Citizenship - news
Congress to return Sept. 6 after long recess
Numerous bills on which the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has taken positions await action when Congress reconvenes Sept. 6 after a five-week recess. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 31, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, National
White House advisor to be North Korean envoy
President Bush has named Jay Lefkowitz, a White House domestic policy advisor, as special envoy on human rights in North Korea. The White House announced Lefkowitz’s appointment Aug. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution
Bush makes Bolton recess appointment to U.N.
President Bush declined to wait any longer on the Senate and appointed John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations Aug. 1.
Bush’s decision to make the former under-secretary at the State Department a recess appointment shortly after the start of a congressional break means Senate confirmation will not be required. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 15, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State, National
Senate expected to OK funds for embryonic research
The U.S. Senate will return Sept. 6 from its five-week recess with the expectation that it will approve federal funds for destructive embryonic stem cell research. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 15, 2005
Topic: Life, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation, Social Issues
Hearings on Roberts to begin Sept. 6
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will open hearings Sept. 6 on the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court.
Roberts and the 18 members of the panel are scheduled to make opening statements on the first day of the hearings. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 15, 2005
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National, Social Issues
Pulling of RU 486 urged after two more deaths reported
Congressional critics of RU 486 are urging its removal from the market after two previously unreported deaths were disclosed by the abortion drug’s manufacturer. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 29, 2005
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
Land, others urge U.S. to do more for North Koreans
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Richard Land and about 100 other religious and human rights leaders have called on the United States and other members of the international community to do more to protect the rights of North Koreans. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 29, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty
USCIRF warns about Iraqi constitution
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says drafts of Iraq’s permanent constitution are a retreat from the religious and human rights protections in its transitional charter. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 29, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty
Frist returns Land to religious freedom panel
Richard Land is returning to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, this time as a senatorial appointee.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee has named the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s president to the nine-member panel, the USCIRF announced July 26. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 29, 2005
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty
Frist endorses stem cell funds; Land ‘brokenhearted’
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist endorsed legislation July 29 to provide federal funds for stem cell research that destroys embryos—putting him at odds with President Bush while at the same time giving renewed hope to backers of the controversial experimentation and stunning its foes. more »
By Tom Strode - Jul 29, 2005
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation