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		<title>Judge denies bid to block start of HI civil unions</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/judge-denies-bid-to-block-start-of-hi-civil-unions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Michael Seabright denied this afternoon a request by two churches for a restraining order to block a law that goes into effect Sunday permitting same-sex couples to enter civil unions. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/judge-denies-bid-to-block-start-of-hi-civil-unions/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists grow sperm in laboratory dish</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/scientists-grow-sperm-in-laboratory-dish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have made a major breakthrough that could soon see human sperm grown in the laboratory. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/scientists-grow-sperm-in-laboratory-dish/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chief Justice Roberts defends Justices’ ethics</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/chief-justice-roberts-defends-justices%e2%80%99-ethics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reacting to critics of the Supreme Court who have raised their voices lately about the Justices’ ethical values, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., used his year-end report on Saturday to seek to reassure the nation that he and his eight colleagues are sensitive to the issue, and are entitled to the public’s confidence in their integrity. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/chief-justice-roberts-defends-justices%e2%80%99-ethics/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge blocks Arizona restrictions on tax credits for abortion groups</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/federal-judge-blocks-arizona-restrictions-on-tax-credits-for-abortion-groups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Arizona federal court judge on Friday issued a temporary injunction to halt a new abortion law from going into effect on Jan. 1. The law restricts which groups Arizona taxpayers can donate to if they want to receive a tax credit.
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		<title>PA High Court: “Not telling parents isn’t basis for judges to deny permission for girls’ abortions.”</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/pa-court-not-telling-parents-isnt-basis-for-judges-to-deny-permission-for-girls-abortions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["A county judge should not have decided a girl could not have an abortion simply because the teen did not tell her mother she was pregnant, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday as it clarified how minors can obtain the procedures."  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/pa-court-not-telling-parents-isnt-basis-for-judges-to-deny-permission-for-girls-abortions/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MI: Domestic partner benefits ban signed; ACLU promises lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/mi-domestic-partner-benefits-ban-signed-aclu-promises-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20111223/NEWS06/112230378/Domestic-partner-benefits-ban-signed-ACLU-promises-lawsuit">Detroit Free Press</a>: Many government employers in Michigan will be barred from providing health care benefits to the domestic partners of public employees under legislation signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/mi-domestic-partner-benefits-ban-signed-aclu-promises-lawsuit/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ADF: Victory for pro-life nurses in lawsuit against NJ hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/adf-victory-for-pro-life-nurses-in-lawsuit-against-nj-hospital/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/adf-victory-for-pro-life-nurses-in-lawsuit-against-nj-hospital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of a federal court hearing Thursday, a New Jersey hospital has agreed that it will not force nurses to assist with abortion cases. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/adf-victory-for-pro-life-nurses-in-lawsuit-against-nj-hospital/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On marriage, Nick Clegg is hopelessly out of date: The tax system should acknowledge marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/on-marriage-nick-clegg-is-hopelessly-out-of-date/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/on-marriage-nick-clegg-is-hopelessly-out-of-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8968005/On-marriage-Nick-Clegg-is-hopelessly-out-of-date.html">Telegraph</a>: A tax system that acknowledges marriage makes sense economically and morally, writes David Green. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/on-marriage-nick-clegg-is-hopelessly-out-of-date/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Utah Supreme Court rules unborn children qualify as minors”</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/utah-supreme-court-rules-unborn-children-qualify-as-minors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/utah-supreme-court-rules-unborn-children-qualify-as-minors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Carranza v. U.S.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["The state's high court has determined that an unborn child qualifies as a minor child and, therefore, wrongful death lawsuits may be filed on behalf of those who die before birth." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/utah-supreme-court-rules-unborn-children-qualify-as-minors/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado Board Sides with Personhood Proponents, Approves Proposed Amendment Language</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/colorado-board-sides-with-personhood-proponents-approves-proposed-amendment-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Colorado Secretary of State’s Title Board voted Wednesday night allowing Personhood Colorado’s proposed personhood amendment to proceed. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/colorado-board-sides-with-personhood-proponents-approves-proposed-amendment-language/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Judge prohibits gathering of signatures on NV Personhood Amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/judge-prohibits-gathering-of-signatures-on-nv-personhood-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/judge-prohibits-gathering-of-signatures-on-nv-personhood-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge James E. Wilson granted an injunction to stop a group called Personhood Nevada from going forward with its initiative petition, the so-called personhood amendment. Wilson said he expects his ruling to be appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/judge-prohibits-gathering-of-signatures-on-nv-personhood-amendment/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ADF: “Hawaii attorney general: Doctor-prescribed death illegal under state law”</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/hawaii-attorney-general-doctor-prescribed-death-illegal-under-state-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctor-prescribed death is illegal under Hawaii law despite what a pro-death group has argued, according to a newly authored legal opinion issued by Hawaii Attorney General David Louie to Sen. Josh Green, M.D. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/hawaii-attorney-general-doctor-prescribed-death-illegal-under-state-law/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ADF asks U.S. Supreme Court to end Idaho censorship of all religious, classical texts in public schools</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/adf-asks-u-s-supreme-court-to-end-idaho-censorship-of-all-religious-classical-texts-in-public-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Nampa Classical Academy v Goesling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ADF seeks review of 9th Circuit ruling that upheld ban on all religious, Western Civ. texts from objective study in every public school, university <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/adf-asks-u-s-supreme-court-to-end-idaho-censorship-of-all-religious-classical-texts-in-public-schools/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ADF: Will NJ hospital be allowed to continue forcing nurses to help with abortions?</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/adf-will-nj-hospital-be-allowed-to-continue-forcing-nurses-to-help-with-abortions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Matt Bowman will be available for media interviews following a court hearing Thursday in the case of 12 nurses being forced to assist with abortions at a New Jersey hospital. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/adf-will-nj-hospital-be-allowed-to-continue-forcing-nurses-to-help-with-abortions/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>TX: Lawsuit Claims CPS Removed Kids Out of Spite</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/tx-lawsuit-claims-cps-removed-kids-out-of-spite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["She finally went over the head of the case worker, then over the head of a supervisor to the program director," said Allen's attorney Chris Branson. " She was told in no uncertain terms that that was a bad move on her part and they were going to show her exactly what happens to people who make bad moves." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/tx-lawsuit-claims-cps-removed-kids-out-of-spite/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saint-Petersburg Resolution on the anti-family trends in the United Nations,  on the unacceptable actions of the United Nations human rights treaty monitoring bodies</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/saint-petersburg-resolution-on-the-anti-family-trends-in-the-united-nations-on-the-unacceptable-actions-of-the-united-nations-human-rights-treaty-monitoring-bodies-and-on-the-optional-protocol-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, being the representatives of the civil society  and non-governmental organizations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, taking part in the second hearing conducted in Saint-Petersburg on November 24th, 2011, addressing the influence of international political organizations on the condition and welfare of the family in our countries, have examined the current trends concerning family problems in the United Nations, and in particular  some activities of the UN treaty monitoring bodies, including the Committee on the Rights of the Child. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/saint-petersburg-resolution-on-the-anti-family-trends-in-the-united-nations-on-the-unacceptable-actions-of-the-united-nations-human-rights-treaty-monitoring-bodies-and-on-the-optional-protocol-to/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ADF: Court suspends city of Duluth’s First Amendment ban</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/adf-court-suspends-city-of-duluth%e2%80%99s-first-amendment-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal court issued an order Tuesday that prevents the city of Duluth from enforcing a First Amendment ban on people desiring to share their faith at a city park during the “Bentleyville Tour of Lights” event. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/adf-court-suspends-city-of-duluth%e2%80%99s-first-amendment-ban/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Administration urged to treat same-sex couples as family in deportation proceedings</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/administration-urged-to-treat-same-sex-couples-as-family-in-deportation-proceedings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Capitol Hill, 69 members of Congress recently sent a letter toDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder, whose respective offices are conducting a joint review of the roughly 300,000 currently pending immigration cases, asking that same-sex couples are included in a rubric for closing low-priority deportation cases because of family ties. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/administration-urged-to-treat-same-sex-couples-as-family-in-deportation-proceedings/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NV: Carson Judge Rules Personhood Initiative Petition Can Go Forward</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/nv-carson-judge-rules-personhood-initiative-petition-can-go-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/nv-carson-judge-rules-personhood-initiative-petition-can-go-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A district judge today ruled against pro-choice advocates seeking to stop an initiative petition that proposes to outlaw abortion by declaring that life begins at conception. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/nv-carson-judge-rules-personhood-initiative-petition-can-go-forward/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor Yousef: Convert or die</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/pastor-yousef-convert-or-die/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/pastor-yousef-convert-or-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian cleric facing death for the crime of apostasy against an Islamic faith he never held, has been given a temporary stay of execution. Iran’s top judge, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, instructed presiding Judge Ghazi Kashani to delay carrying out capital punishment for a year in order to give time for Mr. Nadarkhani to recant Christianity and become a Muslim. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/pastor-yousef-convert-or-die/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary’s top court strikes down new religion law</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/hungarys-top-court-strikes-down-new-religion-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/hungarys-top-court-strikes-down-new-religion-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hungary's Constitutional Court has struck down the country's restrictive new church law as well as parts of its disputed media law and the criminal code. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/hungarys-top-court-strikes-down-new-religion-law/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Thousands Rally in Texas to Save Nativity – War On Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/video-thousands-rally-in-texas-to-save-nativity-war-on-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/video-thousands-rally-in-texas-to-save-nativity-war-on-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many as 5,000 attended a rally in a small Texas community to show their support for a Nativity scene under attack by a Wisconsin-based atheist group, according to a minister who organized the event. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/video-thousands-rally-in-texas-to-save-nativity-war-on-christmas/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>11th Circuit ruling in Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley litigation</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/11th-circuit-issues-ruling-in-keeton-v-anderson-wiley-litigation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/11th-circuit-issues-ruling-in-keeton-v-anderson-wiley-litigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADF case information resource page (links to briefs) Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley, No. 10-13925 (11th Cir. Dec. 16, 2011) Before BARKETT, PRYOR and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges. BARKETT, Circuit Judge: Jennifer Keeton was enrolled in the Counselor Education Program at Augusta State &#8230; <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/11th-circuit-issues-ruling-in-keeton-v-anderson-wiley-litigation/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ADF lawsuit leads to equal access victory for Long Island Christian student club</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/adf-lawsuit-leads-to-equal-access-victory-for-long-island-christian-student-club/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/adf-lawsuit-leads-to-equal-access-victory-for-long-island-christian-student-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Frontline Club v. Board of Education of the Hicksville Union Free School District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ An Alliance Defense Fund lawsuit has led to official recognition for a student-led Christian club at the Hicksville Union Free School District, which originally refused to recognize the club. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/adf-lawsuit-leads-to-equal-access-victory-for-long-island-christian-student-club/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ADF to Alabama school: Don’t silence ‘Silent Night’ in Christmas program</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/adf-to-alabama-school-don%e2%80%99t-silence-%e2%80%98silent-night%e2%80%99-in-christmas-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADF sends letter to Tuscumbia school officials threatened by Americans United for Separation of Church and State <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/adf-to-alabama-school-don%e2%80%99t-silence-%e2%80%98silent-night%e2%80%99-in-christmas-program/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Man’s Free Sperm Donations Result in 14 Kids, Angry FDA Letter</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/mans-free-sperm-donations-result-in-14-kids-angry-fda-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FDA got wind of his one-man sperm donor operation last year and has ordered him to shut it down. Though he charges nothing for his services, the agency has labeled him a "manufacturer of human cells." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/mans-free-sperm-donations-result-in-14-kids-angry-fda-letter/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China officials shut down outdoor Christmas party</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/china-officials-shut-down-outdoor-christmas-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some Communist Party members are getting caught up in the revival, violating party rules and becoming active religious believers in a trend that drew a high-level admonition Friday. "If we let party members believe in religion ... this will inevitably result in the splits in the party organization " . . .  <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/china-officials-shut-down-outdoor-christmas-party/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge to consider challenge of Utah bigamy law</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/federal-judge-to-consider-challenge-of-utah-bigamy-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/federal-judge-to-consider-challenge-of-utah-bigamy-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A polygamous family made famous on a reality television show is asking a Utah federal judge not to block their challenge of the state's bigamy law. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/federal-judge-to-consider-challenge-of-utah-bigamy-law/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NC lawsuit alleges marriage license requirement infringes religious freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/nc-lawsuit-alleges-marriage-license-requirement-infringes-religious-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff Jeff L. Thigpen, as Register of Deeds of Guilford County, North Carolina, and as a citizen of North Carolina and the United States, objects and finds it morally and constitutionally repugnant to administer a system which requires all persons entering into marriage to have licenses that will be recorded; to oblige pastors, priests, and rabbis who are performing marriage ceeremonies to perform them pursuent to licenses issued by the state; and to require either the religious or civil solemnization of marriages." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/nc-lawsuit-alleges-marriage-license-requirement-infringes-religious-freedom/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ADF asks U.S. Supreme Court to reverse ruling that excludes religious groups from college campuses</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/adf-asks-u-s-supreme-court-to-reverse-ruling-that-excludes-religious-groups-from-college-campuses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Alpha Delta Chia v. Reed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a petition Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court that asks it to weigh in on a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit against Christian student organizations at San Diego State University. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/adf-asks-u-s-supreme-court-to-reverse-ruling-that-excludes-religious-groups-from-college-campuses/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Judge’s ruling not an end to Plan B debate: FDA won’t be held in contempt</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/judge%e2%80%99s-ruling-not-an-end-to-plan-b-debate-fda-wont-be-held-in-contempt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Category: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group: Center for Reproductive Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge Tuesday said that a last-minute Food and Drug Administration response to a citizen petition seeking to relax FDA rules regarding a birth-control product rendered moot a complaint to hold the agency in contempt of court. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/judge%e2%80%99s-ruling-not-an-end-to-plan-b-debate-fda-wont-be-held-in-contempt/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Advocating Same-Sex Marriage: Consistency Is Another Victim”</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/advocating-same-sex-marriage-consistency-is-another-victim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/advocating-same-sex-marriage-consistency-is-another-victim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Category: Marriage and Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Homosexual Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ If tradition is not a good reason to limit marriage to a man and a woman, it is also not a good reason to limit it to only two people. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/advocating-same-sex-marriage-consistency-is-another-victim/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>British Christians are making a stand against persecution</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/british-christians-are-making-a-stand-against-persecution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/british-christians-are-making-a-stand-against-persecution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Category: Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country: United Kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global: Religious Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Islam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are facing religious cleansing in parts of the Middle East and may be entering what might be thought of as an Arab winter for Christians, Jews and other minority groups alike on a scale that we have not hitherto seen."
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		<title>Florida judge removes ‘religious freedom’ amendment from the ballot</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/judge-removes-%e2%80%98religious-freedom%e2%80%99-amendment-from-the-ballot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Category: Marriage and Family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Group: National Education Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State: Florida]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topic: School Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Florida judge has removed a constitutional amendment from the 2012 election ballot that would have deleted the state’s ban on using taxpayer money “in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.” <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/judge-removes-%e2%80%98religious-freedom%e2%80%99-amendment-from-the-ballot/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Close to Passing Two Pro-Life Bills</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/pennsylvania-close-to-passing-two-pro-life-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/pennsylvania-close-to-passing-two-pro-life-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Category: Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State: Pennsylvania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topic: Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After sloughing through a pile of obstacles, pro-lifers in Pennsylvania have taken an important step forward on two bills. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/pennsylvania-close-to-passing-two-pro-life-bills/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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