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/uk-storm-of-protest-as-prayers-banned-at-sevenoaks-council-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-storm-of-protest-as-prayers-banned-at-sevenoaks-council-meetings/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:05:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134662 ThisisKent: Prayers have been banned at council meetings – sparking a storm of protest. New chairman Dee Morris has chosen not to have a chaplain offer a blessing before Sevenoaks District Council meetings. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-storm-of-protest-as-prayers-banned-at-sevenoaks-council-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/missouri-to-vote-on-right-to-pray-constitutional-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/missouri-to-vote-on-right-to-pray-constitutional-amendment/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:58:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134657 Chicago Tribune: Voters in the U.S. state of Missouri will decide on August 7 whether to approve a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to pray in public places. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/missouri-to-vote-on-right-to-pray-constitutional-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/va-dumfries-council-to-begin-meetings-with-a-moment-of-silent-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/va-dumfries-council-to-begin-meetings-with-a-moment-of-silent-prayer/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:55:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134580 InsideNova.com: Foreman also said the council needed to hear the input of Doug Anderson, a Woodbridge attorney affiliated with the Alliance Defense Fund. The goal of the fund is to educate the public and government about constitutional rights, particularly freedom of religious expression. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/va-dumfries-council-to-begin-meetings-with-a-moment-of-silent-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/tn-freedom-from-religious-group-objects-to-prayer-at-county-commission-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/tn-freedom-from-religious-group-objects-to-prayer-at-county-commission-meetings/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 21:25:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134343 Chattanoogan: A group called the Freedom From Religion Foundation is objecting to the practice of the Hamilton County Commission opening its meetings with prayer. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/tn-freedom-from-religious-group-objects-to-prayer-at-county-commission-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/mo-aclu-sues-franklin-county-over-public-prayers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/mo-aclu-sues-franklin-county-over-public-prayers/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 20:38:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134347 eMissourian.com: Franklin County is being sued in federal court by an anonymous woman, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, over prayers given by county commissioners and members of the public at regular public commission meetings last year and this year. | Complaint: Doe v. Franklin County, Missouri, No. 4:12-cv-918 (E.D. Mo.) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/mo-aclu-sues-franklin-county-over-public-prayers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ks-reno-county-oks-rules-for-prayers-at-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ks-reno-county-oks-rules-for-prayers-at-meetings/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 18:58:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134351 Hutchinson News: The Reno County Commission attempted to put to rest a controversy over prayer at the start of its meetings on Tuesday by unanimously approving a policy calling for non-sectarian prayers or a moment of silence in the future. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ks-reno-county-oks-rules-for-prayers-at-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/gop-looks-to-encourage-prayer-at-school-board-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/gop-looks-to-encourage-prayer-at-school-board-meetings/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 18:08:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134339 The Hill: Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) and 33 other House Republicans are hoping to encourage school boards around the country to pray at their meetings, and are leaning on a 1983 Supreme Court case to argue that voluntary prayer at school boards and other deliberative public bodies "should be protected under law and encouraged in society." Walberg on Thursday introduced a nonbinding resolution, H.Res. 662 . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/gop-looks-to-encourage-prayer-at-school-board-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/as-a-chaplain-must-i-always-publicly-pray-in-jesus-name/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/as-a-chaplain-must-i-always-publicly-pray-in-jesus-name/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:31:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134244 Christian Post: I'm a committed evangelical Christian, and also a chaplain with responsibility for people from all sorts of religious backgrounds. I am called on to pray at many functions, with mixed audiences. Some over me are pressuring me not to end my prayers "in Jesus' name" but to instead pray more inclusively to God, generally. I can pray "in Your name" and that seems to solve the problem. I mean Jesus, of course, but it wouldn't be as patently offensive and it would enable me to minister here longer and more effectively. Is that ethical? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/as-a-chaplain-must-i-always-publicly-pray-in-jesus-name/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/ohio-move-of-prayer-to-precede-city-council-meeting-draws-protest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/ohio-move-of-prayer-to-precede-city-council-meeting-draws-protest/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:55:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134204 Religion Clause Blog reports and links to the Columbus Dispatch. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/ohio-move-of-prayer-to-precede-city-council-meeting-draws-protest/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/federal-court-rules-n-y-town%e2%80%99s-prayers-too-christian-the-new-american/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/federal-court-rules-n-y-town%e2%80%99s-prayers-too-christian-the-new-american/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 22:36:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134135 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/federal-court-rules-n-y-town%e2%80%99s-prayers-too-christian-the-new-american/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/court-rules-ny-towns-prayer-violated-constitution-fox-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/court-rules-ny-towns-prayer-violated-constitution-fox-news/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:28:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134101 Fox News: The Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based group that presses faith-based cases in courts nationwide, represented the town in court. It said it will appeal the ruling. Joel Oster, senior counsel for ADF who argued the town's case, called the ruling "highly inconsistent" with what the Supreme Court has said on the issue and said it means towns will have to "complete an obstacle course" before they can qualify to say a prayer before a meeting. "The town has no obligation to go outside of its borders as if it's an affirmative action program," he said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/court-rules-ny-towns-prayer-violated-constitution-fox-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/greece-needs-a-new-prayer-policy-findlaw/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/greece-needs-a-new-prayer-policy-findlaw/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 17:13:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134081 Findlaw: "The court wants the town to be prayer monitors, to determine how many prayers in Jesus' name are too many," which would violate the Establishment Clause, the Alliance Defense Fund's Joel Oster told Thomson Reuters News & Insight. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/greece-needs-a-new-prayer-policy-findlaw/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/court-diluting-christian-prayer-one-news-now/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/court-diluting-christian-prayer-one-news-now/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 17:05:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134079 One News Now: . . . ADF attorney Joel Oster tells OneNewsNow prayers have been offered according to the "conscience of the speaker." "There is no legal reason why a town cannot engage in this practice today with people from within its own community," he asserts. "The district court rightly affirmed the constitutionality of the town's policy, and we will appeal the Second Circuit's decision. Secularist groups cannot be allowed to force local governments to engage in strange hoops and hurdles that effectively eliminate prayers by making them too difficult to take place." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/court-diluting-christian-prayer-one-news-now/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/court-rules-ny-towns-prayer-violated-constitution-federal-news-radio/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/court-rules-ny-towns-prayer-violated-constitution-federal-news-radio/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:38:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134075 Federal News Radio: The Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based group that presses faith-based cases in courts nationwide, represented the town in court. It said it will appeal the ruling. Joel Oster, senior counsel for ADF who argued the town's case, called the ruling "highly inconsistent" with what the Supreme Court has said on the issue and said it means towns will have to "complete an obstacle course" before they can qualify to say a prayer before a meeting. "The town has no obligation to go outside of its borders as if it's an affirmative action program," he said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/court-rules-ny-towns-prayer-violated-constitution-federal-news-radio/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/adf-to-appeal-strange-ruling-against-ny-town%e2%80%99s-prayer-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/adf-to-appeal-strange-ruling-against-ny-town%e2%80%99s-prayer-policy/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 18:18:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133974 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/adf-to-appeal-strange-ruling-against-ny-town%e2%80%99s-prayer-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/2nd-circuit-finds-ny-town-prayers-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/2nd-circuit-finds-ny-town-prayers-unconstitutional/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:37:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133964 Reuters: Joel Oster of the Alliance Defense Fund, which represents Greece, said the town was prepared to appeal the case as far as the Supreme Court. "The court wants the town to be prayer monitors, to determine how many prayers in Jesus' name are too many," he said. That outcome violates the Establishment Clause, he said. Oster pointed to a 2008 ruling by the 11th Circuit in Pelphrey v. Cobb County, Georgia, upholding a county commission's opening prayer policy.| Galloway v. Town of Greece, No. 10-3635-cv ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/2nd-circuit-finds-ny-town-prayers-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/mo-franklin-county-may-soon-return-prayers-to-weekly-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/mo-franklin-county-may-soon-return-prayers-to-weekly-meetings/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:59:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133956 eMissourian.com: First there was nothing, then there was God, then there was silence and again nothing. It isn’t a biblical story, but rather how prayer has come and gone at Franklin County Commission meetings. