Archive - Doug Carlson
Senate sinks controversial U.S. ambassador to El Salvador nomination
A controversial U.S. ambassador may be coming home for Christmas—and staying for a lot longer. In what many American and Latin American social conservatives are hailing as a victory, the U.S. more »
By Doug Carlson - Dec 15, 2011
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality,
Abortion factor in grant denial reinforces need for conscience protections
Clouds of controversy are forming over a top governmental agency. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), known for making overtures recently that curtail freedoms, is under fire once again, this time over its recent decision to deny a faith-based relief organization a grant to aid victims of labor and sex trafficking. more »
By Doug Carlson - Dec 7, 2011
No time to roll dice on Internet gambling law
In keeping with rich tradition, Thanksgiving Day was a focal point of November for families across the nation. But one week before millions of Americans set aside the fourth Thursday of the month to focus on and give thanks to God for the abundant blessings in their lives, some lawmakers in Washington turned their attention elsewhere: to an industry based not on gratitude but greed. more »
By Doug Carlson - Nov 30, 2011
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling,
DOMA repeal advances out of Senate Committee
For better or for worse, marriage seems to have found a welcome home lately in the national dialogue. The past week is no exception. This time, the institution is making headlines for one of those “worse” reasons: an unprecedented vote by a Senate panel to throw out marriage as defined by a 1996 law. more »
By Doug Carlson - Nov 17, 2011
Keeping USCIRF’s light on
For well more than a decade, a religious liberty watchdog agency created by Congress has admirably sought to put that issue on the front burner of U.S. more »
By Doug Carlson - Nov 9, 2011
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty,
With DADT gone, is DOMA next?
In September, the homosexual lobby celebrated what it considered to be a pair of major victories. The first was the official repeal of the longstanding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which barred open homosexuals from serving in the military. more »
By Doug Carlson - Nov 2, 2011
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality,
Senate sits on bill to protect religious minorities
Based on the latest reports, an Iranian pastor sentenced to hanging for apostasy has not yet been executed as Iran’s highest court has sent the case to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for final review. more »
By Doug Carlson - Oct 26, 2011
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty,
House passes Protect Life Act, now Senate’s turn
In “a great day and an encouraging day,” as Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, described it, the House overwhelmingly passed a bill to bar federal funding of elective abortion under health care reform as well as extend conscience protections under the law. more »
By Doug Carlson - Oct 18, 2011
House set to vote to block abortion funding under Obamacare
As one of its first orders of business in the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the widely unpopular health care reform signed into law last year. more »
By Doug Carlson - Oct 12, 2011
Iranian pastor’s execution sentence is call for prayer, protections for religious minorities
As the freedom-loving world holds its collective breath, and as believers among them here and abroad petition government officials and remain in a state of prayer, they stand united in one desire: the sparing of an Iranian Christian who awaits execution for his faith. more »
By Doug Carlson - Oct 5, 2011
Topic: Citizenship, Persecution,