50:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133791 The Hill: "[F]orcing individual and institutional stakeholders to sponsor and subsidize an otherwise widely available product over their religious and moral objections serves no legitimate, let alone compelling, government interest," lawyers for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote in a letter to federal regulators. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/catholic-bishops-threaten-lawsuit-over-administration%e2%80%99s-birth-control-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/usccb-submits-comments-on-proposed-hhs-rulemaking-urges-re-opening-of-final-rule-defining-mandate-exemption/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/usccb-submits-comments-on-proposed-hhs-rulemaking-urges-re-opening-of-final-rule-defining-mandate-exemption/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 22:44:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133768 USCCB: Future 'accommodation' excludes many, cannot meet incompatible goals Outstanding issues should be resolved 'in favor of more, not less, religious freedom' ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/usccb-submits-comments-on-proposed-hhs-rulemaking-urges-re-opening-of-final-rule-defining-mandate-exemption/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/obama-mandate-forces-first-catholic-college-to-drop-insurance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/obama-mandate-forces-first-catholic-college-to-drop-insurance/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:10:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133683 LifeNews: Franciscan University appears to be the first casualty of the new Obama HHS mandate that requires Catholic colleges, groups and businesses to pay for drugs that may cause abortions and birth control for their employees. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/obama-mandate-forces-first-catholic-college-to-drop-insurance/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/archdiocese-slams-georgetown-u-invitation-of-obama-hhs-secretary-sebelius/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/archdiocese-slams-georgetown-u-invitation-of-obama-hhs-secretary-sebelius/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 20:20:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133604 LifeSiteNews: The Archdiocese of Washington has weighed in on Georgetown University’s invitation of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a commencement speaker in clear terms, saying that the school has unmoored itself from Catholic identity and chosen a stance against the country’s Catholic bishops. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/archdiocese-slams-georgetown-u-invitation-of-obama-hhs-secretary-sebelius/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/gop-foiled-as-funds-flow-to-planned-parenthood-washington-times/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/gop-foiled-as-funds-flow-to-planned-parenthood-washington-times/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 17:51:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133447 Washington Times: Steve Aden, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund, pointed to several cases in which courts upheld the ability of states to choose to whom they will award funds. “These states stand on solid legal footing,” he said. “What the Obama administration is doing is a good job of blowing a lot of smoke and raising a lot of confusion about the legality of these bills.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/gop-foiled-as-funds-flow-to-planned-parenthood-washington-times/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/second-round-of-protests-scheduled-june-8th-against-obama%e2%80%99s-hhs-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/second-round-of-protests-scheduled-june-8th-against-obama%e2%80%99s-hhs-mandate/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 17:28:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133437 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/second-round-of-protests-scheduled-june-8th-against-obama%e2%80%99s-hhs-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/sebelius-invited-to-speak-at-georgetown-world-magazine/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/sebelius-invited-to-speak-at-georgetown-world-magazine/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:34:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133291 World Magazine: The latest lawsuit, Newland v. Sebelius, is the first filed on behalf of a private company and one that could put a stop to the mandate before it goes into effect Nov. 1. Religious institutions have until August 2013 to comply. But Hercules Industries, a family-owned business in Denver, seeks immediate relief from the requirement. The Alliance Defense Fund represents the family, whose members said their Catholic beliefs will be violated if they are forced to provide health coverage that pays for abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives, and sterilization. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/sebelius-invited-to-speak-at-georgetown-world-magazine/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/fr-frank-pavone-nine-lawsuits-filed-against-obama%e2%80%99s-mandate-a-brief-rundown-of-the-arguments/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/fr-frank-pavone-nine-lawsuits-filed-against-obama%e2%80%99s-mandate-a-brief-rundown-of-the-arguments/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 22:39:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133242 LifeSiteNews: ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/fr-frank-pavone-nine-lawsuits-filed-against-obama%e2%80%99s-mandate-a-brief-rundown-of-the-arguments/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/catholic-business-leaders-sue-in-detroit-federal-court-to-stop-contraception-coverage-rule/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/catholic-business-leaders-sue-in-detroit-federal-court-to-stop-contraception-coverage-rule/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:22:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133165 Republic (AP): Catholic business leaders are suing the Obama administration and Health and Human Services officials to block a federal rule that requires employers and individuals to get health insurance to cover contraceptives and sterilizations. The Ann Arbor-based Thomas More Law Center says Tuesday that the suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit on behalf of Legatus. | Thomas More Law Center press release and link to the complaint ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/catholic-business-leaders-sue-in-detroit-federal-court-to-stop-contraception-coverage-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/catholic-georgetown-u-elevates-sebelius-to-the-commencement-speakers-podium/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/catholic-georgetown-u-elevates-sebelius-to-the-commencement-speakers-podium/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:58:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133040 Cardinal Newman Society: In what can only be interpreted as a direct challenge to America’s Catholic bishops, Georgetown University has announced that “pro-choice” Catholic Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and lead architect of the Obama administration’s assault on religious freedom through the HHS contraception mandate, has been invited to speak at one of Georgetown’s several commencement ceremonies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/catholic-georgetown-u-elevates-sebelius-to-the-commencement-speakers-podium/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/mandate-challenge-premature-one-news-now/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/mandate-challenge-premature-one-news-now/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:32:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133026 One News Now: Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney Greg Baylor says the Justice Department is out of line in contending that the lawsuit filed by western Pennsylvania's Geneva College was premature. The college is seeking to have controversial parts of the Affordable Health Care Act struck down. "This mandate applies to them, and it's going to apply to them in the near future. So they were not too early in asking a court to intervene and step in and protect their important fundamental right," Baylor argues. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/mandate-challenge-premature-one-news-now/feed/ 0