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/southern-baptists-draw-distance-from-harsh-anti-gay-rhetoric-yet-hold-to-convictions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptists-draw-distance-from-harsh-anti-gay-rhetoric-yet-hold-to-convictions/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:36:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134670 Baptist Press: Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund, said pastors in particular should not be afraid to speak biblically from the pulpit without fear of reprisal, even when their opinion is contrary to that of President Obama. "The fact that the pastor may be responding to a comment from the president doesn't make the biblical comments off-limits," Stanley said. The ADF campaigns against U.S. law that prohibits pastors from using the pulpit to oppose political candidates. "At ADF, we believe that restriction is unconstitutional," Stanley said. "Our point is that we should let the pastors and the churches of America debate what is wrong or right." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptists-draw-distance-from-harsh-anti-gay-rhetoric-yet-hold-to-convictions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/benjamin-bull-should-critically-discussing-islam-be-a-form-of-hate-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/benjamin-bull-should-critically-discussing-islam-be-a-form-of-hate-speech/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 17:37:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133547 Benjamin Bull at American Thinker: Several days ago, I noted with interest that Danish journalist and historian Lars Hedegaard has been acquitted by a unanimous Dutch Supreme Court of charges that he violated Holland's notorious "hate speech" laws. His crime? He made a public utterance that state prosecutors concluded was "denigrating" of Islam. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/benjamin-bull-should-critically-discussing-islam-be-a-form-of-hate-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/ben-bull-the-hate-speech-prosecution-bishop-juan-antonio-reig-pla/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/ben-bull-the-hate-speech-prosecution-bishop-juan-antonio-reig-pla/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:07:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132221 Townhall: Efforts are currently underway in Spain to criminally prosecute Catholic Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Plà of the diocese of Alcalá de Henares. It seems he had the audacity to deliver a homily from the Bible during a Good Friday mass extolling the virtues of the sinless life. And as bad as this was—reading aloud from the Bible on Good Friday and all—everything he did was acceptable until he included “homosexual behavior” as one of the sins to be avoided. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/ben-bull-the-hate-speech-prosecution-bishop-juan-antonio-reig-pla/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/uk-norwich-reformed-church-banned-for-islam-hate-leaflet/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/uk-norwich-reformed-church-banned-for-islam-hate-leaflet/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:06:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131233 BBC: A church has been banned from holding a weekly bookstall in Norwich following a complaint it was producing "hate-motivated" literature against Islam. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/uk-norwich-reformed-church-banned-for-islam-hate-leaflet/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/denmark-round-three-of-the-trial-of-lars-hedegaard/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/denmark-round-three-of-the-trial-of-lars-hedegaard/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:22:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130799 Legal-Project.org: On April 13, 2012, Lars Hedegaard — a journalist, historian, and president of the Danish Free Press Society – takes the appeal of his conviction under Article 266(b) to the Danish Supreme Court. Readers may recall that back in January of 2011, Hedegaard was tried and acquitted for remarks he made during a 2009 interview concerning sexual abuse within Muslim communities. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/denmark-round-three-of-the-trial-of-lars-hedegaard/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/uk-organization-calls-for-removing-the-divine-comedy-from-school-curricula/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/uk-organization-calls-for-removing-the-divine-comedy-from-school-curricula/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:53:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128642 Volokh Conspiracy reports: . . . The [Divine Comedy] should be removed from school curricula, according to Gherush 92, a human rights organisation which acts as a consultant to UN bodies on racism and discrimination . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/uk-organization-calls-for-removing-the-divine-comedy-from-school-curricula/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/kirk-cameron-responds-to-critics-%e2%80%98hate-speech%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/kirk-cameron-responds-to-critics-%e2%80%98hate-speech%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:34:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127840 ABC: Kirk Cameron is fighting back against the “hate speech” he feels he’s endured since calling homosexuality “unnatural,” “detrimental,” and “ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization” during a Friday appearance on “Piers Morgan Tonight” to promote his new film, “Monumental.