ALLIANCE ALERTS 04/17/2014

Featured - Thursday, April 17, 2014

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• One-third of vegetative patients may be conscious: study April 17, 2014
  
• Appeals judges question right to sue in Oklahoma marriage case (audio) April 17, 2014
  
• Court blocks enforcement of abortion pill mandate against ministry of Dr. James Dobson April 17, 2014
  
• ADF appeals decision against churches meeting in NYC public schools April 17, 2014
  
  

Media Clips

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• “Procedural tiff could foul Oklahoma lesbian couples’ marriage quest” | Denver Post April 17, 2014
  
• Bible study after school ban overturned as NY Superintendent reverses decision | Christian Post April 17, 2014
  
• Utah, Oklahoma same-sex “marriage” cases on parallel track | Deseret News April 17, 2014
  
• Former Planned Parenthood director says it has abortion quotas | LifeNews April 17, 2014
  
• Va. community colleges relax speech restrictions April 17, 2014
  

Religious Liberty - USA

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• Group calls for Department of Defense to withdraw from Prayer Day event April 17, 2014
  
• NJ woman’s rejected atheist license plate violates First Amendment, lawsuit argues April 17, 2014
  
• Kentucky Supreme Court: Religious jobs exempt from some labor laws April 17, 2014
  
• Suit over sale of former public school to Orthodox Jewish schools is settled April 17, 2014
  
• 3 USCIRF commissioners are reappointed April 17, 2014
  
• Mormon elder sees hope despite “alarming” religious liberty trends April 17, 2014
  

Religious Liberty - Global

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• Australia: Christian Youth Camps loses appeal against “gay discrimination” ruling April 17, 2014
  

Sanctity of Life - USA

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• Choose Life at Yale denied Dwight Hall membership, funds April 17, 2014
  
• Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell signs bill restricting Medicaid payments for abortions April 17, 2014
  
• Dallas judge reinstates privileges for two abortion doctors April 17, 2014
  
• Colorado Senate Democrats spike abortion bill April 17, 2014
  
• Gov. Brewer signs bill on abortion-clinic inspections April 17, 2014
  

Sanctity of Life - Global

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• Pro-life protests near schools concern Vancouver parents April 17, 2014
  

Marriage and Family - USA

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• Openly gay judge, Michael McShane, in spotlight overseeing Oregon case April 17, 2014
  
• Challenge to Arkansas marriage protection amendment heard April 17, 2014
  
• Olson and Boies cost Prop 8 opponents $6.4 million April 17, 2014
  
• Delaware to decide on charter school applications April 17, 2014
  
• 10th Circuit panel that heard Utah’s arguments last week will hear Okla.’s same-sex “marriage” case April 17, 2014
  

Marriage and Family - Global

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• Malta President signs Civil Unions Bill April 17, 2014
  

Miscellaneous - USA

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• Ed West: Is moral change speeding up? April 17, 2014
  
• NRO interviews historian Rodney Stark: God and Man and Moderns April 17, 2014
  

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