Fred Mogul at NY Times (includes audio): Jordan Lorence, a lawyer who represents the churches, has argued that accommodating religious expression is very different from endorsing it. He said if the city was concerned about confusing students because their schools host worship services on Sundays — which the city has argued in court — then it should really worry about children who go to unmistakably Christian and Jewish buildings every school day. “Under their own criteria, those seem to be much more serious than what’s happening on the weekends,” said Mr. Lorence, a lawyer at the Alliance Defense Fund. “The school district is in the weird and strange and contradictory situation of: schools meeting in former church schools, O.K.; churches meeting in schools, not O.K. And I just don’t see a whole lot of difference there.”
- Posted: 05/22/2012
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- Category: ADF in the News
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- Source: www.nytimes.com
- Tags: ADF: Jordan Lorence, ADF: Media Clips, ADF: Multimedia, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Religious Freedom, State: New York, ZZ: Bronx Household of Faith v Board of Education of the City of New York, ZZADF: 4013
ADF Update: Watch this important message from ADF President, CEO, and General Counsel Alan Sears about this amazing development in the 17-year battle for equal access—not only in New York City, but for churches across the nation.
- Posted: 02/17/2012
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- Category: ADF in the News
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- Source: www.alliancedefensefund.org
- Tags: ADF: Alan E. Sears, ADF: Multimedia, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Religious Freedom, State: New York, Topic: Education, ZZ: Bronx Household of Faith v Board of Education of the City of New York, ZZADF: 4013
Engage Family Minute: Jordan Lorence, senior vice-president with the Alliance Defense Fund, has been the chief litigator on this case. Jordan wrote an instructive blog post on the topic (copied below), but also took the time to join me for a brief discussion over the phone. I hope you will listen to it – especially if you are a pastor or elder committed to planting churches in West Virginia – and share it with your friends. [audio at the link]
- Posted: 12/12/2011
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- Category: ADF in the News
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- Source: engagefamilyminute.com
- Tags: ADF: Jordan Lorence, ADF: Media Clips, ADF: Multimedia, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Religious Freedom, Group: Family Policy Council of West Virginia, State: New York, Topic: Education, ZZ: Bronx Household of Faith v Board of Education of the City of New York
ADF President and General Counsel Alan E. Sears appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. | MP3 audio 8:38 mins | ADF Media Resources: Bronx Household, Alpha Delta Chi, Utah Highway Patrol, Forsyth Co.
- Posted: 10/25/2011
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- Category: ADF in the News
- Tags: ADF: Alan E. Sears, ADF: Media Clips, ADF: Multimedia, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Religious Freedom, Court: U.S. Supreme, Topic: Colleges, Topic: Conscience, Topic: Education, ZZ: Alpha Delta Chi-Delta Chapter v. Reed, ZZ: Bronx Household of Faith v Board of Education of the City of New York, ZZ: Joyner v Forsyth Co North Carolina, ZZ: Utah Highway Patrol Association v. American Atheists
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05/24/2012
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05/24/2012
Huffington Post: A measure allowing same-sex civil unions passed its first legislative step in Brazil’s Congress, where it has lingered for 16 years.
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05/24/2012
Christian Post: “There has to be a wall institutionally between the government and the church or religious groups,” he said. “But many have taken that law of separation to think that it means separating religion from politics, which is precisely the opposite of what the Founding Fathers wanted.”
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