ALLIANCE ALERTS 10/08/2012

Featured - Monday, October 8, 2012 UPDATE: Nearly 1,600 pastors participate in Pulpit Freedom Sunday October 8, 2012 Federal Court Halts Montana Law Restricting Clergy Speech to Voters October 8, 2012 Government Can’t Require Churches to Abandon Constitutional Freedoms | Erik Stanley October 8, 2012 Everything You Own Is a Gift of the State October 8, 2012 Please Step Back From the Assisted-Suicide Ledge October 8, 2012 Federal Judges win cost of living increases despite Congress October 8, 2012 Media Clips Obama’s Bible Issue: So why isn’t a publisher of Bibles eligible for a religious exemption from HHS? October 8, 2012 Your Professor Made You Do What?!? October 8, 2012 Crucial Marriage Cases Coming Up For High Court Consideration | Alan E. Sears October 8, 2012 Americans United for Separation of Church and State Subject Church to State | Erik Stanley at the Christian Post October 8, 2012 Should pastors be allowed to make candidate endorsements? | Beaumont Enterprise October 8, 2012 The business casual brigade | World Magazine October 8, 2012 More than 1,000 pastors were deliberately defiant on ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’ | Examiner.com October 8, 2012 Pastors to challenge IRS over political endorsements, and they’re likely to get away with it | Lilly Fowler at the Christian Century October 8, 2012 Colorado Springs pastor talks campaign issues as his church participates in Pulpit Freedom Sunday | KOAA.com – NBC October 8, 2012 By politicking, clerics risk their churches’ tax-exempt status | Randall Lord at The Town Talk October 8, 2012 Pastors prepare to take on IRS over political endorsement ban | WTVR.com October 8, 2012 FPC of WV, ADF Stand with Students Praying Before Football Games October 8, 2012 RPT-Hundreds of US pastors back political candidates, defy tax rules | Reuters October 8, 2012 Churches defy tax law, talk politics | Houston Chronicle October 8, 2012 Hundreds of Pastors Back Political Candidates, Defy Tax Rules | NewsMax October 8, 2012 Religious Leaders Nationwide Defy The IRS To Endorse Political Candidates On ‘pulpit Freedom Sunday’ | The Blaze October 8, 2012 Churches Participate in ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’ | WSET.com (ABC 13 includes video) October 8, 2012 Pastors to take on IRS in plan to preach politics from the pulpit | Fox News (Oct. 7) October 8, 2012 Why I Am Participating in Pulpit Freedom Sunday | Wayne Grudem at the Christian Post October 8, 2012 Preaching Politics from the Pulpit | GalesburgPlanet.com October 8, 2012 Churches’ misplaced outrage | Journal Gazette (Bloomberg View Editorial) October 8, 2012 ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’ Pastors Don’t Care About Religious Freedom | The Daily Beast October 8, 2012 Central La. clerics will share spiritual messages on Pulpit Freedom Sunday | The Town Talk (Oct. 7) October 8, 2012 Pastors To Challenge IRS On Political Endorsement Ban | International Business Times October 8, 2012 WWJD*? Pulpit Freedom Sunday Likely to Bring Slams Against Obama, Romney | Kelly Phillips Erb at Forbes October 8, 2012 Pastors To Send IRS Message On Political Speech | U-T San Diego October 8, 2012 Central La. clerics will share spiritual messages on Pulpit Freedom Sunday | TheTownTalk.com October 8, 2012 Pastors’ sermons will defy IRS rules | St. Louis Today October 8, 2012 Pastoral group aims to overturn political speech amendment | KJRH.com October 8, 2012 Pastors plan to preach politics during Sunday protest | KSN.com October 8, 2012 Pew Forum Releases Guide Regarding Politics and the Pulpit | Michael Gryboski at Christian Post October 8, 2012 Free speech applies to pulpit | Zack Plair at Paragould Daily Press October 8, 2012 Pastors to defy IRS on political endorsements | Salon October 8, 2012 Clergy Challenge IRS Ban on Church Political Endorsements | Philanthropy Today October 8, 2012 Why Pulpit Freedom Sunday is a Really Terrible Idea | Tim Suttle at Patheos October 8, 2012 Clerical Error? Local pastors question wisdom of pulpit politics | Raymond