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Trump shouldn't shy away from pro-life legacy. We need more restrictions on abortion.

Jan 24, 2025 | msn.com | Brent Leatherwood

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Trump shouldn't shy away from pro-life legacy. We need more restrictions on abortion. | Opinion

Jan 24, 2025 | usatoday.com | Brent Leatherwood

This year, the March for Life and the presidential inauguration occur only four days apart. After four years of the Biden administration aggressively pushing abortion on demand, the new Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress have significant opportunities to quickly enact commonsense policies that protect preborn lives. In 2017, Donald Trump began his first term with Republican control of Congress, creating a pivotal moment to advance crucial legislation and priorities.
2024: The year tide turned on radical gender ideology

Dec 26, 2024 | christianpost.com | Brent Leatherwood

What is a woman? This is the question that was posed by U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn to then-nominee for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. By not providing a simple answer based on basic biology and instead deflecting to the role of an impartial judge, Jackson revealed something that contributed to the turning point regarding transgender ideology that we have witnessed in 2024.
Explainer: Supreme Court denies religious exemption request from Maine workers

Nov 26, 2024 | erlc.com | Brent Leatherwood

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request for a religious exemption to the state of Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on Oct. 29. The mandate, announced in August by Gov. Janet Mills, required that all healthcare, nursing home, and EMS workers receive their final vaccine dose by Sept. 17, 2021. A group of healthcare professionals at Northern Light Health opposing the vaccine requirement filed suit on religious grounds.
Letter to Secretary Blinken regarding Uyghur Forced Labor

Nov 26, 2024 | erlc.com | Brent Leatherwood

On December 3, 2021 the ERLC sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express concerns about recent reports that the White House and members of the State Department were actively working to slow down and dilute the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in Congress.
Understanding the draft opinion leak of the Supreme Court

Nov 26, 2024 | erlc.com | Brent Leatherwood

A young contractor for the National Security Agency fled our nation in the spring of 2013. Within a matter of weeks, he would release a trove of highly classified documents related to America’s surveillance operations around the world. The effect his disclosures had on the U.S. intelligence community is hard to overstate. Numerous reforms have since been put in place. Cases about the programs have been litigated.
Seeking justice in the SBC for survivors

Nov 26, 2024 | erlc.com | Brent Leatherwood

I cannot recall ever sitting down to write something from a place of such profound sadness. The last few days have been cause for deep grief and lament. Chief among them is the sexual abuse cover-up and concerted effort to dismiss the pleas of survivors within a key committee of the Southern Baptist Convention.
How We Carry Out Our Mission

Nov 26, 2024 | erlc.com | Brent Leatherwood

Looking out my window sits downtown Nashville. Music City, with its dozens of new high-rise buildings going in, should probably be referred to as Crane City. When settlers first came to this region, I doubt they could have envisioned what this city has become.
ERLC Podcast #362 | Vice President Mike Pence on Serving in the Public Square

Jul 25, 2024 | erlc.com | Mike Pence |Brent Leatherwood |daniel darling |Jason Thacker

Today, we have an exclusive episode with Vice President Mike Pence about serving in the public square. Welcome to the ERLC Podcast where our goal is to help you think biblically about today’s cultural issues. Since 2016, the name that has been synonymous with our current political environment is President Donald Trump. However, within the Trump administration is a name with which we should be familiar and should want to know more about: Vice President Mike Pence.
Leatherwood removed as ERLC president

Jul 22, 2024 | mbcpathway.com | Brent Leatherwood

NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention announced Monday night, July 22, that president Brent Leatherwood has been removed from his position. He had served as president of the SBC’S public policy entity since September 2022. “In accordance with our bylaws, the executive committee [of the ERLC] has removed Brent Leatherwood as president” a statement from the entity said.