ALLIANCE ALERTS 04/16/2014

Featured - Wednesday, April 16, 2014

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• Judge stays most of Ohio marriage ruling April 16, 2014
  
• Crosses spark a Constitutional fight April 16, 2014
  
• ADF: 10th Circuit should uphold right of Oklahomans to affirm marriage April 16, 2014
  
• Va. college system eliminates “free speech zones” April 16, 2014
  
• Federal judge nullifies North Dakota “fetal heartbeat” law April 16, 2014
  
  

Media Clips

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• N.H. education tax credit challenge draws national interest | AP April 16, 2014
  
• Settlement sought in free speech case by Christian student at TNCC | Daily Press April 16, 2014
  
• Lawsuit filed after teacher throws away child’s Valentine’s Day message | Christian Today April 16, 2014
  

Religious Liberty - USA

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• Mich.: Warren mayor says atheist can’t put up “reason station” inside city hall April 16, 2014
  
• Appleton man hopes for “In God We Trust” license plates in Wisconsin April 16, 2014
  
• Rubio expresses “concern” over still-vacant State Dept. religious freedom post April 16, 2014
  
• No legal recourse for Gallaudet University official demoted because she signed anti-same-sex-marriage petition April 16, 2014
  
• Pismo Beach City Council stops prayers before meetings April 16, 2014
  
• Luis A. Silva: Religious freedom and the American settlement April 16, 2014
  
• Okla. school district approves Hobby Lobby president’s Bible course April 16, 2014
  

Religious Liberty - Global

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• Azerbaijan strengthens control over religious organizations April 16, 2014
  
• The Middle East war on Christians April 16, 2014
  
• Edinburgh churches quit Church of Scotland over gay ordination April 16, 2014
  
• Norway PM advocates for same-sex “marriage” in churches April 16, 2014
  

Sanctity of Life - USA

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• Arizona bill targets assisted suicide April 16, 2014
  
• Colorado Democrats delay vote on abortion to avoid public defeat April 16, 2014
  

Marriage and Family - USA

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• Milwaukee couple challenges Wisconsin’s marriage protection amendment April 16, 2014
  
• How the president got to “I do” on same-sex “marriage” April 16, 2014
  
• Wisconsin passes law to curb private custody transfers of children April 16, 2014
  

Marriage and Family - Global

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• The Romeike home-school conundrum April 16, 2014
  

Miscellaneous - USA

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• Lambda Legal sues Ill. doctor and clinic for denying hormone therapy to transgender woman April 16, 2014
  
• Religious but not Mormon? The church-owned Deseret News considers you a growth market April 16, 2014
  
• MI: Bay County Board passes “LGBT nondiscrimination personnel policy changes” April 16, 2014
  

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