Yesterday, we celebrated a real win for religious freedom. Both MA Attorney General Maura Healey and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) voluntarily reversed their new transgender polices to acknowledge the constitutional right of churches to teach and operate consistently with their faith. As many of you know, in September of this year, the unelected […]
I have great news to share with you on two fronts today. First, early this morning, our national partners at Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit on behalf of four Massachusetts churches in response to the transgender bathroom law’s unprecedented and unconstitutional intrusion into the First Amendment rights of our pastors, priests and houses of worship. If […]
Labor Day has passed, and the final stretch of our Keep MA Safe signature drive has begun! With only two weeks left until the deadline, we need your help to make sure all of these signatures are collected and ready to hand in to the town clerks. If you have any completed petitions, we need […]
I had the opportunity to speak to a gathering of about 75 pastors this week on the issue of religious liberty. Specifically, they wanted to know about the bathroom bill, and what it means for their churches and communities. I explained the threat that it poses to “houses of worship,” as defined by the MA Attorney General and encouraged […]
Will you help us protect our daughters, wives, and mothers from state sanctioned exposure to perverts and pedophiles in public bathrooms and locker rooms? I’m not asking for money. (Although if you WANTED to donate to KeepMAsafe, you can do that HERE.) We need your personal effort. As of today, we have exactly 30 days to collect the 60,000 raw signatures […]
The petition drive to repeal the Bathroom Law and to Keep MA Safe is now on its way, and they need YOUR help! Keep MA Safe is looking for volunteers and churches to sign up this weekend to start gathering signatures. To get enough signatures and make this drive successful, Keep MA Safe needs your immediate assistance to put this dangerous […]
I just got back a few hours ago from the bathroom bill repeal campaign launch. We had a good crowd gathered in front of the statehouse, with the media in tow. On behalf of a diverse group of community leaders, I was excited to announce the formation of “Keep MA Safe,” as a ballot question committee. Keep […]
Petition filed with Secretary of State to repeal transgender bathroom law that endangers privacy and safety of women and children Monday, July 18, 2016 WOBURN — Massachusetts Family Institute is excited to announce the launch of a ballot referendum initiative to repeal the transgender bathroom, locker room and shower law. Today, 21 courageous nd dedicated […]
MA Family Institute assesses options concerning newly passed Transgender Bathroom Law Thursday, July 14, 2016 The bathroom bill signed into last Friday by Governor Baker puts millions of women and children in our Commonwealth at risk. Despite the thousands of calls and emails from concerned citizens to their legislators and our governor, our elected officials on […]
Massachusetts Family Institute | News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lena Wakim | lena@mafamily.org | 781.569.0400 Governor Fails to Protect MA Women and Children In his decision to sign the Bathroom Bill, Governor Charlie Baker has opened the door for predators to enter public bathrooms, locker rooms and showers and to abuse this vague legislation. Even in […]