Alerts and Letters

ERLC Letter Urges Congress to Oppose Health Care Bill

As the House of Representatives prepares to vote this weekend on a sweeping health care bill, the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission continues to express multiple concerns to Congress. more »

By staff - Mar 18, 2010

Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation

Final Days to Stop Health Care Takeover

Dear Friends:

Radical health care reform is not yet dead. Since neither the House nor the Senate will agree to the other chamber’s bill, President Obama and the liberal congressional leadership are trying to ram through a takeover of nearly one-sixth of the U.S. more »

By Richard Land - Mar 11, 2010 - (7)

Topic: Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation, Social Issues

Urge Release of 10 Baptist Missionaries to Haiti

Dear Friends:

Last Friday, the Haitian government decided to charge 10 Baptists, who are citizens of the United States, with kidnapping and criminal association for attempting to take 33 Haitian children out of that devastated country to a place of safety and care. more »

By Richard Land - Feb 9, 2010 - (3)

Topic: Family, Children, Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Issues,

House Uses Troops as Pawns to Pass Hate Crimes Bill

Dear Friends:

Congress has stooped to a new low. In a show of political power over principle, a majority in the House of Representatives hijacked a troops-funding bill last week as a vehicle to advance hate crimes legislation. more »

By Richard Land - Oct 12, 2009

Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty

Last Chance to Stop Hate Crimes Bill!

Dear Friends:

The House of Representatives is voting this morning on final passage of the Hate Crimes bill.

If you oppose this bill, which provides special federal protections for homosexuals that most others do not have, I encourage you to call your congressman right now. more »

By Richard Land - Oct 8, 2009

Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, , Legislation, Religious Liberty

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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 »

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