Archive - Richard Land
“Hate” crimes bill a threat to liberty
The U.S. House of Representatives easily approved “hate” crimes protections for homosexuals and transgendered individuals April 29. The Senate is expected to take up the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act prior to leaving for their August recess. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 29, 2009 - (2)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
House Votes for Cap and Trade June 26
Dear Friends:
The House will vote today on H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill. In addition to its many efforts to radically change energy policy in our nation, the bill will create a system for trading and selling credits to emit so-called greenhouse gases. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 26, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, Science, Environment
On the Murder of Dr. George Tiller
The murder of Dr. George Tiller is a human tragedy.
If the perpetrator of this violence proves to be someone who was acting in the name of the pro-life movement, as appears to be the case, everyone in the pro-life community must swiftly and soundly repudiate him and his actions. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 1, 2009 - (6)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Tell Senators to Protect Children from Tobacco Use
Dear Friends:
The power to save untold thousands of lives from experiencing disease and premature death from tobacco use is within reach.
The Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill to provide oversight on the tobacco industry. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 1, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Living, Health, Citizenship, Legislation
Justice Sotomayor?—More for some, less for others?
President Obama, while a presidential candidate, gave a very important speech (March 18, 2008) on race in America. In that speech he said that “Most working- and middle-class white Americans don’t feel that they have been particularly privileged by their race…So when they…hear that an African-American is getting an advantage in landing a good job or a spot in a good college because of an injustice that they themselves never committed…resentment builds over time.” more »
By Richard Land - May 27, 2009 - (6)
Topic: Citizenship, Persecution, Racial Reconciliation
Parent-child relationship further weakened with court order
The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman of New York to order the FDA to make Plan B, post-intercourse contraceptives available to 17-year-old girls without a prescription from their doctor is one more example of the government believing it has the right to interpose itself between parents and their children. more »
By Richard Land - Apr 28, 2009 - (4)
Topic: Life, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation
Help Stop Radically Pro-Choice HHS Nominee
Dear Friends:
The Senate is expected to vote tomorrow on whether to confirm Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS)—a radically pro-choice nominee who appears to have deep ties to the abortion industry—as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). more »
By Richard Land - Apr 27, 2009
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion
Letter to HHS on Conscience Protections Proposal
On behalf of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, we urge the Department of Health and Human Services to reject its proposed rule “to rescind in its entirety” the final rule entitled “Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law,” promulgated late last year (73 FR 78072, 45 CFR Part 88). more »
By Richard Land - Apr 21, 2009 - (3)
Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion
The source of integrity
What does it mean to be a person of integrity? Scripture tells us such a goal is a worthy pursuit: Better a poor man who lives with integrity than a rich man who distorts right and wrong (Prov. more »
By Richard Land - Apr 14, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Bible, Family, Living
‘Wedding’ bells ring off key in nation’s Heartland
Iowa is now the poster child for why it is important to have constitutional amendments that decree that marriage is only between one man and one woman. more »
By Richard Land - Apr 7, 2009 - (7)
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality