Human Rights - news
LIFE DIGEST: Abortion rights not helpful to candidates, poll implies
WASHINGTON (BP)—It does not appear promoting abortion rights will help candidates in the 2006 and 2008 elections, according to a massive public opinion survey. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 27, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Human Rights
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
U.S. critics say new U.N. human rights body inadequate
WASHINGTON (BP)—The United Nations has established a new human rights body, but American critics say it falls far short of the reform needed. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 17, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights
ERLC unveils legislative agenda for 2006
By Richard Land and Barrett Duke
Significant progress in 2005 has set the stage for more legislative gains in 2006. Last year, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was able to help secure passage of a bill providing federal funding for umbilical cord blood banks to store stem cells. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 15, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty
Land: New U.N. council like fox guarding hen house
ERLC President Richard Land joined other American advocates for human rights in criticizing a new body established by the United Nations to address the issue. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 15, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights
Land to Bush: Southern Baptists want immigration laws enforced
Richard Land told President Bush March 23 most Southern Baptists want the country’s immigration laws to be enforced before a type of guest-worker program is adopted. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 15, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Immigration
ERLC to seek gains for life, marriage, human rights
WASHINGTON (BP)—Efforts to advance the sanctity of human life, human rights and protection for marriage top this year’s legislative agenda of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 14, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Life, Cloning, Citizenship, Human Rights
ERLC Unveils Legislative Agenda for 2006
Significant progress in 2005 has set the stage for more legislative gains in 2006. Last year, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was able to help secure passage of a bill providing federal funding for umbilical cord blood banks to store stem cells. more »
By Richard Land and Barrett Duke - Mar 1, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights
Bush urges protections for unborn life
President Bush promoted measures to protect the sanctity of human life in a brief but significant portion of his State of the Union address Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 15, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights
Land commends new law targeting domestic trafficking
A bill strengthening the campaign against worldwide trafficking in people, with special emphasis on the effort to combat the sex trade in the United States, signed into law Jan. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation