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/2011/05/31/religion-clause/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/31/religion-clause/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 18:44:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105078 Religion Clause: Allen v. School Bord for Santa Rosa County, Florida, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56853 (ND FL, May 20, 2011), in another installment . . . In the current decision, the court concluded that under doctrines of res judicata teachers and official parent volunteers and chaperones, while acting in their official capacities, are precluded from bringing a facial attack seeking to invalidate the entire consent decree or enjoin enforcement of it in its entirety. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/31/religion-clause/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/21/federal-court-enjoins-enforcement-of-notorious-aclu-consent-decree-in-santa-rosa-county-fl/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/21/federal-court-enjoins-enforcement-of-notorious-aclu-consent-decree-in-santa-rosa-county-fl/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:00:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98690 Liberty Counsel: "The ACLU pressured the Santa Rosa County (Florida) School Board into a Consent Decree that unconstitutionally forbids all manner of religious expression at school, right down to the mere uttering of the words “God Bless.” After vindicating the school officials charged with criminal contempt for prayer, Liberty Counsel filed suit to invalidate the unconstitutional Consent Decree. The School District joined hands with the ACLU in defending the Consent Decree, and both asked the Court to dismiss Liberty Counsel’s challenge." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/21/federal-court-enjoins-enforcement-of-notorious-aclu-consent-decree-in-santa-rosa-county-fl/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/god-bless-to-be-banned-in-schools-statute-to-require-getting-permission-before-speech-limits-can-be-adopted/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/god-bless-to-be-banned-in-schools-statute-to-require-getting-permission-before-speech-limits-can-be-adopted/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:02:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/god-bless-to-be-banned-in-schools-statute-to-require-getting-permission-before-speech-limits-can-be-adopted/ WorldNetDaily: The state's new HB 31 reads, "District school boards, administrative personnel, and instructional personnel are prohibited from taking affirmative action, including, but not limited to, the entry into any agreement, that infringes or waives the rights or freedoms afforded to instructional personnel, school staff, or students by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, in the absence of the express written consent of any individual whose constitutional rights would be impacted by such infringement or waiver." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/god-bless-to-be-banned-in-schools-statute-to-require-getting-permission-before-speech-limits-can-be-adopted/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/01/liberty-counsel-files-injunction-against-santa-rosa-schools-over-religious-expression/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/01/liberty-counsel-files-injunction-against-santa-rosa-schools-over-religious-expression/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:34:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/01/liberty-counsel-files-injunction-against-santa-rosa-schools-over-religious-expression/ Liberty Counsel: "Liberty Counsel filed a Complaint against the District last month on behalf of 22 individuals representing students, faculty and staff, and members of the community, whose constitutional rights to free speech are being violated by a Consent Decree drafted by the ACLU, agreed to by the District, and entered by a federal court . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/01/liberty-counsel-files-injunction-against-santa-rosa-schools-over-religious-expression/feed/ 0