Billy at Daily Progress October 8, 2012 Pulpit Freedom Sunday: Pastors Challenge IRS Ban On Political Endorsements | Huffington Post October 8, 2012 Pastors to Challenge IRS on Pulpit Freedom Sunday | CBN October 8, 2012 Keep politicking out of religious services | Gerald L. Zelizer at Livingston Daily October 8, 2012 October 7 – Pulpit Freedom Sunday | One News Now October 8, 2012 1,500 Pastors to Challenge IRS Restriction on ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’ October 8, 2012 Religious Liberty - USA Symposium Revisits Landmark Student-Speech Cases October 8, 2012 Washington High Court Splits In Ministerial Exception Case October 8, 2012 City of Frankenmuth Rejects Demand to Remove 55 Foot Frankenmuth American Bicentennial Cross October 8, 2012 The New York Marriage Equality Act and the Strength of Its Religious Exceptions | Andrew R. Hamilton at St. John’s L.R. October 8, 2012 Religious Liberty - Global Following Egyptian president’s visit, gunmen attack Christian home October 8, 2012 UK: Irate residents launch campaign to oppose mega mosque October 8, 2012 UK: Children branded as ‘Nazis’ for opposing same-sex marriage October 8, 2012 India: Religion-based education schemes violate Constitution: Guj HC October 8, 2012 U.S.-based rights group says draft Egypt constitution flawed October 8, 2012 Canadian Government’s Cut In Prison Chaplains Is Criticized October 8, 2012 Sanctity of Life - USA RU 486 Anniversary: 17% of Abortions Involve Dangerous Drug October 8, 2012 New Ad Exposes How Planned Parenthood Destroys Black Families October 8, 2012 Catholic Diocese Says Stop Funding Komen Over Abortion October 8, 2012 Sanctity of Life - Global U.S One of Four Nations to OK Late-Term Abortions for Any Reason October 8, 2012 Marriage and Family - USA Southern Poverty Law Center Pushes Homosexual Tolerance to Elementary Students with ‘Mix It Up’ Day October 8, 2012 Former lesbian partner awarded custody accuses Christians of rackateering, kidnapping October 8, 2012 Same-sex marriage divides political allies October 8, 2012 “Gay characters at record high on U.S. television” October 8, 2012 “Study: Bi Women and Gay Men Suffer More Domestic Violence” October 8, 2012 To Understand the Democratic Party’s Re-definition of Marriage – Follow the Money! | Harry R. Jackson Jr. October 8, 2012 Marriage and Family - Global “Cameron needs to ditch gay marriage, warn Tory chairmen” October 8, 2012 UN council delivers blow to Obama administration’s homosexual agenda October 8, 2012 Bench and Bar - USA “Vote on Iowa justice seen as test for gay marriage” October 8, 2012 “Roy Moore says gay marriage will be ‘ultimate destruction of our country’ (video)” October 8, 2012 Kansas officials under investigation for misconduct in Planned Parenthood prosecution October 8, 2012 Florida Supreme Court judges fight for their jobs October 8, 2012 Scalia says abortion, sodomy cases are easy October 8, 2012 Bench and Bar - Global Supreme Court of Canada rules you don’t have to tell your sex partner if you have HIV October 8, 2012 Canada’s newest Supreme Court judge pitches his street smarts October 8, 2012 Miscellaneous - USA Columbia Classmate: Obama Using IRS To Punish Me October 8, 2012 Woman takes case against Girls Gone Wild to Supreme Court October 8, 2012 The Impact of Federal Regulations on U.S. Manufacturing: Was 27% of GDP in 1957, now 12.2% October 8, 2012 Cal. Gov. temp. waives environmental regs to ease gas prices October 8, 2012 Miscellaneous - Global Chavez Election Victory Signals Accelerated Socialist Revolution | Bloomberg October 8, 2012 Nine in ten Scots ‘living off state’s patronage’ October 8, 2012 This publication is a resource of the Alliance Defending Freedom. It reports information relevant to Alliance Defending Freedom's mission. Content reported herein should not be construed as Alliance Defending Freedom approval or disapproval of the material in question. Many reported materials are created by groups that oppose Alliance Defending Freedom's mission. Some content may not be appropriate for all audiences