Archive - Tom Strode
Congress drops ERLC-backed measures
Congress turned aside two measures strongly supported by the ERLC before recessing until after the Nov. 2 election.
Conference committees from the Senate and House of Representatives dropped a measure that would have increased broadcast indecency fines and a provision empowering the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 15, 2004
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Pop Culture, Citizenship, Legislation
Vigilance urged on Marriage Protection Amendment
Leaders of the effort to ratify a constitutional amendment protecting marriage urged vigilance after Congress failed to approve such a proposal. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 15, 2004
Topic: Family, Marriage, Citizenship, Legislation
Supreme Court to rule on Ten Commandments displays
The Supreme Court will review lower-court rulings involving displays of the Ten Commandments on government property in Kentucky and Texas, it was announced Oct. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 15, 2004
Topic: Faith, Bible, 10 Commandments, Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty
Bush pushes comprehensive cloning ban at U.N.
President Bush has urged the United Nations to adopt a resolution in support of a comprehensive ban on human cloning.
In a Sept. 21 speech to the U.N. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
White House threatens veto over abortion
The Bush administration has warned the Senate the President will veto a foreign aid bill if abortion-funding measures are not removed before it reaches his desk, according to LifeNews.com. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
Justice to appeal partial birth abortion rulings
The Department of Justice announced Sept. 27 it will appeal two more decisions against the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
The department will appeal to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals an opinion by federal judge Richard Kopf of Lincoln, Neb., invalidating the 2003 law, which prohibits an abortion procedure on a nearly totally delivered unborn child. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
Senate passes North Korean Human Rights Act
The Senate approved by unanimous consent Sept. 28 a bill to promote human rights in North Korea.
North Korea is one of eight regimes labeled by the Department of State as “countries of particular concern,” a designation reserved for the most severe violators of religious liberty. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation
Pledge Protection Act gains OK in House
The House of Representatives approved a bill Sept. 23 to bar federal courts from considering challenges to the Pledge of Allegiance.
The House voted 247-173 for the Pledge Protection Act, H.R. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Legislation, Religious Liberty
House to vote Sept. 30 on marriage amendment
The House of Representatives will cast an important vote Sept. 30 on the legal status of marriage in the United States.
Representatives will vote on the Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA), H.J. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2004
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Land: Cultural divide causes furor over religion in politics
Expressions of faith by presidents and presidential candidates are more controversial because of a growing divide in American society between the religious and nonreligious, not because those statements are more numerous, ERLC President Richard Land said recently. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 1, 2004
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty