Tag Archives: Alliance Defense Fund

The Washington DC Court of Appeals ruled 5-4 this morning to reject a bid to put marriage equality to a public vote. The Human Rights Campaign reports via press release: “The court’s ruling today is a significant victory for justice, the rule of law and the protection of all D.C. residents against discrimination,” said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. …

“I see no purpose in extending a societal imprimatur – and not insubstantial benefits – to folks whose relationships are of essentially no societal consequence. Taxpayers should not be in the business of subsidizing friendships, however close. Only when people enter into a relationship which presumptively involves the bearing and rearing of children does society have an interest in that …

The day of legal same-sex marriage in the nation’s capital is nearly upon us and celebrations are being planned. Via DC Agenda: Aisha Mills and her domestic partner, Danielle Moodie, plan to mark March 3, the day the District’s same-sex marriage law is scheduled to take effect, by going to the courthouse to apply for a marriage license. Due to …

The anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund says that if President Obama allows the repeal of DADT, he will be violating the Constitution by establishing a religion for military personnel. Wait, what? “If chaplains with beliefs that contradict the proposed policy are kept from roles that are likely to generate conflict – like preaching or counseling – then they, the faith groups …

From the Facebook page of the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund: Alliance Defense Fund Blocked: ADF Attorney believes Twitter updates from @AllianceDefense @ADFmedia @AllianceAlert @ProtectMarriage are being excluded from twitter search. ADF Attorney contacted Twitter to have censorship of Twitter accounts immediately stopped. We will keep you posted. Only way for our updates to currently show up in twitter search is …

In 2008 a wedding photographer in New Mexico was fined under the state’s sexual orientation discrimination laws for refusing to accept a same-sex couple as clients. The case has been used by the Christianists in virtually every battle for LGBT rights as a glaring example of “homofascists” using newly-won rights to throttle people of faith. Today the anti-gay Alliance Defense …

Maryland-based carpetbagger Bishop Harry Jackson and seven co-plaintiffs have filed a suit in DC Superior Court in order to force Washington residents into a public vote on marriage equality. Jackson’s action comes after DC’s Board of Elections and Ethics refused to allow a ballot on the issue. In the 15-page filing, Jackson and his seven co-petitioners argue that the city’s …

Today the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund lost their challenge to New York’s recognition of same-sex marriages performed outside the state. The AP reports: New York’s top court has rejected a Christian legal group’s challenge to some government benefits provided to legally married same-sex couples living in New York. The court avoided declaring that same-sex couples are entitled to all the …

Today the New York Court of Appeals began hearing a case by the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund, who were rejected by lower courts in their bid to overturn New York state’s recognition of same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions. New York state law stipulates the recognition of marriages that are legal elsewhere unless such a union is “abhorrent to state policy.” …

Wing Nut Daily is reporting that more than 80 pastors took part in “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” yesterday, a campaign launched by the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund to “preach Sunday sermons related to biblical perspectives on the positions of electoral candidates or current government officials.” That is in violation of IRS rules regarding tax-exempt churches and political speech. “Pastors have a …

At the World Congress of Families in Amsterdam, Christian activists from the U.S. warned yesterday that homosexuals are planning to squelch religious expression in the name of marriage equality. The comments came from attorney Ben Bull of the Alliance Defense Fund. He warned it is common for Christians and pastors to suffer at the hands of homosexual activists, simply for …

Wisconsin’s domestic partners law went into effect yesterday and gay folks appeared at county clerk offices around the state to apply for the 43 protections granted by the new legislation. Anti-gay groups including the Alliance Defense Fund are suing to overturn the law, saying it violates the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

A judge has struck down Los Angeles City College’s sexual harassment code, ruling that it violates the students’ right to free speech. Last fall a professor interrupted a student speaking in opposition to marriage equality, calling him a “fascist bastard.” When the student received his paper, the professor had written “Ask God what your grade is” on it. The professor …

Represented by the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund, Bishop Harry Jackson and his six cohorts have filed a court challenge of Tuesday’s decision by the DC Elections Board that a referendum could not be mounted to challenge the city’s decision to recognize marriages from other jurisdictions. “We are not going to sit by and allow an unelected board of bureaucrats to …

The anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund is seeking to formally oppose the federal marriage equality lawsuit filed by Ted Olson and David Boies. The Alliance Defense Fund filed court papers Thursday asking U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker to allow it to defend the constitutionality of Proposition 8. Gay couples prohibited from marrying filed a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court May …

Anti-gay legal group Alliance Defense Fund has filed a federal lawsuit against the “gay anarchists” who last November disrupted a Michigan church service by pulling the fire alarm, dropping pro-gay leaflets, and shouting “Jesus was a homo” at parishioners. Via Christian site The Voice: “The use of violent threats and criminal behavior to make a political point should never be …

The Iowa Family Policy Center and the Alliance Defense Fund are encouraging Iowa’s county recorders to exercise their “right of conscience” and refuse to process marriage license applications from same-sex couples. Former Iowa legislator Ed Fallon has responded by filing ethics charges against state Sen. Merlin Bartz for circulating a petition and creating a website in support of the anti-gay …

The anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund has gotten New York’s Court of Appeals to agree to review the state’s recognition of gay marriages from other jurisdictions. The state’s highest court agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments in two cases that challenge New York’s recognition of same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere. Lower courts have already sided with two government entities that revised …

The Alliance Defense Fund, the losing-est Christianist outfit ever, has lost again. UC Hastings College of the Law can deny recognition and funding to a Christian student group because it excludes gays, lesbians and non-Christians, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The San Francisco law school is entitled to require official student organizations to “accept all comers as members, even …

Los Angeles City College is being sued for religious discrimination after a public speaking professor refused to allow a student to complete his speech in support of traditional marriage. The lawsuit also seeks to overturn university rules on offensive speech by students. A classroom dispute at Los Angeles City College in the emotional aftermath of Proposition 8 has given rise …