Archive - Action Alerts
Help Enforce Broadcast Decency
A federal court has in effect given the green light for broadcast television networks to air indecent material any hour of the day.
That’s why Congress must act now on the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 30, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Children, Living, Health, Citizenship, Legislation
Tell Congress to Protect Children from Tobacco Use
A tragically high number of Americans die each year due to alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides. Yet, astonishingly, a product that claims more American lives annually than all of these combined, tobacco, is peddled for public consumption having undergone virtually no oversight. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 28, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Children, Citizenship, Legislation
Tell Senate to Reject Climate Change Bill that Would Hurt Poor, Economy
Alarmists are calling all senators to board their global warming train this week in Washington to avoid what they consider to be a looming climate catastrophe, despite warnings that it could wreck our economy, destroy jobs, and harm the poor. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 2, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Family, Living, Finances, Citizenship, Legislation, , Science, Environment
Tell Senators Reid and Leahy to Uphold Commitment to Vote on Judicial Nominees
Our judicial system is feeling the strain of numerous judicial vacancies and a logjam of nominees awaiting votes in the Senate to fill court benches. more »
By Richard Land - Apr 28, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, , National
America’s National Security At Risk
Americans are less safe today from terrorists than two weeks ago.
On Feb. 16, a critical law authorizing our intelligence community to monitor foreign terrorists’ communications expired. more »
By Richard Land - Mar 3, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, National, War
Tell Senate to Vote on Indecent Programming Bill
Television is fast becoming a moral sewer, and broadcast networks are getting away with it. That’s why we need Congress to act quickly on the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. more »
By Richard Land - Feb 4, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Pop Culture, Citizenship, Legislation, Social Issues
Pro-Life Amendment Timely On Roe v. Wade Anniversary
Some call it coincidental. Others argue it’s providential. In any case, it serves as a chilling reminder of a gross injustice that has spanned three and a half decades in our nation. more »
By Doug Carlson - Jan 22, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation
Calls, e-mails help shift broadcast decency bill into gear
A groundswell of pressure from people concerned about weakening broadcast decency standards helped prompt a Senate committee to move forward an idle bill to protect families from indecent television and radio content. more »
By Doug Carlson - Dec 11, 2007 - (6)
Topic: Family, Children, Citizenship, Legislation
Thought Crimes Bill Could Be Included In Defense Package
Congress might vote as soon as this week on legislation that would create special protections for homosexuals and could silence Christians from speaking out against the homosexual lifestyle. more »
By Richard Land - Dec 4, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty
Broadcast Decency Bill Idled
Few people can recall which team won Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004 (New England Patriots), but most people, football fans or not, still remember the halftime entertainment, a “wardrobe malfunction” by pop star Janet Jackson with the assistance of co-performer Justin Timberlake. more »
By Doug Carlson - Dec 4, 2007
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty