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ERLC releases ‘fact sheet’ on Obama mandate
The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity has issued both a fact sheet about the Obama administration’s contraceptive/abortion mandate and a call for support of a bill to restore conscience protections missing from the controversial requirement. more »By staff - Feb 24, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Church and State, Healthcare, Religious Liberty,
Pharmacists’ religious liberty upheld by court
WASHINGTON (BP) — A federal judge has upheld the conscience rights of health care professionals regarding abortion-causing drugs.
Judge Ronald Leighton ruled Feb. more »
By staff - Feb 23, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, , Healthcare, Religious Liberty,
Land: Obama mandate is a Baptist issue
The issue at the center of the swelling controversy over the Obama administration’s refusal to protect the conscience rights of employers in its “contraceptive mandate” is “about as basic as it gets,” especially for Baptists, says Richard Land. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 10, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, , Healthcare, National, Religious Liberty,
Saudis pressed to release Ethiopian Christians
WASHINGTON (BP) — America’s congressionally approved watchdog for global religious liberty has called on Saudi Arabia to release 35 Ethiopian Christians arrested during a prayer meeting and imprisoned for nearly two months. more »
By staff - Feb 9, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Issues, ,
LIFE DIGEST: Austin’s new sign law still wrong, centers say
The Austin, Texas, City Council repealed an ordinance that pregnancy help centers had challenged in court as a violation of their freedom of speech and religion, but it approved another one the pro-life organizations protested. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 7, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, National, Religious Liberty,
GuideStone: Obama mandate violates religious liberty
The Southern Baptist Convention’s benefits entity has joined the growing chorus of evangelical and Roman Catholic voices publicly protesting the Obama administration’s mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives, including ones that can cause abortions. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 6, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, National, Religious Liberty,
Rubio seeks repeal of ‘contraceptive mandate’
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has introduced legislation to rescind a new Obama administration rule that has produced widespread opposition to its mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives, including ones that can cause abortions. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 2, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Healthcare, National, Religious Liberty,
House OKs bills protecting religion at memorials
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed two bills that endorse inclusion of a religious message or symbols at the country’s war memorials. more »
By staff - Jan 26, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Legislation, National, Racial Reconciliation, Religious Liberty,
Leaders: Gay ‘marriage’ threatens rel. liberty
Two Southern Baptist ethics leaders joined representatives from a diversity of religious groups to ask Americans Jan. 12 to protect marriage and religious liberty in the face of the advance of same-sex unions. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 13, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, National, Religious Liberty, , ,
NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong Eun transition called ‘important opening’ for religious liberty focus
A bipartisan panel has urged the Obama administration to place religious liberty and other human rights at the center of its relations with North Korea as the brutally repressive regime transitions to new leadership. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 4, 2012
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty, Issues, ,