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| − | [[Richard Land]] is a member of the board of directors of the [[Philos Project]], a Christian Zionist organisation based in New York. His biography on the Philos Project website provides the following information: | + | Dr.[[Richard Land]] is a member of the board of directors of the [[Philos Project]], a Christian Zionist organisation based in New York. His biography on the Philos Project website provides the following information: |
:Richard Land is president of Southern Evangelical Seminary. Prior to that, he served for 25 years as president of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the Southern Baptist Convention’s official public policy arm. He graduated with a BA (magna cum laude) from Princeton University and a PhD from Oxford University. He also received a ThM (Honors Program) from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Land served five terms with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. In February 2005, he was featured in Time as one of “The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.”<ref name ="Land profile">Philos Project Website [http://philosproject.org/board-of-directors/ Board of Directors]. Accessed 19 June 2015.</ref> | :Richard Land is president of Southern Evangelical Seminary. Prior to that, he served for 25 years as president of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the Southern Baptist Convention’s official public policy arm. He graduated with a BA (magna cum laude) from Princeton University and a PhD from Oxford University. He also received a ThM (Honors Program) from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Land served five terms with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. In February 2005, he was featured in Time as one of “The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.”<ref name ="Land profile">Philos Project Website [http://philosproject.org/board-of-directors/ Board of Directors]. Accessed 19 June 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | Land is an opponent of the Gay rights movement: | ||
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| + | :“The homosexual movement is not stupid, and they have gone after the most iconic symbols of America,” Land said in the radio interview. “What’s more iconic than the military? So they have gone after the military. What’s more iconic than the Boy Scouts? They have gone after these symbols because they want society to normalize and affirm their behavior their behavior and abnormalize and ostracize those of us who hold a biblical convictions about what the bible has to day about homosexual behavior.”<ref name ="gay rights">Dr. Richard Land Website [http://drrichardland.com/press/entry/baptists-threaten-to-leave-scouts-if-gay-ban-lifted Baptists threaten to leave Scouts if gay ban lifted]. Accessed 19 June 2015.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 16:00, 19 June 2015
Dr.Richard Land is a member of the board of directors of the Philos Project, a Christian Zionist organisation based in New York. His biography on the Philos Project website provides the following information:
- Richard Land is president of Southern Evangelical Seminary. Prior to that, he served for 25 years as president of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the Southern Baptist Convention’s official public policy arm. He graduated with a BA (magna cum laude) from Princeton University and a PhD from Oxford University. He also received a ThM (Honors Program) from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Land served five terms with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. In February 2005, he was featured in Time as one of “The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.”[1]
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Views
Gay Rights
Land is an opponent of the Gay rights movement:
- “The homosexual movement is not stupid, and they have gone after the most iconic symbols of America,” Land said in the radio interview. “What’s more iconic than the military? So they have gone after the military. What’s more iconic than the Boy Scouts? They have gone after these symbols because they want society to normalize and affirm their behavior their behavior and abnormalize and ostracize those of us who hold a biblical convictions about what the bible has to day about homosexual behavior.”[2]
Contact
Website: http://drrichardland.com/
email: dhamilton@hamiltonstrategies.com (Press inquiries)
- cwoodside@ses.edu (General)
Notes
- ↑ Philos Project Website Board of Directors. Accessed 19 June 2015.
- ↑ Dr. Richard Land Website Baptists threaten to leave Scouts if gay ban lifted. Accessed 19 June 2015.
