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/2011/06/07/pro-life-club-alive-at-minn-high-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/07/pro-life-club-alive-at-minn-high-school/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:14:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105680 OneNewsNow.com: "School officials here did the right thing by finally granting the ALIV Club official status and no longer assuming they have the authority to jump the Constitution," notes David Cortman, senior counsel for ADF. "The United States Supreme Court has said decades ago students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/07/pro-life-club-alive-at-minn-high-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/06/anti-abortion-students-withdraw-minn-school-suit-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/06/anti-abortion-students-withdraw-minn-school-suit-2/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:35:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105571 The Albert Lea Tribune: Attorneys for the Alliance Defense Fund filed the lawsuit on behalf of the group in federal court in April. The lawsuit alleged the high school denied the club the same benefits and access it provides to other groups. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/06/anti-abortion-students-withdraw-minn-school-suit-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/anti-abortion-students-withdraw-minn-school-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/anti-abortion-students-withdraw-minn-school-suit/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:46:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105540 StamfordAdvocate: Attorneys for the Alliance Defense Fund filed the lawsuit on behalf of the group in federal court in April. The lawsuit alleged the high school denied the club the same benefits and access it provides to other groups. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/anti-abortion-students-withdraw-minn-school-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/minnesota-school-district-agrees-to-recognize-pro-life-club/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/minnesota-school-district-agrees-to-recognize-pro-life-club/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:43:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105536 LifeNews.com: “Pro-life students should not be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs,” said ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman. “School officials did the right thing by finally granting the ALIV Club official status and no longer assuming the authority to trump the constitutionally protected rights of students. As the U.S. Supreme Court has noted, students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/minnesota-school-district-agrees-to-recognize-pro-life-club/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/minn-pro-life-club-no-longer-aborted-from-campus-life/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/minn-pro-life-club-no-longer-aborted-from-campus-life/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:03:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105420 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/minn-pro-life-club-no-longer-aborted-from-campus-life/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/st-michael-albertville-school-district-must-respond-to-suit-soon/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/st-michael-albertville-school-district-must-respond-to-suit-soon/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 15:41:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104056 St.Michael.Patch.com: St. Michael-Albertville School District administrators were "taken by surprise" last month when they received word that the national attorneys from Alliance Defense Fund had helped file a lawsuit against the district in Federal Court. The suit alleges that the school district denied a pro-life student group, All Life is Valuable (ALIV), permission to meet in school facilities. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/st-michael-albertville-school-district-must-respond-to-suit-soon/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/school-district-alliance-defense-fund-confused-about-anti-abortion-student-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/school-district-alliance-defense-fund-confused-about-anti-abortion-student-group/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:05:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101145 Minnesota Independent: But the ADF told the Minnesota Independent there’s is no confusion. “There is no reason for the school district to be ‘surprised’ as it has been violating the club’s constitutional rights for several months now,” said ADF’s senior counsel David Cortman. “The district is currently taking the same position that they have throughout this entire process. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/school-district-alliance-defense-fund-confused-about-anti-abortion-student-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/08/lawsuit-filed-against-district-that-denied-anti-abortion-rights-student-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/08/lawsuit-filed-against-district-that-denied-anti-abortion-rights-student-group/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:44:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100595 Minnesota Independent: According to the complaint (below), the ADF takes issue with the fact that certain clubs are granted access while others are not. “Apparently the Diversity club, the Environmental club, and the Anime club (among others), however, are deemed to ‘support the student body as a whole’ as they were all permitted to become officially recognized clubs,” the complaint states. “The ALIV Club has been relegated to second-class status and is only permitted to meet unofficially before or after school and receives none of the other club benefits.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/08/lawsuit-filed-against-district-that-denied-anti-abortion-rights-student-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/08/minnesota-school-oks-environmental-group-not-pro-life-club/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/08/minnesota-school-oks-environmental-group-not-pro-life-club/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:17:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100517 LifeNews: “Pro-life students should not be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs. As the Supreme Court has noted, students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate,” said ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman. “School officials do not have the authority to trump the constitutionally protected rights of students, and by denying the ALIV Club official status on campus, they are doing exactly that. ADF has successfully litigated numerous cases like this around the country.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/08/minnesota-school-oks-environmental-group-not-pro-life-club/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/07/mn-school-district-politically-incorrect-pro-life-club-need-not-apply-but-environmental-club-ok/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/07/mn-school-district-politically-incorrect-pro-life-club-need-not-apply-but-environmental-club-ok/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:19:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100445 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/07/mn-school-district-politically-incorrect-pro-life-club-need-not-apply-but-environmental-club-ok/feed/ 0