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U.S. Senate agrees to take up embryonic stem cell bill
WASHINGTON (BP)—The United States Senate agreed June 29 to debate and vote on three bills regarding stem cell research, including a controversial measure that would fund experiments that destroy human embryos. more »
By staff - Jun 30, 2006
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, National, Social Issues, Issues
Supreme Court justice issues stay in Mt. Soledad cross case; stay a win for city
WASHINGTON (BP)—In a victory for conservative and veterans groups, the Supreme Court July 3 stepped in to the Mount Soledad cross case, issuing a stay and removing the possibility — at least temporarily — of imposed fines on the city of San Diego while the appeals process plays out. more »
By staff - Jun 30, 2006
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, National, Religious Liberty, Social Issues, Issues
Bioethicist: Not just autistic at risk if sex screening approved
WASHINGTON (BP)—All human life is in jeopardy if regulators approve a British hospital’s plan to destroy male human embryos from families with a history of autism, a Southern Baptist bioethicist says. more »
By Tom Strode - Jun 29, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Human Rights, Science, Issues
Porous borders have led to current immigration crisis, ERLC’s Land says
WASHINGTON (BP)—The federal government’s failure to secure the nation’s borders has sparked “severe consternation” among many Americans and precipitated the current crisis over illegal immigration, Richard Land said April 28 during a public policy discussion at the Family Research Center in Washington. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Apr 28, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Human Rights, Immigration
George Mason: More than a team in the Final Four
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Sports pundits didn’t give the Patriots of George Mason University much of a chance to make it out of the first round in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament when they were awarded an at-large bid pitting them against the Spartans of Michigan State. more »
By Dwayne Hastings - Mar 31, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State
House sponsor hopeful about bill that would bar ACLU’s rewards in religion lawsuits
WASHINGTON (BP)—Indiana’s John Hostettler is trying for the fifth consecutive Congress to prevent the American Civil Liberties Union from receiving government funds when it succeeds at legal challenges to public expressions of religion. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 24, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty
S. Baptists want immigration enforcement, Land tells Bush
WASHINGTON (BP)—Most Southern Baptists want the country’s immigration laws to be enforced before supporting a type of guest-worker program, ethics leader Richard Land told President Bush March 23 at a White House meeting on the controversial subject. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 24, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Human Rights, Immigration, Social Issues
High court rules unanimously for pro-life protesters
A unanimous Supreme Court struck a blow for free speech Feb. 28, ruling a law targeting mobsters cannot be used against pro-life protesters.
The high court said a federal anti-racketeering law does not apply to protests outside abortion clinics, seemingly bringing closure to a court battle that began nearly 20 years earlier. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 28, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National, Religious Liberty
Christians under siege globally, Land, others say
WASHINGTON (BP)—American Christians may live with concerns about whether “Merry Christmas” greetings are welcome at their local retailers or in the public square, but followers of Christ in numerous countries live with the knowledge that expressing their faith may result in torture, imprisonment or death. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty
Land: Abortion, Schaeffer drove evangelical involvement
ERLC President Richard Land said at a recent conference at Princeton University that abortion, as well as the influence of the late theologian and author Francis Schaeffer, helped drive evangelicals and others into the political process and establish them as an important part of the American conservative coalition. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National