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Ethics

State attorneys general warn VA about abortion rule

An alliance of 15 attorneys general have warned Secretary Denis McDonough they will “act decisively” if the Department of Veterans Affairs uses a new rule to violate their states’ restrictions on abortion.
National

Senate nixes religious liberty amendments, approves same-sex marriage

The U.S. Senate voted to enshrine same-sex marriage as the law Tuesday (Nov. 29) while rejecting efforts to strengthen religious freedom protections in the proposal.
International

Report: Russia has attacked at least 270 religious sites in Ukraine

The Ukrainian-based Institute for Religious Freedom (IRF) reported at least 270 houses of worship, religious educational institutions and sacred sites such as cemeteries were either destroyed or damaged during the first five months after Russia began its assault in late February.
Ethics

ERLC, Iowa Baptist convention urge court to protect parental rights

A Southern Baptist Convention entity and a Baptist state convention have joined with other organizations in urging a federal appeals court to block a public school district transgender policy they contend prevents the rights of parents to care for their children.
Ethics

Pentagon to fund service members’ travel for abortions

The Biden administration’s nationwide campaign to promote abortion access made another advance Thursday (Oct. 20) – this time at the Pentagon.
Ethics

House passes same-sex marriage bill with GOP help

The U.S. House of Representatives voted July 19 to codify same-sex marriage into law with the help of one-fifth of its Republican members and to the chagrin of Southern Baptist leaders.
National

Longtime, pro-life advocates in SBC rejoice at Roe’s demise

Larry Lewis, a lifelong Southern Baptist statesman from Missouri, said, "We must fight hard to assure our state legislatures fashion strong ‘right-to-life’ legislation. We must fight equally as hard against those who will undoubtedly seek to amend the Constitution to assure the right to abort is constitutional. Instead, we should seek to amend the Constitution to assure the right to life, already clearly embedded in the Constitution, applies to the unborn as well as to anyone else.”
National

High school coach’s prayers constitutional, SCOTUS rules

The post-game, midfield prayer of a high school football coach did not violate the First Amendment’s ban on government establishment of religion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision, June 27.
National

Supreme Court overturns Roe abortion decision

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide abortion regime Friday (June 24) that lasted nearly half a century and resulted in the deaths of more than 60 million preborn children.
Ethics

ERLC commends high court’s 9-0 ruling in flag case

The Southern Baptist Convention’s religious freedom entity welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling (May 2) that the city of Boston violated the constitutionally protected right to free speech by prohibiting the flying of the Christian flag.
Faith

Leaked SCOTUS draft gives hope for reversing Roe

Pro-life advocates reacted hopefully to the report of a leaked draft opinion within the U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
International

USCIRF report: Religious liberty deteriorates in Afghanistan

The Taliban’s return to control of Afghanistan headlined the examples of religious freedom deteriorating in multiple countries last year, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said in its annual report issued April 25.

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