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/kirk-cameron-responds-to-critics-%e2%80%98hate-speech%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/brazilian-government-demands-apology-from-televangelist-for-%e2%80%98homophobia%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/brazilian-government-demands-apology-from-televangelist-for-%e2%80%98homophobia%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:55:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126546 LifeSiteNews: A Brazilian federal prosecutor is demanding that a televangelist retract certain statements he made in 2011 which the prosecutor says incited “hatred” against homosexuals - a thinly veiled threat of future legal action. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/brazilian-government-demands-apology-from-televangelist-for-%e2%80%98homophobia%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/religious-broadcasters-protest-exclusion-from-social-media/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/religious-broadcasters-protest-exclusion-from-social-media/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:50:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126403 One News Now (AP): Wright said, "The hecklers in our culture are beginning to dictate the terms of debate and what speech is permitted on social media." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/religious-broadcasters-protest-exclusion-from-social-media/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/christian-preacher-told-gay-men-they-would-burn-in-hell-court-hears/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/christian-preacher-told-gay-men-they-would-burn-in-hell-court-hears/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125294 The Guardian: A Christian street preacher told two gay men they were "sinners" who would "burn in hell" as they walked past him on a busy high street, a court has heard. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/christian-preacher-told-gay-men-they-would-burn-in-hell-court-hears/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/netherlands-geert-wilders-acquitted-of-defaming-and-inciting-hatred-against-muslims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/netherlands-geert-wilders-acquitted-of-defaming-and-inciting-hatred-against-muslims/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:35:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107122 Religion Clause: Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders was acquitted by an Amsterdam court yesterday of charges of group defamation against Muslims, and incitement to hatred and discrimination against Muslims based on their religion and race . . . Now lawyers for those who filed complaints against Wilders are considering taking the case to the United Nations Human Rights Council or to the European Court. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/netherlands-geert-wilders-acquitted-of-defaming-and-inciting-hatred-against-muslims/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/netherlands-geert-wilders%e2%80%99-closing-remarks-at-his-trial-1-june-2011/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/netherlands-geert-wilders%e2%80%99-closing-remarks-at-his-trial-1-june-2011/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:31:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105524 Christian Concern: I am obliged to speak. For the Netherlands is under threat of Islam. As I have argued many times, Islam is chiefly an ideology. An ideology of hatred, of destruction, of conquest. It is my strong conviction that Islam is a threat to Western values, to freedom of speech, to the equality of men and women, of heterosexuals and homosexuals, of believers and unbelievers. All over the world we can see how freedom is fleeing from Islam. Day by day we see our freedoms dwindle . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/netherlands-geert-wilders%e2%80%99-closing-remarks-at-his-trial-1-june-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/11/legal-periodical-verbal-poison-criminalizing-hate-speech-a-comparative-analysis-and-a-proposal-for-the-american-system/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/11/legal-periodical-verbal-poison-criminalizing-hate-speech-a-comparative-analysis-and-a-proposal-for-the-american-system/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 13:23:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103381 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/11/legal-periodical-verbal-poison-criminalizing-hate-speech-a-comparative-analysis-and-a-proposal-for-the-american-system/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/10/dutch-anti-islam-speech-in-ottawa-angers-muslims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/10/dutch-anti-islam-speech-in-ottawa-angers-muslims/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 20:57:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103285 CBC.ca: Members of Canada's Muslim community say the government is guilty of hypocrisy in allowing a prominent critic of Islam to enter Canada on a speaking tour. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/10/dutch-anti-islam-speech-in-ottawa-angers-muslims/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/13/dutch-anti-islam-politicians-speech-trial-resumes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/13/dutch-anti-islam-politicians-speech-trial-resumes/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:08:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100893 AP: "The hate speech trial of Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders resumed Wednesday with defense lawyers seeking to discredit a judge who ordered the lawmaker to face trial on charges of inciting hatred against Muslims." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/13/dutch-anti-islam-politicians-speech-trial-resumes/feed/ 0