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ERLC’s Land Sends Letter to Congress Opposing Health Care Reform Bill
As the House of Representatives prepares to vote as soon as Saturday on a sweeping health care bill (H.R. 3962), the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission continues to express multiple concerns to Congress. more »
By staff - Nov 6, 2009
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
Land: GOP wins send reminder to D.C.
Republicans won the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia Nov. 3, only a year after then-Sen. Barack Obama swept both states on his way to the White House. more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 5, 2009
Topic: Citizenship,
The Silencing of Pro-Lifers on Health Care Reform
The showdown on health care reform is fast approaching. Floor votes in the House of Representatives on the mammoth 1,990-page bill (H.R. 3962), unveiled last week by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), are expected to take place as early as tomorrow. more »
By Doug Carlson - Nov 3, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Human Rights
LIFE DIGEST: Planned Parenthood director converts
The director of a Planned Parenthood affiliate in Texas resigned and began praying alongside pro-lifers outside her former clinic after undergoing what she described as a “spiritual conversion.” more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 3, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Infertility, Citizenship, Science, Bioethics
Land, other religious leaders: Sanctions needed on Iran
Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land has joined Jewish and evangelical Christian leaders in New York in calling for immediate sanctions to thwart Iran from developing nuclear weapons. more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 2, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Issues,
Fight over abortion funding nears in push for health care
The Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives unveiled its 1,990-page health care bill Oct. 29 with funding for abortion intact, setting the stage for a battle with pro-life members of its own party. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 31, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
Same-sex attraction: Just a choice?
“It’s just a choice,” the respected pastor said to me confidently when I told him that God had led me to minister to people struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction. more »
By Bob Stith - Oct 30, 2009 - (6)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Death of Liberalism?
“The Achilles’ heel of liberal relativism is catastrophically low birthrates. When you deny the importance of family…of children…of God’s teaching about marriage, you end up with low birth rates.” – Richard Land more »
By Matt Hawkins - Oct 29, 2009 - (18)
Topic: Faith, Apologetics, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Adoption, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Church and State, Social Issues, Issues
Obama signs gay hate crimes measure
The homosexual movement gained a barrier-breaking victory Oct. 28 when President Obama signed into law a measure extending hate-crimes protections to homosexuals and transgender people. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 28, 2009
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
Richard Land to D.C. Elections Board: SBC strongly opposes ‘gay marriage’
The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity strongly opposes the legalization of “gay marriage” in the District of Columbia for a variety of reasons, Richard Land told a government board in the nation’s capital. more »
By staff - Oct 28, 2009
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation