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Groups: Block FCC from winking at indecency
Leaders of 80 state and national groups concerned with morality have endorsed a letter asking Congress to block the Federal Communications Commission from weakening the enforcement of the broadcast decency law. more »
By staff - May 15, 2013
Topic: Family, Pop Culture,
Letter to Boy Scouts of America re: policy on homosexuals
On May 15, 2013, Dr. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, sent a letter to Wayne Brock, chief scout executive of the Boy Scouts of America, and Wayne Perry, president of the BSA, expressing “strident opposition” to a proposed resolution to eliminate the organization’s ban on admitting for membership youth who are open or avowed homosexuals. more »
By staff - May 15, 2013
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Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on same-sex partner benefits in immigration reform
The following is a letter sent from Dr. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) urging opposition to any same-sex partner reunification provision, such as the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), as part of immigration reform. more »
By staff - May 14, 2013
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation,
Duke: Christians must ensure moral government
Christians must engage in culture and politics to ensure government serves its God-given purpose of upholding Christian tenets, Southern Baptist ethicist Barrett Duke said in a lecture this spring at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. more »
By staff - May 10, 2013
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship,
Polygamy: the next marriage battle?
While the battle over same-sex marriage still rages, it is hard to imagine what the next battle might be. However, astute observers of the marriage debate have already seen the newest challenge to the definition of marriage — polygamy. more »
By staff - May 1, 2013
Topic: Culture, Family, Marriage,
Richard Land delivers farewell chapel message
Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land evoked the godliness of the prophet Ezra and the wisdom of Martin Luther King Jr. in admonishing the church to set the spiritual temperature of the nation, instead of being a thermometer that merely reflects the culture. more »
By staff - Apr 29, 2013
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship,
Congress joins calls to release Iranian pastor
Calls are intensifying for the U.S. to pressure Iran to free pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen of Iranian descent who is being tortured in an Iranian prison and persecuted for his Christian faith. more »
By staff - Feb 15, 2013
Topic: Citizenship, Persecution, Religious Liberty, Issues, ,
Letter to Rubio, Hatch, Ros-Lehtinen re: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
Dr. Richard Land sent the below letter Feb. 14 to Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) thanking them for introducing the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, which would both establish a ban on knowingly taking a minor across state lines with the intent of obtaining an abortion when such an action evades parental involvement laws in the minor’s home state and require those who perform the abortion on out-of-state minors to notify a parent of the minor at least 24 hours before the abortion will take place. more »
By staff - Feb 14, 2013
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation,
Reflections on 40 years of legalized abortion
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 was the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. A number of pro-life thinkers provided their reflections on the occasion.
- Barrett Duke : Remembering forty years of abortion more »
By staff - Jan 24, 2013
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, ,
ERLC, others launch “I was a stranger” challenge
On Jan. 14, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, partnering with the Evangelical Immigration Table, launched the “I Was a Stranger” challenge, calling people to spend 40 days reflecting on 40 different Bible passages that speak to the need to care for the stranger among us. more »
By staff - Jan 17, 2013
Topic: Citizenship, Immigration,