Archive - Issues In The News
An archive of news, commentary and other items of interest related to issues addressed by the ERLC. Most links will direct to external (3rd party) Web sites. To browse ERLC content by subject, click here or visit the the recently launched Issues At A Glance section.
- 15 Principles for Health Care
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Court sides with Christian counseling student
- LIFE: TX pregnancy centers file discrimination suit
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Bhutan Christian calls persecution ‘necessary’
- PERSECUTION: Wrong way to address ‘Islamophobia’
- MINISTRY: Typhoon response mounted in Philippines
- SEXUAL PURITY: Abstinence funding restored in fed. budget
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Air Force Academy dogged by anti-Christian pressure
- LIFE: Pregnancy begins at conception, OB-GYNs say
- HOMOSEXUALITY: With grace, speak truth, ignore intimidation
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Expert says grace, diligence key
- SEX TRAFFICKING: DaySpring Villa becoming safe haven for victims
- LIFE: Victim’s father warns about abortion pill
- MINISTRY: Through crisis pregnancy centers, churches promote life, love
- MINISTRY: Josiah Bible study has student author
- LIFE: Parents of Down children have no regrets
- MINISTRY: Josiah study calls students to take a stand
- LIFE: Women’s lives ‘destroyed’ by China’s one-child policy
- HUNGER: Beggars in Bangladesh find food, Christ
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Mt. Soledad cross case could be headed to Supreme Court
- HOMOSEXUALITY: ACLU lawsuit takes on MO school district
- HUNGER: Church responds to child hunger in Arkansas
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Starbucks, Willow Creek split over gay issue
- LIFE: Abortion trend favors pro-lifers in Missouri
- PORNOGRAPHY: MBC Christian Life Commission targets porn
- HOMOSEXUALITY: NY clerks opposed to gay marriage have lawful options
- SEXUAL PURITY: Pornography targeted by MO state convention
- HOMOSEXUALITY: U.N. council endorses gay rights
- PERSECUTION: Chinese gov’t puts pressure on Shouwang Church
- UPDATED: Death of Liberalism?
- HOMOSEXUALITY: ‘Gay marriage’ supporters target employers
- PERSECUTION: Week 9 - China arrests 20 church members
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Be skeptical of gay marriage poll results
- MINISTRY: Disaster relief continues in Tuscaloosa
- PERSECUTION: China arrests more Christians
- PERSECUTION: In Egypt, 15 die in Muslim-Christian clash
- GAMBLING: Welcome silence from gambling crowd in AL
- PERSECUTION: Chinese church refuses to stop meeting
- PARENTING: Protecting your kids from web predators
- MINISTRY: Weekly relief caravans, training under way in Japan
- PERSECUTION: China arrests nearly 200 Christians in Beijing
- HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Child sex trafficking is growing
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: National Day of Prayer upheld by 7th Circuit
- HOMELESSNESS: FL church raises $5.6 million for needy
- ETHICS: State Baptist entities join forces on anti-gay bias bill
- LIFE: Black abortion rate mourned by pro-lifers
- HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Victims seek new law in MO
- LIFE: Major pro-life legislation sweeping SD, nation
- HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A personal story
- LIFE: Abortion rights supporters target crisis pregnancy centers
- PERSECUTION: Harassment of Turkish Christians continues
- PERSECUTION: In Ethiopia, Muslims burn 69 churches
- LIFE: ‘Beginning of end of abortion’ is group’s aim
- PERSECUTION: Christian Pakistan leader killed over blasphemy law
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Gay activists target Exodus iPhone app
- MARRIAGE: 5 questions & answers on DOMA
- RACE RELATIONS: Increasing African American missionaries
- LIFE: Planned Parenthood reports abortion increase
- PERSECUTION: Martyred Christian mourned in Pakistan
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE: Alcohol industry’s empty promises in TN
- PERSECUTION: Will religious freedom come to Egypt?
- LIFE: MO lawmakers look at late term abortion loophole
- VIOLENCE: Raising awareness of bullying
- HOMELESSNESS: A story about friendship
- SEXUAL PURITY: Lawmakers work to slow down human trafficking
- LIFE: God’s love shown through child with Down syndrome
- PARENTING: Caring for a special-needs son
- LIFE: Couple chooses to carry baby despite diagnosis
- PARENTING: Adoption, fostering was obvious call
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Conditions in the Arab world
- PERSECUTION: Lifting Gospel restrictions in Egypt
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Support for Christian businesses
- PERSECUTION: Displaced Egyptian Christians want peace
- HOMOSEXUALITY: A defining moment for ‘gay marriage’
- SEXUAL PURITY: African youth commit to abstinence
- ADOPTION: Parents get answers in HIV toolkit
- LIFE: Lankford pro-life speech gains following
- LIFE: Pregnancy center employee saves mom and baby
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Praying for greater freedom in Egypt
- LIFE: Oregon sets record for assisted suicides
- MARRIAGE: Chick-fil-A stands firm during gay clamor
- PERSECUTION: Conditions for Christians in Egypt
- LIFE: MD judge strikes down anti-pregnancy center law
- PERSECUTION: Egypt, Iraq ‘failed’ to protect Christians
- HUMAN RIGHTS: China’s Hu confronted
- PERSECUTION: Prof settles over religious discrimination
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Sup. Court lets stand D.C. ‘gay marriage’ ruling
- LIFE: Planned Parenthood affiliates must do abortions
- PERSECUTION: In Iran, ‘scores of Christians’ were arrested Dec. 25
- LIFE: Former Planned Parenthood director releases book
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Mt. Soledad cross ruled unconstitutional
- WASHINGTON: Ten Southern Baptists sworn in as new reps.
- MARRIAGE: Fed. court punts Prop 8 case to Calif. court
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Senate confirms open lesbian to EEOC
- LIFE: Cincinnati pediatricians protest abortion doctor neighbor
- PERSECUTION: Nigerian pastor, church members slain
- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: Apple again rejects iPhone Christian ‘app’
- HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Groups target Super Bowl sex trafficking
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Obama’s views on ‘gay marriage’ could change
- PERSECUTION: Iraqi Christians mark somber Christmas