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/2012/04/23/cathi-herrod-man-woman-nuptials-is-essential-to-a-free-society/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/cathi-herrod-man-woman-nuptials-is-essential-to-a-free-society/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:20:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131773 AZ Republic: And children raised in an environment with a married mom and dad have the best opportunity to succeed and learn personal responsibility, meaning they are less likely to grow up and depend on government programs. The link between strong families and a strong economy is inseparable -- you can't have one without the other. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/cathi-herrod-man-woman-nuptials-is-essential-to-a-free-society/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/jennifer-roback-morse-privatizing-marriage-will-expand-the-role-of-the-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/jennifer-roback-morse-privatizing-marriage-will-expand-the-role-of-the-state/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:10:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130303 Ruth Institute: Libertarians are being taken in by rhetoric that sounds libertarian but, in fact, will lead to a dramatic shift in the balance of power between the state and civil society, indeed between the state and the natural order itself. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/jennifer-roback-morse-privatizing-marriage-will-expand-the-role-of-the-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/01/nom-to-john-stossel-what-do-you-say-to-a-man-who-responds-so-what-to-fatherless-or-motherless-kids/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/01/nom-to-john-stossel-what-do-you-say-to-a-man-who-responds-so-what-to-fatherless-or-motherless-kids/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:29:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112501 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/01/nom-to-john-stossel-what-do-you-say-to-a-man-who-responds-so-what-to-fatherless-or-motherless-kids/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/31/john-stossel-the-gay-marriage-debate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/31/john-stossel-the-gay-marriage-debate/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:33:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112284 Townhall: ix states and the District of Columbia have legalized gay marriage. Most so-called liberals are happy about that. Most conservatives are not. As a libertarian, I think all consenting adults who want to commit to a life partner ought to be treated the same way. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/31/john-stossel-the-gay-marriage-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/doma-and-religious-right-hypocrisy-on-big-government/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/doma-and-religious-right-hypocrisy-on-big-government/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:54:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108911 Religion Dispatches: Those hardships were brushed aside by religious right speakers, including Austin [Nimocks] from the Alliance Defense Fund who made the big government argument, discounting “private” concerns of marriage like happiness, and financial security should one partner die. Instead, Nimmocks trotted out the old “fact that children are the product of the sexual relationships between men and women,” thus big government is needed to regulate this institution as closely as possible. | Contrast - Gary Bauer at Human Events, "Libertarians and Gay Marriage;" George Weigel at EPPC, 'Gay Marriage,' Libertarians, and Civil Rights; ADF Alliance Alert: Message to Rush Limbaugh: Civil unions are not compatible with conservatism or a free society; Jennifer Roback Morse at Acton Institute, The Family is a Fiscal Issue ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/doma-and-religious-right-hypocrisy-on-big-government/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/27/christian-anthropology-libertarianism-freedom-and-the-privatization-of-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/27/christian-anthropology-libertarianism-freedom-and-the-privatization-of-religion/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 21:07:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=61772 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/27/christian-anthropology-libertarianism-freedom-and-the-privatization-of-religion/feed/ 8