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/religious-freedom-in-school-choice/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/religious-freedom-in-school-choice/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:54:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132075 One News Now: ADF attorney Greg Baylor says it is ironic that those challenging the parental choice program claim religious freedom is on their side, when just the opposite is true. "It would be discrimination against religion to say parents can redeem their vouchers at public schools or secular private schools, but not at private religious schools," he submits. "We think that our position -- that it's permissible to include the religious schools in the program -- is actually far more consistent with the basic principles of religious freedom than the position taken by those challenging the program." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/religious-freedom-in-school-choice/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/school-choice-a-win-win/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/school-choice-a-win-win/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:00:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131910 One News Now: And ADF attorney Matt Sharp asserts it is not a program that is trying to prop up religious schools to the detriment of others. "That's exactly the correct interpretation of the law in all of this, is that there's nothing wrong with giving state funds through a voucher program to low-income families to give them options for their kids," he contends. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/school-choice-a-win-win/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/adf-religious-discrimination-isn%e2%80%99t-religious-freedom-says-brief-defending-colo-vouchers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/adf-religious-discrimination-isn%e2%80%99t-religious-freedom-says-brief-defending-colo-vouchers/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:24:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131802 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/adf-religious-discrimination-isn%e2%80%99t-religious-freedom-says-brief-defending-colo-vouchers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/school-vouchers-and-the-religious-subversion-of-church-state-separation-the-guardian/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/school-vouchers-and-the-religious-subversion-of-church-state-separation-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:08:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131796 The Guardian: You can learn a lot about a policy idea by seeing who its friends are. Advocates of voucher programs include the activist organizations of the religious right, such as the Alliance Defense Fund, Focus on the Family, and the pro-creationism Discovery Institute. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/school-vouchers-and-the-religious-subversion-of-church-state-separation-the-guardian/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/school-vouchers-gain-ground/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/school-vouchers-gain-ground/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:28:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131160 NCPA Policy Digest: Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., have either voucher systems or "scholarship" programs that provide tax benefits to individuals and businesses for contributions that help pay for students to attend private school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/school-vouchers-gain-ground/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/new-orleans-voucher-program-boasts-high-parental-satisfaction-rate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/new-orleans-voucher-program-boasts-high-parental-satisfaction-rate/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:40:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124278 Louisiana Federation for Children: The Louisiana Federation for Children today praised newly-released results of a recent parental satisfaction survey showing overwhelmingly high satisfaction rates from parents with children participating in the New Orleans voucher program. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/new-orleans-voucher-program-boasts-high-parental-satisfaction-rate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/az-state-trial-court-upholds-school-voucher-program/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/az-state-trial-court-upholds-school-voucher-program/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:49:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124203 Religion Clause: A trial court in Arizona's Maricopa County yesterday rejected state constitutional challenges to the state's "empowerment scholarship" program that makes school vouchers available to students with special needs so they can attend private or parochial schools. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/az-state-trial-court-upholds-school-voucher-program/feed/ 0