Federal Legislative Agenda for 2009
Thursday, January 08, 2009By Richard Land and Barrett Duke - Jan 7, 2009
The election of Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th president along with significant liberal gains in the House and Senate have created substantial challenges for many of the issues of concern to Southern Baptists and other social conservatives in the upcoming 111th Congress.
Sanctity of Human Life
Our greatest concern is the likelihood that many pro-life advances achieved under President Bush’s administration will be rolled back. President-elect Obama’s pledge to sign the Freedom of Choice Act would do that very thing. This pernicious bill would invalidate all limits on abortion. Even the gruesome practice of partial-birth abortion would be… Read Full Article