Land Roving

Richard Land, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, stands solidly behind President Bush's War in Iraq, opposes gays in the military, and compares the fight against abortion to the civil rights struggle. He also wants comprehensive immigration reform and more civil discourse.

More often than not, he is a proud defender of all things Bush. And, when his name comes up you don't usually associate it with the word "maverick," but recently Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has, in one way or another, strayed, not so much from the Bush Administration line, but from some of his conservative Christian brethren.