Archive - Issues In The News
An archive of news, commentary and other items of interest related to issues addressed by the ERLC. Most links will direct to external (3rd party) Web sites. To browse ERLC content by subject, click here or visit the the recently launched Issues At A Glance section.
- HEALTH REFORM: Understanding the President’s Plan
- 15 Principles for Health Care
- GAMBLING: Gambling debate heats up in AL
- GAMBLING: Supreme Court sets bingo back in Etowah County
- LIFE: Gallup shows young adults trending pro-life
- POVERTY: Church works to give family in need a new home
- GAMBLING: AL Baptists ‘rally’ against expansion of gambling
- POP CULTURE: New film reaches out to hurting teens
- GAMBLING: Alabama’s top attorneys spar over gambling
- SEXUAL PURITY: Churches, teens and sex
- HOMELESSNESS: IL pastor ministers to the homeless
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Pledge’s ‘under God’ OK in schools
- UPDATED: Death of Liberalism?
- The Economist: Gendercide
- GAMBLING: Pro-gambling advocates claim denial of civil rights over ‘bingo’
- GAMBLING: Chaos over ‘bingo’ clouds basic legality issue
- CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP: Missouri Baptists lose a dear friend
- GAMBLING: Battle erupts in AL
- MARRIAGE: Til’ death do us part
- GAMBLING: Supporting the Rule of Law
- POVERTY: Baptist Center in AL helps community for 30 years
- MINISTRY: AL churches provide hope, help to needy
- LIFE: Kentucky lawmakers urged to sign Manhattan Declaration
- MARRIAGE: Did I Get Married Too Young?
- TRAFFICKING: Hundreds Forced Into Sex Trade In Ohio
- SEXUAL PURITY: Study finds new abstinence-only program works
- GAMBLING: State battle in AL
- A Blow for Religious Liberty
- LIFE: Women share their personal testimonies about abortion
- HEALTH: ‘Letters to God’ provides hope for cancer patients, families
- SEXUALITY: Pornography & the male brain
- LIFE: Mugged by Ultrasound
- LIFE: Sanctity extends to end of life
- LIFE: Why so many abortion workers turn pro-life
- PARENTING: College prep requires more than academics
- RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Be cautious in international travel
- HEALTH CARE: Fifty dollars grows to $10,000 to fund dental work
- HUNGER: Community helps feed families
- POVERTY: Churches offer hand up in tough economy
- POP CULTURE: iPhone app developed for witnessing
- POVERTY: A hard time for the holidays
- GAMBLING: Mixed reactions to Alabama ‘bingo’ ruling
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Churches helping those who struggle
- MARRIAGE: Keep current definition
- ADOPTION: Mom tells her story
- PARENTING: AL churches seek to meet foster care needs
- PARENTING: Foster care, adoption ministries need great
- SEXUAL MORALITY: Roman Polanski’s stench
- PARENTING: Couple follows calling as foster parents
- HUNGER: Brown Bags & Jesus
- POVERTY: Teenager’s dying wish a blessing for Zimbabwe orphans
- PARENTING: Honesty is the best Policy
- Obama speech on just war applauded
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Warren condemns Uganda anti-gay bill
- PERSECUTION: Extremists execute young Christian in Somalia
- LIFE: Tax-funded abortions to continue in Austin
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Facing defeat, N.J. ‘gay marriage’ vote put off
- PERSECUTION: China pastor imprisoned for media interviews
- CULTURE: Creation Museum focuses on Christmas; DVD player edits bad content
- HOMOSEXUALITY: ‘Gay marriage,’ legal in N.J. by Christmas?
- LIFE: Amends. could mandate abortion coverage
- HUNGER: Alabama still fighting hunger battle
- HEALTH: Prothetist meets physical, spritual needs in Ghana
- HUNGER: Churches open doors to feed hungry
- HEALTH: Mom survives cancer; dad doesn’t; son fighting for cure
- HUNGER: Feeding ministries in Alabama
- PASTORS: Research sheds light on Manhattan Declaration
- PERSECUTION: U.S. lobbyist for Sudan nixed
- BIOETHICS: Wyoming Baptists affirm sanctity of life
- SUICIDE: When pastors’ silent suffering turns tragic
- CHILD ABUSE: KY ranked 1st in child abuse & neglect deaths
- GAMBLING: ‘Illegal lottery,’ ‘not bingo’
- HUNGER: TN church provides food bank despite small size
- MOHLER: Why I Signed The Manhattan Declaration
- HEALTH CARE: AMA reconsiders medical marijuana
- MINISTRY: Great Commission resurgence requires change
- HEALTH CARE: ERLC lays out 15 principles for health care reform
- LIFE: Down diagnoses in unborn up, births down
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: ENDA ‘would burden’ religious groups
- BIOETHICS: Calif. changes tune on adult stem cells
- HOMOSEXUALITY: N.Y., N.J., race to pass ‘gay marriage’ in 2009
- HUNGER: Helping the hungry a ‘God thing’
- ALCOHOL: Auburn men share faith through ‘dry’ tailgating
- HEALTH: Cancer survivor ministers to patients, families
- PERSECUTION: Family escapes war in Liberia, starts church in AL
- GAMBLING: Casino gambling plan passes in Ohio, 53-47
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE: Marijuana access expanded in Maine
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Maine voters reject ‘gay marriage’ law
- SCIENCE: ‘Science and Faith: Friends or Foes?’
- GAMBLING: Gaming interests joust over casinos in Ohio
- RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Chinese lawyers face govt. oppression
- LIFE: Students speak for unborn in silence
- MARRIAGE: It’s a fact—Teens struggle with divorce
- POVERTY: Face to face encounter changes woman’s life
- HUNGER: NC hunger ministries feed the need
- HOMELESSNESS: Church gives voice to the homeless
- HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Professor runs against slavery
- HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Ministry rescues women from slavery
- MINISTRY: Bus people on medical mission
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Wash. state to vote on ‘everything but gay marriage’