Archive - staff
Vt. House committee OKs ‘gay marriage’
MONTPELIER, Vt.—The Vermont legislature took another step Tuesday toward legalizing “gay marriage” when a House committee easily passed a bill that would recognize such relationships, sending it to the full chamber. more »
By staff - Mar 31, 2009
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Religious liberty violators finally named
WASHINGTON—Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a long-overdue list of the world’s worst violators of religious liberty four days before the end of the Bush administration and failed to add any countries recommended by a federal commission. more »
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Vt. governor to veto ‘gay marriage’ bill
MONTPELIER, Vt.—Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas broke his silence Wednesday about a “gay marriage” bill that is garnering national attention, saying he will veto it if it reaches his desk. more »
By staff - Mar 25, 2009
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
USCIRF: Tajikistan threatens religion
Religious expression in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan may soon become even more restricted, according to a warning from a nonpartisan federal panel that keeps tabs on the global status of faith groups. more »
By staff - Mar 25, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Issues,
Federal shift in marijuana policy is called ‘disastrous’
The Obama administration’s “surrender to bad state policies on so-called medicinal marijuana will have disastrous effects,” a Southern Baptist ethics leader said in response to a shift in marijuana policy indicated by Attorney General Eric Holder. more »
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Citizenship, National
USCIRF: Tajikistan threatens religion
WASHINGTON—Religious expression in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan may soon become even more restricted, according to a warning from a nonpartisan federal panel that keeps tabs on the global status of faith groups. more »
By staff - Mar 24, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Senate panel OKs former abortion rights advocate
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved March 19 a former official with a leading abortion rights organization to an influential post in the Department of Justice. more »
By staff - Mar 20, 2009
Naming of Sudan envoy greeted by Land, Graham
President Obama’s appointment of a special envoy for Sudan drew commendation from evangelical Christian advocates for peace in the strife-torn east African country. more »
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Issues,
Obama’s first judicial nominee once ruled against using Christ’s name in prayers
WASHINGTON—President Obama’s first appeals court nominee is being promoted as a moderate, but he’s been at odds with social conservatives in two prominent cases in recent years — one pertaining to abortion and another concerning a state’s legislative prayers. more »
By staff - Mar 19, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
U.S. endorses homosexuality
Obama admin. OKs U.N. declaration
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration announced March 18 its support for a United Nations declaration urging the global decriminalization of homosexuality three months after the Bush administration refused to endorse it. more »
By staff - Mar 19, 2009
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality