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.
- 15 Principles for Health Care
- UPDATED: Death of Liberalism?
- 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’
- FREE SPEECH: ‘Libel tourism’ assaults First Amendment rights
- HOMOSEXUALITY: D.C. rally calls for vote on ‘gay marriage’
- HEALTH CARE: Obama and the real mercenary doctors
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE: Students share faith with ‘dry’ tailgating
- LIFE: Pregnancy resource centers save lives, report says
- Land: Barbarism looms if life is devalued
- ENVIRONMENT: 3 SBC churches win Energy Star awards
- PERSECUTION: Ex-Muslim teen ordered back to Ohio
- HUNGER: Meals brighten childrens’ faces in Macedonia
- Land: Nobel committee still playing politics
- PERSECUTION: Chinese church attacked; pastor, members held
- HUMAN RIGHTS: Tiananmen Square hero honored
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Obama pledges support to gay causes
- SCIENCE: Creation Museum becomes a target
- PERSECUTION: Missions event simulates persecuted church
- MINISTRY: 80-year-old woman ministers through quilting
- PERSECUTION: Iranian women refuse order to deny Christ
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Poll - Half say homosexuality ‘morally wrong’
- LIFE: Dominican Republic protects unborn
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: House passes gay hate crimes measure
- HUNGER: World hunger ‘thank you’ video, other resources available
- POVERTY: How God taught me to care about poverty
- HUNGER: New “bread banks” help collect money for world hunger
- MINISTRY: 34 relief teams deployed to Georgia
- BIOETHICS: Fertility clinic sued for destroying embryos
- HUNGER: Drought leaves famished stomachs in Kenya
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Maine ‘gay marriage’ vote stirs passions
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Marriage issue in Wash. tight in polls
- PERSECUTION: U.N. urged to pressure Iran on human rights abuses
- LIFE: Belgium uptick seen after euthanasia law
- EDUCATION: TX keeps Christmas in textbooks
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Principal, A.D. avoid jail time for school prayer
- HUNGER: Economic woes increase demand on hunger ministries
- LIFE: In U.K., care denied for premature baby
- IMMIGRATION: Southern Baptists and reform
- POVERTY: Girls learn how to make clothes for the poor
- HEALTH CARE: Pro-lifers urged to act against health-care bill
- HUNGER: Churches help meet needs of hungry
- HOMELESSNESS: 25-year-old starts homeless ministry
- LIFE: Abortion doc reports threat
- LIFE: Humans never ‘too expensive ... too inconvenient’
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Maine set for historic ‘gay marriage’ vote
- LIFE: Pharmacy owners win preliminary injunction
- PARENTING: Help kids stay pure for marriage
- RACE: Church model for racial reconciliation
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Wash. gay partnership ref. makes ballot
- BIOETHICS: FDA delays embryonic stem cell trial
- ERLC Analysis: The House Health Care Bill H.R. 3200
- ABORTION: Blackwell: Obama’s Dog Didn’t Bark
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Wash. gay partner referendum nears ballot
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Kyrgyzstan suppresses religious groups
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Wis. A.G. won’t defend same-sex law in court
- HEALTH CARE: Obama on government-funded abortion
- PERSECUTION: ‘Islamization’ of Pakistan takes toll on Christians
- ERLC on Healthcare
- LIFE: Americans say health bill will cover abortions
- PERSECUTION: India religious liberty monitored
- LIFE: Sotomayor votes liberal in death penalty case
- PERSECUTION: Eight Christians killed by Muslim mob in Pakistan
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Exodus to take over Focus’ ‘Love Won Out’
- GAMBLING: Vegas-type sports betting heading to Del.
- MARRIAGE: Calif. ‘gay marriage’ groups deeply divided
- PERSECUTION: 3 pastors killed, 20 churches demolished
- HUNGER: Xerox serviceman helps the hungry
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE: MI church reaches out to local drug addicts
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Ex-gay ministry has 53% success rate
- PURITY: Sexual addiction in teens
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Has APA given nod to gay change therapy?
- PERSECUTION: 3 tortured in Bangladesh for proclaiming Christ
- PARENTING: Understanding cultural pressures teens face
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE: Deacon’s family impacted by daughter’s drug addiction
- GAMBLING: Video gambling legislation in North Carolina