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/2011/04/15/second-church-is-suing-coweta-county/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/second-church-is-suing-coweta-county/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:44:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101187 Times-Herald.com: "ADF attorneys argue that the county's refusal is once again in violation of the U.S. Constitution and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, a federal law that prevents zoning officials from singling out churches for discriminatory treatment," said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley. "Churches shouldn't be singled out for discrimination by a county's ongoing decisions," said Stanley. "This is especially true when the church has already received all the recommended approvals through the appropriate channels and no other legitimate reason for denial has been given. "The county must learn to abide by the U.S. Constitution and federal law, which prohibits this kind of discriminatory treatment of churches." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/second-church-is-suing-coweta-county/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/22/ga-church-fights-zoning-abuse/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/22/ga-church-fights-zoning-abuse/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:21:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96153 One News Now: "The county planner had looked at the application and had seen every reason to grant the application," accounts Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney Erik Stanley. "But when All Souls went before the county council, something happened that frequently happens to churches -- the county council denied the application, even though there was no objective reason to do so." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/22/ga-church-fights-zoning-abuse/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/county-faces-lawsuit-for-denying-church-permit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/county-faces-lawsuit-for-denying-church-permit/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:06:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95625 Times-Herald: Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for The Alliance Defense Fund, said he doesn't think there has been a formal decision rendered by the DOJ. "The Department of Justice frequently takes quite a bit of time to investigate," Stanley said. "All Souls just didn't have the time to wait around." Stanley said that ADF was contacted by All Souls. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/county-faces-lawsuit-for-denying-church-permit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/adf-lawsuit-against-ga-county-just-latest-in-long-line-of-zoning-abuses-against-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/adf-lawsuit-against-ga-county-just-latest-in-long-line-of-zoning-abuses-against-churches/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:50:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95539 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/adf-lawsuit-against-ga-county-just-latest-in-long-line-of-zoning-abuses-against-churches/feed/ 0