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Judge rules professor’s opinion columns not protected by First Amendment
A federal judge ruled Monday that nationally syndicated opinion columns written by a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington are not protected by the First Amendment because he referred to them on a promotion application.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5234 - 3k - 3/17/2010
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When Praying Becomes “Disorderly Conduct”
At first glance, what Julian Raven and his friends saw that day in the park in downtown Elmira, New York, doesn’t seem all that unusual. After all, when it comes to public celebrations of homosexual behavior, a lot of Christians – maybe most Christians – like to just close their eyes and hope it will all go away.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=5232 - 4k - 3/16/2010
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Ariz. town: No church meetings at home. Period.
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an appeal Wednesday with the town of Gilbert’s zoning Board of Adjustment to overturn a decision banning churches from meeting, holding Bible studies, or having any other activities in private homes. The pastor of the seven-member Oasis of Truth Church received a cease-and-desist letter ordering him to terminate all religious meetings in his home, regardless of their size, nature, or frequency.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5229 - 5k - 3/12/2010
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In North Carolina, A Night To Remember
It was, in the words of the old song, “a hot time in the old town that night.”
The town was Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which is the county seat of Forsyth County, where most people, it turns out, like to hear their Board of Commissioners pray before they do the Tarheels’ business.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=5228 - 3k - 3/9/2010
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ADF helps prevent shut-down of Wyo. Bible colleges
A new law signed by Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal Wednesday fixes a poorly written state statute and prevents the state from intrusively regulating or closing down Bible colleges. Letters from the Alliance Defense Fund to officials with the Wyoming Department of Education on behalf of two Bible schools helped prompt the bill that led to the amendment.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5226 - 5k - 3/8/2010
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Court: Let the bells ring while Phoenix churches’ suit proceeds
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys secured a federal court order Wednesday that silences a city of Phoenix noise ordinance used to stop the ringing of church bells. St. Mark Roman Catholic Parish and Christ the King Liturgical Charismatic Church sued the city last September over its vague noise ordinance, which offers an exemption for ice cream trucks, but not for churches. The lawsuit came about after Bishop Rick Painter of Christ the King was sentenced to jail and probation last June for violating the ordinance by ringing his church’s bells as a traditional way of praising God.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5223 - 4k - 3/4/2010
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ADF delivers letter, USPS gets message: Censorship policy is unconstitutional
After receiving a letter from Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, the United States Postal Service sent a response letter Monday stating that it is no longer enforcing a policy that was used to ban a Christian man from peacefully handing out religious tracts to receptive passersby outside a Michigan post office. A postal worker told Michael Shanton on the sidewalk in front of the post office that he would be arrested if he did not leave the area. ADF attorneys contended in the letter that the regulation prohibiting him from distributing religious literature was too broadly applied, and therefore violated his right to free speech protected by the First Amendment.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5221 - 4k - 3/3/2010
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Court dismisses Shirley Dobson from lawsuit challenging National Day of Prayer
A federal judge issued an order Tuesday dismissing all claims against Shirley Dobson in a lawsuit alleging that government-issued proclamations encouraging citizens to pray are unconstitutional. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a motion for summary judgment in the suit filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and the court granted that motion. But it also granted FFRF’s motion, which allows it to challenge the statute permitting a national day of prayer.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5220 - 4k - 3/2/2010
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Change in Military Policy Will Censor U.S. Chaplains
The Obama Administration may have its heart set on eliminating the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that has guided America’s armed forces since 1993, but that change would bring tremendous conflict between military commanders, chaplains, and devoutly religious service men and women.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=5219 - 2k - 3/2/2010
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ADF attorney available to media after hearing in ‘Ask God what your grade is’ case
Alliance Defense Fund Litigation Staff Counsel David J. Hacker will be available for media interviews following his arguments at a hearing Wednesday in a lawsuit spurred by a Los Angeles Community College District professor who called a Christian student a “fascist bastard,” accused him of offending others, and wrote “Ask God what your grade is” on the student’s speech evaluation after he spoke about his faith during a classroom speech.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5218 - 4k - 3/2/2010
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