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/2010/11/17/erik-stanley-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-courtroom-battles-continue-despite-the-election/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/erik-stanley-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-courtroom-battles-continue-despite-the-election/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:29:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82596 Erik Stanley appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show. They discuss the importance of courtroom battles and this: No more Mt. ‘Hushmore’: Free speech preserved at national parks. | The MP3 runs 7:29 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/erik-stanley-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-courtroom-battles-continue-despite-the-election/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/group-white-houses-maneuvers-contradictory/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/group-white-houses-maneuvers-contradictory/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:39:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76814 Windy City Media Group: "'In the very same week, the administration says that it absolutely must appeal a federal court's decision on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" while it orders the Justice Department not to appeal a federal court's ruling in favor of the conservative Alliance Defense Fund. This contradiction is simply incomprehensible and insulting,' said Alexander Nicholson, Executive Director of Servicemembers United and the sole named veteran plaintiff in the case along with the Log Cabin Republicans." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/group-white-houses-maneuvers-contradictory/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/justice-department-abandons-free-speech-appeal-but-keeps-trucking-with-dadt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/justice-department-abandons-free-speech-appeal-but-keeps-trucking-with-dadt/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:34:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76818 LezGetReal: "A case brought by the Alliance Defense Fund has removed the restriction on small gatherings under a few dozen wishing to congregate at national parks, including the National Mall in DC. This case, which the Administration will not be appealing makes a lie out of the fact that the Justice Department has to appeal the ruling by Judge Virginia Philips regarding Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/justice-department-abandons-free-speech-appeal-but-keeps-trucking-with-dadt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/servicemembers-united-comparing-apples-and-oranges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/servicemembers-united-comparing-apples-and-oranges/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:33:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76810 Metro Weekly / Poliglot: "[T]he ADF case -- Boardley v. Department of the Interior -- involved a regulation and not a statute like that involved in Log Cabin Republicans v. United States. That distinction, ultimately, ends any comparison sought by [executive director of Servicemembers United] Nicholson between the [administration's] actions in the cases." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/servicemembers-united-comparing-apples-and-oranges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/rushmore-ruling-oks-protests-without-permits/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/rushmore-ruling-oks-protests-without-permits/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:14:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72821 Argus Leader (USA Today): "[Nate Kellum], senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, an organization of Christian lawyers who defend the rights of people to express their faith, said the ruling 'means the court has recognized that the First Amendment was all the permit you need to share your views on public property.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/rushmore-ruling-oks-protests-without-permits/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/free-speech-ruling-gives-u-s-parks-justice-pause/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/free-speech-ruling-gives-u-s-parks-justice-pause/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:14:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72642 USA Today: "The Department of Justice and the National Park Service . . . have until Sept. 27 to ask for a temporary stay of the ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which last month struck down regulations requiring permission before handing out leaflets or carrying signs . . . [Nate Kellum], senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, an organization of Christian attorneys who defend the rights of people to express their faith, says the ruling 'means the court has recognized that the First Amendment was all the permit you need to share your views on public property.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/free-speech-ruling-gives-u-s-parks-justice-pause/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/alan-sears-at-mount-rushmore-a-decision-four-presidents-would-love/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/alan-sears-at-mount-rushmore-a-decision-four-presidents-would-love/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:43:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70382 Alan Sears writing at Inside the Issues: "ADF lawyers filed a federal lawsuit on Boardley’s behalf against the Department of the Interior, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In March, 2009, the court found that a portion of one of the regulations challenged in the lawsuit was unconstitutional. ADF attorneys didn’t think that went far enough because it still forced individuals, like Boardley, to obtain government permission to communicate with fellow citizens, and so they filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit two months later. On August 6, that court issued its ruling, in favor of Boardley." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/alan-sears-at-mount-rushmore-a-decision-four-presidents-would-love/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/court-mt-rushmore-rules-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/court-mt-rushmore-rules-unconstitutional/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:29:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68614 The Black Hills Pioneer: "[Nate Kellum] of the Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing Boardley, said: 'The First Amendment is the only permit a Christian or any American needs to engage in free speech on public property . . . Certainly, it made no sense to enforce unconstitutional regulations that deny free speech at the foot of Mount Rushmore a place where four men who championed America's freedoms are immortalized in stone.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/court-mt-rushmore-rules-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/federal-court-tosses-out-mount-rushmore-rules-on-grounds-of-free-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/federal-court-tosses-out-mount-rushmore-rules-on-grounds-of-free-speech/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:39:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68516 Rapid City Journal: "[Nate Kellum] of the Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing Boardley, said: 'The First Amendment is the only permit a Christian or any American needs to engage in free speech on public property . . . Certainly, it made no sense to enforce unconstitutional regulations that deny free speech at the foot of Mount Rushmore - a place where four men who championed America's freedoms are immortalized in stone.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/federal-court-tosses-out-mount-rushmore-rules-on-grounds-of-free-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/free-speech-right-covers-national-parks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/free-speech-right-covers-national-parks/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:24:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68274 Philadelphia Daily News: "'The only permit we need to speak to our fellow citizens is the First Amendment,' said [Nate Kellum], a Memphis, Tenn., attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, who argued the winning case. 'We don't need to go through the bureaucratic nightmare of securing a governmental permit just to hand out literature, hold up a sign or engage in conversation.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/free-speech-right-covers-national-parks/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/court-parks-expressive-permits-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/court-parks-expressive-permits-unconstitutional/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:30:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67943 Victoria Advocate: "[Nate Kellum] of the Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing Boardley, said: 'The First Amendment is the only permit a Christian or any American needs to engage in free speech on public property. ... Certainly, it made no sense to enforce unconstitutional regulations that deny free speech at the foot of Mount Rushmore - a place where four men who championed America's freedoms are immortalized in stone.'" | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/court-parks-expressive-permits-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/06/no-more-mt-%e2%80%98hushmore%e2%80%99-free-speech-preserved-at-national-parks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/06/no-more-mt-%e2%80%98hushmore%e2%80%99-free-speech-preserved-at-national-parks/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:59:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/06/no-more-mt-%e2%80%98hushmore%e2%80%99-free-speech-preserved-at-national-parks/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/06/no-more-mt-%e2%80%98hushmore%e2%80%99-free-speech-preserved-at-national-parks/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/14/nate-kellum-on-common-sense-with-shea-dailey-a-license-required-to-hand-out-gospel-tracts-at-mt-rushmore/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/14/nate-kellum-on-common-sense-with-shea-dailey-a-license-required-to-hand-out-gospel-tracts-at-mt-rushmore/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 21:27:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/14/nate-kellum-on-common-sense-with-shea-dailey-a-license-required-to-hand-out-gospel-tracts-at-mt-rushmore/ Nate Kellum appeared on Common Sense with Shea Daily to discuss a lawsuit over a requirement that individuals obtain a permit to exercise First Amendment rights at national parks, monuments. | MP3 16:25 mins | Boardley v. U.S. Department of the Interior resource page ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/14/nate-kellum-on-common-sense-with-shea-dailey-a-license-required-to-hand-out-gospel-tracts-at-mt-rushmore/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-over-free-speech-censorship-at-national-parks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-over-free-speech-censorship-at-national-parks/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 15:17:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-over-free-speech-censorship-at-national-parks/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-over-free-speech-censorship-at-national-parks/feed/ 0