A year and a half ago, Joe Backholm, the former President of our sister organization the Family Policy Institute of Washington, shared with me his vision for equipping the church with good answers to tough questions – make short videos. I’ll admit, at first I was a bit skeptical. I’d rather read an article than […]
Midnight on Monday this week was the deadline for healthcare providers receiving federal funds to demonstrate they would commit to no longer providing abortions. This requirement stems from the Department of Health and Human Services’ new Title X standard, the “Protect Life Rule,” which aims to ensure that health clinics engaged in abortion will no […]
Dear Friend of the Family, It’s been a busy week for the pro-family movement in Massachusetts, and I have good news to report on multiple fronts. The Infanticide Act – voters reject abortion from conception to crowning. Over 100 people gathered at the State House on Wednesday wearing bright red pro-life t-shirts. We […]
As you know, part of MFI’s mission is to be the voice of family values in Massachusetts. It can be hard to make that voice heard in the face of an almost uniformly hostile local media that often refuses to cover many of the stories that concern us. The New Boston Post is different. They […]
The culture of corruption and depravity in our state legislature runs deeper than even I imagined. Yesterday, the Boston Globe dropped a bomb shell story on Beacon Hill. I won’t repeat the graphic details, but suffice it to say that Byron Hefner, the “husband” of our state Senate President, has apparently been sexually assaulting other […]
After one and a half years of serving as Legal and Legislative Counsel for Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI), Jonathan Alexandre will be leaving to pursue an exciting new opportunity in Washington, DC. Alexandre, a 27 year-old resident of Brockton, MA, joined MFI in early 2015. A graduate of Liberty University School of Law, Alexandre furthered […]
With the Senate set to vote on the Transgender Bathroom Bill this week, Massachusetts Family Institute will hold a press conference Wednesday asking legislators to protect privacy rights and oppose the bill. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 WOBURN — Citizens concerned about privacy and safety in public bathrooms and locker rooms will be holding a press […]
This week the Supreme Court heard two days of oral argument on the question of marriage. The cases featured California’s marriage amendment, known as “Proposition 8”, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or “DOMA.” Given Massachusetts’ historic role in the legal battle over same sex ‘marriage,’ MFI was inundated with calls from the media. […]
The Podium Marriage — it’s between a man and a woman By Kris Mineau March 25, 2013 Marriage between a man and a woman has been the paradigm, the bedrock social institution of diverse cultures and civilizations for all of recorded human history. Nevertheless, on Tuesday, the radical experiment that began in Massachusetts will reach […]
Congratulations to our Catholic brothers and sisters on the election of a new Pope! In the first sermon of his pontificate, Pope Francis said: “We can walk as much as we want, we can build many things, but if we do not profess Jesus Christ, things go wrong. We may become a charitable NGO, but […]