http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Wed, 30 May 2012 23:07:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 alliancealert/marriageandfamilyhttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/suits-filed-challenging-marriage-definition-in-illinois/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/suits-filed-challenging-marriage-definition-in-illinois/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 22:58:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134839 USA Today: The two lawsuits filed Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and advocacy group Lambda Legal challenge Illinois marriage law on a constitutional basis. | Lambda Legal PR and case information page | ACLU press release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/suits-filed-challenging-marriage-definition-in-illinois/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/no-such-thing-as-male-and-female/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/no-such-thing-as-male-and-female/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 22:55:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134956 National Review Phi Beta Cons: Down in Arkansas, Obama’s Dept of Justice has revised theology and biology in one fell swoop, granting 38-year-old student Jennifer (formerly Russell) Braly the right to use women’s restrooms on the Fort Smith campus. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/no-such-thing-as-male-and-female/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/anti-doma-ruling-exposes-reinhardt%e2%80%99s-anti-prop-8-opinion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/anti-doma-ruling-exposes-reinhardt%e2%80%99s-anti-prop-8-opinion/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 22:52:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134954 National Review Bench Memos: One good thing that can be said about a federal district-court ruling last week against the Defense of Marriage Act is that the ruling explodes Judge Stephen Reinhardt’s (already implausible) claim that his anti-Prop 8 opinion this past February in Perry v. Brown rests “on narrow grounds.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/anti-doma-ruling-exposes-reinhardt%e2%80%99s-anti-prop-8-opinion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/his-hers-hens-the-push-to-make-kids-gender-neutral/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/his-hers-hens-the-push-to-make-kids-gender-neutral/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 22:29:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134952 Baptist Press: Forget "his" and "hers." Sweden has introduced a new, gender-neutral pronoun: "hen." The word was added to the online version of the country's National Encyclopedia days after International Women's Day. (In Swedish, "he" is "han" and "she" is "hon.") It was sparked by Sweden's first ever gender-neutral children's book, "Kivi och Monsterhund" (Kivi and Monsterdog), Slate.com reported. The child, "Kivi," whose gender is non-specified, wants a dog for "hen's" birthday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/his-hers-hens-the-push-to-make-kids-gender-neutral/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/boy-scouts-facing-pressure-to-abandon-policy-against-homosexual-leaders/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/boy-scouts-facing-pressure-to-abandon-policy-against-homosexual-leaders/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 22:23:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134950 New American: Following the ouster last month of a lesbian Cub Scout leader in Ohio, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization is facing intense pressure to abandon its long-time policy of barring homosexuals from serving as Scout leaders. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/boy-scouts-facing-pressure-to-abandon-policy-against-homosexual-leaders/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/study-marriage-may-make-people-happier/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/study-marriage-may-make-people-happier/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 22:13:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134947 Science Daily: Married people may be happier in the long run than those who aren't married, according to new research by Michigan State University scientists. | Does Personality Moderate Reaction and Adaptation to Major Life Events? Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/study-marriage-may-make-people-happier/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/mn-advocating-marriage-redefinition-may-cost-rev-his-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/mn-advocating-marriage-redefinition-may-cost-rev-his-church/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 22:03:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134943 CBS: The reverend of a St. Paul church says he needs to raise $200,000 to pay off a church loan after most of his followers left because of his support for gay marriage. The Rev. Oliver White runs Grace Community United Church of Christ in St. Paul ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/mn-advocating-marriage-redefinition-may-cost-rev-his-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/dale-schowengerdt-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-an-unbelievable-animus-based-doma-ruling-in-california/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/dale-schowengerdt-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-an-unbelievable-animus-based-doma-ruling-in-california/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 21:48:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134928 Dale Schowengerdt appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show to discuss the ruling. | MP3 audio 12:50 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/dale-schowengerdt-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-an-unbelievable-animus-based-doma-ruling-in-california/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/council-members-call-for-san-jose-mayor-to-back-gay-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/council-members-call-for-san-jose-mayor-to-back-gay-marriage/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 21:26:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134921 Mercury News: Gay-rights activists Wednesday called on San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed to publicly support same-sex marriage with a resolution by several City Council members forcing him to confront a divisive social issue he has sought to avoid. