Archive - Tom Strode
ERLC’s Land trusts President on Miers
President Bush’s record on judicial nominees helped convince Richard Land to trust new Supreme Court selection Harriet Miers unless a good reason for him to oppose her surfaces. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 14, 2005
Topic: Life, Citizenship, National
Moratorium urged for off-reservation casinos
WASHINGTON (BP)—Opponents of gambling expansion are calling for the federal government to institute a two-year moratorium on permitting the development of off-reservation casinos. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 12, 2005
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling
LIFE DIGEST: SBC’s Land seeks suspension of RU 486 sales
WASHINGTON (BP)—Southern Baptist public policy specialist Richard Land and seven other pro-life leaders have called on Congress to act soon on legislation that would suspend sales of the abortion drug RU 486. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 10, 2005
Oregon, federal government clash at Supreme Court over assisted suicide
WASHINGTON (BP)—Oregon and the United States squared off before the U.S. Supreme Court over physician-assisted suicide Oct. 5, with the state government arguing its legalization of the practice is covered by its right to regulate medicine and the federal government contending its control of drugs trumps such authority. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 6, 2005
Miers ‘genuine Christian,’ pastor at her church says; Dobson calls pick ‘outstanding’
WASHINGTON (BP)—Barry McCarty thinks Harriet Miers will make a “great Supreme Court justice,” but the woman suddenly in the media spotlight is known to him as a humble Christian. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 5, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, National
Land says he trusts Bush’s judgment on Harriet Miers
WASHINGTON (BP)—President Bush’s devotion to his promise to appoint only judges who faithfully interpret the Constitution has led Richard Land to trust newly selected Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers minus conflicting evidence, the Southern Baptist public policy leader said Oct. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 4, 2005
Topic: Life, Citizenship, National
Land: Evangelical support for Israel stronger than ever
WASHINGTON (BP)—American evangelical Christian support for Israel “has never been more widespread than it is today” and can be traced back to the 17th century Puritans, Southern Baptist religious liberty specialist Richard Land told a gathering of Christians and Jews recently in Washington. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 3, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution
President Bush selects Harriet Miers for Supreme Court, dividing conservatives
WASHINGTON (BP)—President Bush reached Oct. 3 into his inner circle for a second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, declining the opportunity to select from several judges whom pro-life and pro-family conservatives had promoted as candidates. more »
By Tom Strode - Oct 3, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
White House blocks funds linked to China’s coercive abortions
The Bush administration has refused for the fourth consecutive year to provide money to a controversial United Nations family planning fund linked to China’s coercive population control program. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights
Land, Dobson, others urge Frist to stop hate crimes bill
ERLC President Richard Land and other pro-family leaders have called on Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to block passage of legislation that would expand rights for homosexuals. more »
By Tom Strode - Sep 30, 2005
Topic: Family, Abuse, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation