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/expert-american-misunderstandings-on-religious-liberty-affect-efforts-abroad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/expert-american-misunderstandings-on-religious-liberty-affect-efforts-abroad/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:50:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134682 Christian Post: "There has to be a wall institutionally between the government and the church or religious groups," he said. "But many have taken that law of separation to think that it means separating religion from politics, which is precisely the opposite of what the Founding Fathers wanted." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/expert-american-misunderstandings-on-religious-liberty-affect-efforts-abroad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ross-douthat-what-has-jerusalem-to-do-with-athens/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ross-douthat-what-has-jerusalem-to-do-with-athens/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 17:33:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134325 NY Times: … the more purely secular liberalism has become, the more it has spent down its Christian inheritance—the more its ideals seem to hang from what Christopher Hitchens’ Calvinist sparring partner Douglas Wilson has called intellectual “skyhooks,” suspended halfway between our earth and the heaven on which many liberals have long since given up. Say what you will about the prosperity gospel and the cult of the God Within and the other theologies I criticize in Bad Religion, but at least they have a metaphysically coherent picture of the universe to justify their claims ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ross-douthat-what-has-jerusalem-to-do-with-athens/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/new-france-president%e2%80%99s-first-deeds-get-ready-for-more-secularism-and-marriage-redefinition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/new-france-president%e2%80%99s-first-deeds-get-ready-for-more-secularism-and-marriage-redefinition/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 21:31:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134121 LifeSiteNews: Dismantling of the family, attacks against parental rights and times of trouble for faith-based, mainly Catholic schools are looming large in French politics since France’s new socialist president, François Hollande, took over office from Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday morning at the Elysée, in Paris. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/new-france-president%e2%80%99s-first-deeds-get-ready-for-more-secularism-and-marriage-redefinition/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/uks-most-senior-roman-catholic-tolerance-is-being-abolished/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/uks-most-senior-roman-catholic-tolerance-is-being-abolished/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 22:15:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134040 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/uks-most-senior-roman-catholic-tolerance-is-being-abolished/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/2012/05/15/pm-blair-warned-not-to-say-%e2%80%98god-bless-britain%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/pm-blair-warned-not-to-say-%e2%80%98god-bless-britain%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 21:08:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133742 Christian Institute: When Tony Blair was Prime Minister, his officials warned him not to end one of his speeches with the words “God bless Britain”. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/pm-blair-warned-not-to-say-%e2%80%98god-bless-britain%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/aclu-of-indiana-files-suit-claiming-states-marriage-statute-is-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/aclu-of-indiana-files-suit-claiming-states-marriage-statute-is-unconstitutional/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 18:49:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133305 WNDU.com: The ACLU says Indiana allows religious groups to perform marriages, but marriages performed by a non-religious group that trains and certifies secular celebrants are not recognized. | ACLU press release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/aclu-of-indiana-files-suit-claiming-states-marriage-statute-is-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/uk-councils-abandon-prayers-following-pressure-from-secularists/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/uk-councils-abandon-prayers-following-pressure-from-secularists/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 21:24:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132756 Telegraph: The Sunday Telegraph has found that at least 40 councils have decided to either stop or "water down" prayer sessions held at the start of business after the High Court controversially backed the complaints of secularists that the ancient custom was “illegal”. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/uk-councils-abandon-prayers-following-pressure-from-secularists/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/legal-periodical-secularization-by-law-the-establishment-clauses-and-religion-in-the-public-square-in-australia-and-the-united-states/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/legal-periodical-secularization-by-law-the-establishment-clauses-and-religion-in-the-public-square-in-australia-and-the-united-states/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:55:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132427 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/legal-periodical-secularization-by-law-the-establishment-clauses-and-religion-in-the-public-square-in-australia-and-the-united-states/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/catholic-schools-face-indoctrination-claims-over-gay-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/catholic-schools-face-indoctrination-claims-over-gay-marriage/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:26:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132106 Telegraph: The Roman Catholic Church contacted its secondary schools in England and Wales asking them to enourage pupils to back the campaign against gay marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/catholic-schools-face-indoctrination-claims-over-gay-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/american-religious-right-advances-in-europe-national-secular-society/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/american-religious-right-advances-in-europe-national-secular-society/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:03:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131913 National Secular Society: The American religious right continues its advance into Europe. Our representative at the Fundamental Rights Agency Hans Christian Cars reports that Roger Kiska, Senior Legal Counsel at the Alliance Defence Fund, is based in Europe and disturbingly has been elected to the Advisory Panel 2012-2013 of the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/american-religious-right-advances-in-europe-national-secular-society/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/ny-shrine-rejects-tourism-grant-over-secularism-requiremen/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/ny-shrine-rejects-tourism-grant-over-secularism-requiremen/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:28:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131895 Religion Clause Blog: The Gloversville (NY) Leader-Herald reported Sunday that the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs has turned down a tourism grant from Montgomery County (NY) after the county's Economic Development and Planning Committee voted to add a requirement that all tourism grant funds be used only for secular purposes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/ny-shrine-rejects-tourism-grant-over-secularism-requiremen/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/francis-j-beckwith-faith-reason-and-secular-hegemony/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/francis-j-beckwith-faith-reason-and-secular-hegemony/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:39:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131203 The Catholic Thing: My chapter, tentatively titled, “Fides, Ratio et Juris: How Some Courts and Some Legal Theorists Misrepresent the Rational Status of Religious Beliefs,” addresses the claims of courts and legal theorists who argue that religiously informed policy proposals have no place in a liberal democracy because the religious worldviews from which they herald are at their core unreasonable, for they are dependent on irrational beliefs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/francis-j-beckwith-faith-reason-and-secular-hegemony/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/religious-freedom-protection-%e2%80%9cisn%e2%80%99t-what-it-used-to-be%e2%80%9d-say-organizers-of-7th-world-congress/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/religious-freedom-protection-%e2%80%9cisn%e2%80%99t-what-it-used-to-be%e2%80%9d-say-organizers-of-7th-world-congress/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:44:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130856 PR Web: More than 800 people from 60 countries and six continents will gather in Dominican Republic April 24-26 to explore the impact of ‘radical secularism’ and other forces that are eroding religious freedom protection around the world. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/religious-freedom-protection-%e2%80%9cisn%e2%80%99t-what-it-used-to-be%e2%80%9d-say-organizers-of-7th-world-congress/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/r-albert-mohler-jr-secularism-with-the-gloves-off-vanderbilt-universitys-assault-on-religious-organizations/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/r-albert-mohler-jr-secularism-with-the-gloves-off-vanderbilt-universitys-assault-on-religious-organizations/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:31:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130187 Baptist Press: What we see at Vanderbilt University is secularism with its gloves off. In the name of tolerance, it will not tolerate orthodox Christian conviction. The university now comes full circle and forces off campus the only organizations that hold to the Christian beliefs of the school's founders. Look carefully at Vanderbilt's intolerance. Be assured that it is coming soon to a campus near you. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/r-albert-mohler-jr-secularism-with-the-gloves-off-vanderbilt-universitys-assault-on-religious-organizations/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/secular-bias-hits-funding-for-faith-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/secular-bias-hits-funding-for-faith-groups/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:27:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129602 Christian Institute: A secular bias in the public sector means faith groups don’t have equal access to public funding for community projects, academics say. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/secular-bias-hits-funding-for-faith-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/secularist-rally-on-national-mall-draws-thousands/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/secularist-rally-on-national-mall-draws-thousands/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:26:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129569 Religion Clause Blog: Billed by supporters as "the largest gathering of the secular movement in world history," yesterday between 10,000 and 20,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/secularist-rally-on-national-mall-draws-thousands/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/uk-anglican-schools-to-expand-to-combat-secularism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/uk-anglican-schools-to-expand-to-combat-secularism/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:39:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129094 Telegraph: Hundreds of new Church of England schools are to be opened to spread Christianity and combat “aggressive secularism”, it emerged today. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/uk-anglican-schools-to-expand-to-combat-secularism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/in-a-liberal-democracy-pluralism-makes-religious-liberty-more-not-less-necessary/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/in-a-liberal-democracy-pluralism-makes-religious-liberty-more-not-less-necessary/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:27:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128024 The Guardian: But what we have today is a human rights industry that exists as a totalising creed for a secular humanist agenda in which rights are no longer universal, but subjective. They favour some minority identities and disfavour others . . . Historically, freedom of religion or conscience is not an add-on to some imagined pre-existing rights. It is foundational. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/in-a-liberal-democracy-pluralism-makes-religious-liberty-more-not-less-necessary/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/experts-challenge-santorum%e2%80%99s-remarks-linking-college-to-faith-loss/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/experts-challenge-santorum%e2%80%99s-remarks-linking-college-to-faith-loss/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:16:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126984 Washington Post: Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s claim that U.S. colleges drive young Christians out of church is facing scrutiny from Protestant and Catholic experts. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/experts-challenge-santorum%e2%80%99s-remarks-linking-college-to-faith-loss/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/gingrich-warns-ga-church-of-role-of-secular-left-in-america/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/gingrich-warns-ga-church-of-role-of-secular-left-in-america/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:51:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126968 Minneapolis Star Tribune: "The forces of the secular left believe passionately and deeply, and with frankly a religious fervor, in their world view and they will regard what I am saying as a horrifying assault on what they think is the truth," Gingrich said. "Because their version of the truth is to have a totally neutral government that has no meaning." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/gingrich-warns-ga-church-of-role-of-secular-left-in-america/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/in-michigan-gop-candidate-rick-santorum-says-religion-needs-greater-role-in-public-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/in-michigan-gop-candidate-rick-santorum-says-religion-needs-greater-role-in-public-policy/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:42:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126964 Washington Post: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum called Monday for a wider role for religion in public policy as he battled for conservative votes ahead of Tuesday’s Michigan primary. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/in-michigan-gop-candidate-rick-santorum-says-religion-needs-greater-role-in-public-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/santorum-elaborates-his-church-state-views/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/santorum-elaborates-his-church-state-views/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:07:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126901 Religion Clause Blog: Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum spoke at length about church-state issues yesterday on the ABC News program This Week (full transcript). Here is the relevant part of George Stephanopoulos' interview with Santorum . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/santorum-elaborates-his-church-state-views/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/romney-says-obama-has-fought-against-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/romney-says-obama-has-fought-against-religion/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:20:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126513 One News Now: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama's administration has "fought against religion" and has sought to substitute a "secular" agenda for one grounded in faith. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/romney-says-obama-has-fought-against-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/the-end-of-secularism-and-the-hhs-mandate-secularism-does-not-solve-the-problem-of-religious-difference/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/the-end-of-secularism-and-the-hhs-mandate-secularism-does-not-solve-the-problem-of-religious-difference/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:24:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125860 ActonInstitute PowerBlog: The primary point of my first book, The End of Secularism, was to demonstrate that secularism doesn’t do what it claims to do, which is to solve the problem of religious difference. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/the-end-of-secularism-and-the-hhs-mandate-secularism-does-not-solve-the-problem-of-religious-difference/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/tunisia-navigates-a-democratic-path-tinged-with-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/tunisia-navigates-a-democratic-path-tinged-with-religion/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:31:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124506 NYTimes.com: The insults were furious. “Infidel!” and “Apostate!” the religious protesters shouted at the two men who had come to the courthouse to show their support for a television director on trial on charges of blasphemy. Fists, then a head butt followed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/tunisia-navigates-a-democratic-path-tinged-with-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/illinois-bishop-blasts-secularist-intolerance-calls-for-%e2%80%98assertive-action%e2%80%99-to-defend-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/illinois-bishop-blasts-secularist-intolerance-calls-for-%e2%80%98assertive-action%e2%80%99-to-defend-church/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:33:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124418 Catholic Culture: I am especially scandalized by some “Catholic” politicians who willingly collaborate with efforts to restrict the civil liberty of the faith tradition from which they were originally sprung. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/illinois-bishop-blasts-secularist-intolerance-calls-for-%e2%80%98assertive-action%e2%80%99-to-defend-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/irish-politician-sees-no-place-for-religious-schools/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/irish-politician-sees-no-place-for-religious-schools/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:47:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123596 Catholic Culture: An Irish Labor Party leader told the Irish Catholic that “religious ethos has no place in the educational system of a modern republic.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/irish-politician-sees-no-place-for-religious-schools/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/pope-hits-out-at-radical-secularism-ap/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/pope-hits-out-at-radical-secularism-ap/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:34:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123529 News from The Associated Press: Pope Benedict XVI says Roman Catholics in the U.S. need to understand the "grave threats" to their faith posed by what he calls radical secularism in the political and cultural arenas. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/pope-hits-out-at-radical-secularism-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/legal-periodical-by-william-saunders-does-neutrality-equal-secularism-the-european-court-of-human-rights-decides-lautsi-v-italy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/legal-periodical-by-william-saunders-does-neutrality-equal-secularism-the-european-court-of-human-rights-decides-lautsi-v-italy/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:37:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123082 The Federalist Society Engage Volume 12, Issue 3, November 2011: Religion can be an intensely personal activity. However, the idea that religion is only a private, personal devotion with no public political consequences is relatively new. For many nations in Europe, religion, in particular Catholicism, exerted an important influence over government and politics for centuries. The remnants of this influence still remain in anthems, oaths, and ideologies, not to mention architecture. However, with the rise of an ideology of “strict separation of church and state” in the European Union and the Council of Europe, it has been unclear how countries may incorporate their religious influences and histories into public life and expression. The case of Lautsi v. Italy in the European Court of Human Rights illustrates this struggle between secular ideology and religious faith and affiliation in the European context. The ultimate decision in the case acknowledges that “freedom of religion” need not result in, as the late Richard John Neuhaus put it, the naked public square.1 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/legal-periodical-by-william-saunders-does-neutrality-equal-secularism-the-european-court-of-human-rights-decides-lautsi-v-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/uk-the-return-to-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/uk-the-return-to-religion/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:32:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122269 Telegraph: The figures seem to bear this out. Church attendance — which stood at around 50 per cent in the middle of the 19th century – had declined to around 12 per cent in 1979, or 5.4 million. By 1998 it had almost halved to 7.5 per cent and when the most recent census was conducted in 2005, it was discovered that only 6.3 per cent of the population, some 3.2 million, were regular churchgoers. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/uk-the-return-to-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/uk-stores-%e2%80%98ashamed%e2%80%99-to-sell-religious-cards-but-obscene-ones-litter-the-high-street/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/uk-stores-%e2%80%98ashamed%e2%80%99-to-sell-religious-cards-but-obscene-ones-litter-the-high-street/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:56:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121571 Religion Clause Blog: Supermarkets have become ‘ashamed’ of selling Christmas cards with religious themes, Christian leaders said yesterday. They claimed a creeping ‘multicultural indoctrination’ had led to an aversion to Christianity, and that shops were worried about stocking cards that might offend other faiths. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/uk-stores-%e2%80%98ashamed%e2%80%99-to-sell-religious-cards-but-obscene-ones-litter-the-high-street/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/campaign-strives-to-suppress-christmas-wallowa-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/campaign-strives-to-suppress-christmas-wallowa-com/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:11:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120299 Wallowa.com: Coalescing behind the ACLU and the Freedom from Religion Foundation (a Wisconsin-based group), the Christmas haters are among those who "have been on a mission to eliminate public expression of our nation's faith and heritage," according to the Alliance Defense Fund. This well-known legal group is often called to answer court challenges. [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/campaign-strives-to-suppress-christmas-wallowa-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/30/schools-set-to-receive-a-king-james-bible-from-uk-government/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/30/schools-set-to-receive-a-king-james-bible-from-uk-government/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:56:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119698 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/30/schools-set-to-receive-a-king-james-bible-from-uk-government/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/british-scouting-organization-considering-religion-neutral-promise/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/british-scouting-organization-considering-religion-neutral-promise/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:30:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119125 Religion Clause: Britain's Guide Association-- a half-million member organization similar to the Girl Scouts-- is considering amending its "Promise" to eliminate religious references . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/21/british-scouting-organization-considering-religion-neutral-promise/feed/ 0