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/2011/09/15/speech-in-public-places/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/speech-in-public-places/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:48:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113618 Huffington Post: Despite its serious free speech implications, this case has flown under the radar for months even though Deferio is backed by the Alliance Defense Fund, a national organization which defends the religious and free speech rights of evangelical Christians engaged in public discourse. Deferio, of Syracuse, has been involved in legal challenges and disputes in Chicago, Elmira, N.Y. and Oneonta, N.Y. . . . Jonathan Scruggs, an ADF lawyer, described the policy as "burdensome" and was not satisfied with the state's revocation of the policy, which he said was not a policy but "a promise." "We don't just challenge SUNY Albany's policy but also SUNY's policy," Scruggs told the court. | ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/speech-in-public-places/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/one-news-now-ny-college-charging-for-free-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/one-news-now-ny-college-charging-for-free-speech/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 15:00:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104426 One News Now: "We really want to establish the principle that universities or the government can't impose excessive fees, unconstitutional fees simply as a condition to exercise First Amendment rights," explains Jonathan Scruggs of the Alliance Defense Fund, the firm defending Deferio. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/one-news-now-ny-college-charging-for-free-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/family-news-in-focus-audio-dont-ask-dont-tell-and-chaplains/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/family-news-in-focus-audio-dont-ask-dont-tell-and-chaplains/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 14:36:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104411 Family News in Focus Audio (5:25 mins, broadcast on 5/24/2011) covers several ADF related stories. ADF attorney Daniel Blomberg discusses the threat to chaplains in the military from the repeal of DADT (related ADF press release). ADF attorney Dale Schowengerdt discusses this: ADF: All students deserve to be protected from bullying. And, ADF attorney Nate Kellum discusses this: ADF tackles SUNY policies stifling free speech at Albany campus. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/24/family-news-in-focus-audio-dont-ask-dont-tell-and-chaplains/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/adf-tackles-suny-policies-stifling-free-speech-at-albany-campus/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/adf-tackles-suny-policies-stifling-free-speech-at-albany-campus/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 17:10:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104085 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/adf-tackles-suny-policies-stifling-free-speech-at-albany-campus/feed/ 0