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/2011/08/22/doug-napier-american-atheists-911-memorial-lawsuit-crosses-the-line-of-decency/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/doug-napier-american-atheists-911-memorial-lawsuit-crosses-the-line-of-decency/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:19:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111364 Human Events: Two days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, smoke was still rising from the twisted and burnt material that used to be the World Trade Center. Untold numbers of first responders from around the country were converging on New York City to help look for survivors trapped in the rubble, and the nation as a whole was still somewhere between fear and unmitigated anger: somewhere between “woe is me” and “woe is thee.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/doug-napier-american-atheists-911-memorial-lawsuit-crosses-the-line-of-decency/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/atheists-attack-911-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/atheists-attack-911-cross/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:38:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110897 Joe Infranco and Byron Babione at The American Spectator: The plain fact is that a memorial cross at this site does not "establish" a religion. The agenda of a few atheists should not diminish the sacrifice of the heroes and victims of 9/11. The place of this potent symbol of our shared tragedy and courage should remain for all time. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/atheists-attack-911-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/byron-babione-on-the-mike-janocik-show-the-attack-on-the-ground-zero-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/byron-babione-on-the-mike-janocik-show-the-attack-on-the-ground-zero-cross/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:39:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110700 Byron Babione appeared on the Mike Janocik Show to discuss the controversy.| MP3 audio 29:21 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/byron-babione-on-the-mike-janocik-show-the-attack-on-the-ground-zero-cross/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/joe-infanco-and-byron-babione-oppose-911-cross-youre-out-of-step-with-american-life/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/joe-infanco-and-byron-babione-oppose-911-cross-youre-out-of-step-with-american-life/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:54:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110651 Joe Infranco and Byron Babione at the NY Daily News: The lawsuit by American Atheists seeking to remove the World Trade Center cross from the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum badly distorts the meaning of the First Amendment, but it nonetheless provides an excellent opportunity for each of us to understand what the Constitution really prohibits as an "establishment" of religion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/12/joe-infanco-and-byron-babione-oppose-911-cross-youre-out-of-step-with-american-life/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/joe-infranco-the-subjective-wounded-%e2%80%93-atheists-against-september-11-memorial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/joe-infranco-the-subjective-wounded-%e2%80%93-atheists-against-september-11-memorial/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:57:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110300 Joe Infranco at The Speak Up Movement Church Blog: The cause of this kerfuffle is a girder resembling a cross, which will be included in the National 9/11 Memorial in New York. Yet, there is one highly unusual twist in this latest lawsuit in the campaign to expunge public symbols of our religious history: Human hands did not fashion the cross-shaped beams. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/joe-infranco-the-subjective-wounded-%e2%80%93-atheists-against-september-11-memorial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/tom-marcelle-on-the-zeb-bell-show-the-atheist-attack-on-the-cross-at-ground-zero/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/tom-marcelle-on-the-zeb-bell-show-the-atheist-attack-on-the-cross-at-ground-zero/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:51:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109900 Tom Marcelle on the Zeb Bell Show. | MP3 audio 15 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/tom-marcelle-on-the-zeb-bell-show-the-atheist-attack-on-the-cross-at-ground-zero/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/ground-zero-cross-attack/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/ground-zero-cross-attack/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:55:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109578 Mercatornet: Seriously. This is their legal complaint. Just like the American Center for Law and Justice, the Alliance Defense Fund is getting used to this. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/ground-zero-cross-attack/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/congressman-atheists-lawsuit-against-911-cross-sad-misguided/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/congressman-atheists-lawsuit-against-911-cross-sad-misguided/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:45:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109574 Christian Post: Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) also insist that the cross’s placement in the museum is legally sound, and claim that the American Atheists’ lawsuit “is completely out of step with the Constitution.” “One atheist group’s agenda shouldn’t diminish the sacrifice made by the heroes of 9/11,” said ADF Senior Counsel Byron Babione in a statement on the group’s website. “A cross like this one simply does not amount to a government establishment of religion under either the U.S. Constitution or the New York Constitution.” Babione added, “Nothing in the Constitution authorizes atheists to scour the landscape on a mission to seek and destroy memorial crosses.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/congressman-atheists-lawsuit-against-911-cross-sad-misguided/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/oppressive-atheist-group-condemns-christ-demands-wtc-cross-removed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/oppressive-atheist-group-condemns-christ-demands-wtc-cross-removed/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:32:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109465 Post Chronicle: Lawyers with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) claim the group's desire to have the cross removed from the 9/11 memorial museum is "completely out of step with the Constitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/oppressive-atheist-group-condemns-christ-demands-wtc-cross-removed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/atheist-group-seeks-to-tear-down-world-trade-center-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/atheist-group-seeks-to-tear-down-world-trade-center-cross/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:16:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109455 LifeSiteNews.com: “One atheist group’s agenda shouldn’t diminish the sacrifice made by the heroes of 9/11,” said ADF Senior Counsel Byron Babione, who argued that the cross “simply does not amount to a government establishment of religion.” “The cross is not only known far and wide as a religious symbol, but also as a symbol of death, remembrance, and honor for the dead. Americans have long recognized this. Nothing in the Constitution authorizes atheists to scour the landscape on a mission to seek and destroy memorial crosses.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/atheist-group-seeks-to-tear-down-world-trade-center-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/adf-atheist-attack-on-world-trade-center-cross-is-rubble/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/adf-atheist-attack-on-world-trade-center-cross-is-rubble/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:33:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109153 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/adf-atheist-attack-on-world-trade-center-cross-is-rubble/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/atheist-group-wants-to-stop-world-trade-center-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/atheist-group-wants-to-stop-world-trade-center-cross/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:36:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109076 CNN.com: A group of atheists has filed a lawsuit to stop the display of the World Trade Center cross at a memorial of the 9/11 terror attacks. | American Atheists press release | American Atheists v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/atheist-group-wants-to-stop-world-trade-center-cross/feed/ 0