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/why-americans-are-becoming-more-pro-life/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/why-americans-are-becoming-more-pro-life/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:31:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134629 Washington Post: Second, we have seen the way abortion is used in the world to undermine the rights of women, whether it is forced abortion in China, gender-selective abortion worldwide or its concentration among poor and minority women. Abortion is increasingly hard to square with women’s empowerment when it is the single greatest contributor tipping the scale towards a world with fewer women. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/why-americans-are-becoming-more-pro-life/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/female-soldiers-sue-to-end-combat-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/female-soldiers-sue-to-end-combat-ban/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 18:45:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134618 The HIll: Two female soldiers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to end the ban on women in combat. Command Sgt. Maj. Jane Baldwin and Col. Ellen Harding are suing to put an end to restrictions in combat positions “solely on the basis of sex.” Complaint: Baldwin v. Panetta, No. 1:12-cv-00832-RMC ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/female-soldiers-sue-to-end-combat-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/church-of-england-to-allow-women-bishops/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/church-of-england-to-allow-women-bishops/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 22:00:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134528 Telegraph: Church of England bishops last night cleared the way for historic moves to allow women to become bishops – but with a last-minute olive branch to traditionalists. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/church-of-england-to-allow-women-bishops/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/two-female-soldiers-sue-u-s-defense-secretary-on-combat-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/two-female-soldiers-sue-u-s-defense-secretary-on-combat-policy/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 18:38:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134470 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/two-female-soldiers-sue-u-s-defense-secretary-on-combat-policy/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/uks-royal-navy-has-first-woman-at-command-of-ship/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/uks-royal-navy-has-first-woman-at-command-of-ship/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 15:58:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134297 AP: The first woman to command a major Royal Navy warship is taking up her post. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/uks-royal-navy-has-first-woman-at-command-of-ship/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/aclu-blog-combat-exclusion-for-women-should-no-longer-be-the-rule/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/aclu-blog-combat-exclusion-for-women-should-no-longer-be-the-rule/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:27:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133929 ACLU Blog: And while it is widely acknowledged that women are already engaging in combat, American servicewomen continue to be officially excluded from being "assigned" to direct ground combat positions by the so-called combat exclusion rule. This rule prevents women's service from being fully recognized and stifles their career advancement. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/aclu-blog-combat-exclusion-for-women-should-no-longer-be-the-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/murkowski-pressures-house-republicans-on-violence-against-women-act/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/murkowski-pressures-house-republicans-on-violence-against-women-act/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:10:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133896 Washington Post: Now, with a high stakes vote on a version of the measure set for later today, things could get a bit harder: A female Republican Senator is joining with Democrats to call on House Republicans to drop their opposition to the Democratic version of the bill, which extends protections to same sex couples. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/murkowski-pressures-house-republicans-on-violence-against-women-act/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/sweden-doctor-faulted-for-refusing-abortion-and-discussing-with-womens-husband/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/sweden-doctor-faulted-for-refusing-abortion-and-discussing-with-womens-husband/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:32:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133342 UPI: A Swedish health board faulted a doctor who canceled a woman's abortion against her wishes after speaking to the woman's husband, who asked about alternatives. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/sweden-doctor-faulted-for-refusing-abortion-and-discussing-with-womens-husband/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/ny-boy-might-sue-to-remain-on-girls-field-hockey-squad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/ny-boy-might-sue-to-remain-on-girls-field-hockey-squad/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 19:01:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133068 UticaOD.com: Keeling’s fight appears to be a rare example of a young man seeking to take advantage of Title IX, a 40-year-old law enacted to provide women equal access to athletic opportunities. There are no boys’ high school field hockey teams anywhere on Long Island, or, for that matter, in most of the country. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/ny-boy-might-sue-to-remain-on-girls-field-hockey-squad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/nyc-potential-mayoral-rivals-promote-bill-for-late-term-abortion-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/nyc-potential-mayoral-rivals-promote-bill-for-late-term-abortion-rights/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:03:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132879 NY1.com (includes video): Would-be competitors in next year's mayoral election joined forces at City Hall Wednesday to push for a state law that would expand abortion rights, to make late-term abortions legal not just when the mother's life is threatened, but also when pregnancy prevents the mother from getting treating serious health problems. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/nyc-potential-mayoral-rivals-promote-bill-for-late-term-abortion-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/is-polygamy-inherently-unequal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/is-polygamy-inherently-unequal/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 22:27:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132860 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/is-polygamy-inherently-unequal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/pro-polygamy-com-2nd-speech-series-released-for-polygamy-rights-movement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/pro-polygamy-com-2nd-speech-series-released-for-polygamy-rights-movement/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 21:52:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132762 Pro-Polygamy.com: In early 2012, the second series of professional speeches was released for the National Polygamy Rights Movement for Consenting Adults, followed by an extra, special video on the third anniversary of a historic speech from 2009 presented at a political Public Hearing. