Archive - Action Alerts
Internet gambling law a success, but faces scrutiny
It is estimated to be a $13 billion industry worldwide, and the United States has been its biggest market. Yet this industry is illegal in our nation and is opposed by pro-family organizations as well as the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. more »
By Doug Carlson - Nov 27, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Planned Parenthood Indictment Fuels Efforts to Defund Abortion Providers
An alarming set of charges brought against the nation’s largest abortion provider has stirred efforts by some lawmakers both to ensure taxpayer dollars are not illegally funding abortions and to defund the industry altogether in the United States. more »
By Doug Carlson - Nov 13, 2007 - (2)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Social Issues
Sanctity of Human Life Act Worth Supporting
Advocates of a so-called “woman’s right to choose” are waging an intense battle to slip life-taking measures through Congress. But some champions for life are pushing back, not merely by opposing bad bills, but by supporting life-affirming measures. more »
By Doug Carlson - Nov 6, 2007 - (3)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation, Science, Bioethics
Future of Mexico City Policy a matter of life and death
For nearly 35 years, pro-life Americans have been grieved by the availability of abortion on demand, ushered in by the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. more »
By Doug Carlson - Oct 30, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Human Rights, Science, Bioethics
Pence Pushes Petition to Bury ‘Unfairness’ Doctrine
An overwhelming majority of the House of Representatives voted in June to place a one-year ban on reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, a defunct policy that restricted free speech on the airwaves. more »
By Doug Carlson - Oct 23, 2007 - (4)
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty
Tell Your Congressman to End ENDA
An employer’s freedom to make workplace decisions that follow biblically-informed beliefs that homosexuality is wrong could soon be history.
The U.S. more »
By Richard Land - Oct 22, 2007
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty
ENDA: Unacceptable to Religious and LGBT Groups?
Efforts by one member of Congress to pass legislation to provide special workplace protections to individuals based on “actual or perceived sexual orientation” have triggered an uncommon alliance in opposition: religious groups and homosexual groups. more »
By Doug Carlson - Oct 16, 2007 - (5)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty
Fair or Foul: Fairness Doctrine Is Out of Bounds
The liberal agenda has for quite some time driven the major television news networks and most newspapers, serving up Americans with a largely one-sided perspective on political issues. more »
By Doug Carlson - Oct 9, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
SCHIP Sails Through Congress, Faces Bush Veto
Congress took a large step last week in the direction of government-run health care by voting to expand by $35 billion over five years a program that provides health insurance coverage to children in underprivileged families. more »
By Doug Carlson - Oct 2, 2007 - (6)
Topic: Family, Children, Living, Health, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation, National
ERLC’s Land sets the record straight on ENDA
A stacked deck of witnesses urged passage of a highly controversial bill to provide workplace protections to homosexuals and transgenders during a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing Sept. more »
By Doug Carlson - Sep 18, 2007 - (5)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty