Archive - Tom Strode
Newdow, allies challenge ‘under God’ in pledge
Michael Newdow has gained some allies in a renewed effort to remove the name of God from the Pledge of Allegiance.
Newdow, whose challenge to the words “under God” in the pledge was rejected by the Supreme Court in June, filed a federal lawsuit Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 31, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty, Social Issues
ERLC joins brief defending religious freedom law
The ERLC has united with a wide diversity of organizations to call for the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law protecting the religious freedom of prisoners. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 31, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty
Bush promotes liberty, character in inaugural speech
President Bush promised the United States would back the spread of freedom throughout the world even as he urged a strengthening of American character as a product of such liberty in his second inaugural speech Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 31, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty
‘Roe’ asks justices to overturn ruling in her case
The woman whose challenge of a Texas law resulted in the legalization of abortion in the United States has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse that 1973 ruling. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 31, 2005
Movement ‘will not fail,’ Bush tells pro-lifers
America’s history indicates the pro-life movement will succeed, President George W. Bush told tens of thousands of Americans gathered Jan. 24 for the annual March for Life. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 31, 2005
Pro-lifers push bill on unborn’s pain in abortion
Pro-life members of Congress have reintroduced legislation requiring women to receive information about the pain their unborn children will experience if they undergo late-term abortions. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 31, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
Gov. Bush asks justices to preserve woman’s life
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the life of a disabled woman living in his state.
Lawyers for Bush filed an appeal with the high court Dec. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2004
Topic: Life, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Human Rights
Appeals court upholds inmates’ religious rights
A federal appeals court has delivered another victory for prisoners’ religious rights.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Atlanta, Ga., ruled the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) does not violate the First Amendment’s ban on government establishment of religion. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2004
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty
Abstinence ed defended against Democratic report
The Bush administration and pro-family organizations have strongly defended sexual abstinence education in the wake of a Democratic congressional report charging many such federally funded programs teach error. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2004
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
Pro-choicers seek to block pro-life conscience clause
A pro-choice coalition has challenged a new federal law that protects health care providers from being coerced into participating in abortions.
Five days after President Bush signed the pro-life conscience clause into law, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) filed suit in federal court Dec. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2004