ALLIANCE ALERTS 01/30/2015

Featured - Friday, January 30, 2015

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• ADF joins panel discussion on vague tax laws muzzling nonprofits, churches (video) January 30, 2015
  
• Idaho committee soundly defeats bill riddled with constitutional, legal concerns January 30, 2015
  
• The shady world of surrogacy exposed in Italy January 30, 2015
  
• Canadian court upholds religious freedom of law students January 30, 2015
  
  

ADF in the News

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• Advocates on both sides argue IRS should clarify pulpit endorsement rule January 30, 2015
  
• Please God, don’t let us get audited: IRS is scaring churches January 30, 2015
  
• Sexual-behavior rules can’t disqualify Canadian law school from accreditation January 30, 2015
  
• Churches fear IRS as election season looms January 30, 2015
  
• Assisted living centers defeat HHS mandate in court January 30, 2015
  
• Religious and secular advocates urge IRS to clarify rules on political endorsements from the pulpit January 30, 2015
  
• Legal-affairs correspondent Mary Reichard reports on a case at the Supreme Court over a small church sign that carries with it a big principle (audio) January 30, 2015
  

Religious Liberty - USA

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• Religious Land Use appeal looks to ‘Hobby Lobby’ January 30, 2015
  
• Freedom of the press trumps respect for religion in a new survey January 30, 2015
  
• Holt v. Hobbs: Does a Muslim prisoner’s case foreshadow the end of affirmative action? January 30, 2015
  
• What The New York Times gets wrong about religious liberty January 30, 2015
  
• California Supreme Court versus Boy Scouts January 30, 2015
  
• Wyoming House Judiciary Committee passes RFRA bill January 30, 2015
  
• GITMO inmate invoking RFRA wants only male guards during transfers January 30, 2015
  
• Big government restrictions on religious freedom keep losing in court January 30, 2015
  
• Air Force officials review article lauding NCO’s missionary work January 30, 2015
  

Religious Liberty - Global

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• Chin Christians ready to go to jail to stop cross removal January 30, 2015
  
• Human rights complaint against Ontario school board filed by atheist January 30, 2015
  
• Paradise lost: is Christianity doomed in the Middle East? January 30, 2015
  
• China’s crackdown surprised some churches building ‘grander’ facilities January 30, 2015
  
• Religious repression is China’s answer to Vatican’s outstretched hand January 30, 2015
  
• Mexico: Dozens of Protestants refused re-entry to village after being expelled January 30, 2015
  
• India investigates reports of mass ‘reconversion’ of Christians January 30, 2015
  

Sanctity of Life - USA

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• What we don’t know just might kill you January 30, 2015
  
• Pain-capable abortion ban to be introduced in Ohio January 30, 2015
  
• With abortion, there are no do-overs January 30, 2015
  

Sanctity of Life - Global

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• C of E: Legalising GM babies would be ‘irresponsible’ January 30, 2015
  
• Commons vote on GM babies set for Tues 3 February January 30, 2015
  
• Euthanasia: A personal perspective January 30, 2015
  
• For Indian bishop, to save girls from selective abortions, minds must be educated January 30, 2015
  

Marriage and Family - USA

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• Originalism and marriage January 30, 2015
  
• What Americans think of same-sex marriage January 30, 2015
  
• Louisiana Supreme Court urged to rule in same-sex marriage January 30, 2015
  
• With Mormons evolving on social issues, Catholics and Baptists press on January 30, 2015
  

Bench and Bar - Global

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• Update: Religious freedom and a Canadian law school January 30, 2015
  

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