WASHINGTON—Today a group of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders and scholars released the Manhattan Declaration, which addresses the sanctity of life, traditional marriage and religious liberty. Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, was among the original signers of the 4,700-word statement. The declaration issues a clarion call …

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WASHINGTON—Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has joined Jewish and evangelical Christian leaders in New York in calling for immediate sanctions to thwart Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Dr. Land collaborated with Paul de Vries, president of the New York Divinity School and leader of the New York …

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Richard Land, host of Richard Land Live! and president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will meet with other Salem Radio Network hosts in Washington, DC, tomorrow to deliver SRN’s “Free Our Health Care Now” petition, opposing the health care reform legislation now before Congress. He will be joined by …

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, applauded today’s passage of the “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” by the House of Representatives by a 307-97 vote. The bill, which gives the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products, was approved yesterday by the …

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Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, issued the following statement regarding the death of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot to death at his church on Sunday. Tiller had received national attention for performing late-term abortions at his clinic in Wichita, Kansas. “If the perpetrator of this …

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.— “A Gallup poll released today”:http://www.gallup.com/poll/118399/More-Americans-Pro-Life-Than-Pro-Choice-First-Time.aspx shows a majority of Americans, 51 percent, identify themselves as “pro-life” instead of “pro-choice.” This is the first time the poll reflects a “pro-life” majority since it began in 1995. Dr. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, commented on the news: “I am thrilled …

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—There is no room for torture as part of the United States’ intelligence-gathering process, Richard Land said today. He also said he believes the practice known as “waterboarding” is torture and, as such, is unethical. Land, president of the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, said there is no circumstance in which torture should …

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dr. Barrett Duke of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission will join Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and other religious and political leaders Tuesday, April 28, at 1:30 PM to speak out against Hate Crimes legislation that will pose frightening threats to religious freedom. The Hate Crimes bill, H.R. 1913, was passed last week by …

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