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/2011/09/22/jordan-lorencer-university-of-wisconsin-pays-almost-500000-for-violating-religious-liberties/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/jordan-lorencer-university-of-wisconsin-pays-almost-500000-for-violating-religious-liberties/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:18:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114251 Speak Up Movement University Blog: Last week, the University of Wisconsin paid almost $500,000 to the Alliance Defense Fund for violating the First Amendment rights of Badger Catholic, the Catholic student organization on campus. ADF has litigated a number of cases against the University of Wisconsin over the years challenging the unconstitutional abuses inflicted on students and student groups by its mandatory student fee system. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/jordan-lorencer-university-of-wisconsin-pays-almost-500000-for-violating-religious-liberties/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/21/uw-madison-catholic-student-group-wins-500000-in-legal-costs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/21/uw-madison-catholic-student-group-wins-500000-in-legal-costs/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:12:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114156 Catholic News Agency (CNA): “Universities should recognize the constitutional rights of Christian students and ministries just as they do for all other students and campus groups,” said Jordan Lorence, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, which filed the lawsuit. “Sadly, the University refused to do so, and instead squandered money by trying to defend the indefensible: blatant, unlawful discrimination against Christian students and ministries.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/21/uw-madison-catholic-student-group-wins-500000-in-legal-costs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/21/500k-big-money-goes-to-catholic-campus-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/21/500k-big-money-goes-to-catholic-campus-group/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:11:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114154 OneNewsNow.com: ADF senior counsel Jordan Lorence suggests the school has had its sights on religious-based student groups for some time. "The University of Wisconsin has maintained an extreme view of the Establishment Clause, [suggesting] that it requires [the school] to go on a search-and-destroy mission for all things religious," he says. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/21/500k-big-money-goes-to-catholic-campus-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/16/uw-madison-to-pay-legal-costs-in-suit-by-catholic-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/16/uw-madison-to-pay-legal-costs-in-suit-by-catholic-group/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:34:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113743 JSOnline: In a statement Friday, Jordan Lorence of the Alliance Defense Fund, a legal alliance of Christian attorneys, said the university should defend the free speech rights of religious students. "Sadly, the university refused to do so, and instead squandered money by trying to defend the indefensible: blatant, unlawful discrimination against Christian students and ministries." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/16/uw-madison-to-pay-legal-costs-in-suit-by-catholic-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/16/illegal-badgering-of-christian-groups-proves-costly-to-uw-madison/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/16/illegal-badgering-of-christian-groups-proves-costly-to-uw-madison/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:43:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113717 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/16/illegal-badgering-of-christian-groups-proves-costly-to-uw-madison/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/25/alan-e-sears-university-administrators-refuse-to-allow-christians-to-speak-their-peace/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/25/alan-e-sears-university-administrators-refuse-to-allow-christians-to-speak-their-peace/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:53:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101789 Townhall: It’s hard to understand what, exactly, public university officials across the country have against the Christians on their campus . . . Across America, an estimated 274 public universities currently have speech codes that can be used to shut down points of view that a student, professor, or administrator might find “offensive.” (At Penn State, officials even went so far as to say that “intolerance will not be tolerated.”) And nothing offends the academic Left faster than a Bible, a prayer, or a Christian with a conscience. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/25/alan-e-sears-university-administrators-refuse-to-allow-christians-to-speak-their-peace/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/david-french-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-catholic-student-group-gets-victory-at-the-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/david-french-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-catholic-student-group-gets-victory-at-the-supreme-court/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:04:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97779 David French appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss this: Victory for Catholic student group: U.S. Supreme Court says no to U. of Wis. appeal.  | MP3 audio 8:21 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/david-french-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-catholic-student-group-gets-victory-at-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/catholic-student-group-wins-legal-battle-with-university-of-wisconsin/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/catholic-student-group-wins-legal-battle-with-university-of-wisconsin/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:58:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97542 The New American: Jordan Lorence, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), which represented the Catholic group, called the High Court’s decision “a great victory for religious liberty,” explaining the ruling emphasized that the university must treat “religious groups the same as secular student groups when it’s distributing money for these groups to advocate their ideas on campus.” He said the ruling demonstrates the skewed thinking of schools that assumes “there’s somehow a constitutional prohibition on funding private religious groups on the same terms and conditions as everybody else.” [more quotes by Jordan] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/catholic-student-group-wins-legal-battle-with-university-of-wisconsin/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-in-student-fee-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-in-student-fee-case/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:22:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97490 USA Today: The Alliance Defense Fund praised the decision of the Supreme Court not to intervene in the Wisconsin case. "The constitutional rights of Christian student organizations should be recognized by university officials just as they recognize those rights for other student groups," said Jordan Lorence, senior counsel. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-in-student-fee-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/jordan-lorence-on-connecting-faith-religious-freedom-issues-and-public-expression-of-faith/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/jordan-lorence-on-connecting-faith-religious-freedom-issues-and-public-expression-of-faith/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:06:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97480 Jordan Lorence appeared on Connecting Faith with Steve Stavem. | MP3 audio 47:19 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/09/jordan-lorence-on-connecting-faith-religious-freedom-issues-and-public-expression-of-faith/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/citizen-link-supreme-court-victories-for-religious-liberty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/citizen-link-supreme-court-victories-for-religious-liberty/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:16:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97438 Citizen Link: In Badger Catholic v. Walsh, the University of Wisconsin appealed a 7th Circuit decision against it which found that Wisconsin’s refusal to fund certain expressive activities of religious student groups (while other student groups got funded for similar, but non-religious, activities) constituted “viewpoint discrimination” in violation of the First Amendment. The University either intentionally or unintentionally fell into the politically correct but blatantly wrong mindset that government can treat religious speech differently than non-religious speech. ADF has a press release that explains the case. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/citizen-link-supreme-court-victories-for-religious-liberty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/victory-for-christian-student-group-as-u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-appeal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/victory-for-christian-student-group-as-u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-appeal/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:18:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97373 LifeSiteNews: The constitutional rights of Christian student organizations should be recognized by university officials just as they recognize those rights for other student groups,” said ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence. “The university funded the advocacy and expression of other student organizations but singled out a Catholic student organization to exclude funding some of its expression based purely upon its religious content, and that’s simply not constitutional,” he concluded. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/victory-for-christian-student-group-as-u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-appeal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/religion-financed-with-student-fees/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/religion-financed-with-student-fees/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:08:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97366 Inside Higher Ed: The Alliance Defense Fund praised the decision of the Supreme Court not to intervene in the Wisconsin case. "The constitutional rights of Christian student organizations should be recognized by university officials just as they recognize those rights for other student groups," said Jordan Lorence, senior counsel. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/religion-financed-with-student-fees/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/final-appeal-re-religious-funding-falls-short/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/final-appeal-re-religious-funding-falls-short/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:53:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97357 One News Now: Jordan Lorence, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, is pleased that the ruling last September by the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has been upheld. He calls it "a great victory for religious liberty." "By upholding a lower-court opinion that says the University of Wisconsin has to treat religious groups the same as secular student groups when it's distributing money for these groups to advocate their ideas on campus," Lorence explains, "[the court is saying] that it is wrong for them to think that there's somehow a constitutional prohibition on funding private religious groups on the same terms and conditions as everybody else." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/08/final-appeal-re-religious-funding-falls-short/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/victory-for-catholic-student-group-u-s-supreme-court-says-no-to-u-of-wis-appeal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/victory-for-catholic-student-group-u-s-supreme-court-says-no-to-u-of-wis-appeal/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:40:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97278 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/victory-for-catholic-student-group-u-s-supreme-court-says-no-to-u-of-wis-appeal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-appeal-in-badger-catholic-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-appeal-in-badger-catholic-case/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:41:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97308 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Blog: “The constitutional rights of Christian student organizations should be recognized by university officials just as they recognize those rights for other student groups,” Jordan Lorence of the Alliance Defense Fund, a legal alliance of Christian attorneys. “The university funded the advocacy and expression of other student organizations but singled out a Catholic student organization to exclude funding some of its expression based purely upon its religious content, and that’s simply not constitutional,” Lorence said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-appeal-in-badger-catholic-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/on-campus-u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-take-badger-catholic-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/on-campus-u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-take-badger-catholic-case/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:18:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97288 Wisconsin State Journal: "The constitutional rights of Christian student organizations should be recognized by university officials just as they recognize those rights for other student groups," said Jordan Lorence, senior counsel for Alliance Defense Fund, which filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Roman Catholic Foundation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/07/on-campus-u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-take-badger-catholic-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/08/david-french-why-does-the-university-establishment-despise-religious-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/08/david-french-why-does-the-university-establishment-despise-religious-speech/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:04:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94970 writes at National Review Phi Beta Cons: "If the university gladly sends tens of thousands of dollars to radical groups like Sex Out Loud, why begrudge a Catholic student group its own piece of the very pie their students helped fund? The answer is clear: The University prefers one message over the other, and would rather fund events like “Condoms and Candy” than a Catholic meeting centered around — gasp — prayer." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/08/david-french-why-does-the-university-establishment-despise-religious-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/badger-catholic-case-may-go-to-u-s-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/badger-catholic-case-may-go-to-u-s-supreme-court/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:01:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94755 The Daily Cardinal: Seven higher education organizations have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving UW-Madison and its refusal to fund activities for the Badger Catholic group on campus . . . The appeals court voted 2-1 in a September 2010, ruling the university could not refuse funding to the student organization." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/badger-catholic-case-may-go-to-u-s-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/church-and-state-universities/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/church-and-state-universities/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:45:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94614 Inside Higher Ed: The American Council on Education, joined by six other national higher education groups, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a lower court's finding that the University of Wisconsin at Madison improperly denied funding for some activities of a Roman Catholic student group . . . Jordan Lorence, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which sued the university on behalf of Badger Catholic and works on behalf of religious individuals and organizations, criticized the higher education groups for their stance on the case. "It's very disappointing that this brief was written because the universities are basically asking the Supreme Court to be free of the First Amendment when it comes to equal access to facility use and equal access to student fee money," Lorence said. "To allow a university to pick and choose between the private groups it will support on campus is diametrically opposed to the First Amendment." . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/church-and-state-universities/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/18/heather-hacker-2010-challenges-present-2011-opportunities-for-student-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/18/heather-hacker-2010-challenges-present-2011-opportunities-for-student-rights/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:26:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91927 Heather Gebelin Hacker writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "At the beginning of a new year, there is a valuable opportunity for reflection on the past year and what it means for the future. While 2010 was certainly not without its major victories for free speech, it also suffered some challenges. Here’s a quick look back at developments in ADF’s academic freedom cases in 2010 and what they mean for 2011." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/18/heather-hacker-2010-challenges-present-2011-opportunities-for-student-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/cert-filed-in-case-on-university-funding-of-student-religious-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/cert-filed-in-case-on-university-funding-of-student-religious-groups/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:35:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86385 Religion Clause Blog: "In the case, the 7th Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, invalidated a University of Wisconsin policy that withheld student activity fee funding for worship, proselytizing or religious instruction by recognized student groups." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/cert-filed-in-case-on-university-funding-of-student-religious-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/david-hacker-uw-madison-doubles-down-on-student-fee-censorship/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/david-hacker-uw-madison-doubles-down-on-student-fee-censorship/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:08:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86086 David Hacker writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "Perhaps emboldened by its #5 ranked football team, the University of Wisconsin is asking the United States Supreme Court to review a case involving the allocation of student activity fees to religious organizations . . . Last week, the University filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari at the Supreme Court in Badger Catholic v. Walsh, asking the high court to take the case and reverse the well-reasoned decision by Chief Judge Easterbrook of the Seventh Circuit . . . The University contends in Badger Catholic, that allowing the students to use student activity fees for student-led prayer, worship, proselytizing, and religious instruction violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/david-hacker-uw-madison-doubles-down-on-student-fee-censorship/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/40-days-of-political-purpose/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/40-days-of-political-purpose/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:52:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72808 Christianity Today Political Advocacy Tracker: "Labor Day may be the symbolic start of the campaign season, but for some Christian political activists, the campaign