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/pro-polygamy-com-2nd-speech-series-released-for-polygamy-rights-movement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/women-say-i-do-to-education-then-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/women-say-i-do-to-education-then-marriage/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 22:01:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132641 Chicago Tribune: For the first time, women with one or more college degrees are more likely to be married by age 40 than their lesser-educated counterparts . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/women-say-i-do-to-education-then-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/canada-abortion-debate-is-over-regardless-of-when-life-begins-state-cant-force-women-to-carry-babies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/canada-abortion-debate-is-over-regardless-of-when-life-begins-state-cant-force-women-to-carry-babies/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:44:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132626 Vancouver Sun: The abortion debate is not about when life begins, but whether or not the state should ultimately have the power to force an unwilling woman to carry another human being inside her body for nine months and then give birth to it. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/canada-abortion-debate-is-over-regardless-of-when-life-begins-state-cant-force-women-to-carry-babies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/the-feminist-equal-pay-day-myth/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/the-feminist-equal-pay-day-myth/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:13:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132305 NCPA Policy Digest: The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in the fourth quarter of 2011 that the median full-time working woman made 81.6 percent of the wages of the median fulltime working man. Since then, big government, feminist organizations and liberal politicians repeat this "wage gap" statistic, implying that discrimination is its cause, says Carrie Lukas, managing director of the Independent Women's Forum. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/the-feminist-equal-pay-day-myth/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/marines-moving-women-toward-the-front-lines/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/marines-moving-women-toward-the-front-lines/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:32:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132033 NY Times: The Marine Corps, the most male of the armed services, is taking its first steps toward integrating women into war-fighting units, starting with its infantry officer school at Quantico, Va., and ground combat battalions that had once been closed to women. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/marines-moving-women-toward-the-front-lines/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/citing-doctrinal-problems-vatican-announces-reforms-of-us-nuns-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/citing-doctrinal-problems-vatican-announces-reforms-of-us-nuns-group/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:40:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131472 Catholic News Service: Citing "serious doctrinal problems which affect many in consecrated life," the Vatican announced a major reform of an association of women's religious congregations in the U.S. to ensure their fidelity to Catholic teaching in areas including abortion, euthanasia, women's ordination and homosexuality. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/citing-doctrinal-problems-vatican-announces-reforms-of-us-nuns-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/komen-donations-down-because-planned-parenthood-dropped-or-reinstated-times-big-assumption/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/komen-donations-down-because-planned-parenthood-dropped-or-reinstated-times-big-assumption/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:33:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131391 TIME: After a proposal to cut funding to Planned Parenthood sparked outrage in January, the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation is having trouble attracting donors. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/komen-donations-down-because-planned-parenthood-dropped-or-reinstated-times-big-assumption/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/women-cannot-rewind-the-%e2%80%98biological-clock%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/women-cannot-rewind-the-%e2%80%98biological-clock%e2%80%99/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:16:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131192 Yale News: Many women do not fully appreciate the consequences of delaying motherhood, and expect that assisted reproductive technologies can reverse their aged ovarian function, Yale researchers reported in a study published in a recent issue of Fertility and Sterility. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/women-cannot-rewind-the-%e2%80%98biological-clock%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/ann-romney-fights-back-against-democrat-insult-for-being-stay-at-home-mom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/ann-romney-fights-back-against-democrat-insult-for-being-stay-at-home-mom/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:37:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130974 One News Now: In an interview with CNN, Hilary Rosen suggested that Ann Romney's decision to stay at home and raise her five sons disqualified her from talking about women and the economy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/ann-romney-fights-back-against-democrat-insult-for-being-stay-at-home-mom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/judges-rules-aclu-can-proceed-in-litigation-over-kan-law-restricting-abortion-coverage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/judges-rules-aclu-can-proceed-in-litigation-over-kan-law-restricting-abortion-coverage/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:30:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130006 NECN: The American Civil Liberties Union has won a legal round in its efforts to overturn a Kansas law restricting abortion insurance coverage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/judges-rules-aclu-can-proceed-in-litigation-over-kan-law-restricting-abortion-coverage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/the-costs-of-contraception/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/the-costs-of-contraception/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:42:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129994 Public Discourse: We do not claim that these risky and unpleasant side-effects render contraception immoral. The morality of contraception depends on philosophic arguments we are not making here. Nor do we claim that the bad side-effects are so severe as to justify a ban on contraception on public health grounds. We merely hold that these side-effects are often ignored in our public discourse, but that a truly free decision of women to use or not use them—as well as a truly free decision of voters whether to use government to promote them—depends on a frank acknowledgement of their costs along with their alleged benefits. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/the-costs-of-contraception/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/the-consequences-of-no-consequences-contraception-and-negative-birthrates-in-socialist-societies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/the-consequences-of-no-consequences-contraception-and-negative-birthrates-in-socialist-societies/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:59:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129482 National Review: On the one hand — as NRO’s resident demography bore has been tirelessly pointing out — the Western world is facing an unparalleled demographic crisis brought on by a feminist-inspired modern twist on Lysistrata (showering sex but withholding children), while at the same time, the West’s vaunted “safety net” is collapsing because the system has been turned upside-down and a bevy of great-grandparents now coos over a single child. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/the-consequences-of-no-consequences-contraception-and-negative-birthrates-in-socialist-societies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/polygamys-surprising-feminist-roots/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/polygamys-surprising-feminist-roots/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:13:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129201 NHPR (includes audio): And today, communities of women are championing polyamory as an alternative lifestyle. Libby Copeland traces the pro-female history of polyamory for Slate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/polygamys-surprising-feminist-roots/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/democrats-raise-violence-against-women-act-with-transgender-protections/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/democrats-raise-violence-against-women-act-with-transgender-protections/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:39:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128779 AP: Senate Democrats fired the latest political shot in what they're calling the Republican "war against women" . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/democrats-raise-violence-against-women-act-with-transgender-protections/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/that-70s-show-elderly-feminists-try-to-turn-back-the-clock/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/that-70s-show-elderly-feminists-try-to-turn-back-the-clock/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:59:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128333 Wall Street Journal: Allred is trying to have it both ways. She wants to use criminal law to enforce standards of gentlemanly behavior while rejecting any reciprocal obligation for women to act ladylike. Thus feminism's theory of equality between the sexes dissolves into incoherence in the face of real life. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/that-70s-show-elderly-feminists-try-to-turn-back-the-clock/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/educated-women-quit-work-as-spouses-earn-more-reuters/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/educated-women-quit-work-as-spouses-earn-more-reuters/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:30:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128091 Reuters: Susanna Mancini cherishes a photo of herself at 27: a smiling face behind a pair of dark sunglasses. On it, she scrawled to her future husband: "Too bad you can't see my eyes. I am so proud of my tough yuppie stare!" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/educated-women-quit-work-as-spouses-earn-more-reuters/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/feminism%e2%80%99s-final-frontier-religion-washington-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/feminism%e2%80%99s-final-frontier-religion-washington-post/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:32:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128038 Washington Post: In churches (and synagogues and mosques) across the land, women are still treated as second-class citizens. And because women of faith are increasingly breadwinners, single moms and heads of households, that diminished status is beginning to rankle. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/feminism%e2%80%99s-final-frontier-religion-washington-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/npr-op-ed-the-catholic-church-is-not-for-women/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/npr-op-ed-the-catholic-church-is-not-for-women/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:28:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127928 NPR (includes audio): After the recent controversy over birth control, health coverage and the Catholic Church, writer Soraya Chemaly declared: "I'm No Longer a Catholic. Why Are You?" in a piece for The Huffington Post. Chemaly explains what made her walk away from the church . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/npr-op-ed-the-catholic-church-is-not-for-women/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/investors-flee-carbonite-after-limbaugh-announcement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/investors-flee-carbonite-after-limbaugh-announcement/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:39:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127890 The Daily Caller: Since the market opened on Monday through its close today, Carbonite stock (NASDAQ:CARB) has plummeted nearly 12 percent . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/investors-flee-carbonite-after-limbaugh-announcement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/rush-limbaugh-do-democrats-want-uproar-to-continue-a-media-generated-histrionic/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/rush-limbaugh-do-democrats-want-uproar-to-continue-a-media-generated-histrionic/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:49:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127774 Christian Science Monitor: Conservatives see 'media-generated histrionic' over vulgar comments Rush Limbaugh made about law school student Sandra Fluke. Liberals see a ripe opportunity to pin wings of GOP candidates to the wall. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/rush-limbaugh-do-democrats-want-uproar-to-continue-a-media-generated-histrionic/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/same-sex-custody-battle-could-change-florida-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/same-sex-custody-battle-could-change-florida-law/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:45:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127663 AP: But the Brevard County couple separated two years later, and the birth mother eventually left Florida with the child without telling her former lover. The woman who donated the egg and calls herself the biological mother finally tracked them down in Australia with the help of a private detective. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/same-sex-custody-battle-could-change-florida-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/sandra-fluke-a-self-described-professional-pro-abortion-activist/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/sandra-fluke-a-self-described-professional-pro-abortion-activist/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:48:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127640 LifeNews: Remember the Georgetown Law student, Sandra Fluke, who was forced to suffer through $3,000-worth of protected sex during her stint at law school? Turns out, there’s a bit more to the story. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/sandra-fluke-a-self-described-professional-pro-abortion-activist/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/02/is-fluke-a-prostitute-who-wants-taxpayers-for-pimps-gop-leadershipobama-vs-limbaugh/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/02/is-fluke-a-prostitute-who-wants-taxpayers-for-pimps-gop-leadershipobama-vs-limbaugh/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:43:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127501 The Hill: Limbaugh came under fire from Democrats on Wednesday after he attacked Fluke for her testimony in a hearing about the president’s contraception mandate, calling her a “slut” and a “prostitute.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/02/is-fluke-a-prostitute-who-wants-taxpayers-for-pimps-gop-leadershipobama-vs-limbaugh/feed/ 0