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Supreme Court Upholds Partial-Brith Abortion Ban
The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.
The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.
Apr 18, 2007 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Washington Times Misquotes Land
Contrary to an assertion in the article written by Ralph Hallow that was published in the April 16, 2007, edition of the Washington Times, Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has never said that he would vote for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for President of the United States in the 2008 election.
Apr 16, 2007 - topic(s): Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National
Giuliani Reaffirms That He Would Not Seek Abortion Changes
Rudolph W. Giuliani, campaigning in South Carolina, firmly stated that as president he would not seek to make abortion illegal. Aware of the damage his position might do to him among some conservative voters, Mr. Giuliani said that if someone was inclined to vote against him solely because of his stance on abortion, then so be it.
Apr 10, 2007 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National
Read the So-Called “Land Letter” from 2002
October 3, 2002
Dear Mr. President,
In this decisive hour of our nation’s history we are writing to express our deep appreciation for your bold, courageous, and visionary leadership. Americans everywhere have been inspired by your eloquent and clear articulation of our nation’s highest ideals of freedom and of our resolve to defend that freedom both here and across the globe.
Apr 9, 2007 - topic(s): Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Human Rights, National, War, Issues
They’d Rather Switch Than Fight
There’s a bonus in all this for social conservatives. Switchers on social issues usually stay switched. Ronald Reagan and the elder George Bush did so after becoming pro-lifers. All those Democratic presidential candidates in the 1980s and 1990s who switched sides on abortion from pro-life to pro-choice have stayed put. Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council, says you only get to flip once on social issues. If you switch back, “you’re in no man’s land,” a politician without a political base.
Mar 5, 2007 - topic(s): Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National, Social Issues
POLL: Most Americans Want to Win in Iraq
In the wake of the U.S. House of Representatives passing a resolution that amounts to a vote of no confidence in the Bush administration’s policies in Iraq, a new national survey by Alexandria, VA-based Public Opinion Strategies (POS) shows the American people may have some different ideas from their elected leaders on this issue.
Feb 20, 2007 - topic(s): Citizenship, Legislation, National, War
WSJ on the Fairness Doctrine
Rush to Victory
Why is Harry Reid acting like David Koresh? Because conservatives are winning.
BY DANIEL HENNINGER
Friday, April 29, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT
In 1987, Rush Limbaugh sat down at a microphone at radio station KFBK-AM in Sacramento and began broadcasting something called “The Rush Limbaugh Show.”
The rest is history.
The “rest”—the inexorable 15-year rise of conservative ideas and clout across what Howard Stern calls “all media”—is described in a provocative new book by Brian C. Anderson, “South Park Conservatives.” What was once a mostly exclusive liberal country club—television, the press, book publishing, even the campuses—has become heavily integrated with aggressive, even crude, conservatives.
Jan 25, 2007 - topic(s): Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty
Fairness Doctrine Comeback?
Over the weekend, the National Conference for Media Reform was held in Memphis, TN, with a number of notable speakers on hand for the event. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) made an surprise appearance at the convention to announce that he would be heading up a new House subcommittee which will focus on issues surrounding the Federal Communications Commission.
The Presidential candidate said that the committee would be holding “hearings to push media reform right at the center of Washington.” The Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee was to be officially announced this week in Washington, D.C., but Kucinich opted to make the news public early.
In addition to media ownership, the committee is expected to focus its attention on issues such as net neutrality and major telecommunications mergers. Also in consideration is the “Fairness Doctrine,” which required broadcasters to present controversial topics in a fair and honest manner. It was enforced until it was eliminated in 1987.
Jan 25, 2007 - topic(s): Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty
Defend innocent life
By Sam Brownback January 22, 2007 Each January from all corners of the nation, hundreds of thousands descend upon the nation’s capital. They come — often in freezing conditions — for a most significant march on Washington. They come for the March for Life on the anniversary of the tragic Supreme Court decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton that made abortion legal during all nine months of pregnancy.Jan 24, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Children, Elderly, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National, Social Issues
BARNA : Who Qualifies As An Evangelical?
January 18, 2007
(Ventura, CA) – The media and social commentators frequently refer to surveys that describe the opinions and behavior of “evangelicals.” However, those analyses are based on surveys that ask adults whether or not they consider themselves to be an evangelical. For two decades, The Barna Group has been measuring the social, political, religious and behavioral characteristics of evangelicals as well – but using a substantially different set of criteria. The Barna Group’s nine questions pertaining to the spiritual beliefs of people have reported on a very different – and much smaller – group of people. To distinguish them from the self-described evangelicals, Barna has named the segment based on its answers to nine theological factors the “9-point evangelicals.”
Jan 22, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National