ALLIANCE ALERTS 03/12/2014

Featured - Tuesday, March 11, 2014

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• House OKs religious exemptions to having a healthcare plan March 11, 2014
  
• Canadian Supreme Court to decide if govt can force Catholic school to teach contrary to its beliefs March 11, 2014
  
• Philip Hamburger: Underlying Hobby Lobby March 11, 2014
  
  

Media Clips

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• Mary Eberstadt: Progressivism’s war on winners March 11, 2014
  
• Branford High Students for Life club’s censorship claim draws national attention | New Haven Register March 11, 2014
  
• Conn. high school blocks pro-life student group from handing out information | Christian Post March 11, 2014
  
• Trial begins on Ten Commandments monument in Bloomfield, NM | Albuquerque Journal March 11, 2014
  

Religious Liberty - USA

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• Kansas House bill would ban “discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity” March 11, 2014
  
• Bakersfield, CA Supervisors vote to postpone Islamic Center construction March 11, 2014
  
• State employees, students could take off religious holidays under Wash. bill March 11, 2014
  
• Oregon AG issues ballot title for religious liberty initiative March 11, 2014
  
• Alan Jacobs: Americans grow accustomed to erosion of religious liberty March 11, 2014
  
• Hadley Arkes: The “conscience” and “sincerity” problems presented by the RFRA March 11, 2014
  
• Ross Douthat: As goes Andrew Sullivan, so goes pluralism March 11, 2014
  
• David French: Attacks on memorial crosses multiply March 11, 2014
  
• Exclusion or saturation? Rethinking the place of religion in public life March 11, 2014
  
• Minn. appeals court rejects ban on children attending mother’s church March 11, 2014
  
• Supreme Court denies review in break-away church property dispute March 11, 2014
  
• John Boozman & J. Randy Forbes: The basic right of a free people March 11, 2014
  

Religious Liberty - Global

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• Hagia Sophias: From museums to mosques March 11, 2014
  

Sanctity of Life - USA

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• U.S. top court case highlights unsettled science on contraception March 11, 2014
  
• Jim Geraghty: The coming huge fight over abortion — among Democrats March 11, 2014
  

Sanctity of Life - Global

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• UK: Can we trust the decision over legalizing assisted suicide to politicians’ consciences? March 11, 2014
  

Marriage and Family - USA

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• Albert Mohler interview on the redefinition of marriage March 11, 2014
  
• Will Alabama grant same-sex couple’s request for divorce? March 11, 2014
  
• The rich-poor marriage gap in Canada March 11, 2014
  
• First Things reviews Gene Robinson’s case for same-sex “marriage” March 11, 2014
  

Marriage and Family - Global

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• UK punishes single-earner families, tax report finds March 11, 2014
  
• UK: Lib Dem minister backs “secular marriage” March 11, 2014
  

Bench and Bar - USA

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• Alaska Supreme Court in crossfire over how judges are nominated March 11, 2014
  

Miscellaneous - USA

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• W. James Antle: The GOP’s libertarian moment has arrived March 11, 2014
  
• God and sexuality at Bowdoin March 11, 2014
  
• W. Bradford Wilcox: Millennials are underemployed, unhitched, and unchurched at record rates March 11, 2014
  
• Pharmaceutical company won’t appeal 9th Circuit “sexual orientation in jury selection” ruling March 11, 2014
  

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