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/religiousfreedomhttp://feedburner.google.com 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/kevin-theriot-on-cornerstone-tv-religious-freedom-on-campus/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/kevin-theriot-on-cornerstone-tv-religious-freedom-on-campus/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 21:37:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134923 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/kevin-theriot-on-cornerstone-tv-religious-freedom-on-campus/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/oh-city-council-brings-back-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/oh-city-council-brings-back-prayer/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 19:39:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134917 Mount Vernon News: The vote was unanimous but the decision to bring the invocation back to City Council’s agenda — by a resolution — was anything but easy for some members of council. The debate rested largely on whether or not legislation was necessary or if Council President Bruce Hawkins should simply put the practice back on the agenda. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/oh-city-council-brings-back-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/missouri-county-commissioner-stops-saying-prayers-at-meetings-in-wake-of-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/missouri-county-commissioner-stops-saying-prayers-at-meetings-in-wake-of-lawsuit/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 19:31:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134913 The Republic: Franklin County Presiding Commissioner John Griesheimer appeared to have, at least temporarily, ceded to demands from the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri that he stop offering “sectarian” prayers at commission meetings. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/missouri-county-commissioner-stops-saying-prayers-at-meetings-in-wake-of-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/ms-gov-bryant-advocates-school-prayer-in-speech-to-teens/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/ms-gov-bryant-advocates-school-prayer-in-speech-to-teens/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 19:29:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134911 Houston Chronicle: First-term Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant told a group of teenagers that he believes it should be possible for public schools to have some sort of nondenominational prayer to open the day. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/ms-gov-bryant-advocates-school-prayer-in-speech-to-teens/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/wi-county-leaders-not-ready-to-halt-prayer-before-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/wi-county-leaders-not-ready-to-halt-prayer-before-meetings/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 17:37:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134879 WEDF.com (includes video): Hamilton county leaders say they will look to the county attorney for guidance after a Wisconsin group challenged the customary prayer before commission meetings. The Freedom from Religion Foundation sent a fax Monday demanding the practice be stopped. Its not the first time that group has challenged local traditions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/wi-county-leaders-not-ready-to-halt-prayer-before-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/attorneys-to-argue-warren-nativity-scene-display-in-federal-appeals-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/attorneys-to-argue-warren-nativity-scene-display-in-federal-appeals-court/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 17:20:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134874 Daily Tribune: John Satawa is hoping attorney Robert Muise of the American Freedom Law Center will convince a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati that it should overturn a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit and allow the return of Satawa’s display, which had been shown for 63 consecutive years. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/attorneys-to-argue-warren-nativity-scene-display-in-federal-appeals-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/knights-of-columbus-joins-legal-defense-of-10th-mountain-division-war-memorial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/knights-of-columbus-joins-legal-defense-of-10th-mountain-division-war-memorial/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 17:15:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134872 Market Watch: It's a war memorial that has commemorated the valor and sacrifice of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division for more than 50 years. And yesterday, one day after Americans solemnly observed Memorial Day, the Knights of Columbus -- represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty -- asked to intervene in a pending lawsuit to defend the memorial's right to exist on public land in Montana. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/knights-of-columbus-joins-legal-defense-of-10th-mountain-division-war-memorial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/department-of-justice-to-brief-group-of-black-pastors-on-campaign-2012/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/department-of-justice-to-brief-group-of-black-pastors-on-campaign-2012/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 17:05:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134869 WTAM.com (includes video): Attorney General Eric Holder, the IRS, and the liberal lawyers at the ACLU will brief several hundred pastors in the African American community on how to participate in the presidential election ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/department-of-justice-to-brief-group-of-black-pastors-on-campaign-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/matt-bowman-debates-tucker-culbertson-at-syracuse-law-school-religious-freedom-and-the-birth-control-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/matt-bowman-debates-tucker-culbertson-at-syracuse-law-school-religious-freedom-and-the-birth-control-mandate/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 16:49:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134863 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/matt-bowman-debates-tucker-culbertson-at-syracuse-law-school-religious-freedom-and-the-birth-control-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/school-says-no-to-3rd-graders-religious-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/school-says-no-to-3rd-graders-religious-speech/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 16:45:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134861 One News Now: He believes these incidents keep occurring throughout the country because school officials are afraid some parents will complain about their children receiving literature with religious content. Meanwhile, birthday party invitations are allowed. "That is not a constitutionally sound reason to say 'no' to religious speech," the attorney asserts. "It's called a heckler's veto. You can't restrict speech because somebody else doesn't like that speech." [more quote by Jeremy Tedesco] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/school-says-no-to-3rd-graders-religious-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/faculty-qa-kendrick-defines-pattern-for-supreme-courts-first-amendment-jurisprudence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/faculty-qa-kendrick-defines-pattern-for-supreme-courts-first-amendment-jurisprudence/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 16:26:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134855 U. of Virginia Law School: Though many critics have pegged the U.S. Supreme Court's First Amendment doctrine as incoherent, the court's opinions have long shown a definable pattern, argues University of Virginia law professor Leslie Kendrick in her latest article. In "Content Discrimination Revisited," published in the April 2012 issue of the Virginia Law Review, Kendrick explains that the court's system for evaluating whether speech is legal under the First Amendment resembles its test for whether a law is discriminatory under the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.   ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/faculty-qa-kendrick-defines-pattern-for-supreme-courts-first-amendment-jurisprudence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/missouri-religion-amendment-moved-to-august-ballot-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/missouri-religion-amendment-moved-to-august-ballot-2/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 16:17:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134853 Religion Clause Blog: Apparently the governor's timing was motivated by the likelihood that the amendment will attract social conservatives (mostly Republicans) to the polls, and would thus benefit the Republicans in the general election of it were on the November ballot. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/missouri-religion-amendment-moved-to-august-ballot-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/prayer-amendment-to-appear-on-august-7th-missouri-ballot/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/prayer-amendment-to-appear-on-august-7th-missouri-ballot/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 15:23:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134843 Missouri Family Policy Council: A proposed constitutional amendment to protect the religious freedoms of Missouri citizens and schoolchildren will appear on the statewide August 7th ballot. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/prayer-amendment-to-appear-on-august-7th-missouri-ballot/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/no-more-private-speech-in-minn-school-district/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/no-more-private-speech-in-minn-school-district/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 21:39:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134817 One News Now: Minneapolis Special School District No. 1 has revoked Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) of Minnesota's after-school program, as the district claims the group was proselytizing. Steve Crampton of Liberty Counsel, the non-profit litigation organization representing the club, says participants in after-school programs are engaged in private, not public, speech. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/no-more-private-speech-in-minn-school-district/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/judge%e2%80%99s-ruling-stops-construction-of-tennessee-mosque-finding-public-didn%e2%80%99t-get-enough-notice/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/judge%e2%80%99s-ruling-stops-construction-of-tennessee-mosque-finding-public-didn%e2%80%99t-get-enough-notice/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 21:33:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134815 Washington Post: A judge in Tennessee ruled Tuesday that the public wasn’t properly notified about a meeting where local officials approved the plan for a proposed mosque, meaning construction of the disputed project will be stopped. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/judge%e2%80%99s-ruling-stops-construction-of-tennessee-mosque-finding-public-didn%e2%80%99t-get-enough-notice/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/neighborhoods-sue-to-stop-construction-of-church-in-southwest-austin/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/neighborhoods-sue-to-stop-construction-of-church-in-southwest-austin/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 21:25:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134813 Statesman.com: Two Southwest Austin neighborhood associations are suing the City of Austin, seeking an injunction that could stop construction of the 53-acre Dream City church complex near Texas 71 and Southwest Parkway in Oak Hill. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/neighborhoods-sue-to-stop-construction-of-church-in-southwest-austin/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/liberty-institute-fending-for-45-million-students/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/liberty-institute-fending-for-45-million-students/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 18:54:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134787 One News Now: In what has come to be known as the "candy cane" case, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year that the student's right to express his faith at school had been violated. However, attorney Hiram Sasser of the Liberty Institute says his group is pursuing further litigation because the court did not hold school officials accountable ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/liberty-institute-fending-for-45-million-students/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/kansas-governor-signs-measure-blocking-islamic-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/kansas-governor-signs-measure-blocking-islamic-law/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 18:34:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134782 USA Today: Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a law aimed at keeping the state's courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic or other foreign legal codes, and a national Muslim group's spokesman said Friday that a court challenge is likely. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/kansas-governor-signs-measure-blocking-islamic-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/adf-honorable-end-to-va-honors-student%e2%80%99s-dilemma/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/adf-honorable-end-to-va-honors-student%e2%80%99s-dilemma/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 18:23:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134776 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/adf-honorable-end-to-va-honors-student%e2%80%99s-dilemma/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/8th-circuit-freethinkers-have-standing-to-challenge-10-commandments-monument/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/8th-circuit-freethinkers-have-standing-to-challenge-10-commandments-monument/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 18:20:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134774 Religion Clause Blog: In Red River Freethinkers v. City of Fargo, (8th Cir., May 25, 2012), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a organization dedicated to promoting atheist and agnostic views has standing on behalf of its members to challenge a Ten Commandments monument that has stood for 50 years outdoors on city property in Fargo, North Dakota. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/8th-circuit-freethinkers-have-standing-to-challenge-10-commandments-monument/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/cert-filed-in-suit-over-prisoners-right-to-received-noi-newspaper/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/cert-filed-in-suit-over-prisoners-right-to-received-noi-newspaper/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 18:16:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134772 Religion Clause Blog: The Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate reports that a petition for certiorari has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Leonard v. Louisiana. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/cert-filed-in-suit-over-prisoners-right-to-received-noi-newspaper/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/missouri-religion-amendment-moved-to-august-ballot/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/missouri-religion-amendment-moved-to-august-ballot/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 18:01:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134762 Religion Clause Blog: The St.Louis Post Dispatch reported last week that Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, a Democrat, has decided that a proposed state constitutional amendment (full text) that guarantees the right to pray and express religious views on public property and in schools will be voted on in the August 7 primary election rather than the November general elections. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/missouri-religion-amendment-moved-to-august-ballot/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/texas-school-sued-for-prohibiting-3rd-grader-from-inviting-friend-to-church-texasgopvote-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/texas-school-sued-for-prohibiting-3rd-grader-from-inviting-friend-to-church-texasgopvote-com/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:22:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134740 TexasGOPVote.com: This is just ridiculous: Nederland ISD has been sued by the Alliance Defense Fund who is representing Michael Metcalf, the father of a 3rd grade student at Hillcrest Elementary School who was prohibited from giving a classmate friend an invitation to go to church with him. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/texas-school-sued-for-prohibiting-3rd-grader-from-inviting-friend-to-church-texasgopvote-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/new-england-editorial-roundup-the-examiner/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/new-england-editorial-roundup-the-examiner/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:17:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134736 The Examiner: "The government shouldn't punish people of faith for making decisions in accordance with their faith," stated the Alliance Defense Fund's President, CEO, and General Counsel Alan Sears. "We welcome these lawsuits, which are about religious freedom and freedom of conscience, not about contraception ... These new cases are about the very right to determine what is 'religious' and what faith-based beliefs may be followed in life." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/new-england-editorial-roundup-the-examiner/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/hawkins-man-files-suit-against-county-for-prayer-and-%e2%80%9cin-god-we-trust%e2%80%9d-motto-news-journal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/hawkins-man-files-suit-against-county-for-prayer-and-%e2%80%9cin-god-we-trust%e2%80%9d-motto-news-journal/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:01:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134722 News-Journal.com: On Friday Wood County Commissioners decided after a brief executive session to retain services from the Alliance Defense Fund and Liberty Institute for representation in a pending lawsuit over prayer and the posting of “In God We Trust” in the courtroom. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/hawkins-man-files-suit-against-county-for-prayer-and-%e2%80%9cin-god-we-trust%e2%80%9d-motto-news-journal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/conservative-activists-gather-to-plot-defense-of-religious-liberty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/conservative-activists-gather-to-plot-defense-of-religious-liberty/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 16:58:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134720 Huffington Post (includes video): Like-minded religionists of several denominations -- including Southern Baptist leader Richard Land and Baltimore Archbishop William Lori -- gathered in Washington Thursday (May 24) to organize a response to what they see as the sorry state of religious freedom in America today. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/conservative-activists-gather-to-plot-defense-of-religious-liberty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/north-carolina-student-wins-recognition-of-college-christian-group-after-discrimination-claim/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/north-carolina-student-wins-recognition-of-college-christian-group-after-discrimination-claim/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 16:55:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134718 Fox News: ADF legal counsel Jeremy Tedesco said it's up to the group, not the school, to characterize it's beliefs. “Saying that a Christian club isn’t religious is flatly absurd,” said ADF Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco. “The First Amendment forbids the government from determining what is and what is not ‘religious,’ yet the university [was] doing exactly this by telling a Christian group that it is not religious.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/north-carolina-student-wins-recognition-of-college-christian-group-after-discrimination-claim/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/unc-reverses-course-national-review/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/unc-reverses-course-national-review/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 16:54:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134749 National Review Phi Beta Cons Blog: Recently, the school relented and gave Make Up Your Own Mind the right to exclude based on belief. The reversal occurred after the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit on behalf of Make Up Your Own Mind. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/unc-reverses-course-national-review/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/adf-protects-christian-club-from-hostile-merger/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/adf-protects-christian-club-from-hostile-merger/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 16:37:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134716 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/adf-protects-christian-club-from-hostile-merger/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ffrf-sends-warning-letter-to-columbus-ga-mayor-on-prayer-referendum/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ffrf-sends-warning-letter-to-columbus-ga-mayor-on-prayer-referendum/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 15:42:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134703 FFRF: The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a warning letter May 24 to Columbus, Ga., Mayor Teresa Tomlinson to head off endorsement by the City Council of a proposed statewide referendum to allow organized prayer and bible study in public schools. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ffrf-sends-warning-letter-to-columbus-ga-mayor-on-prayer-referendum/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/catholics-evangelicals-may-coordinate-on-religious-freedom-event-this-summer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/catholics-evangelicals-may-coordinate-on-religious-freedom-event-this-summer/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:47:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134680 Christian Post: The U.S. Catholic Church will hold an event this summer called "Fortnight for Freedom" to bring attention to religious freedom issues. The Christian Post has learned that discussions are underway to include evangelical organizations with these events. Evangelical organizations have expressed solidarity with Catholic leaders who oppose the Obama administration's birth control mandate, which, they argue, is a religious freedom issue. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/catholics-evangelicals-may-coordinate-on-religious-freedom-event-this-summer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/a-group-is-questioning-the-center-for-arizona-policy-tax-exempt-status-read-more-httppolitics-kfyi-comcc-commonmainheadlines3-htmlfeed118695article10152308ixzz1vptmh6ep/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/a-group-is-questioning-the-center-for-arizona-policy-tax-exempt-status-read-more-httppolitics-kfyi-comcc-commonmainheadlines3-htmlfeed118695article10152308ixzz1vptmh6ep/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:39:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134672 KFYI: An Arizona atheist organization wants the IRS to investigate the tax exempt status of the Center for Arizona Policy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/a-group-is-questioning-the-center-for-arizona-policy-tax-exempt-status-read-more-httppolitics-kfyi-comcc-commonmainheadlines3-htmlfeed118695article10152308ixzz1vptmh6ep/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