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		<title>In The News – July 2010</title>
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ALCOHOL &#124; ADDICTION

Lawmakers Look for Ways to Prevent DWI
Overhaul of DWI laws may be coming &#124; Senators consider scrapping surcharges and adding treatment programs.
State Sen. Florence Shapiro Leads Fight Against K2

BUDGET

Budget crisis could help boost gambling
Gambling advocates bet they can relieve state budget woes.

CHILDREN

At 13th fattest in U.S., Texas adults outweighed by their children, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/clc-in-the-news/in-the-news-july-2010/</link>
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		<title>Good News Goods – July 2010</title>
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How does buying Fair Trade fight Human Trafficking? 
This may be a question you are asking whether you are already a committed buyer of Fair Trade products, or even if you have not bought into the Fair Trade idea yet.  Maybe this correlation will stir and motivate you to begin buying Fair Trade and be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/good-news-goods/good-news-goods-july-2010/</link>
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		<title>TBOWH Updates – July 2010</title>
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NEW DOWNLOADABLE VIDEO FOR YOUR 5TH SUNDAY PROMOTION
WORLD HUNGER OFFERING DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO EVANGELISM 
FORT WORTH – Anchorless, Danny was drifting. He coasted into a debilitating drug addiction that cost him jobs, his home and ultimately time in jail. Upon his release, he wandered the streets not knowing where he would find his next meal, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/tbowh-updates/tbowh-updates-july-2010/</link>
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		<title>Public Policy Update – July 2010</title>
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Gambling
On June 30, 2010, the Legislative Study Group (LSG) of the Texas House held a hearing to begin the discussion of the benefits and consequences of expanding gambling in the next legislative session. Representative Garnet Coleman chairs the LSG and at the outset reminded all those in attendance that the informal group of legislator’s goal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/public-policy-updates/public-policy-update-july-2010/</link>
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		<title>A Word From Suzii – Religion and Foreign Policy, the world is on the doorstep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Once considered a private matter by western policymakers, religion is now playing an increasingly influential role – both positive and negative – in the public sphere.” This is the opening sentence of a major foreign policy report “Engaging Religious Communities Abroad. A New Imperative for US Foreign Policy.” Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs.
Historically, US government [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/directors-column/religion-and-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<title>Living the Christian Life – July 2010</title>
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The Baptist World Alliance convenes our World Congress this week. Baptist Christians from more than 500 hundred countries are represented by the BWA. Among the very good friends that we will see are our mission partners from the countries supported by the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cambodia, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/living-the-christian-life/living-the-christian-life-july-2010/</link>
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		<title>ISAAC Updates – June 2010</title>
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It has been an exciting six months for the ISAAC Project.  In February, I attended a training seminar offered in Washington, D.C. by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.  It centered on building capacity and positioning networks such as ISAAC so that they can reach out more efficiently to the immigrant community and to the agencies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/isaac-updates/june-2010/</link>
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		<title>Public Policy Update – June 2010</title>
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 House Committees Meet on Human Trafficking 
On June 3, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence and the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence (pdf)  held a joint hearing to discuss their interim charge regarding human trafficking. The charge asks specifically for the committees to make recommendations on best practices in the areas of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/public-policy-updates/june-2010-2/</link>
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		<title>Central Dallas Ministries Needs Your Help This Summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently, only about 9% of eligible children in Dallas are being fed  through the summer – 91% of eligible kids will be hungry?!
Community Care in Advocacy Care is working with the Texas Hunger  Initiative, Dallas Baptist Association and the Dallas Food Planning  Association to assist in Summer Feeding of the children in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/tbowh-updates/central-dallas-ministries-needs-your-help-this-summer-2/</link>
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		<title>And Justice For All: Enforcing Human Rights for the World’s Poor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros 
Reprinted by permission of FOREIGN AFFAIRS, (May/June 2010, Volume 3, Number 89). Copyright 2010 by the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
Excerpt:
&#8230;&#8230;Efforts by the modern human rights movement over the last 60 years have contributed to the criminalization of such abuses in nearly every country. The problem for the poor, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianlifecommission.com/08/ethics-in-action/and-justice-for-all/</link>
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