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/2012/01/24/marriage-in-minnesota-one-news-now/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/24/marriage-in-minnesota-one-news-now/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:25:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123870 OneNewsNow.com: "No provision of the Minnesota Constitution gives individuals the right to redefine marriage and force that definition on everyone else," says Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney Jim Campbell. "The union between husband and wife benefits society, especially children, in unique and special ways that could not be duplicated by any other relationship." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/24/marriage-in-minnesota-one-news-now/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/24/mn-court-revives-gay-marriage-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/24/mn-court-revives-gay-marriage-suit/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:05:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123863 Washington Times: “Voters can make sure that this courts ruling is not the final word. The final word belongs to the people of Minnesota, not judges,” said Jordan Lorence, senior counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund, which represented the Minnesota Family Council in a friend-of-the-court brief in support of traditional marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/24/mn-court-revives-gay-marriage-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/minn-appellate-court-revives-challenge-to-marriage-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/minn-appellate-court-revives-challenge-to-marriage-laws/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:16:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123765 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/minn-appellate-court-revives-challenge-to-marriage-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/adf-on-flawed-marriage-attack-minn-u-s-supreme-courts-have-already-settled-it/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/adf-on-flawed-marriage-attack-minn-u-s-supreme-courts-have-already-settled-it/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:11:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111221 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/18/adf-on-flawed-marriage-attack-minn-u-s-supreme-courts-have-already-settled-it/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/mn-judge-hears-state-county-challenge-to-same-sex-marriage-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/mn-judge-hears-state-county-challenge-to-same-sex-marriage-ban/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:13:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86566 Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "The lawsuit, filed in May by three same-sex couples, challenges state law requiring marriage to be between a man and a woman. The couples' main claim is that the 1997 Minnesota ban on gay marriage violates their rights to due process, equal protection and freedom of conscience and association under the state Constitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/mn-judge-hears-state-county-challenge-to-same-sex-marriage-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/minnesota-state-lawyer-seeks-dismissal-of-same-sex-marriage-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/minnesota-state-lawyer-seeks-dismissal-of-same-sex-marriage-suit/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:54:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86324 KTTC [AP]: "Minnesota's solicitor general says a 1971 state Supreme Court ruling that banned gay marriage is still strong enough that a judge should dismiss a Hennepin County lawsuit seeking to let gays marry in Minnesota." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/minnesota-state-lawyer-seeks-dismissal-of-same-sex-marriage-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/judge-rejects-mn-family-council-bid-in-marriage-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/judge-rejects-mn-family-council-bid-in-marriage-lawsuit/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:19:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84263 The Minnesota Independent: "The Family Council argued that it should be part of the lawsuit, in part, because if DOMA is ruled unconstitutional, it will cost them millions to fight same-sex marriage. The court said the group has no standing to defend DOMA . . . The Minnesota Family Council attempted to enter the lawsuit with the help of James Dobson’s Alliance Defense Fund, an evangelical Christian legal group." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/judge-rejects-mn-family-council-bid-in-marriage-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/mn-hennepin-county-seeks-out-of-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/mn-hennepin-county-seeks-out-of-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:54:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63082 WCCO (AP): "Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks gay marriage in Minnesota." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/15/mn-hennepin-county-seeks-out-of-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/minnesota-and-its-marriage-definition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/minnesota-and-its-marriage-definition/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:51:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62671 OneNewsNow: "Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) hopes to intervene in a lawsuit filed in Minnesota state court to overturn that state's law on marriage . . . '[The lawsuit is] requesting the courts to engage in judicial activism by twisting the state constitution to throw out the state marriage laws and to reject the great public policy benefits that come to a society that defines marriage as one man and one woman,' [ADF Attorney Jordan Lorence] reports. 'Children benefit best when they're raised by their own father and mother.'" | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/minnesota-and-its-marriage-definition/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mn-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit-could-set-back-gay-rights-effort/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mn-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit-could-set-back-gay-rights-effort/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:00:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mn-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit-could-set-back-gay-rights-effort/ The Minnesota Daily: "A lawsuit seeking to end Minnesota's ban on same-sex marriage faces tough odds in court and lacks the broad support that propelled successful efforts in five other states . . . 'There are both legal and political reasons to believe that this lawsuit is a very risky roll of the dice,' said Dale Carpenter, a University of Minnesota law professor who supports same-sex marriage." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mn-same-sex-marriage-lawsuit-could-set-back-gay-rights-effort/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mfc-and-adf-intervene-in-lawsuit-to-legalize-homosexual-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mfc-and-adf-intervene-in-lawsuit-to-legalize-homosexual-marriage/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:28:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mfc-and-adf-intervene-in-lawsuit-to-legalize-homosexual-marriage/ Minnesota Family Council: "Tom Prichard, President of the Minnesota Family Council today announced the filing of a notice of intervention in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Minnesota’s marriage law. 'We’re filing this notice to intervene to ensure Minnesota’s marriage law is vigorously defended in the courts. We are being assisted in this effort by the Alliance Defense Fund, the national expert in defending marriage laws across the country.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/mfc-and-adf-intervene-in-lawsuit-to-legalize-homosexual-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit-in-minnesota/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit-in-minnesota/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:12:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit-in-minnesota/ INFORUM (AP): "The [Minnesota Family Council] is represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorney [Jordan Lorence], who frequently represents conservative Christian groups around the country in gay rights cases. He's filing the request Thursday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/04/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit-in-minnesota/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:25:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit/ Pioneer Press: "Emphasizing the suit's potential prominence, [Jordan Lorence] of the Alliance Defense Fund would spearhead the effort. Lorence won a case at the California Supreme Court reversing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's unilateral decision to issue same-sex marriage licenses, and he is assisting in a nationally watched California gay marriage case awaiting closing arguments in federal court. 'They're basically asking for a right that has no limitations to it,' Lorence said, adding that a victory for the plaintiffs would be 'a high-magnitude earth tremor on marriage.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/christian-group-seeks-to-fight-gay-marriage-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/family-council-pulls-in-dobson-group-to-stop-gay-marriage-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/family-council-pulls-in-dobson-group-to-stop-gay-marriage-suit/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:48:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/family-council-pulls-in-dobson-group-to-stop-gay-marriage-suit/ Minnesota Independent: "In response to a lawsuit filed in Hennepin County last month challenging Minnesota’s ban on same-sex marriage, the Minnesota Family Council is bringing in the Alliance Defense Fund, an evangelical legal group founded by James Dobson . . . 'We should be strengthening marriage, not undermining it,' [Jordan Lorence] said in a [press release] Wednesday. 'Once again, activists are trying to use the courts to force something on the people that they have repeatedly rejected.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/03/family-council-pulls-in-dobson-group-to-stop-gay-marriage-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/attack-on-marriage-in-minn-draws-intervention-effort/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/attack-on-marriage-in-minn-draws-intervention-effort/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:17:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/attack-on-marriage-in-minn-draws-intervention-effort/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/attack-on-marriage-in-minn-draws-intervention-effort/feed/ 0