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/council-members-call-for-san-jose-mayor-to-back-gay-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/iowa-bishop-seeks-coalition-to-limit-%e2%80%9ccreeping-incursion%e2%80%9d-of-sports-into-church-activities/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/iowa-bishop-seeks-coalition-to-limit-%e2%80%9ccreeping-incursion%e2%80%9d-of-sports-into-church-activities/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 18:53:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134901 Radio Iowa: Pates says the Catholic church isn’t the only one facing the issue and he plans to seek support from the larger religious community. “The priests have asked me also to invite our ecumenical brothers and sisters to take a look at this. Our Lutherans, our Methodists, our Baptists…the Episcopalians, to see too if they might adopt a similar policy so it would have a little more teeth to it, and recognize that it is kind of widespread need in our community,” according to Pates. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/iowa-bishop-seeks-coalition-to-limit-%e2%80%9ccreeping-incursion%e2%80%9d-of-sports-into-church-activities/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/when-corporations-go-bad-target-and-starbucks-seek-to-redefine-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/when-corporations-go-bad-target-and-starbucks-seek-to-redefine-marriage/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 17:32:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134877 NCRegister: There are a great many folks who like to talk about the evils of corporations, but what about corporations that support immoral activities in opposition to the common good? Take Target and Starbucks as just two recent examples. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/when-corporations-go-bad-target-and-starbucks-seek-to-redefine-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/signature-count-makes-a-maryland-vote-on-same-sex-marriage-a-near-certainty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/signature-count-makes-a-maryland-vote-on-same-sex-marriage-a-near-certainty/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 15:46:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134849 Washington Post: A referendum on Maryland lawmakers’ decision to legalize same-sex marriage moved from the realm of the likely to a near certainty on Tuesday as opponents turned in what they said were over 113,000 signatures — more than twice the number needed to qualify the law for the November ballot. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/signature-count-makes-a-maryland-vote-on-same-sex-marriage-a-near-certainty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/maryland-marriage-referendum-gets-2x-the-number-of-signatures-needed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/maryland-marriage-referendum-gets-2x-the-number-of-signatures-needed/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 21:57:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134823 Baltimore Sun: Activists working to repeal Maryland's same-sex marriage law scored a major victory this afternoon, submitting 113,000 signatures on behalf of a November referendum — far exceeding the 55,736 required to put the issue on the ballot. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/maryland-marriage-referendum-gets-2x-the-number-of-signatures-needed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ninth-circuit-finds-substantive-due-process-right-to-%e2%80%9ccontrol-public-dissemination-of-a-family-member%e2%80%99s-death-images%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ninth-circuit-finds-substantive-due-process-right-to-%e2%80%9ccontrol-public-dissemination-of-a-family-member%e2%80%99s-death-images%e2%80%9d/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 21:01:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134808 Volokh Conspiracy: The opinion in Marsh v. County of San Diego is by Chief Judge Kozinski and joined by Judges Paez and Wardlaw. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ninth-circuit-finds-substantive-due-process-right-to-%e2%80%9ccontrol-public-dissemination-of-a-family-member%e2%80%99s-death-images%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/nc-protests-and-attempted-church-arson-after-pastors-sermon/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/nc-protests-and-attempted-church-arson-after-pastors-sermon/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 19:43:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134803 Hickory Daily Record: More than 2,000 protestors armed with signs and slogans lined Newton’s Southwest Boulevard on Sunday morning. They were there in reaction to the May 13 sermon by Charles Worley, pastor of Providence Road Baptist Church . . . Someone set a fire under an air conditioning unit at Providence Road Baptist Church Saturday night. The