ALLIANCE ALERTS 04/09/2013

Featured - Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Oklahoma House votes 84-0 to approve marriage resolution after half of Dems walk out April 9, 2013 Sebelius says Obama contraceptive mandate rules go into effect Aug. 1 April 9, 2013 “USAID launches partnership to promote LGBT rights” April 9, 2013 10th Circuit: School Did Not Violate Constitution In Preventing Religious Group From Distributing Fetus Dolls April 9, 2013 The Sound of Tyranny for German Home School Family | Robert Knight at Townhall April 9, 2013 Johns Hopkins’s and Planned Parenthood’s troubling extremism | George F. Will at Washington Post April 9, 2013 Media Clips Catholic Colleges Tell Obama Administration: HHS Mandate Continues to Violate Religious Freedom | Cardinal Newman Society April 9, 2013 California Poised to Strip Boy Scouts of Tax-Exempt Status April 9, 2013 Calif. pro-LGBT bill targets youth orgs, threatens tax-exempt status | One News Now April 9, 2013 Religious Liberty - USA S. Baptist ERLC to HHS: Mandate is ‘religious persecution’ April 9, 2013 Knights of Columbus asks Obama admin to rescind HHS Mandate April 9, 2013 Obama administration to begin finalizing HHS mandate rules today April 9, 2013 Maryland lawmakers pass bill forcing teachers to pay union fees, bucking right to work trend April 9, 2013 Judge: Atheist group takes separation of church and state too far on ‘Ground Zero Cross’ April 9, 2013 Laos: Pastors released after arrest for ‘spreading Christian religion’ April 9, 2013 SC: Panel rejects further change in Pickens board prayer policy April 9, 2013 Ave Maria university vows not to comply with HHS mandate despite court setback April 9, 2013 Supporters file nearly 350,000 comments on contraception mandate April 9, 2013 Missouri Senate Backs Pharmacy Owner Conscience Rights Bil April 9, 2013 Complete or Partial Accommodation: An Analysis of the Federal Circuit Split Over the Duty of the Employer to Reasonably Accommodate the Religious Beliefs of the Employee | Andrew J. Hull at Regent U. Law Rev. on SSRN April 9, 2013 Should the Ministerial Exception Apply to Functions, Not Persons? | Yale Law J. at SSRN April 9, 2013 Religious Liberty - Global Russian lawmakers back prison terms for religious offence April 9, 2013 Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng wants secret accords revealed April 9, 2013 Scotland: American Arrested for Anti-homosexual Statements April 9, 2013 Muslim Persecution of Christians Escalating in Pakistan April 9, 2013 Event: State of Freedom of Religion of Belief in the World in 2012 | European Parliament April 9, 2013 Leading Egyptian Political Figures Condemn Attacks on St. Mark’s Cathedral April 9, 2013 Romanian High Court Rejects Strange Religious Malpractice Lawsuit April 9, 2013 Egypt’s Christian Pope Blasts Islamist President April 9, 2013 Sanctity of Life - USA The Libertarian Pro-Life Case Against Abortion April 9, 2013 Planned Parenthood Has Opposed Anti-Infanticide Legislation Before April 9, 2013 PA: ACLU request for inmate abortion policy riles Westmoreland controller April 9, 2013 Gov. Robert Bentley to sign bill adding new regulations for abortion clinics April 9, 2013 Sanctity of Life - Global Chen tells US lawmakers China breaking promise April 9, 2013 The demographic time bomb and euthanasia | Peter Saunders at CMF Blog April 9, 2013 Marriage and Family - USA Cong. Heitkamp (Dem-ND), Donnelly (Dem-IN) announce support for marriage redefintion April 9, 2013 Mandated Infertility “Treatment” for Homosexual Couples April 9, 2013 “Rand Paul: Let States Decide on Same-Sex Marriage” April 9, 2013 State Laws Could Muddle Same-Sex Marriage Benefits | NPR April 9, 2013 “Landrieu fails to lead on gay marriage” | Washington Post April 9, 2013 Open Transgender Military Service: It’s Time to Get Started | Huffington Post April 9, 2013 Sen. Mark Pryor (Dem-AR) opposes marriage redefinition April 9, 2013 “Senate candidate seeks ruling on contributions by gay couples” April 9, 2013 CNN “Poll: Obama most popular on gay issues” April 9, 2013 Marriage and Family - Global Tory MPs ‘blackmailed’ for voting against marriage redefinition April 9, 2013 “‘Prayer and holy anger!’: French Catholics protest gay ‘marriage’ outside nation’s Senate” April 9, 2013 “Zambia gay rights activist Paul Kasonkomona arrested” April 9, 2013 Bench and Bar - USA Obama nominates new NLRB members as House threatens to halt board actions April 9, 2013 Senate Approves New Jersey Judge For Appeals Court April 9, 2013 No Lawyer for Miles, So One Rural State Offers Pay April 9, 2013 Justice Breyer Inducted Into French Academy April 9, 2013 Bench and Bar - Global UN Human Rights Committee Targets Florida April 9, 2013 Supreme Courts in and out of the headlines, nations divided April 9, 2013 Miscellaneous - USA Maryland Lawmakers Pass Medical Marijuana Bill April 9, 2013 GOP chairman vows to protect broadcasters in FCC auction April 9, 2013 This publication is a resource of the Alliance Defending Freedom. 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