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/2011/07/25/ninth-circuit-recognizes-churchs-right-to-equal-treatment-under-the-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/ninth-circuit-recognizes-churchs-right-to-equal-treatment-under-the-law/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:02:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108889 Townhall: In a great victory for religious liberty and equal treatment under the law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned a federal district court’s ruling which barred Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenos Nuevas Christian Church from occupying and holding worship services in its own building in downtown Yuma, Ariz. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/ninth-circuit-recognizes-churchs-right-to-equal-treatment-under-the-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/court-church-a-victim-of-govt-discrimination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/court-church-a-victim-of-govt-discrimination/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:29:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108627 OneNewsNow.com: “Government officials cannot use broad commercial reasons to favor non-religious businesses or membership organizations over religious ones. The city's actions here left this small congregation with a mortgage to pay on a building it could not use for two years and at the same time it had to pay for another meeting place,” explains Babione. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/court-church-a-victim-of-govt-discrimination/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/yuma-az-loses-case-against-church-adf-victory/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/yuma-az-loses-case-against-church-adf-victory/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:51:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108310 Seeing Red AZ Blog linked in Tucson Citizen: What better time for another accolade* to the Scottsdale-based Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) — a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith? . . . ADF Senior Legal Counsel Byron Babione argued the case of Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenos Nuevas Christian Church v. City of Yuma. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/yuma-az-loses-case-against-church-adf-victory/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/court-rules-in-favor-of-arizona-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/court-rules-in-favor-of-arizona-church/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:13:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108073 Charisma: Churches should not be singled out for discrimination by a city’s zoning restrictions,” says Byron Babione, who argued before the 9th Circuit in April of last year. “Government officials cannot use broad commercial reasons to favor non-religious businesses or membership organizations over religious ones. The city’s actions left this small congregation with a mortgage to pay on a building it couldn’t use for two years while it had to pay for another meeting place at the same time.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/court-rules-in-favor-of-arizona-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/yuma-church-can-sue-city-for-damages-in-zoning-denial-appeals-court-rules/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/yuma-church-can-sue-city-for-damages-in-zoning-denial-appeals-court-rules/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:59:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107975 Cronkite News (7/12): The ruling by the three-judge panel of the court in San Francisco was hailed by Byron J. Babione, the attorney for the church. “We’re happy with the outcome,” Babione said. “Arizona has always had a good commitment to equality, the treatment of property owners and to the free exercise of religion.” [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/yuma-church-can-sue-city-for-damages-in-zoning-denial-appeals-court-rules/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/ninth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-church-in-yuma/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/ninth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-church-in-yuma/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:37:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107969 Sonoran Alliance: Attorneys for Center for Arizona Policy and the Alliance Defense Fund worked together to defend the church’s rights in court. “Churches should not be treated unfavorably just because they are religious, and that is what the city of Yuma had done here,” said CAP Legal Counsel Deborah Sheasby. (linked at Tucson Citizen) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/ninth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-church-in-yuma/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/victory-for-ariz-church-left-holding-bill-for-building-it-wasn%e2%80%99t-allowed-to-occupy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/victory-for-ariz-church-left-holding-bill-for-building-it-wasn%e2%80%99t-allowed-to-occupy/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:54:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107911 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/victory-for-ariz-church-left-holding-bill-for-building-it-wasn%e2%80%99t-allowed-to-occupy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/14/adf-attorney-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-case-of-yuma-church-left-%e2%80%98high-and-dry%e2%80%99-by-city/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/14/adf-attorney-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-case-of-yuma-church-left-%e2%80%98high-and-dry%e2%80%99-by-city/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:46:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/14/adf-attorney-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-case-of-yuma-church-left-%e2%80%98high-and-dry%e2%80%99-by-city/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/14/adf-attorney-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-case-of-yuma-church-left-%e2%80%98high-and-dry%e2%80%99-by-city/feed/ 0