church was not seriously damaged and was able to hold services on Sunday morning. “It got hot enough to melt the insulation,” said Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/nc-protests-and-attempted-church-arson-after-pastors-sermon/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/mamas-in-combat-boots-right-to-serve-duty-to-enroll-in-selective-service/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/mamas-in-combat-boots-right-to-serve-duty-to-enroll-in-selective-service/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 19:21:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134794 Constitution Daily (:Constitution Check: Do women have a constitutional right to serve in military combat?:): There are more recent precedents, but they seem to point in opposite directions. In 1981, in the case of Rostker v. Goldberg, the Court upheld the policy that limited the military draft to men . . . But in 1996, in the case of United States v. Virginia, the Court struck down a males-only admissions policy at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., partly because it shut women out of a channel leading toward potential careers in the military. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/mamas-in-combat-boots-right-to-serve-duty-to-enroll-in-selective-service/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/austin-r-nimocks-baltimore-sun-in-your-eyes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/austin-r-nimocks-baltimore-sun-in-your-eyes/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:51:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134758 Austin R. Nimocks at Townhall: You think you’ve seen and heard every argument regarding same-sex “marriage,” and then the Baltimore Sun writes an editorial that divorce has now somehow strengthened the case for same-sex “marriage.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/austin-r-nimocks-baltimore-sun-in-your-eyes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/alan-e-sears-comment-polling-life-national-review-online/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/alan-e-sears-comment-polling-life-national-review-online/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:48:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134756 National Review Comment by Alan E. Sears: As with proponents of same-sex “marriage,” proponents of abortion and the culture of death have long used all kinds of media to try to convince the American people that they want something other than what they actually want. They’ve tried to put words in our mouths, thoughts in our minds, and, when allowed, even to speak for us as if we were in complete agreement with their efforts to redefine marriage or eviscerate life in the womb. [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/alan-e-sears-comment-polling-life-national-review-online/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/alan-sears-peering-through-the-smoke-of-the-marriage-debate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/alan-sears-peering-through-the-smoke-of-the-marriage-debate/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:41:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134754 Alan E. Sears at the Christian Post: And right now, homosexual behavior is culturally fashionable. Of that there is no doubt. The culture is dancing to the tune played non-stop by those promoting a homosexual legal and political agenda – it's a tune called "equality." And the music is supposed to drown out the truth that homosexual behavior is wrong. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/alan-sears-peering-through-the-smoke-of-the-marriage-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-must-offer-long-term-care-to-same-sex-couples-judge-rules-californiahealthline-org/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-must-offer-long-term-care-to-same-sex-couples-judge-rules-californiahealthline-org/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:31:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134747 CaliforniaHealthLine.org: Meanwhile, the Alliance Defense Fund -- a group that opposes gay marriage -- said the ruling likely will be appealed. Dale Schowengerdt, the group's legal counsel, said, "This will end up at the Supreme Court at some point, and we're confident and hopeful that the [Defense of Marriage Act] will be upheld" (Sacramento Bee, 5/26). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-must-offer-long-term-care-to-same-sex-couples-judge-rules-californiahealthline-org/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/gay-marriage-judge-overturns-doma-stepping-up-pressure-on-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/gay-marriage-judge-overturns-doma-stepping-up-pressure-on-supreme-court/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:25:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134742 MinnPost ("Gay marriage: Judge overturns DOMA, stepping up pressure on Supreme Court"): She also cited a 1996 US Supreme Court decision on a Colorado anti-gay initiative that found gays and lesbians are protected from "burdensome legislation that is the product of sheer antigay animus and devoid of any legitimate governmental purpose." That argument is outrageous, says Dale Schowengerdt, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which supports DOMA. "To say that a law that was passed by overwhelmingly by Congress … to say that that’s the product of animus is — I don’t know how to say it — it's unbelievable,” he says. “It’s just unbelievable that a judge would be making that sort of value judgment against the entire government, the Congress, and President Bill Clinton." "Every civilization throughout history has found that marriage involves a man and a woman, and we're confident that once the Supreme Court has this case, they will find there’s no animus and that the opposite sex was granted in a rational basis," he says. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/gay-marriage-judge-overturns-doma-stepping-up-pressure-on-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-offering-domestic-partner-benefits-to-gay-couples-live-insurance-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-offering-domestic-partner-benefits-to-gay-couples-live-insurance-news/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:20:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134738 LiveInsuranceNews.com: However, an Arizona group against gay marriage called the Alliance Defense Fund has asserted that the ruling made by the judge will be appealed. This could mean that the current regulations will be held over a number of months, or perhaps even years. Legal counsel for the group, Dale Schowengerdt, said that this case will, at some point, find itself before the supreme court, and that the group is both hopeful and confident that the current law will be held in place. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-offering-domestic-partner-benefits-to-gay-couples-live-insurance-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/judge-overturns-defense-of-marriage-act-doma-alaska-dispatch/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/judge-overturns-defense-of-marriage-act-doma-alaska-dispatch/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:06:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134726 Alaska Dispatch: She also cited a 1996 US Supreme Court decision on a Colorado anti-gay initiative that found gays and lesbians are protected from "burdensome legislation that is the product of sheer antigay animus and devoid of any legitimate governmental purpose." That argument is outrageous, says Dale Schowengerdt, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which supports DOMA. "To say that a law that was passed by overwhelmingly by Congress … to say that that’s the product of animus is – I don’t know how to say it – it's unbelievable,” he says. “It’s just unbelievable that a judge would be making that sort of value judgment against the entire government, the Congress, and President Bill Clinton." | Dragovitch v. U.S. Department of the Treasury ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/judge-overturns-defense-of-marriage-act-doma-alaska-dispatch/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ruling-calif-pension-fund-must-offer-long-term-care-coverage-to-same-sex-couples/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ruling-calif-pension-fund-must-offer-long-term-care-coverage-to-same-sex-couples/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:04:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134724 HeraldNet.com: The Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona group that opposes gay marriage, said Friday the ruling will surely be appealed. That would keep the existing policy in place for months if not years. "This will end up at the Supreme Court at some point and we're confident and hopeful that the law will be upheld," said Dale Schowengerdt, the group's legal counsel. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ruling-calif-pension-fund-must-offer-long-term-care-coverage-to-same-sex-couples/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/pictures-of-america%e2%80%99s-medicare-mess/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/pictures-of-america%e2%80%99s-medicare-mess/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 16:11:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134713 Heritage Foundation: The number of workers per Medicare beneficiary is falling dramatically. Back in 1965, there were 4.6 workers contributing to Medicare for every person receiving benefits. Today, there are only 3.3 workers, and in 2030, that number will fall to 2.3. That falling ratio is leading to the program's insolvency. And with longer life expectancy (which of course is a good thing), seniors today are collecting benefits for almost three times as long as when the program first started. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/pictures-of-america%e2%80%99s-medicare-mess/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/the-supreme-court-on-the-social-security-rights-of-posthumously-conceived-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/the-supreme-court-on-the-social-security-rights-of-posthumously-conceived-children/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 15:32:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134697 Justia.com: Are children legally related to their biological father when they were conceived after his death? This is a question that has been considered by many federal courts and, now, by the U.S. Supreme Court, in Astrue v. Capato. The Court’s answer? It depends, largely on state inheritance law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/the-supreme-court-on-the-social-security-rights-of-posthumously-conceived-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/9th-circuit-setback-for-u-s-on-doma/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/9th-circuit-setback-for-u-s-on-doma/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 15:28:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134694 SCOTUS Blog: The Administration is now pressing an argument that DOMA’s denial of federal benefits for gay couples legally married in a state is unconstitutional, on the theory that it cannot withstand a challenge based on a more rigorous constitutional test: “heightened scrutiny.