ALLIANCE ALERTS 05/06/2013

Featured - Monday, May 6, 2013

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• Obama admin. surrenders in abortion pill mandate case | Alliance Defending Freedom
  May 6, 2013
• Maine church’s tax dilemma may lead to new law | Alliance Defending Freedom
  May 6, 2013
• Iowa Supreme Court: Married lesbians have constitutional right for both to be on baby’s birth certificate
  May 6, 2013
• Alaska Supreme Court upholds refusal to allow abortion ban on ballot
  May 6, 2013
• Pentagon backtracks on evangelization comments, investigation launched | Alliance Defending Freedom
  May 6, 2013
• Mexico Supreme Court upholds pro-life amendments
  May 6, 2013
• What does Paul Ryan really believe is best for children?
  May 6, 2013

Media Clips

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• Putting The Right Back Into Human Rights | Piero Tozzi at Turtle Bay and Beyond
  May 6, 2013
• Easy to call Christians intolerant? | Jerome Peters at Citizen-Times
  May 6, 2013
• Redefining Marriage Changes More Than You Think | Paul Coleman at Christian Post
  May 6, 2013
• Obama surrenders to Bible publisher in abortion fight | WND
  May 6, 2013
• Top U.S. court to decide whether to hear Greece prayer case | Democrat and Chronicle
  May 6, 2013
• Obama Admin Gives Up Forcing Bible Publisher to Obey HHS Mandate | Life News
  May 6, 2013
• Pro-Life Students Face Increasing Harassment on Campus | LifeNews
  May 6, 2013
• This Week’s Pro-life Victories In Mexico | Piero Tozzi at Turtle Bay and Beyond
  May 6, 2013
• Military surrenders in war on Christian evangelism
  May 6, 2013
• Pentagon: No crackdown on Christians for expressing faith | Christian Post
  May 6, 2013
• World Congress of Families VII (WCF Sydney 2013) Opens in Two Weeks — Latest Chapter in Forging an International Pro-Family Movement
  May 6, 2013
• Swedish court rejects homeschool family’s desperate appeal | LifeSiteNews
  May 6, 2013
• Do unborn babies have rights | BND.com
  May 6, 2013
• Pentagon Backtracks and Says U. S. Soldiers Can Share Their Faith
  May 6, 2013
• Minnesota judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to eliminate public funding for abortion care
  May 6, 2013
• Share Your Faith to Become an ‘Enemy of the Constitution?’ | Canada Free Press
  May 6, 2013
• U.S. soldiers are allowed to share their faith | VarldenIdag.se
  May 6, 2013

Religious Liberty - USA

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• Opening Brief Filed in U.S. Supreme Court in Challenge to the Federal Biennial, Individual Aggregate Limits on Contributions to Political Parties and Candidates
  May 6, 2013
• Faith and work: Accommodating religion boosts morale and bottom line
  May 6, 2013
• City of Dearborn Apologizes for Arresting Christians at 2010 Arab Festival; Settlement Reached in Lawsuit
  May 6, 2013
• ‘Gay Marriage’ or Religious Freedom: You Can’t Have Both
  May 6, 2013
• Charter Schools, the Establishment Clause, and the Neoliberal Turn in Public Education | Aaron J. Saiger at Fordham Law
  May 6, 2013
• GA: Can High School Students Pray Instead Of Going To Class?
  May 6, 2013
• North Carolina School Board Member Resigns Over Litigation Risk From Proposal To Open Meetings With Prayer
  May 6, 2013

Religious Liberty - Global

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• New Zealand: “Gay man who wants to become priest takes bishop to human rights tribunal for ‘discrimination’”
  May 6, 2013
• Myanmar President Vows To Protect Muslim Rights
  May 6, 2013
• Thrown in Prison for Shredding the Koran
  May 6, 2013
• In Bangladesh, 3 Killed In Demonstration Demanding Blasphemy Law With Death Penalty
  May 6, 2013

Sanctity of Life - USA

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• California Delivers Free Condoms to 12-Year-Olds
  May 6, 2013
• Abortion Clinic Workers Refuse To Help Mother Screaming to Save Live Child
  May 6, 2013
• No Kermit Gosnell Murder Trial Jurors Saw Fox News Special
  May 6, 2013
• The “Plan B” pill dispute explained | Lyle Denniston at SCOTUS Blog
  May 6, 2013
• NY Judge Urged Not To Delay Morning-after Decision
  May 6, 2013
• IN: Planned Parenthood, ACLU may sue state to block anti-abortion law that might close clinic
  May 6, 2013
• The FDA’s Two-Track Response to Plan-B Ruling
  May 6, 2013

Sanctity of Life - Global

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• 58 Babies Develop Cerebral Palsy Annually in England Because Moms Had Abortion
  May 6, 2013

Marriage and Family - USA

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• Same-sex marriage will cost Minnesota $678,000 a year, report finds
  May 6, 2013
• “Ex-Iowa Official Guilty in Gay Marriage Fraud Case”
  May 6, 2013
• Boy Scouts of America Survey: 61% Support Current Policy of Excluding Homosexuals
  May 6, 2013
• “Pennsylvania School District Refuses to Change Policies on Transgender Students” | ACLU
  May 6, 2013
• California Supreme Court case: When ‘I do’ may not be enough
  May 6, 2013
• Marriage as Purposeful Institution
  May 6, 2013
• Laissez Faire Marriage Part II
  May 6, 2013
• The big same-sex marriage lie: They do want to change this basic institution
  May 6, 2013
• Same-Sex Immigrant Debate Set in the Senate
  May 6, 2013
• “Decoding the gay-marriage oral arguments” | Erwin Chemersinsky at ABA J.
  May 6, 2013

Marriage and Family - Global

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• UK: “‘First ever’ C of E service to affirm transsexual”
  May 6, 2013

Bench and Bar - USA

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• Georgia: Thompson to be high court’s next chief justice
  May 6, 2013
• The Case for Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims
  May 6, 2013
• The Rule of Lawyers | Richard A. Epstein at WSJ
  May 6, 2013

Miscellaneous - USA

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• Another Suit Filed Against IRS Rule on Tax Credits in Federal Exchanges
  May 6, 2013
• Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government?
  May 6, 2013
• In Several States, Medicaid Expansion Remains in Limbo as Time Runs Short
  May 6, 2013

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