Wait Alaska! Christmas isn’t over!
Landfills and parking lots across Alaska are already filling up with discarded Christmas trees despite the fact that the festive season is only three days old. A Dec. 27 notice from city officials in Juneau invited residents to “bring your Christmas tree to
Faith-based Anchorage shelter heals souls by addressing ‘heart needs’
A retired airline pilot, Sherrie Laurie, didn’t see this trip coming. She started volunteering at Anchorage’s Downtown Hope Center and then became director three years ago. Initially she just hoped to demystify the homeless and overcome her general
Anchorage Assembly allows weed shop to open next to homeless shelter church
The Anchorage Assembly held a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10, where it approved a business license for a new marijuana shop to open just 55 feet from a faith-based outreach that operates as a church and homeless shelter. Hope Center serves some of the
Alaska youth equipped to defend faith, engage society
A new generation of culturally and politically minded young Alaskans are preparing to bring a Christian worldview to the pressing issues of their day. For the past 15 years TeenPact has gathered Alaskan youth to strengthen their bond with Christ while
Lawyer: Satanist ‘prayers’ at Kenai Assembly not supported by Alaska’s Constitution
Brett Harvey, Senior Legal Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, has litigated First Amendment cases for nearly 20 years. Notably, he argued to reinstate a policy allowing prayer before town meetings in a small city in New York. That case, Town of Greece v.
Personal feelings cannot be a shared foundation for law
I watched the lawsuit and litigation play out this summer between the City of Anchorage and the Downtown Hope Center. The entire incident leading to the lawsuit would be great satirical fodder for the pages of The Onion, but it very much happened. Were it a
Court: Anchorage women’s shelter is not required to admit men identifying as women
Anchorage officials cannot force a faith-based women’s shelter in Anchorage to admit biological males in its overnight facility. This comes after Anchorage officials dropped a complaint against the Downtown Hope Center over the shelter’s refusal to allow
Proposal seen as threat to Alaska lawyers’ freedom of speech and religious liberty
The Alaska Bar Association is seeking to impose on all attorneys new rules of conduct, which Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson says will have a chilling and unconstitutional impact on religious liberty and freedom of speech. Clarkson issued a detailed
Court blocks Anchorage officials from forcing women’s shelter to admit men
A federal court ruling has temporarily blocked Anchorage officials from forcing a faith-based women’s homeless shelter into admitting biological males. The controversy stems from an incident in January 2018. According to court documents from attorneys
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