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Much ado about marriage
For all the fanfare on marriage over the past week, one might have mistakenly thought it was National Marriage Week—the annual occasion that fell on the calendar precisely three months earlier, Feb. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 17, 2012
Topic: Family, Children, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty, ,
LIFE DIGEST: ‘Intensity gap’ prompts NARAL departure
The “intensity gap” on abortion in the United States helped convince the president of NARAL Pro-choice America to step aside.
Nancy Keenan, head of one of the country’s leading abortion rights organizations for nearly eight years, will leave her post at the end of the year, The Washington Post reported May 10. more »
By Tom Strode - May 15, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation,
DOJ silent on prosecuting pandemic of obscenity
Back in 2009, health officials warned Americans of the possibility of a major outbreak of the potentially deadly swine flu. At the time, President Obama declared it a national emergency. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 10, 2012
Topic: Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Addictions, Sexual Purity, Pornography, Issues,
Baptist Press report on Land’s apology
A five-part apology for “injudicious comments” was released May 9 by Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, regarding the Trayvon Martin killing. more »
By staff - May 10, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, Racial Reconciliation,
LIFE DIGEST: Koreans find baby flesh in pills
South Korean customs authorities have found in luggage and mail during the last nine months more than 17,000 pills filled with the ground-up flesh of unborn and stillborn babies. more »
By Tom Strode - May 9, 2012
Day of Prayer may have been largest ever
Americans observed the National Day of Prayer by gathering at thousands of locations across the country in what was expected to be the largest such observance in its six-decade history. more »
By staff - May 3, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, National,
SBC’s Land recognized for commitment to immigrant community
The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference recognized Richard Land for his focus on the needs of the immigrant community in a ceremony April 26. more »
By Elizabeth Wood - May 3, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, Immigration, Racial Reconciliation,
Legalizing online poker gambling: A losing wager for America
Predictably, the news cycles these days have been largely consumed with the unpredictable—the outcome of the 2012 presidential election and, to be answered sooner, the announcement of the No. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 3, 2012
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling,
LIFE DIGEST: Clinic advertises sex selection
A fertility clinic in Washington state is promoting its sex-selection business to Indians living in British Columbia.
The Washington Center for Reproductive Medicine in the Seattle-area city of Bellevue is advertising its “gender determination” service in the Indo-Canadian Voice, a newspaper that targets people from India living in the far western province of Canada, the Vancouver Sun reported April 17. more »
By Tom Strode - May 1, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National,
VAWA not the solution to domestic violence
One of the age-old tricks of the legislating trade is to name legislation with a title that sounds either catchy or simply too good to oppose. Naturally, lawmakers invoke this tactic on both helpful and harmful bills alike. more »
By Doug Carlson - Apr 25, 2012