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		<title>Ohio: Christian group fighting for right to use public facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Johnson reports on OneNewsNow: 
. . . Ohio-based Citizens for Community Values wanted to use the Union Township Civic Center to hold a &#8220;Politics and the Pulpit&#8221; seminar in advance of the Ohio primary. But officials with Civic Center refused, stating in a letter that &#8220;the facility can not [sic] be used for any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Settlement secured for group barred from expressing faith in NY park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The free speech rights of Jews for Jesus members were violated when Oyster Bay officials placed numerous restrictions on their activities, including a threat to remove them from the area if any patrons were “offended” by their message.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor’s School under pressure over homosexual advocacy seminar</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/03/he-controversy-over-sexuality-curriculum-at-governors-school-began-in-2006-when-adf-threatened-to-sue-dpi-for-offering-a-homosexuality-advocacy-seminar-at-governors-school-west-in-winston-sal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IndyWeek.com reports: &#8220;The controversy over sexuality curriculum at Governor&#8217;s School began in 2006, when ADF threatened to sue DPI for offering a &#8216;homosexuality advocacy seminar&#8217; at Governor&#8217;s School West in Winston-Salem the previous summer.&#8221;
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		<title>Oklahoma Supreme Court: Judge okay to vacate same-sex couple’s “divorce”</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/02/oklahoma-supreme-court-judge-okay-to-vacate-same-sex-couples-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a state judge acted within his authority when he vacated a divorce unknowingly granted to two women.]]></description>
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		<title>ADF files suit disputing N.M. commission’s ruling against Christian photographer</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/01/adf-files-suit-disputing-nm-commissions-ruling-against-christian-photographer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The commission ruled that the company, run by a Christian husband and wife, was guilty of “sexual orientation” discrimination under state antidiscrimination laws for declining to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony.”]]></description>
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		<title>ADF attorneys file response to attack on Calif. marriage amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/01/adf-attorneys-file-response-to-attack-on-calif-marriage-amendment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Equality California and its allies are desperate to evade the democratic process. First, they used the courts to erase the votes of nearly 5 million Californians who voted to protect marriage. Now, they are trying to silence the people’s voice forever,” said ADF Senior Counsel Glen Lavy.]]></description>
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		<title>41% in GOP say marriage important to their vote, up from 39% in 2004</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/01/41-in-gop-say-marriage-important-to-their-vote-up-from-39-in-2004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MSNBC reports:
Conservative activist Gary Bauer claims the decision by CA to legalize gay marriage could help the GOP. &#8220;The Pew poll found that 41 percent of Republicans say same-sex marriage will be ‘very important’ to their vote this year, which is remarkable considering that 39 percent felt as strongly in 2004.”
ADF attorney Glen Lavy is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADF offers to help U.S. Navy stand up against ACLU</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/30/adf-offers-to-help-us-navy-stand-up-against-aclu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADF attorneys sent a letter to the U.S. Naval Academy Friday, offering free legal representation if the ACLU makes good on its threat to sue the academy for not abandoning its tradition of offering prayer before meals.]]></description>
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		<title>ADF secures settlement for Christian fired for requesting Sundays off</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/30/adf-secures-settlement-for-christian-fired-for-requesting-sundays-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
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CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom


ADF secures settlement for Christian
fired for requesting Sundays off
 
TULSA, Okla. — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund finalized a settlement agreement Friday on behalf of a Christian fired from his job simply because he requested not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia: Cross displayed by Christian group deemed “offensive” at Chesapeake city park</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/30/cross-displayed-by-christian-group-deemed-%e2%80%9cblatantly-christian%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9coffensive%e2%80%9d-at-chesapeake-city-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4588

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CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom


ADF attorney available to media
following hearing in 4th of July cross case
Cross displayed by Christian group deemed “blatantly Christian” and “offensive”
at Chesapeake city park
 
WHO: ADF Senior Counsel Nate Kellum
WHAT: Available for media interviews following preliminary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADF will defend Ariz. marriage amendment against any legal attacks</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/30/adf-will-defend-ariz-marriage-amendment-against-any-legal-attacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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June 30, 2008 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom


ADF will defend Ariz. marriage amendment
against any legal attacks
Constitutional amendment approved by Ariz. Senate for November ballot
 
