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/2011/01/20/european-parliament-meps-adopt-resolution-condemning-attacks-against-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/european-parliament-meps-adopt-resolution-condemning-attacks-against-christians/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:55:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92626 Vatican Radio: "Members of the European Parliament today adopted a resolution condemning persecution and discrimination based on religion. In particular MEP’s condemned attacks against Christians in countries including Egypt, and Iraq." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/european-parliament-meps-adopt-resolution-condemning-attacks-against-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/29/european-parliament-backing-for-hard-pressed-christians-in-iraq/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/29/european-parliament-backing-for-hard-pressed-christians-in-iraq/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:10:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88927 Ekklesia: The European Parliament has officially welcomed a delegation of Christian leaders from Iraq and Lebanon at its last plenary session of the year." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/29/european-parliament-backing-for-hard-pressed-christians-in-iraq/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/european-parliament-very-concerned-about-iraqs-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/european-parliament-very-concerned-about-iraqs-christians/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:34:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86615 UPI: "The European community is 'very concerned' about the plight of members of the Christian minority in Iraq, the president of the European Parliament said." European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2010 on Iraq: the death penalty (notably the case of Tariq Aziz) and attacks against Christian communities | Press Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/european-parliament-very-concerned-about-iraqs-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/the-uk-must-help-trafficking-victims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/the-uk-must-help-trafficking-victims/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:25:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86603 Christian Today: "This afternoon the European Parliament voted to adopt the recently amended EU Directive on Human Trafficking. The current text is a result of agreement between the three EU decision making institutions - the Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament - and contains good provisions for victim care and compensation, training of officials, assistance to child victims and seizing trafficker's profits." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/the-uk-must-help-trafficking-victims/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/new-legal-report-on-homophobia-and-transphobia-in-the-eu/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/new-legal-report-on-homophobia-and-transphobia-in-the-eu/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:52:12 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84825 European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights: "Today the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency released an updated EU-wide legal analysis: Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Parliament had previously asked the Agency to analyse the legal situation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the European Union." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/new-legal-report-on-homophobia-and-transphobia-in-the-eu/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/european-parliament-favors-report-calling-for-recognition-of-civil-status-documents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/european-parliament-favors-report-calling-for-recognition-of-civil-status-documents/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:19:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83716 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/23/european-parliament-favors-report-calling-for-recognition-of-civil-status-documents/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/18/same-sex-marriage-to-be-imposed-by-eu-group-warns/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/18/same-sex-marriage-to-be-imposed-by-eu-group-warns/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:31:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82978 Iona Institute: "European pro-family groups have warned that a new EU report under consideration by the European Parliament could pave the way for same-sex marriage being forced on Member States. The document, 'Report on civil law, commercial law, family law and private international law aspects of the Action Plan Implementing the Stockholm Program' is intended to make Member States mutually legally recognise each other's 'civil status documents', including marriage certificates." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/18/same-sex-marriage-to-be-imposed-by-eu-group-warns/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/18/eu-parliament-investigates-alleged-homophobic-attack-on-mep/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/18/eu-parliament-investigates-alleged-homophobic-attack-on-mep/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:57:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82959 The Parliament: "An investigation has been launched after UK deputy Nikki Sinclaire was allegedly verbally abused by a former colleague in parliament. Sinclaire says that former Ukip colleague Godfrey Bloom called her a 'queer' during last month's Strasbourg session. She says she was so "shocked" by the comment that it took her two days to lodge a formal complaint." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/18/eu-parliament-investigates-alleged-homophobic-attack-on-mep/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/tories-risk-fresh-embarrassment-over-eu-bedfellows/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/tories-risk-fresh-embarrassment-over-eu-bedfellows/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:56:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82630 EU Observer: "A split in the Polish Law and Justice party, the British Conservative Party's main ally in the European Parliament, risks further diminishing London's influence in Brussels and causing fresh embarrassment over issues such as homophobia and anti-Semitism." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/tories-risk-fresh-embarrassment-over-eu-bedfellows/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/russian-specialist-denied-attendance-at-european-parliament-hearings-on-religious-freedom-in-russia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/russian-specialist-denied-attendance-at-european-parliament-hearings-on-religious-freedom-in-russia/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:08:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82458 Interfax: "The organizers of the European Parliament hearings on religious freedom in Russia have not allowed President of the Russian Association of Centers for Religious and Sectarian Studies and prominent Orthodox authority in present-day religious sects Alexander Dvorkin to attend the hearings on Monday, the Russian specialist told Interfax." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/russian-specialist-denied-attendance-at-european-parliament-hearings-on-religious-freedom-in-russia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/05/mep-sues-uk-independence-party-over-homophobia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/05/mep-sues-uk-independence-party-over-homophobia/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:05:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80791 Birmingham Mail: "The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is to be taken to the High Court by the West Midlands MEP claiming it discriminated against her because she is gay. Nikki Sinclaire is taking action over Ukip withdrawing the whip from her in the European Parliament and preventing her standing for the Commons as a candidate for the party." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/05/mep-sues-uk-independence-party-over-homophobia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/eu-parliament-rejects-coercive-abortionsterilization-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/eu-parliament-rejects-coercive-abortionsterilization-funding/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:03:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79397 LifeSiteNews: "The Parliament of the European Union has rejected a proposal to fund forced abortion and sterilization programs in overseas 'family planning' projects. The campaign group, Care for Europe, has announced that an amendment has passed that they put forward to the European Commission's annual budget this week. The amendment proposed to prevent any funding going to family planning programs in which coercion or compulsion is used." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/eu-parliament-rejects-coercive-abortionsterilization-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/meps-call-for-europe-wide-recognition-of-gay-relationships/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/meps-call-for-europe-wide-recognition-of-gay-relationships/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:45:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71915 Pink News: "Members of the European Parliament have called for action to ensure gay couples in marriages and civil partnerships are recognised across the continent. While EU member states are required to simplify entry and residence for couples in recognised relationships and the directive does not mention gender, it does not require states to explicitly demand that countries must recognise gay couples in marriages or civil partnerships." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/meps-call-for-europe-wide-recognition-of-gay-relationships/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/european-parliament-eu-law-needed-to-fight-discrimination-against-same-sex-couples/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/european-parliament-eu-law-needed-to-fight-discrimination-against-same-sex-couples/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:36:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71391 European Parliament: "MEPs will ask the Commission on Tuesday about its plans to combat discrimination encountered by same-sex couples. Same-sex couples, whether married or in civil partnership, still face discrimination when working, studying and travelling in the EU, since the spouse is not legally recognised as a family member by many Member States. MEPs will quiz the Commission about its lack of concrete proposals in this area." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/european-parliament-eu-law-needed-to-fight-discrimination-against-same-sex-couples/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/european-council-parliament-opposes-ban-on-niqab/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/european-council-parliament-opposes-ban-on-niqab/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:49:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63868 Yemen News Agency: "The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which regroups deputies from 47 European member countries, has declared Wednesday its opposition to 'a general ban' on the niqab or burqa as this would violate womens rights to wear such clothing, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/european-council-parliament-opposes-ban-on-niqab/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/21/uk-conservative-party-to-send-gay-mp-to-quell-polish-extremists/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/21/uk-conservative-party-to-send-gay-mp-to-quell-polish-extremists/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:49:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58656 Guardian: "David Cameron is to dispatch the most senior gay member of his frontbench team to Poland to encourage the Tories' rightwing allies in the European parliament to abandon their homophobic views. In a move designed to defuse criticism in tonight's leaders' television debate that the Tories have allied themselves with extremists in the EU, Cameron has revealed that the shadow environment secretary, Nick Herbert, will attend a gay rights march in Warsaw in July." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/21/uk-conservative-party-to-send-gay-mp-to-quell-polish-extremists/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/european-parliament-opposes-pro-life-amdts-to-stop-forced-abortion-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/european-parliament-opposes-pro-life-amdts-to-stop-forced-abortion-funding/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:56:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=40145 LifeNews: "Members of the European Parliament voted against amendments to the budget to revoke funding from groups that promote coercive abortions or involuntary sterilizations as part of their family planning programs in other nations." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/european-parliament-opposes-pro-life-amdts-to-stop-forced-abortion-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/17/european-parliament-raps-lithuania-for-curbing-homosexual-advocacy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/17/european-parliament-raps-lithuania-for-curbing-homosexual-advocacy/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:43:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=36355 C-FAM: "The European Parliament voted 349 to 218 today to condemn Lithuania for its "law on the protection of minors" which prohibits promotion of "homosexual, bisexual or polygamous relations" among children under 18 in the Baltic nation. Conservative critics contend that the measure, crafted in reaction to the domestic legislation of a sovereign member state pertaining to the family, oversteps the Parliament's authority." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/17/european-parliament-raps-lithuania-for-curbing-homosexual-advocacy/feed/ 0