Alerts and Letters

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 - (1)

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

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

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Leland House

Through its Washington D.C. office, the ERLC secures a Southern Baptist presence on Capitol Hill and represents the views and concerns of the over 16 million members of the Southern Baptist Convention. ERLC staff monitor key public policy issues and track developments in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government. Staffers communicate breaking news from Capitol Hill to constituents throughout the country, encouraging them to contact their elected representatives when necessary.

The Washington office is known as the Leland House, named for John Leland, a Baptist preacher whose persistent intercession with James Madison was instrumental in securing the priceless protection for freedom of expression of religion and speech embodied in our Constitution’s First Amendment.

Barrett Duke

Barrett Duke is Vice President for Public Policy and Research and Director of the Research Institute of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), the Southern Baptist Convention’s agency for “applied Christianity” (social and moral concerns). more »

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