ALLIANCE ALERTS 03/19/2014

Featured - Wednesday, March 19, 2014

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• Ross Douthat: The challenge of pluralism March 19, 2014
  
• Joshua Hawley: For-profit doesn’t mean no conscience March 19, 2014
  
• Stanford Anscombe Society demands tax on free speech be removed March 19, 2014
  
• Federal judge stays enforcement of Kentucky marriage ruling pending appeal March 19, 2014
  
  
• Pornography is at the heart of our social ills March 19, 2014
  
• Minn. Supreme Court reverses convictions in aiding-suicide case March 19, 2014
  

Religious Liberty - USA

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• Hobby Lobby hysteria hits new high March 19, 2014
  
• Georgia group tries to keep religious liberty bill alive March 19, 2014
  
• 500 gather to protest pending removal of Idaho Ten Commandments display March 19, 2014
  
• Muslim family escorted from Empire State Building for praying files lawsuit March 19, 2014
  
• Bill to allow guns in churches passes Georgia Senate March 19, 2014
  
• Religious challenge to health care law hits high court March 19, 2014
  
• Ed Whelan: The DOJ’s “imaginary parade of horribles” in Hobby Lobby brief March 19, 2014
  
• FFRF calls Scott Walker a “theocratic dictator” for Bible tweet March 19, 2014
  
• Matthew J. Franck: Georgetown religious freedom event March 19, 2014
  
• Court dismisses Texas pastor’s contract claim on First Amendment grounds March 19, 2014
  
• Court rejects vagueness attack on Missouri funeral picketing law March 19, 2014
  
• Ed Whelan: DOJ’s reply brief in Hobby Lobby — part 2 March 19, 2014
  
• In U.S. contraception case, a question of corporate rights March 19, 2014
  
• Oliver Thomas: Restricting religion will not unite us March 19, 2014
  
• Stanford, marriage, and abortion controversies, and the mission of a university March 19, 2014
  

Religious Liberty - Global

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• Ukrainian Catholics experiencing “total persecution” in Crimea March 19, 2014
  
• Delhi High Court questions government policy on religious coins March 19, 2014
  
• Freedom of religion in Egypt no better under military rule March 19, 2014
  
• The Catholic Church and human trafficking March 19, 2014
  
• Scottish charity regulator will not appeal ruling in favor of Catholic adoption society March 19, 2014
  

Sanctity of Life - USA

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• South Carolina House advances 20-week abortion ban March 19, 2014
  
• House committee approves abortion restrictions likely to shutter clinics in south Louisiana March 19, 2014
  
• Englewood, NJ adopts buffer zone for abortion clinic March 19, 2014
  

Marriage and Family - USA

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• Kentucky AG on refusal to defend marriage: “I wanted to be on the right side of history” March 19, 2014
  
• Primary victories for Illinois Republicans who backed redefinition of marriage March 19, 2014
  

Marriage and Family - Global

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• Secretary Kerry: “US to send scientists to discuss homosexuality with Ugandan president” March 19, 2014
  

Miscellaneous - USA

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• Arkansas: “School superintendent defends decision to censor gay student’s profile” March 19, 2014
  
• Ross Kaminsky: Why liberals attempt to silence honest debate March 19, 2014
  

Miscellaneous - Global

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• Global Freedom Network founded by Catholics, Anglicans, Muslims to end trafficking March 19, 2014
  
• L. Gordon Crovitz: America’s Internet surrender March 19, 2014
  

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