ALLIANCE ALERTS 12/18/2012

Featured - Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Ireland: Threat of suicide ‘will be grounds for abortion’ December 18, 2012 Illinois State Bar backs marriage redefinition December 18, 2012 MT Supreme Court thwarts attempt to eliminate marriage distinctions | Alliance Defending Freedom December 18, 2012 “Why It Might Be Hard to Completely Ban Gay Conversion Therapy” | Garrett Epps at the Atlantic December 18, 2012 Media Clips At Christmastime, Ignore the Heckler’s Veto | Andy Norman at Bell Towers December 18, 2012 Prop. 8 marriage litigation update | Joe Infranco on the Janet Mefferd Show December 18, 2012 EMU student gets final victory after school punished her for counseling refusal | Kevin Theriot on the Zeb Bell Show December 18, 2012 Religious Liberty - USA “First Freedom” on PBS Tonight December 18, 2012 Miami-Dade commission begins meeting prayer, defers annexation proposals December 18, 2012 Can the Westboro Baptist Church (the Funeral Picketers) Be Stripped of Their Tax-Exempt Status Because of Their Views? December 18, 2012 Religious Liberty - Global Egypt: some Christians not permitted to cast ballots December 18, 2012 Egypt opposition protests against constitution December 18, 2012 Islam: Fastest-Growing Religion in Britain December 18, 2012 Sanctity of Life - USA New Orleans Abortion Biz to Close, Leave City With One Clinic December 18, 2012 Pennsylvania to join federal exchange; impact on abortion issue unclear December 18, 2012 CDC’s Report Severely Undercounts Number of Abortions Nationwide December 18, 2012 Raped Women Should Get Help, Not Face Abortion Pressure December 18, 2012 Will Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic Close? December 18, 2012 Rep. Schwartz: ‘Respect for Life’ Means ‘Different Things to Different People’ December 18, 2012 Minnesota Has Forced Taxpayers to Fund 58,000 Abortions Since 1995 December 18, 2012 Sanctity of Life - Global Denmark: The Brutality of Late Term Abortion | Wesley Smith at NRO December 18, 2012 Irish abortion debate shifts to focus on suicide exemption December 18, 2012 Human cloning ‘within 50 years’ December 18, 2012 Marriage and Family - USA “Poll suggests Ohio voters not likely to back gay marriage” | Toledo Blade December 18, 2012 Toledo, OH: “McNamara throws support behind same-sex marriage bill” | Toledo Blade December 18, 2012 RI legislature expected to vote on marriage vote in 2013 December 18, 2012 “Gay students increasingly vocal at evangelical colleges” | Inside Higher Ed December 18, 2012 Can the President Have a Marriage Agenda Without Talking About What Marriage Is? December 18, 2012 Marriage and Family - Global UK: “Muslims seek gay marriage exemption” December 18, 2012 “Gay marriage calls trust in David Cameron into question, says Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor” December 18, 2012 UK: Conservatives ‘puzzled’ by government push on marriage redefinition in face of overwhelming opposition December 18, 2012 UK: “Support for anti-EU party grows over gay marriage” December 18, 2012 “Army Acknowledges Pedophilia Part Of Islam: Manual warns soldiers in Afghanistan not to talk about certain subjects” | WND December 18, 2012 Organizers of French traditional marriage march expect crowds of up to 350,000 December 18, 2012 Russian FM Against Any Ban On Us Adoptions December 18, 2012 Bench and Bar - USA SCOTUS sets briefing schedule in Windsor DOMA challenge December 18, 2012 Miscellaneous - USA “The Decline of Evangelical America” | John S. Dickerson at NYT December 18, 2012 God Suffers With Us | David Limbaugh at Human Events December 18, 2012 ‘Bigger Than Life’ Christian Radio Personality Frank Pastore Dies December 18, 2012 Texas School Board Bans Confederate Battle Flag December 18, 2012 Miscellaneous - Global “No religion” is the third-largest world group after Christians, Muslims December 18, 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.