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/9th-circuit-setback-for-u-s-on-doma/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/penna-dexter-gay-divorce-threatens-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/penna-dexter-gay-divorce-threatens-marriage/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:44:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134676 Baptist Press: This means that regardless of the referendum outcome in November, Maryland at least will recognize same-sex "marriages" from other states. Advocates of same sex "marriage" see this as a way to get the legal camel's nose under the tent. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/penna-dexter-gay-divorce-threatens-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptist-leader-condemns-anti-gay-diatribes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptist-leader-condemns-anti-gay-diatribes/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:41:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134674 Baptist Press: The Southern Baptist Convention's national strategist for gender issues has released a statement condemning the harsh language of two independent Baptist pastors from North Carolina whose remarks on homosexuals and gender identity have gone viral on the Interne ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptist-leader-condemns-anti-gay-diatribes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptists-draw-distance-from-harsh-anti-gay-rhetoric-yet-hold-to-convictions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptists-draw-distance-from-harsh-anti-gay-rhetoric-yet-hold-to-convictions/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:36:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134670 Baptist Press: Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund, said pastors in particular should not be afraid to speak biblically from the pulpit without fear of reprisal, even when their opinion is contrary to that of President Obama. "The fact that the pastor may be responding to a comment from the president doesn't make the biblical comments off-limits," Stanley said. The ADF campaigns against U.S. law that prohibits pastors from using the pulpit to oppose political candidates. "At ADF, we believe that restriction is unconstitutional," Stanley said. "Our point is that we should let the pastors and the churches of America debate what is wrong or right." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/southern-baptists-draw-distance-from-harsh-anti-gay-rhetoric-yet-hold-to-convictions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-tolerance-%e2%80%93-but-only-for-appropriate-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-tolerance-%e2%80%93-but-only-for-appropriate-groups/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 21:41:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134645 Telegraph: I believe the PM and his inner circle still haven't grasped the enormity of their mistake in pushing a change in the marriage law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/uk-tolerance-%e2%80%93-but-only-for-appropriate-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/americas-21st-century-population-edge-babies-demographics-power-influence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/americas-21st-century-population-edge-babies-demographics-power-influence/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:53:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134637 Wall Street Journal (via Google): Birth rates are dropping all over the world, often below replacement rates. But not in the U.S . . . Every other major modern nation and every developing country has low or falling birth rates. Japan and Poland see 1.3 children per woman, Brazil and China 1.9, Pakistan 3.6 (down from 6.6 three decades ago). American fertility rates are relatively high, at nearly 2.1. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/americas-21st-century-population-edge-babies-demographics-power-influence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/obama-doj-forces-ark-university-to-biological-male-into-female-restrooms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/obama-doj-forces-ark-university-to-biological-male-into-female-restrooms/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:13:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134624 Breitbart: The Obama Department of Justice has reportedly ordered the University of Arkansas at Ft. Smith (UAFS) to allow a male student to use women’s bathrooms on campus. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/obama-doj-forces-ark-university-to-biological-male-into-female-restrooms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/targets-promise-to-gay-community/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/targets-promise-to-gay-community/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:04:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134622 One News Now: A pro-family organization is drawing attention to Target for donating its sales in support of "gay marriage" laws. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/targets-promise-to-gay-community/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/gay-marriage%e2%80%94nothing-new-under-the-sun/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/gay-marriage%e2%80%94nothing-new-under-the-sun/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134620 Catholic World Report: Gay marriage and homosexuality were part of the moral landscape faced by the first Christians in Ancient Rome . . . We can see, then, that Christians face nothing new in regard to the push for gay marriage. In fact, it is something quite old, and represents a return to the pagan views of sexuality that dominated the Roman Empire into which Christianity was born. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/gay-marriage%e2%80%94nothing-new-under-the-sun/feed/ 0