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/2011/11/23/court-upholds-denial-of-use-permit-to-virginia-church-for-disabled-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/court-upholds-denial-of-use-permit-to-virginia-church-for-disabled-school/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:13:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119367 Religion Clause: In Calvary Christian Center v. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134290 (ED VA, Nov. 21, 2011), a Virginia federal district court upheld the city of Fredericksburg's denial of a special use permit to Calvary Christian Center that wanted to lease space in its church to the operator of a private day school for disabled children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/court-upholds-denial-of-use-permit-to-virginia-church-for-disabled-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/denial-of-permit-for-church-to-lease-space-to-school-is-upheld/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/denial-of-permit-for-church-to-lease-space-to-school-is-upheld/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:24:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108555 Religion Clause: In Calvary Christian Center. v. City of Fredericksburg, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77489 (ED VA, July 18, 2011), a Virginia federal district court refused to grant a preliminary injunction to a church that was denied a special use permit that it sought in order to lease space in the church to a for-profit school for disabled children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/denial-of-permit-for-church-to-lease-space-to-school-is-upheld/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/05/erik-stanley-on-wava-radio-with-don-kroah-city-denies-churchs-school-for-disabled/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/05/erik-stanley-on-wava-radio-with-don-kroah-city-denies-churchs-school-for-disabled/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:10:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107407 Erik Stanley on WAVA radio with Don Kroah to discuss the situation. | MP3 audio 13:15 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/05/erik-stanley-on-wava-radio-with-don-kroah-city-denies-churchs-school-for-disabled/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/nailing-calvary-fredericksburg-vs-disabled-kids/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/nailing-calvary-fredericksburg-vs-disabled-kids/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:16:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106582 Federicksburg.com: Elementary reason puts this fear to flight. The disabled children in question are already in a school with mostly non-disabled children. "They are not explosive," says Erik Stanley, a Kansas attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing Calvary Christian. The notion that they would be violent, he adds, "is based on unfounded prejudices and stereotyping about the disabled." Finally, the two groups--the non-disabled pupils and the disabled students--would study on different floors of the two-story building and attend classes at different times of the school day. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/nailing-calvary-fredericksburg-vs-disabled-kids/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/erik-stanley-politics-stand-between-a-church-and-the-disadvantaged-in-virginia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/erik-stanley-politics-stand-between-a-church-and-the-disadvantaged-in-virginia/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:22:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106263 The American Thinker: Zoning issues are not a concern, either. Calvary Christian Church has the approval of planning officials because it has met all zoning requirements to run such a facility. So, quite simply, no legitimate reason exists to oppose the opening of this school. There's no reason to run up a taxpayer tab with needless litigation over a school that wants to help disabled children in need, that meets all safety and zoning requirements, and that is on firm footing under the law to do work that benefits everyone. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/erik-stanley-politics-stand-between-a-church-and-the-disadvantaged-in-virginia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/va-church-says-city-violated-1st-amendement-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/va-church-says-city-violated-1st-amendement-rights/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:04:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106251 Fredericksburg, VA Patch: The church's lawsuit has been taken on by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian non-profit organization which defends issues of religious liberty. “Churches shouldn’t be singled out for discrimination, especially when attempting to expand their ministries to safely serve the needs of the community--in this case, disabled children,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley. “No disabled students would even be on campus at the same time as other students, and the church has the approval of planning officials because it has met all zoning requirements to run such a facility. There’s no legitimate reason for a denial, so the city’s stated reasons only serve to feed old stereotypes about the disabled." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/va-church-says-city-violated-1st-amendement-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/07/erik-stanley-on-the-bott-radio-network-va-town-says-church-school-prohibited-because-disabled-kids-would-%e2%80%98endanger%e2%80%99-other-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/07/erik-stanley-on-the-bott-radio-network-va-town-says-church-school-prohibited-because-disabled-kids-would-%e2%80%98endanger%e2%80%99-other-children/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:15:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105700 Erik Stanley appeared on the Bott Radio Network with Dick Bott to discuss this: Va. town says church school prohibited because disabled kids would ‘endanger’ other children. | MP3 audio 29:29 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/07/erik-stanley-on-the-bott-radio-network-va-town-says-church-school-prohibited-because-disabled-kids-would-%e2%80%98endanger%e2%80%99-other-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/va-city-feeding-old-stereotypes-onenewsnow-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/va-city-feeding-old-stereotypes-onenewsnow-com/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:22:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104781 One News Now: The city claims that a school for the mentally and emotionally challenged would endanger other children -- a charge that ADF senior legal counsel Erik Stanley says is baseless. "No disabled students would even be on campus at the same time as other students," he points out. "And the church has the approval of planning officials because it has met all the zoning requirements to run such a facility." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/va-city-feeding-old-stereotypes-onenewsnow-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/25/virgina-town-denies-church-permit-to-start-school-for-disabled-children-charisma/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/25/virgina-town-denies-church-permit-to-start-school-for-disabled-children-charisma/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 17:28:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104646 Charisma: The Alliance Defense Fund filed a lawsuit Monday against the city, saying it is violating federal laws and that it has no real reasons to deny the permit. “Churches shouldn’t be singled out for discrimination, especially when attempting to expand their ministries to safely serve the needs of the community—in this case, disabled children,” ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley says. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/25/virgina-town-denies-church-permit-to-start-school-for-disabled-children-charisma/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/va-town-says-church-school-prohibited-because-disabled-kids-would-%e2%80%98endanger%e2%80%99-other-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/va-town-says-church-school-prohibited-because-disabled-kids-would-%e2%80%98endanger%e2%80%99-other-children/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 14:56:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104422 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/va-town-says-church-school-prohibited-because-disabled-kids-would-%e2%80%98endanger%e2%80%99-other-children/feed/ 0