begins with a 40-day prayer vigil that will culminate before the November elections . . . Pray & Act is endorsed by scores of pastors as well as leaders of advocacy groups, including Jim Daly (Focus on the Family), Mike Huckabee (former governor of Arkansas), Richard Land (ERLC), Penny Nance (Concerned Women for America), [Douglas Napier] and [Alan Sears] (Alliance Defense Fund) . . . Alliance Defense Fund won a victory for a Catholic student organization that was denied funds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/40-days-of-political-purpose/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/alan-sears-seventh-circuit-forbids-university-of-wisconsin-to-badger-catholic-club/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/alan-sears-seventh-circuit-forbids-university-of-wisconsin-to-badger-catholic-club/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:00:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72490 Alan Sears writing at Inside the Issues: "ADF filed suit, and a federal district judge granted a preliminary injunction against the university, so the Badger Catholics could receive funding while the case proceeded. Last year, a different judge issued a final ruling partially in Badger Catholic’s favor. The university appealed that decision to the 7th Circuit, which on September 1 affirmed the lower court’s decision and ruled that the university violated the First Amendment by its discrimination." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/alan-sears-seventh-circuit-forbids-university-of-wisconsin-to-badger-catholic-club/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/14/video-%e2%80%93-alliance-defense-fund-weekly-update-%e2%80%93-2010-september-13/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/14/video-%e2%80%93-alliance-defense-fund-weekly-update-%e2%80%93-2010-september-13/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:19:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72133 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyGRgy6UjYM ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/14/video-%e2%80%93-alliance-defense-fund-weekly-update-%e2%80%93-2010-september-13/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/sure-fire-way-to-lose-badger-a-badger/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/sure-fire-way-to-lose-badger-a-badger/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:33:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71242 OneNewsNow: "A federal appeals court has ruled that officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison violated the First Amendment by refusing to fund events of a student Catholic organization while providing funding for the events of other student organizations . . . 'This is a great victory for religious freedom,' says [Jordan Lorence], senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund and the attorney who argued before the Seventh Circuit last fall on behalf of the Catholic student group." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/sure-fire-way-to-lose-badger-a-badger/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/03/audio-7th-circuit-backs-catholic-group-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/03/audio-7th-circuit-backs-catholic-group-funding/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:20:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71184 CitizenLink / Family News in Focus features an audio report with quotations from ADF Attorney Jordan Lorence on the recent 7th Circuit ruling in Badger Catholic, Inc. v. Walsh. | Related ADF News Release. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/03/audio-7th-circuit-backs-catholic-group-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/church-and-state-and-student-activities-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/church-and-state-and-student-activities-2/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:43:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/church-and-state-and-student-activities-2/ Inside Higher Ed: A news release Monday from the Alliance Defense Fund, which backs the rights of religious students nationally and in this case, said that the court had found that the university "cannot deny funding to Catholic student group." . . . The statement from the Alliance Defense Fund, which sued Madison, praised the appeals court's ruling. "The constitutional rights of Christian student organizations should be recognized by university officials just as they recognize those rights for other student groups,” said Jordan Lorence, senior counsel. "The university funded the advocacy and expression of other student organizations but singled out Badger Catholic for exclusion based purely upon its viewpoint. The Seventh Circuit rightly regarded this as unconstitutional." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/church-and-state-and-student-activities-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/alliance-defense-fund-7th-circuit-u-of-wis-madison-cannot-deny-funding-to-catholic-student-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/alliance-defense-fund-7th-circuit-u-of-wis-madison-cannot-deny-funding-to-catholic-student-group/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:10:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/alliance-defense-fund-7th-circuit-u-of-wis-madison-cannot-deny-funding-to-catholic-student-group/ WisPolitics.com (reprints entire ADF press release): "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled Wednesday that University of Wisconsin-Madison officials violated the First Amendment by refusing to fund events of a student Catholic organization while providing funding for the events of other student organizations . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/alliance-defense-fund-7th-circuit-u-of-wis-madison-cannot-deny-funding-to-catholic-student-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/7th-circuit-u-of-wis-madison-cannot-deny-funding-to-catholic-student-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/7th-circuit-u-of-wis-madison-cannot-deny-funding-to-catholic-student-group/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:34:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/7th-circuit-u-of-wis-madison-cannot-deny-funding-to-catholic-student-group/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/7th-circuit-u-of-wis-madison-cannot-deny-funding-to-catholic-student-group/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/7th-circuit-u-of-wisconsin-must-fund-prayer-activities/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/7th-circuit-u-of-wisconsin-must-fund-prayer-activities/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:22:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/7th-circuit-u-of-wisconsin-must-fund-prayer-activities/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/01/7th-circuit-u-of-wisconsin-must-fund-prayer-activities/feed/ 0