The “Counseling Ban” is on the move in the Massachusetts legislature. Lawmakers are attempting to pass a bill that would make it illegal for mental health professionals to counsel and talk with children who are struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction. The proponents of this bill have couched this Counseling Ban as necessary to end “abusive […]
Dear Friend of the Family, You need to know about a new bill being discussed at the State House this week. HB97, sponsored by Representative Kay Khan, would restrict the rights of minors with unwanted same-sex attractions to seek out their treatment of choice and not be labeled as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ). This […]
For Immediate Release: July 23, 2015 FINAL DECISION BY BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TO ALLOW OPENLY HOMOSEXUAL ADULT LEADERS PLACES SPONSORING CHURCHES AT GREATER LEGAL RISK — Memorandum Released by Former BSA General Counsel Explains Liability to Churches (Orlando, FL) The pending final and binding decision by the top leadership of the Boy Scouts of […]
*UPDATE: please see change of phone number Dr. Paul Church is a 65-year-old husband and father who has been a Boston urologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) for thirty-five years. He has spent over half of his life treating patients and conducting research on prostate and bladder cancer. When he is not in the […]
I happened to be in an airport as the media bonanza over former Olympian Bruce Jenner’s “coming out as a woman” started to really take off. Waiting in line to go through security, a pregnant woman in front of me declined to go through the x-ray scanner and requested to be patted down instead. The male […]
CALL TO ACTION! MA Congressman Joe Kennedy announced last night that he is going to lead the charge in our Commonwealth for… the Bathroom Bill. Transgender activists have apparently enlisted the young and famously-named congressman as the spokesman for their demands to get into all public bathrooms, locker rooms, and otherwise “lawfully sex-segregated facilities.” They are hoping […]
There was a great deal of attention paid to the Supreme Court last week as it heard oral arguments on the question of same-sex “marriage.” Although we will have to wait until the end of June to learn the Court’s decision in that case, TODAY we saw the Supreme Court decline to hear the appeal of MA […]
WOBURN – The United States District Court of Appeals in Boston has ruled that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will not have to pay for the sex change operation of a convicted murderer. Robert Kosilek, who post incarceration goes by the name “Michelle,” is serving a life sentence without parole for the murder of his wife in […]
For the last several years, MFI has fought successfully against legislation such as the “transgender bathroom bill” to keep bathrooms and locker rooms (more formally known as “public accommodations”) safe for you and your families. Because of this, transgender activists have decided to change their strategy. Rather than aiming exclusively for state-wide legislation, supporters of the transgender […]
Last week I wrote to you about the recent media assault on Gordon College due to their Biblical stance on human sexuality and marriage. I am happy to tell you that they are standing firm in defense of both their sincerely held beliefs as an institution and the rights of all faith-based organizations for religious […]