Posts tagged with ‘prayer’

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Call2Fall – Praying for our nation Sunday July 3rd

by MFI News

Our friends at the Family Research Council are once again sponsoring the Call2Fall initiative, where churches set aside a definite time during worship on July 3, 2016 for people to get on their knees and faces before the Lord in repentant prayer for God to reshape our lives and renew our land. The key verse for […]

What you didn’t hear about Wednesday’s vote

by MFI News

As MFI’s communications director, I know we are fighting an uphill battle for family values in Massachusetts, and yesterday’s vote in the MA House to pass the Bathroom Bill was disappointing.  Nevertheless, we have reason to be encouraged. What you may not have read in the news is that there were hundreds of faithful citizens gathered […]

Prayer and Petition at Our State House

by MFI News

This week, about 40 family-values advocates joined us at the State House for Lobby Day. Guests heard from eight pro-family legislators and other leaders of the movement on issues of life, human sexuality and parental rights. MFI staff were also able to educate attendants on how to be involved in the Bay State and approach legislators […]

Judge tells RI school to take down prayer banner

by mafamily

According to U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lagueux, a prayer banner hanging at Cranston West High School had to be removed immediately. According to the Justice’s decision, “The purpose of the prayer banner was clearly religious in nature,” and that “no amount of debate can make the school prayer anything other than a prayer, and […]

Boston Herald: Upton selectmen deny prayer rally, later repent

by mafamily

According to the Boston Herald, the board of selectmen in Upton, Massachusetts cited a constitutional “separation of church and state” while rejecting a resident’s request to hold a peaceful prayer vigil on the town common. (Note: the term “separation of church and state” is nowhere to be found in the U.S. Constitution or any state […]

Veterans Affairs bans mention of God at funerals

by mafamily

According to our friends at the American Family Association, the Department of Veterans Affairs and its Director of the Houston National Cemetery, Arleen Ocasio, are engaging in religious viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment an the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, by adding new incidents of religious hostility. Since taking the directorship of the […]

Continued prayers for the people of Japan

by mafamily

As you know, families on the other side of world continue to deal with the devastating aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the island nation of Japan. The tragedy has likely already taken thousands of lives, many of whom remain among the “missing.” There is also the ongoing problems afflicting the nation’s nuclear […]