Posts from April 2017

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Harvard thinks biology is violence

by MFI News

Last week I wrote to you about the most recent attack on Gordon College and the unrelenting push of the LGBTQ agenda into Christian academia.  As I was discussing this with a fellow alumnus, he remarked that if Gordon were forced to give up its unique Christian character, it would be just one more liberal […]

NEXT WEEK: TeenPact!

by MFI News

TeenPact is coming back to Massachusetts next week, and there’s still time to register! A dynamic, hands-on leadership experience for Christian students, TeenPact’s mission is to train youth to understand the political process, value their liberty, defend their Christian faith and engage the culture at a time in their lives when, typically, they do not […]

MFI’s Annual Fundraising Banquet: Tickets now available

by MFI News

Earlier this month, we announced that we will be welcoming national radio talk show host, NBC news analyst and Washington Post contributing columnist Hugh Hewitt for our 26th Annual Fundraising Banquet on Friday, October 20! You can find out more about Hugh Hewitt here. We are excited to announce that tickets are now available! The 2017 […]

Keep MA Safe needs your help!

by MFI News

This month Keep MA Safe placed an order for 25,000 pushcards to spread the word at festivals and fairs and door-to-door about repealing the Bathroom and Locker Room law. They need your help to educate voters over the next few weekends by door-knocking in specific towns and sharing information at local festivals as the weather gets warmer! […]

Pro Life Legal Defense Fund Reaches Out to Pregnancy Centers

by MFI News

Next week, our friends at the Pro Life Legal Defense Fund will be hosting their 2017 Century Dinner where they will be honoring co-founders of the internationally acclaimed Bioethics Defense Fund, Attorneys Nikolas Nikas and Dorinda Bordlee. If any pregnancy care centers decide to have a representative purchase a ticket to their upcoming dinner, the Pro […]

New Boston Post Discusses Sex Ed Mandate

by MFI News

The New Boston Post had a great article on the “Saran Wrap Sex-Ed Bill” this week.   If you haven’t contacted your state representative and state senator about this horrible new legislation yet, please do it TODAY!

Sex, Religious Liberty and Gordon College

by MFI News

As you may have heard, Gordon College is once again in the cross-hairs of LGBT activists.  Sadly, the instigator is one of their own professors, social work faculty member Margaret DeWeese-Boyd.  She claims she was denied promotion because she “vocally and publicly challenged” Gordon’s Biblical prohibition on “homosexual practice.” In fact, she recounts in her […]

CALL TO ACTION: Do you want your child learning THIS in school?

by MFI News

Just as Congress is working to defund Planned Parenthood at the national level, we’re working hard to stop them at the local level – specifically, your neighborhood school.  This morning, several parents and I went to the State House to testify against the Sex Ed Mandate.  These two identical bills would take control over what […]

NEWS RELEASE: Sex Education Mandate Gets Holy Week Hearing on Beacon Hill

by MFI News

CONTACT:   Andrew Beckwith | andrew@mafamily.org | 781.569.0400 Sex Education Mandate Gets Holy Week Hearing on Beacon Hill Thursday, April 13, 2017 BOSTON – The legislative Joint Committee on Education heard testimony today on two identical bills that are stirring up quite a bit of controversy amongst parents.  Senate Bill 234 and House Bill 2053, both titled, “An […]

Stop Taxpayer Funded Abortions

by MFI News

Last month I wrote to you about Governor Charlie Baker promising to give Planned Parenthood MA tax dollars for any federal funds that are cut by Congress.  Although the Commonwealth gives Planned Parenthood over $2 million a years for its “family planning” services, there is nothing that prevents that same money paying for those same […]