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/mo-franklin-county-may-soon-return-prayers-to-weekly-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/secular-group-continues-legal-challenges-against-national-day-of-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/secular-group-continues-legal-challenges-against-national-day-of-prayer/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:40:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133951 Christian Post (5/7):Brett Harvey, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, told The Christian Post that his organization vows to fight the legal efforts of FFRF. "In recent years the Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed several lawsuits challenging the National Day of Prayer and similar public proclamations," said Harvey. "In 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit dismissed their lawsuit challenging both the federal law creating the National Day of Prayer and President Obama's prayer proclamation." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/secular-group-continues-legal-challenges-against-national-day-of-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/israeli-council-to-recommend-memorial-day-reading-omit-god/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/israeli-council-to-recommend-memorial-day-reading-omit-god/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:15:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133943 Religion Clause Blog: Haaretz reports today that in Israel, the Public Council for Soldiers' Commemoration will recommend to Defense Minister Ehud Barak that in Memorial Day ceremonies at military cemeteries the service use a remembrance reading that does not mention God. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/israeli-council-to-recommend-memorial-day-reading-omit-god/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/nlrb-finds-no-violation-in-requiring-clocking-out-for-prayer-breaks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/nlrb-finds-no-violation-in-requiring-clocking-out-for-prayer-breaks/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:47:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133809 Religion Clause Blog: The NLRB's Associate General Counsel has issued an Advice Memorandum dated April 12 (full text) concluding that the Hertz Co. did not violate the National Labor Relations Act when it required Somali Muslim employees at the Seattle-Tacoma (WA) airport to clock out and in for their prayer breaks. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/nlrb-finds-no-violation-in-requiring-clocking-out-for-prayer-breaks/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/delaware-federal-court-no-more-prayer-at-sussex-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/delaware-federal-court-no-more-prayer-at-sussex-meetings/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:22:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133777 Delaware Online: A federal court has ruled Sussex County Council must stop reciting The Lord’s Prayer as each council meeting begins, a longstanding practice, because doing so bucks the Constitution’s rule against government establishment of religion. | Mullin v. Sussex County ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/delaware-federal-court-no-more-prayer-at-sussex-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/oh-council-prayer-sparks-controversy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/oh-council-prayer-sparks-controversy/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:48:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133698 Mount Vernon News: The removal of the invocation from the legislative meeting of Mount Vernon City Council did more than raise a few eyebrows on bowed heads at City Hall on Monday night. Instead of presenting a prayer, typically led by various city pastoral leaders, after the meeting was called to order, City Council President Bruce Hawkins offered the opportunity for those wanting to participate in the prayer to join in prior to the start of the meeting. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/oh-council-prayer-sparks-controversy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ks-county-commission-wont-reinstate-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ks-county-commission-wont-reinstate-prayer/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:43:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133575 One News Now: Officials in a Kansas county are ending their tradition of mostly Christian prayer before meetings. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ks-county-commission-wont-reinstate-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/congress-to-consider-bill-adding-fdr-prayer-to-wwii-memorial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/congress-to-consider-bill-adding-fdr-prayer-to-wwii-memorial/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:38:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133572 Christian Post: A bill that would add a display of the prayer that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued for the D-Day invasion of World War II was introduced in the Senate Thursday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/congress-to-consider-bill-adding-fdr-prayer-to-wwii-memorial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/md-carroll-commissioner-creates-monthly-prayer-session/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/md-carroll-commissioner-creates-monthly-prayer-session/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:33:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133570 Baltimore Sun: A Carroll County commissioner has emailed an invitation to about 850 government employees to attend a monthly prayer session, which she will lead, raising concern among some residents and watchdog groups. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/md-carroll-commissioner-creates-monthly-prayer-session/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ri-group-seeks-to-reopen-cranston-prayer-banner-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ri-group-seeks-to-reopen-cranston-prayer-banner-case/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:22:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133566 Boston Globe: A group of seven people has notified a federal court that they're appealing a ruling that barred them from intervening in a lawsuit that resulted in the removal of a prayer banner at a Rhode Island public high school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ri-group-seeks-to-reopen-cranston-prayer-banner-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/tx-aclu-taking-on-legally-magical-words/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/tx-aclu-taking-on-legally-magical-words/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:12:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133561 One News Now: To accommodate the ACLU, the Lewisville Independent School District has decided to label it "student remarks" instead. Hiram Sasser of the Liberty Institute says that is unnecessary. "They're concerned about using the words 'invocation' and 'benediction.' There's nothing legally magical about using those words," he asserts. "They want to be able to use those words to describe the opening remarks and closing remarks, where students are allowed to pray and [are] certainly free to do so." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/tx-aclu-taking-on-legally-magical-words/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/colorado-court-of-appeals-gubernatorial-proclamations-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/colorado-court-of-appeals-gubernatorial-proclamations-unconstitutional/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:32:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133513 One News Now: The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled the governor's proclamations for the Colorado Day of Prayer unconstitutional. But one constitutional expert hopes that decision will be appealed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/colorado-court-of-appeals-gubernatorial-proclamations-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ne-public-school-graduation-keeps-prayer-despite-aclu-objection/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ne-public-school-graduation-keeps-prayer-despite-aclu-objection/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:19:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133511 KPTM.com: It's an 11-year-old battle between the Nebraska ACLU and Columbus Lakeview High School. The school told Fox 42 that it is tradition for the graduation ceremony to include prayer. The ACLU says prayer shouldn't be allowed. Lakeview High parents and students say they won't stop praying anytime soon. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/ne-public-school-graduation-keeps-prayer-despite-aclu-objection/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/lewisville-tx-student-prayer-ok-benedictions-invocations-out-at-graduation-ceremonies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/lewisville-tx-student-prayer-ok-benedictions-invocations-out-at-graduation-ceremonies/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 20:16:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133211 Dallas Morning News: The Lewisville school district has always allowed students to say prayers at high school graduations . . . “I don’t think there’s any legal requirement not to use ‘invocation’ or ‘benediction,’” said Hiram Sasser, director of litigation for the Liberty Institute, a Plano-based non-profit legal firm focused on religious issues. “They can have corresponding secular meanings.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/lewisville-tx-student-prayer-ok-benedictions-invocations-out-at-graduation-ceremonies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/ny-city-of-rochester-council-rejects-prayer-proposal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/ny-city-of-rochester-council-rejects-prayer-proposal/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 20:11:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133209 Post Bulletin: Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede's second attempt to install a period for prayer at the start of city council meetings was stopped short in the face of a higher power — a 6-1 council vote against it. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/ny-city-of-rochester-council-rejects-prayer-proposal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/canada-the-lord%e2%80%99s-prayer-in-st-albert-public-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/canada-the-lord%e2%80%99s-prayer-in-st-albert-public-school/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 20:06:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133207 Globaltvedmonton: This fall, Sturgeon Heights Public School will reintroduce the reciting of the Lord’s Prayer. The Sturgeon School Board made the decision after surveying parents of the school’s student ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/canada-the-lord%e2%80%99s-prayer-in-st-albert-public-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/neb-school-district-continues-tradition-of-graduation-prayer-despite-pressure-from-aclu/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/neb-school-district-continues-tradition-of-graduation-prayer-despite-pressure-from-aclu/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 23:02:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133121 The Republic: A small Nebraska school district will continue its tradition of a student-led prayer during graduation despite pressure from ACLU Nebraska to end the practice. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/neb-school-district-continues-tradition-of-graduation-prayer-despite-pressure-from-aclu/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/group-says-e-mail-of-department-heads-prayer-to-employees-violated-establishment-clause/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/group-says-e-mail-of-department-heads-prayer-to-employees-violated-establishment-clause/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:21:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133047 Religion Clause Blog: The Freedom From Religion Foundation has written Florida governor Rick Scott complaining about an e-mail sent by Department of Children and Families Secretary David Wilkins to all department employees. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/group-says-e-mail-of-department-heads-prayer-to-employees-violated-establishment-clause/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/atheist-groups-after-ndop-observers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/atheist-groups-after-ndop-observers/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:39:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133031 One News Now: The Freedom From Religion Foundation and other groups like them routinely issue legal threats to cities and towns in their quest to scrub the public square free of any trace of religion," Harvey reports. "The courts have repeatedly disagreed with them because the Constitution requires no such thing. As the U.S. Supreme Court has recently stated, 'The Constitution does not oblige the government to avoid any public acknowledgment of religion's role in society.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/atheist-groups-after-ndop-observers/feed/ 0