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Lowering Drinking Age: Research Says Bad Idea
Business, engineering, journalism, medicine, philosophy. The nation’s finest institutions of higher education pride themselves in rich traditions of academic study. Now presidents of more than 100 of the nation’s top colleges are going back to class themselves, but majoring in a very different field of study: drinking. more »
By Doug Carlson - Aug 27, 2008 - Topic: Family, Addictions, , Substance Abuse, Living, Health
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By Brian Koonce - Aug 27, 2008
Topic: , Faith, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
ERLC Policy Position: Opposing the Reduction of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age
Since the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) was increased to 21 years old by every individual state in the mid-1980s at the prompting of the federal government, there have been some groups and individuals who have sought to lower the legal drinking age. more »
By Andrew R. Lewis - Aug 26, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Family, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Children, Living, Health
A Perspective on War, Love and Iraq
College campuses around the country are rife with debate over the legitimacy of the War on Terror and, specifically, the war in Iraq. This conversation has also reached the Christian collegiate community, but in a different way. more »
By Joel Heimbach - Aug 26, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Citizenship, War, Issues,
I walk in freedom
By Christine Sneeringer - Aug 26, 2008 - (3)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Parents’, Educators’ Rights and Responsibilities
By John Loudat - Aug 26, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
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About the ERLC
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. We are dedicated to addressing social, moral, and ethical concerns, with particular attention to their impact on American families and their faith. As president of the ERLC since 1988, Dr. Richard Land has championed the interests of American families while strongly advocating religious liberty worldwide. more »