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/myanmar-arab-awakening-top-us-list-of-progress-on-human-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/myanmar-arab-awakening-top-us-list-of-progress-on-human-rights/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:30:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134668 Christian Science Monitor: State Department's annual report on human rights around the world also notes the important role that technology, the Internet, and social media play in advancing individual freedoms. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/myanmar-arab-awakening-top-us-list-of-progress-on-human-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-admin-pushes-for-sea-treaty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-admin-pushes-for-sea-treaty/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:41:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134418 AP: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the nation's top military leaders pleaded Wednesday for Senate approval of a long-spurned high seas treaty, arguing that the pact will boost U.S. national security and create much-needed American jobs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-admin-pushes-for-sea-treaty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/chen-thugs-beat-my-nephew-%e2%80%98ruthlessly%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/chen-thugs-beat-my-nephew-%e2%80%98ruthlessly%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:30:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133199 LifeSiteNews: The blind lawyer, who exposed China’s brutal forced abortion policy, said “thugs with wooden spoons” beat his nephew, Chen Kegui, “ruthlessly ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/chen-thugs-beat-my-nephew-%e2%80%98ruthlessly%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/gay-rights-obama-praised-for-global-commitment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/gay-rights-obama-praised-for-global-commitment/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:33:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133001 San Francisco Chronicle: As President Obama struggles with the politics of gay issues at home, his administration is drawing cheers from human rights groups for its commitment to gay rights around the globe. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/gay-rights-obama-praised-for-global-commitment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/congressman-prevented-from-visiting-china-talking-to-chen/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/congressman-prevented-from-visiting-china-talking-to-chen/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 18:34:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132820 Life News: During an emergency hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives about the tenuous situation of forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng in China, pro-life Congressman Chris Smith said he has been prevented from visiting China and was not allowed to talk to Chen while he was at the U.S. Embassy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/congressman-prevented-from-visiting-china-talking-to-chen/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/day-44-still-no-human-rights-reports-from-state-department/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/day-44-still-no-human-rights-reports-from-state-department/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:33:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131148 CNSNews: Nearly two months beyond the Feb. 25 date when it was required to by law, the State Department has still not sent to Congress nor made public the mandatory reports on how nations of the world fare when it comes to human rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/day-44-still-no-human-rights-reports-from-state-department/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/the-salafi-war-on-christians-and-u-s-indifference/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/the-salafi-war-on-christians-and-u-s-indifference/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:02:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131016 National Review: This violence comes out of the growing community of Salafi Muslims, adherents of the radical brand of Islam that is Saudi Arabia’s official doctrine and which Saudi Arabia exports throughout the Sunni world. We’ve also come to expect the willful blindness of the Obama administration about the religious implications of these horrific events. Last weekend’s Easter Sunday was no exception. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/the-salafi-war-on-christians-and-u-s-indifference/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/piero-a-tozzi-in-pushing-homosexual-agenda-globally-obama-admin-seeks-to-co-opt-marginalize-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/piero-a-tozzi-in-pushing-homosexual-agenda-globally-obama-admin-seeks-to-co-opt-marginalize-religion/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:37:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130639 Piero A. Tozzi at the Christian Post: In a major foreign policy address last December in Geneva before United Nations delegates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton identified "deeply-held … religious beliefs" as among "the obstacles standing in the way of protecting the human rights of LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender] people." Criticizing those who "cite religious or cultural values" to oppose "LGBT" rights, she then made a doctrinal point: if properly understood, "religious traditions" actually support the progressive march of "human rights" and sanction homosexual behavior. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/piero-a-tozzi-in-pushing-homosexual-agenda-globally-obama-admin-seeks-to-co-opt-marginalize-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/u-s-state-department-wont-say-jerusalem-is-in-israel/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/u-s-state-department-wont-say-jerusalem-is-in-israel/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:45:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129784 The Washington Free Bacon: Keeping up with its longstanding policy, the State Department refuses to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s official capital—despite a U.S. law stating otherwise. Obama faced criticism on the issue last year, when it was revealed that the White House had scrubbed all references to Jerusalem being part of the Jewish state from a collection of photos on its website. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/u-s-state-department-wont-say-jerusalem-is-in-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/state-department-exempts-11-countries-from-iran-sanctions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/state-department-exempts-11-countries-from-iran-sanctions/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:59:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129225 FP.com: The State Department announced on Tuesday that it would exempt 10 European countries and Japan from penalties for doing business with Iran's central bank, because those countries are making significant progress toward weaning themselves off of Iranian oil.   ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/state-department-exempts-11-countries-from-iran-sanctions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/state-department-posts-discussion-of-role-of-religion-in-u-s-foreign-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/state-department-posts-discussion-of-role-of-religion-in-u-s-foreign-policy/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:10:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124259 Religion Clause: ince 2010, the U.S. State Department has produced a series of online videos labeled Conversations with America. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/state-department-posts-discussion-of-role-of-religion-in-u-s-foreign-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/us-denies-role-in-killing-iranian-nuclear/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/us-denies-role-in-killing-iranian-nuclear/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:06:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122715 JPost: Clinton flatly denies US involvement "in any kind of act of violence inside Iran," calls Hormuz threats "provocative, dangerous." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/us-denies-role-in-killing-iranian-nuclear/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/2011-the-year-the-lgbt-agenda-was-officially-adopted-as-us-foreign-policy-by-the-us-department-of-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/2011-the-year-the-lgbt-agenda-was-officially-adopted-as-us-foreign-policy-by-the-us-department-of-state/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:04:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122306 Turtle Bay and Beyond – International Law, Policy, and Institutions: Currently, USAID is now in the process of creating briefs such as the “Human Rights Considerations in Addressing HIV among Men who Have Sex with Men” and funding related programs in accordance with the Presidential directive. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/2011-the-year-the-lgbt-agenda-was-officially-adopted-as-us-foreign-policy-by-the-us-department-of-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/american-exceptionalism-clinton%e2%80%99s-human-rights-day-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/american-exceptionalism-clinton%e2%80%99s-human-rights-day-speech/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:57:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121883 HumanRights.gov: Since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Human Rights Day speech in Geneva last month, some have publicly wondered—and I imagine a great many more have privately done so—about why an American secretary of state would give a speech about protecting the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people abroad. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/american-exceptionalism-clinton%e2%80%99s-human-rights-day-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/the-department-of-states-accomplishments-promoting-the-human-rights-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-people/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/the-department-of-states-accomplishments-promoting-the-human-rights-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-people/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:53:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121824 State.gov: Human rights are inalienable and belong to every person, no matter who that person is or whom that person loves. Since January 2009, Secretary Clinton has directed the Department to champion a comprehensive human rights agenda—one that includes the protection of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. The Department uses its full range of diplomatic and development tools to press for the elimination of violence and discrimination against LGBT people worldwide, particularly those forced to flee their homes or countries. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/the-department-of-states-accomplishments-promoting-the-human-rights-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-people/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/the-global-effort-for-gay-rights-the-atlantic/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/the-global-effort-for-gay-rights-the-atlantic/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:39:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121735 The Atlantic: In mid-December, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) released a little noticed report (PDF) discussing the issue of discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/the-global-effort-for-gay-rights-the-atlantic/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/george-neumayr-hillarys-surreal-state-department-she-discovers-a-new-global-right/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/george-neumayr-hillarys-surreal-state-department-she-discovers-a-new-global-right/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:19:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121612 The American Spectator : Hillary Clinton was once seen as a radical busybody, clamoring for this or that absurd invented right, such as the right of children to sue their parents. Now she is seen as a safe establishment figure. But the truth is that she hasn't changed. She is still a radical scold. Back in the days of the Clinton presidency she pushed the world to embrace an international right to abortion. These days her ambition is to impose upon all the nations of the earth "LGBT" rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/george-neumayr-hillarys-surreal-state-department-she-discovers-a-new-global-right/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/traditional-values-coalition-president-detained-as-security-threat-to-hillary-clinton/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/traditional-values-coalition-president-detained-as-security-threat-to-hillary-clinton/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:35:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121043 Traditional Values Coalition: Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) president Andrea Lafferty was targeted and detained by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s security personnel this Wednesday during the closing event capping the three day closed-door conference advancing the implementation of U.N. Resolution 16/18. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/traditional-values-coalition-president-detained-as-security-threat-to-hillary-clinton/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/hillary-clinton-suggests-islamic-governments-fear-religious-debate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/hillary-clinton-suggests-islamic-governments-fear-religious-debate/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:55:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120997 The Daily Caller: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used an international conference on religious freedom Wednesday as a platform to suggest that Islamic governments which suppress Christianity are secretly afraid Islam will lose out in a public debate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/hillary-clinton-suggests-islamic-governments-fear-religious-debate/feed/ 0