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/2010/04/30/court-nj-school-wronged-pro-life-student/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/court-nj-school-wronged-pro-life-student/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:09:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59484 OneNewsNow: "'This is a great event [that] happens every year,' [David Cortman] explains. 'It's called the 'Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity' and it's organized by a group called Stand True -- and these students in their silence speak for the voices of the unborn, millions of whom have been killed by abortion since Roe v. Wade.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/30/court-nj-school-wronged-pro-life-student/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/federal-court-nj-school-board-cant-abort-student-pro-life-event/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/federal-court-nj-school-board-cant-abort-student-pro-life-event/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:50:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59344 LifeSiteNews: "A federal court ruled Thursday that the Bridgeton Board of Education should not have prohibited a student at Bridgeton High School from expressing a religious viewpoint on the 6th annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity. Alliance Defense Fund filed the lawsuit on behalf of the student in November of last year. 'Pro-life students shouldn’t be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs,' said ADF Senior Legal Counsel David Cortman." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/federal-court-nj-school-board-cant-abort-student-pro-life-event/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/court-rules-in-favor-of-pro-life-student-expression/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/court-rules-in-favor-of-pro-life-student-expression/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:39:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59159 CitizenLink: "A federal court has ruled that a New Jersey teen should not have been prevented from taking part in the national Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity . . . [David Cortman said] 'This particular school has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the state, and the highest teenage abortion rate in the state, and this young lady was being a faithful witness.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/court-rules-in-favor-of-pro-life-student-expression/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/federal-court-says-school-district-was-wrong-on-christian-flyer-distribution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/federal-court-says-school-district-was-wrong-on-christian-flyer-distribution/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:24:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59031 Evangelical Examiner: "Back in November 2009, attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of a student, against the Bridgeton Board of Education after officials at Bridgeton High School prohibited her from expressing a religious viewpoint on the 6th annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity . . . Last Thursday, a federal court ruled that the Bridgeton Board of Education should not have prohibited a student at Bridgeton High School from expressing a religious viewpoint on the 6th annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity, a student-led event occurring outside of instructional time." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/federal-court-says-school-district-was-wrong-on-christian-flyer-distribution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/new-jersey-school-shouldnt-have-barred-student-from-pro-life-event-court-says/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/new-jersey-school-shouldnt-have-barred-student-from-pro-life-event-court-says/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:31:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58971 LifeNews: "A court ruled last Thursday that a New Jersey student should not have been prevented from participating in a national pro-life event along with hundreds of thousands of her peers . . . 'Pro-life students shouldn't be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs,' ADF Senior Legal Counsel [David Cortman] told LifeNews.com today." | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/new-jersey-school-shouldnt-have-barred-student-from-pro-life-event-court-says/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/federal-court-says-nj-school-board-can%e2%80%99t-abort-student-pro-life-event/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/federal-court-says-nj-school-board-can%e2%80%99t-abort-student-pro-life-event/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:16:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/federal-court-says-nj-school-board-can%e2%80%99t-abort-student-pro-life-event/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/federal-court-says-nj-school-board-can%e2%80%99t-abort-student-pro-life-event/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/23/school-officials-should-remember-lessons-of-tinker/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/23/school-officials-should-remember-lessons-of-tinker/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:42:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=43243 First Amendment Center: "A prime example is in Bridgeton, N.J., where school officials have refused to allow a student — known in court papers as C.H. — to distribute literature related to the Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity. School officials also refused to allow the girl to wear a red armband with the word 'life' on it . . . The student — with legal assistance from the Alliance Defense Fund — has filed a federal lawsuit, C.H. v. Bridgeton Board of Education, claiming school officials violated her First Amendment rights." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/23/school-officials-should-remember-lessons-of-tinker/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/bridgeton-student-sues-school-district-for-forbidding-her-to-take-part-in-abortion-protest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/bridgeton-student-sues-school-district-for-forbidding-her-to-take-part-in-abortion-protest/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:06:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42648 Press of Atlantic City: "'The First Amendment protects both religious and political speech, so it doesn't make a difference,' said David Cortman, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, which is working on the case . . . 'The teen pregnancies in that county are the highest in the state,' Cortman said. 'The school even has policies on this. The issue is something that's prevalent in that area, and the school is trying to censor a message of hope.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/bridgeton-student-sues-school-district-for-forbidding-her-to-take-part-in-abortion-protest/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/nj-teen-barred-from-abortion-protest-sues-school-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/nj-teen-barred-from-abortion-protest-sues-school-2/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:05:03 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42635 Associated Press: "ADF senior counsel David Cortman says his group has intervened in dozens of cases across the country over the six years the protest has been held and has filed suits in about a dozen. He said some have been successful and others are still pending . . . When schools bar the protests, he said, they usually cite the separation of church and state — which his group says is not in the Constitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/nj-teen-barred-from-abortion-protest-sues-school-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/bridgeton-student-sues-school-district-over-abortion-protest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/bridgeton-student-sues-school-district-over-abortion-protest/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:59:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42637 Cumberland County News: "ADF senior counsel David Cortman said his group has intervened in dozens of cases across the country over the six years the protest has been held and has filed suits in about a dozen. He said some have been successful and others are still pending." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/18/bridgeton-student-sues-school-district-over-abortion-protest/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/nj-teen-barred-from-abortion-protest-sues-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/nj-teen-barred-from-abortion-protest-sues-school/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:54:48 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42551 Associated Press: "A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that administrators violated her religious and free-speech rights by prohibiting her participation in a silent abortion protest . . . Her lawsuit was filed Friday by a lawyer hired by the Alliance Defense Fund in Scottsdale, Ariz." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/nj-teen-barred-from-abortion-protest-sues-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/nj-teen-sues-school-claiming-censorship/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/nj-teen-sues-school-claiming-censorship/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42476 Associated Press: "A New Jersey high school student has sued her school claiming administrators kept her from participating in a day of silent protest against abortion . . . Her lawsuit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court by a lawyer hired by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Scottsdale, Ariz., organization." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/nj-teen-sues-school-claiming-censorship/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/new-jersey-student-stopped-from-joining-national-pro-life-event-against-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/new-jersey-student-stopped-from-joining-national-pro-life-event-against-abortion/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:08:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42464 LifeNews: "'Pro-life students shouldn't be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs,' said ADF Senior Legal Counsel David Cortman. 'The Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is a non-disruptive, student-led event occurring outside of instructional time,' he told LifeNews.com. 'The event provides the opportunity for students to exercise their constitutional right to express their viewpoint on abortion, just as other students have the right to express their views.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/new-jersey-student-stopped-from-joining-national-pro-life-event-against-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/nj-school-board-insists-on-aborting-student-pro-life-event/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/nj-school-board-insists-on-aborting-student-pro-life-event/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:21:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42478 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/17/nj-school-board-insists-on-aborting-student-pro-life-event/feed/ 0