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Legislators debate increasing beer’s alcohol content
Although similar legislation failed a year ago, current efforts to increase the alcohol content of both beer and wine available in Alabama have moved closer to reality following action by committees in the Alabama Senate and House of Representatives. more »
By Greg Heyman - Mar 13, 2009
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse
AG’s findings blamed for state’s gambling expansion
Electronic bingo gambling has infiltrated Alabama, and some say the attorney general is to blame for the recent explosion of machines and facilities across the state. more »
By Jennifer Davis Rash and Sondra Washington - Mar 12, 2009
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Citizenship, Legislation
St. Clair County Baptists fight gambling efforts
Like so many others around the state, Alabama Baptist ministers and church leaders in St. Clair County are gearing up to fight electronic bingo gambling. more »
By Jennifer Davis Rash and Sondra Washington - Mar 7, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling
Move to put wine in Tennessee grocery stores unwise
Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow grocery and convenience stores to sell wine.
Wine, by the way, has twice the alcohol content of beer and gets people intoxicated twice as fast, according to the National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. more »
By Lonnie Wilkey - Mar 6, 2009
Topic: Family, Addictions, , Citizenship, Legislation
Governor’s task force set to prove ‘bingo’ machines are illegal
Enough is enough,” said Gov. Bob Riley. It is time to settle the electronic bingo gambling confusion in the state once and for all.
And to do that Riley has thrown muscle into the fight in the form of Executive Order #44 establishing the Task Force on Illegal Gambling. more »
By Jennifer Davis Rash and Sondra Washington - Mar 6, 2009
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Citizenship, Legislation
Senate committee OKs nominee who has porn ties
WASHINGTON—The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday recommended deputy attorney general nominee David Ogden on a 14-5 vote, sending to the full Senate a nomination that has been criticized by conservatives because of his past representation of pornography clients. more »
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography
Troubled by nominee’s porn ties
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—In the United States, attorneys are free to represent whomever they choose. And while I am grateful that I have never had the need for legal counsel in a criminal or civil matter (except for the closing on a home), I feel confident an attorney would seek zealously to defend my interests, despite his or her personal beliefs about my guilt or innocence. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Feb 25, 2009 - (1)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography
Baptists challenge legislators to fight gambling expansion
Legislators attending the annual Legislative Prayer Luncheon in Montgomery Feb. 4 should be clear on the message Alabama Baptists are sending — no expansion of gambling. more »
By Jennifer Davis Rash - Feb 25, 2009
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Citizenship, Legislation
Groups spotlight DOJ nominee’s porn ties
WASHINGTON—With the Senate in recess until Monday, pro-family groups are ratcheting up their opposition to Department of Justice nominee David Ogden, whose previous legal representation of pornographers and opposition to some child porn laws should make him unfit, they say, for the position. more »
By Michael Foust - Feb 20, 2009
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography
Justice Pick at Odds with Family Values
Suppose someone who has defended the pornography industry before the courts, provided legal counsel to the leading abortion organization, and advocated for the homosexual lifestyle was nominated to the second highest post in the U.S. more »
By Doug Carlson - Feb 10, 2009 - (9)
Topic: Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Children, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Pornography, Life, Abortion, , Citizenship,