2011-03-14T00:22:48Z Jordan Sekulow explains what social conservatives want. tag:onfaith.washingtonpost.com,2011:/onfaith/religious-right-now/677 Copyright (c) 2011, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive 2011-03-14T00:22:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-03-13:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/03/the_rss_feed_for_this_blog_has_moved.html

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Washington Post editors 2011-03-04T16:17:20Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-03-04:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/03/should_we_defend_doma.html

House Republicans will soon announce how they will proceed in the defense of the Defense of Marriage Act. The three most likely outcomes are a vote authorizing outside legal counsel by the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG), a full vote in the House on a resolution to defend DOMA, or unilateral action by Speaker Boehner. BLAG consists of the three top Republican leaders, Boehner, Cantor, and McCarthy, and the two top Democrat leaders, Pelosi and...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2011-02-23T18:02:41Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-02-23:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/02/southern_sudan_welcome_to_the_newest_country_in_the_world.html

A new sign greets passengers disembarking from the flight that carried them to Juba International Airport. The message is simple yet deeply moving, "Welcome to 193rd Country of the World." Southern Sudan's formal independence begins on July 9th, a day that will officially launch the new Republic of South Sudan. Millions have sacrificed their lives, blood, and livelihood in the hopes that one day a new nation would be established for their children and grandchildren....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Elizabeth Tenety 2011-02-04T15:48:12Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-02-04:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/02/iran_postures_while_egypt_burns.html

Anti-government protesters gather at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images) As protesters take to the streets across the Muslim world, Western governments watch and wait - hopeful that democratic government may be taking hold, but fearful that such moments can be seized upon by radical Islamic forces who have long sought an opportunity to rise up and impose their will on entire nations. Radical Islamic movements throughout the world have long been...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2011-01-31T19:31:52Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-01-31:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/01/trust_the_egyptian_people.html

Egyptian anti-government protesters chant slogans as they stand atop an Egyptian army tank during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the rounds on the Sunday shows and the administration's line has taken shape. "What we're saying is that any efforts by this government to respond to the needs of their people, to take steps that will result in a peaceful and orderly...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2011-01-26T22:14:18Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-01-26:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/01/obama_20_the_progressive_goes_centrist.html

President Barack Obama is applauded by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, while delivering his State of the Union address (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) President Obama's State of the Union address contained a lot of fluff and little substance. Welcome to the kickoff of Obama 2012. Overall, Obama 2.0 sounded like a centrist last night. The president disappointed the left and...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2011-01-19T23:46:49Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-01-19:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/01/why_we_rejoice_in_the_repeal_of_obamacare.html

Social conservatives are among the most vocal opponents of ObamaCare. We fought the law in Congress and after final passage, filed lawsuits against it in federal court. With conservative success in the midterm elections, due in large part to the Republican pledge to repeal Obamacare, the legislative battle against this disastrous law began anew. Yet to this day, radio callers continue to ask why we so strongly oppose the government's latest attempt at health care...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2011-01-14T16:47:46Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-01-14:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/01/no_gods_no_masters_no_members_of_congress.html

You know the old saying: "There are no atheists in foxholes." The new Pew Forum report on "The Religious Composition of the 112th Congress" found that on Capitol Hill, there are no elected officials who are atheists. From Pew's study: Perhaps the greatest disparity between the religious makeup of Congress and the people it represents, however, is in the percentage of the unaffiliated - those who describe their religion as atheist, agnostic or "nothing in...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2011-01-12T21:25:25Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-01-11:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/01/tough_talk_firm_beliefs.html

Last week while the left was mocking the reading of the U.S. Constitution during the opening of the 112th Congress, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords crossed the aisle to make constitutional history with Republicans. It was Congresswoman Giffords who read the First Amendment - protecting our right to free speech, religious freedom, and peaceful assembly. On the right, we use tough, hard-hitting terminology to define our views. We believe that that life begins at conception and abortion...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2011-01-06T15:23:39Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-01-05:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/01/making_constitutional_history_on_the_house_floor.html

According to the House Historian's Office, the U.S. Constitution has never been read on the floor of the House of Representatives. Now, 221 years after the House officially began work and two months after a Republican landslide in the midterm elections, it will be. When the reading is finished, the Constitution will be making it first of many appearances in the 112th Congress. Naturally, the left is mocking the Constitution's new role on Capitol Hill....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2011-01-07T16:41:01Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2011-01-04:/onfaith/religious-right-now2011/01/voting_for_freedom_in_southern_sudan.html

Two days before Thanksgiving, the Government of Southern Sudan's Mission to the United States (GOSS) invited me to Old Town Alexandria to observe voter registration for Southern Sudan's independence referendum on January 9th. As I made my final GPS-instructed turn, I spotted orange signs in English and Arabic that read in bold letters "Referendum Centre." On a frigid day in a suburb of Washington, D.C., southern Sudanese were registering to vote for independence. After working...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2010-12-28T16:10:30Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-12-28:/onfaith/religious-right-now2010/12/life_in_the_112th_no_money_for_abortion.html

While focus on the ObamaCare repeal vote is sure to dominate political news next month, there is significant pro-life legislation with a real chance of passing the pro-life House of Representatives in the 112th Congress. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, is set to introduce the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act." If passed, there will be no loopholes for federal funding of abortion....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2010-12-23T17:36:20Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-12-22:/onfaith/religious-right-now2010/12/this_is_no_witch_hunt.html

What do a military recruitment center in Baltimore, a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, and a smoking SUV in Times Square have in common? They were each locations targeted by American Muslims determined to inflict fear and kill fellow Americans. Homegrown Islamic terrorism poses a tremendous threat to the United States....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2010-12-17T22:33:14Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-12-17:/onfaith/religious-right-now2010/12/no_dadt_no_problem.html

The outdated, unworkable "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law will likely be repealed in the next few days. As a Christian conservative broadcaster, attorney, and activist who recently discussed DADT and my opinion about it on-air, I can say that for the most part, social conservatives are not enraged about the end of DADT. In fact, the grassroots has not been engaged on this issue for a long time. I wrote about this previously for On...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Jordan Sekulow 2010-12-17T04:15:19Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-12-16:/onfaith/religious-right-now2010/12/federal_judge_guts_obamacare_1.html

The decision by Judge Henry Hudson of the Eastern District of Virginia is a victory for the majority of Americans opposed to government-run health care and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. The federal government, as Judge Hudson noted, cannot "tax a citizen's decision not to participate in interstate commerce." Because of this decision, speculation that Obamacare could not be successfully challenged in court can now be put to rest. This is...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

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