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/2012/04/25/tuscaloosa-county-addresses-issue-of-%e2%80%9clocal%e2%80%9d-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/tuscaloosa-county-addresses-issue-of-%e2%80%9clocal%e2%80%9d-church/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:05:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132060 HSLDA: By enrolling their children in church schools not necessarily located within the city or county where they reside. Home School Legal Defense Association assisted a member family in Tuscaloosa County earlier this month when public school officials challenged their daughter’s enrollment in a church school outside the county. The family not only received a letter from the attendance officer stating that the church school enrollment form filed earlier with the superintendent was unacceptable, but they also received a Notice of Noncompliance with Alabama Compulsory Attendance Law that threatened criminal prosecution in three days. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/tuscaloosa-county-addresses-issue-of-%e2%80%9clocal%e2%80%9d-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/oh-paper-death-by-homeschooling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/oh-paper-death-by-homeschooling/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:29:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130881 HSLDA: If coverage by the Dayton Daily News and other media organizations is any indication, Ohio homeschoolers may face attempts to enact more intrusive home education laws. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/11/oh-paper-death-by-homeschooling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/call-to-action-email-your-swedish-embassy-hslda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/call-to-action-email-your-swedish-embassy-hslda/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:11:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125759 HSLDA : Himmelstrand and his wife had homeschooled their three children for multiple years before authorities in the municipality where they live denied them permission in 2008. The Himmelstrands currently face fines in excess of $26,000 in U.S. currency for their choice to homeschool. HSLDA and the Alliance Defense Fund have filed a brief in a Swedish appellate court on behalf of the family. | HSLDA press release at Christian Newswire ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/call-to-action-email-your-swedish-embassy-hslda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/new-hope-for-swedish-home-schooling-family/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/new-hope-for-swedish-home-schooling-family/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125647 One News Now: Roger Kiska of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), who has been defending the Johansson family, points out that everything about Dominic's education was legal. "Not only was home schooling legal at the time -- it was limited, but it was legal -- but Dominic fit into all of the circumstances in which it was legal," he explains. "There was no evidence, no due process." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/new-hope-for-swedish-home-schooling-family/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/be-wary-of-anti-home-schooling-efforts-onenewsnow-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/be-wary-of-anti-home-schooling-efforts-onenewsnow-com/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:50:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125358 OneNewsNow.com: "That the government should have the right to take children away from their families simply for the act of home education -- that is without due process, without any real evidence gathering -- that is almost a military state power," he contends. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/be-wary-of-anti-home-schooling-efforts-onenewsnow-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/adf-new-ruling-increases-pressure-to-return-swedish-child-to-parents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/adf-new-ruling-increases-pressure-to-return-swedish-child-to-parents/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:57:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125305 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/adf-new-ruling-increases-pressure-to-return-swedish-child-to-parents/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/hoping-to-end-swedish-discrimination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/hoping-to-end-swedish-discrimination/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:52:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116139 OneNewsNow.com: Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney Roger Kiska is defending the family in the European Court of Human Rights, which has not been friendly to the couple so far. "We're asking the court to immediately reverse … Sweden's decision, saying it's highly illegal to take away the parental rights for this family, and it's also very damaging to the best interest of the child, to Dominic," Kiska reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/hoping-to-end-swedish-discrimination/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/sweden-seeks-to-terminate-parenthood-over-homeschooling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/sweden-seeks-to-terminate-parenthood-over-homeschooling/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:32:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116036 Crosswalk Religion News Summaries: The Home School Legal Defense Association and the Alliance Defense Fund have been working to bring attention to the case and encourage the Swedish government to release Domenic back to his family. "The government shouldn't abduct and imprison children simply because it doesn't like homeschooling," said ADF legal counsel Roger Kiska. "That's bad enough. But now the state is going even further by attempting to get the parents out of the way altogether. This simply cannot stand." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/sweden-seeks-to-terminate-parenthood-over-homeschooling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/sweden-homeschool-parents-to-lose-children-pe-rmanently/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/sweden-homeschool-parents-to-lose-children-pe-rmanently/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:29:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115898 HSLDA on Christian Newswire: Both ADF and HSLDA are currently asking for letters to be written in an attempt to renew attention to the family's case and to encourage Swedish officials to release Domenic back to his family. "The government shouldn't abduct and imprison children simply because it doesn't like homeschooling. That's bad enough. But now the state is going even further by attempting to get the parents out of the way altogether," said ADF Legal Counsel Roger Kiska. "This simply cannot stand. We will do everything in our power to help reunite this family." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/sweden-homeschool-parents-to-lose-children-pe-rmanently/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/sweden-social-services-threaten-homeschooling-parents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/sweden-social-services-threaten-homeschooling-parents/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:31:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115813 WorldNetDaily: That word has come from officials with the Home School Legal Defense Association, which along with the Alliance Defense Fund already has elevated the dispute involving Christer and Annie Johannson and their son, Domenic, of Sweden to the Europe Court of Human rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/sweden-social-services-threaten-homeschooling-parents/feed/ 0