ALLIANCE ALERTS 05/02/2012

Featured - Wednesday, May 2, 2012

• Colombian Constitutional Court redefines ‘family’ to include homosexual unions
  May 2, 2012
• NC Baptist Pastor under full blown assault for marriage sermon (video)
  May 2, 2012
• Georgia Governor signs ban on assisted suicide, late term abortions
  May 2, 2012
• Vatican to the UN: all parents have the right to homeschool
  May 2, 2012
• 5th Circuit: Utah law prof. to argue apportionment issue in child porn restitution case
  May 2, 2012
• China Threatened to Kill Chen Guangcheng’s Wife to Secure Deal; Obama Admin abandoned him?
  May 2, 2012
• Young Chinese heroine kidnapped for helping Chen flee: advocate
  May 2, 2012

ADF in the News

• Do Timeless Religious Convictions Need to “Adapt” To Fit These Times?
  May 2, 2012
• Feds want to nix Geneva’s birth control suit
  May 2, 2012
• AZ: Good news for Good News Club
  May 2, 2012
• Geneva College’s health law suit called premature
  May 2, 2012
• Catholic company’s lawsuit could stop mandate within three months
  May 2, 2012
• Ken Connor: The Triumph of Ideology Over Law
  May 2, 2012

Religious Freedom - USA

• Wheaton President: Wheaton College upholds Christian values despite new law
  May 2, 2012
• Hawaii hotel workers sue union over political use of dues money
  May 2, 2012
• AG: RI memorial with cross ‘transcends religion’, Former National Guard Head organizes rally
  May 2, 2012
• Hawaii to Pay $100k to Activist Who Protested State Senate’s Opening Prayer
  May 2, 2012
• Tomorrow is the National Day of Prayer
  May 2, 2012

Religious Freedom - Global

• Christian activist slain in Pakistan
  May 2, 2012
• UK: Councils abandon prayers following pressure from secularists
  May 2, 2012
• Protests erupt across Ontario against Liberal gvmt ‘anti-bullying’ Bill 13
  May 2, 2012
• Political tensions rise again in Egypt, 11 killed
  May 2, 2012

Sanctity of Life - USA

• Ala. House committee approves 2 abortion bills
  May 2, 2012
• New Congressional Bill Stops Abortion Funding in Obamacare
  May 2, 2012
• Missouri House Honors Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest
  May 2, 2012

Sanctity of Life - Global

• UK Aid pays for sterilizations in India to combat “climate change”
  May 2, 2012

Marriage and Family - USA

• Pro-Polygamy.com: 2nd Speech Series Released for Polygamy Rights Movement
  May 2, 2012
• OH: DeWine defends allowing ballot petition on same-sex “marriage”
  May 2, 2012
• “High Price of Foreclosure: Your Marriage”
  May 2, 2012
• RI: “Lawmakers take up 3 gay marriage bills”
  May 2, 2012
• Maryland Marriage Initiative on track to appear on ballot
  May 2, 2012
• ACLU: little interest in civil unions in RI
  May 2, 2012
• Student loans 101: The interest rate uproar
  May 2, 2012
• “Mo. lawmaker says he is gay, denounces school bill”
  May 2, 2012

Marriage and Family - Global

• “Cameron alienates his own voters over gay marriage”
  May 2, 2012

Bench and Bar - USA

• Coburn clears way for hearings for two Oklahoma judicial nominees
  May 2, 2012
• May Day Rioters attack 9th Circuit Court House
  May 2, 2012
• Supreme Court justice urges civility in legal talk
  May 2, 2012
• Will SCOTUS Stamp Out Montana’s Constitutional Mischief? – Corporate Campaign Expenditures
  May 2, 2012
• UC Hastings shrinking with market for lawyers
  May 2, 2012
• SCOTUS for law students: What does the Solicitor General do? (sponsored by Bloomberg Law)
  May 2, 2012

Miscellaneous - USA

• Gingrich officially suspends campaign
  May 2, 2012
• Rupert Murdoch’s Fox broadcast licences targeted by US ethics group
  May 2, 2012

Miscellaneous - Global

• Israel calls up 6 reserve battalions, more authorized
  May 2, 2012

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