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ADF will appeal decision to strike down roadside memorials to fallen Utah troopers
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys are reviewing all options for appeal of a ruling issued Wednesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit that struck down roadside memorials to fallen Utah state troopers as unconstitutional. The 10th Circuit reversed a district court ruling in American Atheists v. Davenport that upheld the memorial crosses. ADF attorneys say the reversal is regrettable in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a separate case that indicates such memorials might be constitutional.
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5375 - 4k - 8/18/2010
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Ala. seminary freed to issue religious degrees after help from ADF
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have received assurance from legal counsel for the Alabama Community College System that it will no longer demand that a private divinity college and seminary cease offering all of its associate and bachelor programs in religion, ministry, theological studies, and Bible. Letters sent by ADF on behalf of Bethany Divinity College and Seminary outlined how the college is officially exempt from government intrusion and regulation of its religious programs, and that any attempt by the state to alter or revoke its degree programs would be unconstitutional and in conflict with state law.
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5374 - 4k - 8/17/2010
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The Winning Percentage
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=5373 - 4k - 8/17/2010
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Alan Sears on Focus on the Family Radio Broadcast
You may have just heard Alan Sears on the Focus on the Family radio broadcast. As he explained on the program, religious freedom in America is under attack by advocates of the homosexual agenda. The goal of these radical activists is to silence and punish Christians so that they can force their agenda on our families, schools, churches, and even our military.
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=5368 - 4k - 8/12/2010
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ADF rebuts ACLU demand that Colo. school district exclude Boy Scouts
The Alliance Defense Fund sent the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education a letter Thursday debunking false claims made by the American Civil Liberties Union that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allows the district to deny the Boy Scouts access to its public school campuses. In its letter, the ACLU misrepresented the ruling and urged the district to jettison the Scouts from its campuses, potentially placing the district in danger of civil rights violations. The ACLU objects to a Boy Scouts policy, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000, not to choose leaders who engage in homosexual behavior.
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5367 - 4k - 8/12/2010
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Truth stranger than fiction: Christian author can’t discuss book at Tenn. library
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Putnam County Library on behalf of an author whom officials denied access to a public meeting room for a discussion about a Christian book she wrote. Library officials told Ilene Vick that the meeting rooms could not be used for anything religious because library policy forbids it.
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5365 - 3k - 8/12/2010
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ADF continues fight to stop ‘two hours of free speech per week’ policy at SLU
The Alliance Defense Fund is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to rehear a ruling that allows Southeastern Louisiana University to continue enforcement of a permit requirement and two-hours-per-week “free speech” policy against an outside Christian speaker while his lawsuit proceeds in court.
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5364 - 4k - 8/11/2010
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Perry Verdict Is Calculated Not Just to Change, But to Eliminate Marriage
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=5363 - 3k - 8/10/2010
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SC town adopts ADF-recommended prayer policy in wake of threats from atheist group
The city of Woodruff adopted an invocations policy Tuesday recommended by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, which ensures local officials can continue their constitutionally protected practice of prayer before public meetings despite recent threats from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Last month, ADF, in cooperation with area lawyers who are part of the nearly 1,800 attorneys in the ADF alliance, sent letters to three local governments in South Carolina, including Woodruff, offering to legally defend them for free if they are attacked in court over valid invocations policies.
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5361 - 4k - 8/6/2010
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Court rules NY town can open public meetings with prayer
A federal court issued a decision and order Thursday that allows the Greece Town Board, represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, to open public meetings with prayer. Americans United for Separation of Church and State sued the town on behalf of two residents who objected to the practice.
http://oldsite.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5360 - 4k - 8/6/2010
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