PHOENIX — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund say they will defend the proposed constitutional amendment on marriage approved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8th Circuit:  S.D. can enforce women’s “right to know” abortion law</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/27/8th-circuit-sd-can-enforce-women%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cright-to-know%e2%80%9d-abortion-law/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled 7–4 Friday to lift an injunction against a South Dakota informed consent abortion law.  The law requires abortionists to inform women about the nature of abortion and the risks involved before they elect to terminate their pre-born child’s life.]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado: Atheist group may look at Mesa County prayer next</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/27/colorado-atheist-group-may-look-at-mesa-county-prayer-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Grand Junction Press has this report on the continuing controversy atheists are raising over city council prayers.  The report quotes ADF attorney Mike Johnson:
A deity can be mentioned, however, “as long as you involve a wide pool of clergy,” Mike Johnson, an Alliance Defense Fund lawyer examining the local situation, told a reporter for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional transgender hearings</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/27/congressional-transgender-hearings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NJ.com reports on the hearings and include this excerpt:
. . . Some employers would have trouble accommodating transgender employees because of their own religious objections and other employees&#8217; privacy concerns in restrooms, said Glen Lavy, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian group.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not asking this committee to make a moral judgment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware: Increasing porn on the iPhone, but parental controls available</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/27/beware-increasing-porn-on-the-iphone-but-parental-controls-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Johnson reports on OneNewsNow.com:
. . . As much as half of some pornographer&#8217;s online traffic now comes from iPhone users attracted to the improved image quality available from the high-speed digital networks the device uses . . .
The second-generation iPhone includes parental controls that can be used to block pornography. &#8220;So if a parent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Court’s refusal to rule kills same-sex petition plan: Oregon voters wanted to make decision on new privileges for homosexuals”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WorldNetDaily reports on voter efforts to repeal Oregon domestic partnerships.  ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks is quoted in the report.
Related post: Oregon: Voters may still weigh in on marriage counterfeits
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		<title>Ohio: Greenfield may change its prayer policy, prayer rally planned</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/26/ohio-greenfield-may-change-its-prayer-policy-prayer-rally-planned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/26/ohio-greenfield-may-change-its-prayer-policy-prayer-rally-planned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CentralOhio.com reports:
Changes in a prayer practice at Greenfield council meetings that has drawn the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union may be in the works . . . 
The case has garnered national attention. The national Alliance Defense Fund - a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations - indicated Wednesday, it sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego County clerk reneges on religious accommodation</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/26/san-diego-county-clerk-reneges-on-religious-accommodation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/26/san-diego-county-clerk-reneges-on-religious-accommodation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Johnson reports at OneNewsNow.com:
. . . County Clerk Greg Smith originally agreed not to make deputy clerks who objected on religious grounds perform same-sex &#8220;marriages.&#8221; But when 14 of the 30 deputies normally assigned to that duty wanted to opt out, Smith changed his mind. Glen Lavy, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, notes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court order puts unconstitutional St. Louis literature distribution policy on hold</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/26/court-order-puts-unconstitutional-st-louis-literature-distribution-policy-on-hold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge issued an order Tuesday that will permit a Christian ministry to hand out literature and speak about their religious viewpoint at an annual “PrideFest” event celebrating homosexual behavior.]]></description>
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		<title>No meetings for Christians at Ohio civic center, ADF sues</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/25/no-meetings-for-christians-at-ohio-civic-center-adf-sues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a federal lawsuit against Union Township Tuesday on behalf of Citizens for Community Values for denying the Christian educational group access to a public meeting room.]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Johnson on the Zeb Bell Show: ADF’s pulpit initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/25/mike-johnson-on-the-zeb-bell-show-adfs-pulpit-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADF attorney Mike Johnson appeared on the Zeb Bell Show to discuss ADF&#8217;s pulpit initiative. 
The mp3 file is here and runs just over 18 minutes. 
Related post: IRS Should Investigate Minnesota Church For Electioneering, Says Americans United
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		<title>Austin R. Nimocks on the J.D. Hayworth Show: The NY Governor’s unilateral effort to redefine marriage and the AZ marriage amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/25/austin-r-nimocks-on-the-jd-hayworth-show-the-ny-governors-unilateral-effort-to-redefine-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks appeared on the J.D. Hayworth Show on KFYI show to discuss the NY Governor&#8217;s unilateral efforts to redefine marriage. They also discuss Arizona&#8217;s proposed marriage amendment pending before the state legislature.
The mp3 file is here and the interview runs just under 11 minutes.
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		<title>ADF, CLS suit prompts Univ. of S.C. to correct funding inequities</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/23/adf-cls-suit-prompts-univ-of-sc-to-correct-funding-inequities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/23/adf-cls-suit-prompts-univ-of-sc-to-correct-funding-inequities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4577
ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND/CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY NEWS RELEASE
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ADF, CLS suit prompts Univ. of S.C.
to correct funding inequities
 
Christian student group was excluded
from student activity fee funding extended to other groups


COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina has changed its policy of excluding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP: “Gay rights advocates seek to stop marriage measure”</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/23/ap-gay-rights-advocates-seek-to-stop-marriage-measure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/23/ap-gay-rights-advocates-seek-to-stop-marriage-measure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AP has this report that begins: &#8220;Gay rights advocates asked California&#8217;s highest court Friday to keep off the November ballot a citizens&#8217; initiative that would again ban same-sex marriage.&#8221;
The San Francisco Chronicle has this report that concludes: 
&#8220;First, they used the courts to erase the votes of nearly 5 million Californians who voted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADF: Equality California “desperate to evade democracy”</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/breaking-new-lawsuit-seeks-to-stop-california-marriage-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/breaking-new-lawsuit-seeks-to-stop-california-marriage-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund will fight a new lawsuit filed by Equality California that seeks to prevent California voters from having any say on marriage. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pastors Challenge Law, Endorse Candidates From Pulpit</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/pastors-challenge-law-endorse-candidates-from-pulpit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/pastors-challenge-law-endorse-candidates-from-pulpit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Churches have constitutional rights and special status by virtue of being churches. This isn't about political speech, it is about religious speech. The Bible and scripture applies to every aspect of life, including who we elect."]]></description>
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		<title>Court order stops Grand Rapids ordinance from prohibiting spontaneous Christian speech</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/court-order-stops-grand-rapids-ordinance-from-prohibiting-spontaneous-christian-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/court-order-stops-grand-rapids-ordinance-from-prohibiting-spontaneous-christian-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a negotiated settlement, Alliance Defense Fund allied attorneys secured a court order Thursday barring the city of Grand Rapids from preventing a group of Christians from publicly expressing a religious message at a city park.  ]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit reverses dismissal of lawsuit against Ohio’s Miami University</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/6th-circuit-reverses-dismissal-of-lawsuit-against-ohios-miami-university/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/6th-circuit-reverses-dismissal-of-lawsuit-against-ohios-miami-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled in favor of Alliance Defense Fund attorneys in a free speech case in which a Christian man was barred from exercising his First Amendment rights on campus.]]></description>
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		<title>NY: ADF attorney available to media following hearing in same-sex “marriage” recognition lawsuit on Monday</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/ny-adf-attorney-available-to-media-following-hearing-in-same-sex-%e2%80%9cmarriage%e2%80%9d-recognition-lawsuit-on-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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ADF attorney available to media following
hearing in same-sex “marriage” recognition lawsuit
Appellate hearing in ongoing lawsuit
against Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano
 
WHO: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Brian Raum
WHAT: Available for media interviews following hearing in Godfrey v. Spano
WHEN: Monday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday: ADF attorneys available to media following hearing in crucial Calif. homeschooling case</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-following-hearing-in-crucial-calif-homeschooling-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-following-hearing-in-crucial-calif-homeschooling-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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ADF attorneys available to media following hearing
in crucial Calif. homeschooling case
Court of Appeal’s decision made most homeschooling a crime in the state
 
WHO: ADF Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb, ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jeff Shafer, and ADF Legal Counsel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your beliefs are going to be called “hatred”</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/your-beliefs-are-going-to-be-called-%e2%80%9chatred%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/your-beliefs-are-going-to-be-called-%e2%80%9chatred%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["This is what it looks like when courts decide to marginalize a religious belief. It leads to the gradual exile of religious belief from any part of life other than that which is within your head."]]></description>
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		<title>The Jewish Daily Forward: “Religious Right Gears Up To Push Political Choices From the Pulpit”</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/20/the-jewish-daily-forward-religious-right-gears-up-to-push-political-choices-from-the-pulpit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jewish Daily Forward has this article discussing ADF&#8217;s Pulpit Project. It reports:
The Alliance Defense Fund — a legal outfit launched by James Dobson and other prominent conservatives in the mid-1990s — has recruited 50 pastors to deliver sermons in September that will include direct endorsements of political candidates. Although churches and other religious groups, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glen Lavy:  In Kosovo, Some Meddling Midwives Threaten a New Birth of Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADF attorney has this commentary on Townhall. He writes: 
. . . The constitution approved by Kosovo’s Parliament without debate on April 9 is a distinct improvement on earlier drafts, and to the casual observer, the document is replete with explicit references to the civil rights and personal liberties cherished by free peoples all over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois: Council Fails to override Mayor’s veto in church zoning dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The South County News reports:
A Carlinville alderman has resigned in the wake of the city council’s failure on Monday night to override Mayor Robert Schwab’s veto of an agreement to settle a federal lawsuit brought against the city by Carlinville Southern Baptist Church . . .
Semrock noted the involvement of the Alliance Defense Fund, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court tosses Fla. statute banning Bible distribution on public sidewalk</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/19/court-tosses-fla-statute-banning-bible-distribution-on-public-sidewalk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal court Wednesday ruled in favor of attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and permanently struck down sections of a state statute used to bar a member of Gideons International from distributing Bibles on a public sidewalk.  ]]></description>
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