Religious Right Calls on Bush to Push for Gay Marriage Ban

A coalition of conservative religious leaders is threatening to withhold support for President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security unless he pushes for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. According to the New York Times, the coalition known as...

Hillary Clinton Faults Bush for Rise in Abortions

While President Bush telephoned thousands of abortion opponents pledging to work toward a “culture of life,” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said his shortchanging of family planning could be causing abortion rates to rise. Addressing a rally on the...

Dobson ‘Outs’ SpongeBob

In the latest sex scandal soaking up media attention, an evangelical leader “outed” SpongeBob Squarepants, prompting headlines questioning whether the Nickelodeon cartoon character is gay. The New York Times first reported remarks by Focus on the Family...

SBC Leader Says BWA Unresponsive to Third World

In a new charge, a Southern Baptist leader has accused the Baptist World Alliance of being unresponsive to Baptists in the Third World. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, said last week that SBC...