Alerts and Letters
Tell Senators Reid and Leahy to Uphold Commitment to Vote on Judicial Nominees
Our judicial system is feeling the strain of numerous judicial vacancies and a logjam of nominees awaiting votes in the Senate to fill court benches. more »
By Richard Land - Apr 28, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, , National
America’s National Security At Risk
Americans are less safe today from terrorists than two weeks ago.
On Feb. 16, a critical law authorizing our intelligence community to monitor foreign terrorists’ communications expired. more »
By Richard Land - Mar 3, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National, War
Tell Senate to Vote on Indecent Programming Bill
Television is fast becoming a moral sewer, and broadcast networks are getting away with it. That’s why we need Congress to act quickly on the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. more »
By Richard Land - Feb 4, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Pop Culture, Citizenship, Legislation, Social Issues
Pro-Life Amendment Timely On Roe v. Wade Anniversary
Some call it coincidental. Others argue it’s providential. In any case, it serves as a chilling reminder of a gross injustice that has spanned three and a half decades in our nation. more »
By Doug Carlson - Jan 22, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
Calls, e-mails help shift broadcast decency bill into gear
A groundswell of pressure from people concerned about weakening broadcast decency standards helped prompt a Senate committee to move forward an idle bill to protect families from indecent television and radio content. more »
By Doug Carlson - Dec 11, 2007 - (6)
Topic: Family, Children, Citizenship, Legislation
Leland House
Through its Washington D.C. office, the ERLC secures a Southern Baptist presence on Capitol Hill and represents the views and concerns of the over 16 million members of the Southern Baptist Convention. ERLC staff monitor key public policy issues and track developments in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government. Staffers communicate breaking news from Capitol Hill to constituents throughout the country, encouraging them to contact their elected representatives when necessary.
The Washington office is known as the Leland House, named for John Leland, a Baptist preacher whose persistent intercession with James Madison was instrumental in securing the priceless protection for freedom of expression of religion and speech embodied in our Constitution’s First Amendment.
Barrett Duke
Barrett Duke is Vice President for Public Policy and Research and Director of the Research Institute of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), the Southern Baptist Convention’s agency for “applied Christianity” (social and moral concerns). more »
Issues and Legislation
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- Emphasis Shifts for New Breed of Evangelicals
- New Coalition of Christians Seeks Changes at Borders
- ’08 Republicans Differ on Defining Party’s Future
- Giuliani Reaffirms That He Would Not Seek Abortion Changes
- Sex Offenders Test Churches’ Core Beliefs
- For Some Black Pastors, Accepting Gay Members Means Losing Others
- Believing Scripture but Playing by Science’s Rules