Christian Action Commission

MS Personhood Amendment

By Rob Chambers

Personhood Mississippi, a pro-life organization, is seeking to end abortion in Mississippi by amending the Bill of Rights section of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi. 

Their approach is a two-fold initiative consisting of a statewide petition and a statewide vote.

First, Personhood Mississippi is seeking to collect and certify 90,000 signatures from registered voters (equally divided throughout Mississippi).  They will need to gather these signatures by February 13, 2010.  Those that sign the petition agree that unborn human beings ought to have the same legal status and right-to-life as persons who are born.

Sanctity of Human Life: Resources to make Mississippi a more pro-life state

Most of us recognize that abortion, infanticide and euthanasia are wrong, but why? We hope to encourage individuals to embrace the reality that God is the Author of life, and that as His servants, we are to protect human life. According to His Word, there is no alternative. Human life is inestimably precious.

While a sanctity of human life ethic may be disparaged by the world, it is God’s view. His Word is clear: human life at all ages and stages is precious and must be protected.

While the culture in which we live appears to… Read Full Article

Harry Reid’s Christmas Gift of Health Care Reform

By Doug Carlson - Dec 22, 2009

With Christmas just days away, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has not kept quiet about his gift to the American people—sweeping health care reform. Yet tucked inside this package, many of its contents tightly concealed until last Saturday in a 383-page amendment, are unwelcome offerings like $518 billion in new taxes, nearly a half-trillion-dollar cut to Medicare, and most disturbingly, mandates for federal funding of abortion, all wrapped in strong government control that could lead to rationing of care. Thanks but no thanks, millions of Americans are saying.

The gift-giving has already begun. Late Sunday night—1:08 a.m.… Read Full Article

Former Planned Parenthood director details turn of heart

Bonnie Pritchett - Dec 14, 2009

Abby Johnson had never felt so alone. Sitting in her Planned Parenthood office and weeping, Johnson, who was raised Southern Baptist, knew God had called her to leave her job as director of the women’s health and abortion clinic and join forces with the Coalition for Life advocates just down the street in Bryan, Texas.

The call was unmistakable. But the courage to take the step of faith to leave her job with no other prospects in sight and invest herself in a movement that was diametrically opposed to the life she had lived for the past eight… Read Full Article

Fifteen Principles for Successful Health Care Reform

While the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission remains opposed to the health care bills moving through Congress, we strongly support bringing reform to the nation’s health care system. Offering a framework for acceptable reform, the ERLC has outlined “Fifteen Principles for Successful Health Care Reform.” To view those principles, please click here (62 KB PDF).

Reprinted with permission from The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

A Failure in Courage

Richard Land

Many people will remember John F. Kennedy’s wonderful little book Profiles in Courage, which tells the stories of men who stood against incredible political pressure for conscience sake. There’s a reason it‘s such a small book. Such profiles in courage are rare. In the past few days, we have seen just how rare in the United States Senate.

President Obama promised health care deliberations on C-SPAN, open for all to see. Instead, we’ve been treated to crass political deals cut in the middle of the night behind closed doors. Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) $300 million deal, now forever… Read Full Article