Sexual Purity - news
Senate votes 99-1 to increase indecency fines
The Senate voted nearly unanimously June 22 to increase fines dramatically for broadcast indecency.
The Senate voted 99-1 in favor of a proposal to increase ten-fold the maximum penalty the Federal Communications Commission may issue for a decency violation on television and radio. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity
Land: Homosexuality in hate crimes ‘terrible precedent’
The Senate recently voted to expand hate-crimes legislation to include homosexuality as a protected classification, setting what ERLC President Richard Land called a “terrible precedent.” more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
‘Protect Marriage Sunday’ July 11; ERLC to co-sponsor simulcast
The ERLC is co-sponsoring a nationwide simulcast in support of marriage Sunday evening, July 11, as part of “Protect Marriage Sunday.”
Pro-family organizations are encouraging pastors to preach on marriage on the morning of July 11 and for churches to host the marriage simulcast that evening. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Senate to consider marriage amendment in mid-July
The Senate will consider the Federal Marriage Amendment the week of July 12-16.
Supporters of the amendment, which is Senate Joint Resolution 30, face an uphill battle for passage. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Marriage battle heats up in Congress, courts
The battle over marriage continues to heat up.
Defenders of the biblical and traditional definition of marriage lost an important vote in the U.S. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 15, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Senate may act on hate-crimes measure
An effort to pass hate-crimes legislation that will expand homosexual rights may occur soon in the U.S. Senate. Sens. Orrin Hatch, R.-Utah, and Gordon Smith, R.-Ore., are planning to seek approval of the measure as an amendment to the authorization bill for the Department of Defense, Concerned Women for America has reported. more »
by: Tom Strode - May 31, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Contacts needed on marriage amendment
Phone calls and e-mails—lots of them—are needed to move Congress to act on a constitutional amendment to protect marriage, pro-family leaders say. more »
by: Tom Strode - May 31, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
ERLC, others call on Czechs to reject legal prostitution
The ERLC and more than 110 allies have called on the Czech Republic to reject reported plans to legalize prostitution.
In a May 5 letter to President Vaclav Klaus and other Czech leaders, ERLC President Richard Land and the co-signers said such an act “would be a terrible mistake for the country as a whole and, in particular, for the women and children of the Eastern Europe region who will be victims of the Czech sex trade.” It also would “irreparably harm” the Czech Republic’s relations with the United States and other countries, the letter warned. more »
by: Tom Strode - May 14, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography, Citizenship, Social Issues
Amendment needed in face of same-sex “marriage”
Massachusetts will begin issuing marriage licenses to homosexual couples May 17, apart from a dramatic, unexpected development.
As of May 13, courts had turned back various efforts by opponents of same-sex “marriage” to block the watershed event in American history. more »
by: Tom Strode - May 14, 2004 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality