Friends, Tomorrow we will all gather with our families and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, a longtime American tradition that started informally with the Pilgrims in our very own Commonwealth of Massachusetts and became official when President Lincoln created the national holiday. MFI has a lot to be grateful for this year, but nothing more […]
Friends, Senate liberals are considering attaching a radical agenda to a bill that funds our servicemen and women through the next year. You heard that right. Harry Reid, Patrick Leahy and Diane Feinstein, in their quest to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), plan to attach the repeal to the 2012 Defense Authorization Bill, […]
The Barna Research Group revealed a stunning statistic that continues to reverberate throughout the faith-based world: only 9 percent of professing Christians have a biblical worldview. Because of this, today’s believers live very similarly to non-believers. Jesus commanded us to make “disciples,” not just church members. We are to teach them all things He taught […]
As the expression goes, when it rains it pours. And regrettably, the current situation in Massachusetts is much more serious than such an expression conveys. As promised, the Legislature moved before Thanksgiving to legalize expanded predatory gambling. The conference committee of House and Senate members reached a compromise bill that licenses three resort casinos, and […]
On Tuesday, the second to last day of this year’s legislative session, the House of Representatives approved a bill that grants special rights to transsexuals. (CLICK HERE for a roll call of how legislators voted.) Though we scored a victory with the removal of the “Bathroom Bill” aspects of the legislation, the way that the […]
Bathroom Bill Provisions Defeated but Transsexuals Given Special Rights Boston – House leaders today rammed through a measure relative to “transgender” protections that left rank and file members with little information; just a heavy hand from leadership to pass the measure – forcing it through with little debate — before the imminent House recess. The […]
Media Release | Massachusetts Family Institute For immediate release MFI Applauds Lawmakers Who Oppose Transgender Bathroom Bill Boston – More than a dozen state lawmakers today voiced opposition of the Transgender Bathroom Bill citing that the bill will hurt small businesses, fill courts with costly litigation and is redundant given the Commonwealth’s already stringent anti-discrimination […]
Call the Judiciary Committe Members TONIGHT Ask that they Oppose Transgender Legislation Friends, Thanks for your calls to your legislators on the Transgender Bathroom Bill. Please keep them going! However, we NEED you to call members of the Judiciary Committee RIGHT NOW before a 9:30 a.m. deadline on TUESDAY. The script is very simple: “Please […]
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From Family Research Council: Speaking of charity, the U.S. Air Force wants to promote less of it. Last week, the branch’s headquarters apologized for encouraging cadets to help needy children after complaints from an atheist fringe. The Academy had circulated an email asking people to partner with Operation Christmas Child, a longtime project of Samaritan’s […]