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‘Gender identity’ repeal bill goes to Tenn. gov.; SBC leaders urge him to sign
NASHVILLE (BP)—In what apparently would be a first-in-the-nation type of law impacting religious freedom, the Tennessee legislature gave final passage May 18 to a bill revoking a Nashville ordinance that protects employees based on their homosexuality or transgender status, and Southern Baptist leaders quickly appealed to Gov. more »
By staff - May 19, 2011
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Religious Liberty,
Boehner initiates House DOMA defense
Speaker of the House John Boehner announced March 4 he would initiate action to bring about his chamber’s defense of a 1996 law designed to protect the definition of marriage in the wake of President Obama’s decision no longer to provide such a defense. more »
By Tom Strode - Mar 4, 2011
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, , Legislation, ,
Conservatives urge halting of DADT repeal
Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land has joined other conservative leaders in calling for a congressional effort to protect the U.S. military as repeal of the ban on open homosexuality in the Armed Forces nears implementation. more »
By staff - Feb 11, 2011
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, National,
Obama speech mostly void of social issues
President Obama declared America is “strong” Jan. 25 while focusing on the economy in a State of the Union speech nearly bereft of attention to social and moral issues. more »
By staff - Jan 26, 2011
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Healthcare, Immigration, National,
ERLC seeks recovery of ‘lost ground’
The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy entity hopes to recover “lost ground” and make progress on new fronts in this session of Congress. more »
By Tom Strode - Jan 24, 2011 - (1)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty, , Issues, ,
Senate confirms open lesbian to EEOC
The U.S. Senate confirmed open lesbian Chai Feldblum to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before the close of its lame duck session. more »
By staff - Dec 29, 2010
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, National, Religious Liberty,
Obama signs Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell as crowd of 500 cheers
President Obama signed into law Dec. 22 a repeal of the ban on open homosexuality in the military, putting his stamp of approval on what homosexual activists celebrated as an important victory in their ongoing effort to expand legal rights for their movement. more »
By staff - Dec 22, 2010
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, National, ,
Labeling of FRC, AFA as ‘hate groups’ prompts response by Land, Boehner, others
Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land has joined presumptive Speaker of the House John Boehner and nearly 150 others to support pro-family organizations that have been labeled as “hate groups” by the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center. more »
By staff - Dec 15, 2010
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National, ,
DADT repeal fails, but issue far from dead
The U.S. Senate rejected Thursday for a second time an effort to bring up for consideration a bill that would have overturned a ban on open homosexuals serving in the military. more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 10, 2010
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, National,
Appeals court extends stay, DADT enforcement
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals extended Nov. 1 its postponement of a federal judge’s suspension of the ban on open homosexuals serving in the military, meaning the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy will remain in effect while the case is under appeal. more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 2, 2010
Topic: Faith, Apologetics, Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, , National,