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Understanding the President’s Health Care Reform Plan
Today President Obama released his plan for reforming our nation’s health care system. We had hoped for a truly bipartisan, market-based approach that would have preserved the private nature of our health care system. more »
by: Richard Land, Barrett Duke, and Doug Carlson - Feb 22, 2010 - comments: 2 - topic(s): Family, Living, Finances, Health, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
ERLC releases 2010 Legislative Agenda
With lawmakers on Capitol Hill underway on their agendas in this second session of the 111th Congress, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has released its own legislative agenda for the year ahead. more »
by: Doug Carlson - Feb 9, 2010 - topic(s): Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
Legislative Agenda for 2010
A year after Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation’s 44th president, many of our legislative priorities and concerns remain the same. Generally, liberals were largely unable to advance many of their principal legislative goals. more »
by: Richard Land and Barrett Duke - Feb 5, 2010 - topic(s): Faith, Family, Living, Health, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, , Christian Citizenship, Healthcare, Human Rights, Hunger/Homelessness, Immigration, Legislation, National, Persecution, , Religious Liberty, Social Issues, War, Science, Bioethics, , Issues,
Senate OKs tougher sanctions on Iran
The U.S. Senate approved increased sanctions on Iran’s oil-related imports Jan. 28 in a move intended to help prevent the extremist Islamic regime from developing nuclear weapons. more »
by: Tom Strode - Feb 1, 2010 - topic(s): Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, Issues,
The Health Care and Roe v. Wade Connection
January 22, which arrives each year shortly after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, is a day forever etched in the minds of millions. It is neither a federal holiday nor an occasion to celebrate. more »
by: Doug Carlson - Jan 19, 2010 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Family, Living, Health, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Land, others, distraught by abortion compromise
Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land and other pro-life leaders expressed their deep disappointment in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson’s agreement to health-care legislation they say does not prevent federal funds from supporting abortion. more »
by: staff - Dec 21, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
Obama inks repeal of DC abortion fund ban
President Obama signed into law Thursday an omnibus spending bill that eliminates a longstanding ban on government funds for abortions in the District of Columbia. more »
by: Tom Strode - Dec 17, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
D.C. gives ‘gay marriage’ final OK
The District of Columbia Council again voted 11-2 to legalize same-sex “marriage” on Dec. 15, providing the final legislative action needed for the capital to become the sixth U.S. more »
by: Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2009 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: Berkeley sends coat hangers to Congress
The Berkeley, Calif., City Council voted recently to send coat hangers to 20 pro-choice members of Congress who voted to block federal funds from paying for abortions. more »
by: Tom Strode - Dec 15, 2009 - topic(s): Family, Parenting, Mothers, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Legislation
Senate OKs abortion funds for D.C.
The U.S. Senate passed Dec. 13 the final legislative action toward federal funding of abortion in the District of Columbia.
Senators voted 57-35 for the omnibus spending bill — a conglomeration of appropriations bills for multiple federal agencies — that will, among other things, end a longstanding ban on government funds for abortions in the country’s capital. more »
by: staff - Dec 14, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation