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- Blog: ERA Passage Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Minnesota
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Watch: CEO John Helmberger Addresses Republican Seniors
- ALERT: Tell YOUR Legislator to Vote NO on ERA
- Webinar: The State of Minnesota's Abortion Laws
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Podcast: Discriminatory ERA Heads to MN House |
This week, the discriminatory “Equal Rights Amendment” passed the MN Senate and is headed to the House before the Minnesota legislature adjourns on May 22. Moses shares how the ERA creates new forms of discrimination, especially threatening women and girls, and could penalize churches and other organizations who don’t subscribe to gender ideology. Then, Grace explains how progressives REFUSED to expand the sales tax exemption on baby products. Plus, hear how 24 of our legislators bravely called on Governor Noem of SD to fight the Kidnapping Bill. Finally, hear how MFC is fighting to keep mothers and their children safe from the lethal abortion pill. Get the facts, stand for truth!
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Blog: ERA Passage Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Minnesota |
This week, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill that would put the so-called Equal Rights Amendment on the 2024 ballot. This measure now heads to the Minnesota House. As many have recognized, the ERA sounds like a good idea on the surface - after all, who doesn’t like equal rights?
But the rationale for the ERA in this day and age becomes much more confusing once you realize that discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin is already illegal under federal and Minnesota law.
Minnesota Senators voted 43-23 to advance the ERA ballot question in 2024. All DFL members were joined by GOP Senators Coleman, Duckworth, Housley, Jasinski, Miller, Nelson, and Pratt.
As we will make clear below, members who voted for the ERA actually voted against protections for women and girls, because the ERA privileges men over women in women’s sports and private spaces. Regardless of party, they should be held accountable by voters in 2024. |
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Watch: CEO John Helmberger Addresses Republican Seniors |
Minnesota Family Council CEO John Helmberger addressed Minnesota Republican seniors earlier this month, introducing our mission and vision and discussing Minnesota's political climate. Take a few minutes to watch now. |
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ALERT: Tell YOUR Legislator to Vote NO on ERA |
Tell Minnesota House Members: Vote NO on Discriminatory ERA
On Wednesday, May 17, the Senate passed SF37, a bill called the “Equal Rights Amendment." Under the guise of equality for all, this bill will lead to the opposite. It will ask voters to amend the Minnesota Constitution by creating a new right that would be detrimental to women and girls across the state. A close reading of the bill’s text makes clear that if passed, this language could lead to discrimination of females in favor of men who “identify” as “women.”
The text of the proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is as follows:
Equality under the law shall not be abridged or denied by this state or any of its cities, counties, or other political subdivisions on account of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin.
“Gender identity or expression” is not defined in the bill, leaving the interpretation subjective to individuals. Under the language of this bill, if anyone can identify as a “woman,” a man could argue that he must be afforded the rights of womanhood such as access to women’s prison, women-only shelters, women’s and girls’ sports teams, and other female-only spaces and opportunities.
The “Equal Rights Amendment” privileges male feelings above female biology, and for that reason, it is discriminatory. Click Take Action to tell YOUR Minnesota legislator to vote NO on the ERA. |
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Webinar: The State of Minnesota's Abortion Laws |
Join Teresa Collett from the University of St. Thomas Pro-Life Center and other pro-life leaders for a webinar to learn what the pro-life landscape looks like after this legislative session. With the passage of the PRO Act, the possible removal of abortion guardrails, potential elimination of the positive alternative grant, and more, there is a lot to get caught up on! What does Minnesota look like now, and what will come next? Join the webinar to learn more!
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May 31, 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm |
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