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North Korean Human Rights Act becomes law
President Bush signed into law Oct. 18 the North Korean Human Rights Act.
The president’s action came two weeks after final congressional approval. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 15, 2004
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation
Congress drops ERLC-backed measures
Congress turned aside two measures strongly supported by the ERLC before recessing until after the Nov. 2 election.
Conference committees from the Senate and House of Representatives dropped a measure that would have increased broadcast indecency fines and a provision empowering the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 15, 2004
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Pop Culture, Citizenship, Legislation
Vigilance urged on Marriage Protection Amendment
Leaders of the effort to ratify a constitutional amendment protecting marriage urged vigilance after Congress failed to approve such a proposal. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 15, 2004
Topic: Family, Marriage, Citizenship, Legislation
Supreme Court to rule on Ten Commandments displays
The Supreme Court will review lower-court rulings involving displays of the Ten Commandments on government property in Kentucky and Texas, it was announced Oct. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 15, 2004
Topic: Faith, Bible, 10 Commandments, Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty
International Day of Prayer and Solidarity with Israel
For the past two years, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has sponsored the International Day of Prayer and Solidarity with Israel. more »
By Richard Land - Oct 7, 2004 - (1)
Topic: Citizenship, National
New Rules on Broadcast Decency in Danger
More severe penalties for those who violate FCC broadcast decency standards are on the verge of being adopted by the Congress. These changes include higher fines and other penalties for indecent material in broadcasts and restrictions on violent content in children’s programming or during times when children typically watch television. more »
By Richard Land - Oct 4, 2004
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National
Testimony of Richard M. Doerflinger on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
On behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishopsbefore the Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee September 29, 2004 more »
By Richard M. Doerflinger - Oct 1, 2004
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, Social Issues, Science
Bush pushes comprehensive cloning ban at U.N.
President Bush has urged the United Nations to adopt a resolution in support of a comprehensive ban on human cloning.
In a Sept. 21 speech to the U.N. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
White House threatens veto over abortion
The Bush administration has warned the Senate the President will veto a foreign aid bill if abortion-funding measures are not removed before it reaches his desk, according to LifeNews.com. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
Justice to appeal partial birth abortion rulings
The Department of Justice announced Sept. 27 it will appeal two more decisions against the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
The department will appeal to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals an opinion by federal judge Richard Kopf of Lincoln, Neb., invalidating the 2003 law, which prohibits an abortion procedure on a nearly totally delivered unborn child. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
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