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This week's top stories from The Family Beacon: 
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* Cautious Churches not a Major Source of COVID Spread

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* Federal Judge Endangers Women by Waiving In-Person Requirement
for the Abortion Pill

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* Death of Disabled COVID Patient Raises Concerns about "Quality
of Life" Ethic

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No, Churches are not a "Major Source" of New COVID Cases

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 The New York Times recently proclaimed, "Churches were
eager to reopen. Now they are a major source of coronavirus
cases." The since-modified headline is a gross overstatement and
makes it sound as if churches have played a significant role in the
spread of COVID-19. As Ed Stetzer pointed out in

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Christianity Today

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, the New York Times reported that 650 cases had been linked to
churches since the beginning of the pandemic when there have been over
3 million cases in the U.S. during that time. "650 nationally
out of 3 million cases is a headline looking for a story,"
writes Setzer. "The real story is this: churches are gathering
and remarkably few infections are taking place." Furthermore,
out of over 300,000 churches in the U.S., only 40 have been linked to
COVID outbreaks. Making the argument that the majority of churches are
disregarding the safety of their parishioners and becoming a major
source of the virus's spread is ridiculous.

With religious gatherings being unfairly targeted, this kind of
reporting from the New York Times is dishonest and irresponsible.
Churches are not compromising public safety, and they have not been a
significant source of the spread of COVID-19. In the past week, there
have been an average of 62,000 new cases reported per day. In other
words, the number of cases per day is almost a hundred times as many
as there have been linked to churches since March.

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The Family Beacon

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Death of Disabled COVID Patient Raises Concerns About "Quality of
Life" Ethic 

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 "As of right now, his quality of life... he
doesn't have much of one."

"What do you mean? Because he's paralyzed with a brain
injury he doesn't have quality of life?"

"Correct."

This was the conversation between a doctor at St. David's
Hospital in Austin, Texas and the wife of a quadriplegic man in early
June. Michael Hickson, who was disabled due to an anoxic brain injury
he had suffered in 2017, had been admitted to the hospital with a
low-grade fever and pneumonia after testing positive for COVID-19 a
few weeks earlier.
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Due to an ongoing custody dispute between Mrs. Hickson and her
sister-in-law, a court had appointed Family Eldercare as
Hickson's temporary guardian and Mrs. Hickson no longer had the
right to make medical decisions on behalf of her husband. In a
recorded conversation between Mrs. Hickson and the hospital, one of
the doctors treating Hickson explained that the decision had been made
not to pursue further treatment and to instead put him on hospice
care, and that this decision was made because of Hickson's
quality of life.

When pressed on whether or not the quality of life assessment had been
made because of Hickson's disability, the doctor said that it
was, and returned to that point more than once throughout the
conversation, arguing that Hickson's case was different from
other patients, saying, "His quality of life is different from
theirs. They were walking, talking people." Six days later,
Hickson died. [Read the whole piece at The Family Beacon]

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 Early voting for August 11 Primary Elections is now open!

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Primary elections are on August 11, and early voting has now started!
You can see who is running in your area by clicking HERE
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, and you can get information on absentee primary voting by clicking
HERE.
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Prayer Rally at Planned Parenthood Brooklyn Park

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Planned Parenthood is starting to abort babies via webcam at the newly
relocated Brooklyn Park satellite location. Having recently opened in
a more visible location next to the Aldi's grocery store and
across from Bowlero bowling alley, this will be similar to the setup
in Rochester, MN where the abortionist is in St. Paul and the women
will be at the satellite location receiving chemical abortions.

There will be a prayer rally on Friday, July 24, 2020 at 9:00 am. As
with all our current prayer rallies, we will adhere to social
distancing and ask those who at higher risk of harm from COVID-19 to
pray with us from home.

Prayer Rally at Planned Parenthood Brooklyn Park

Friday, July 24, 2020 from 9:00 - 10:00 am

7532 Brooklyn Blvd

Brooklyn Park, MN 55445

Also needed will be those who can regularly be present in prayer
support and those willing to sidewalk counsel each Friday morning in
Brooklyn Park. Contact Bill Kelly
at [email protected] if you are able to be present on
Friday mornings and especially if you would like to sidewalk counsel
in Brooklyn Park. Please keep all this in prayer as we work to
save as many lives as we are able.

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Annual Dinner Tickets are Selling Fast: Reserve yours today!

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We're so excited for Get in the Game: Fighting for Life and
Dignity! on September 17th with pro-life superstar Abby Johnson!
We're working to ensure that our event is safe for all our guests to
attend, so that means fewer tickets than usual, and 50% of them are
already sold! 

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So register today for an unforgettable night of fun,
inspiration, and fellowship! Discounted tickets available for young
people and pastors!

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 Educating and Equipping Parents on the Transgender Trend

 Get Your Copy of the Minnesota Parent Resource Guide! 
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The Parent Resource Guide sheds light on the consequences
transgender ideas have on kids' lives, while equipping parents to play
a positive role in creating a truly welcoming school community. 

 

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Responding to the transgender trend with truth and compassion starts
with the Parent Resource Guide. Get your copy HERE today and
invite a friend to do the same! 
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Click to order your copy today:

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 Support MFC When You Shop Online - now on mobile!

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Did you know that when you shop with Amazon Smile, Amazon
makes a donation to Minnesota Family Institute at no cost to you?

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This is one of the easiest ways to support our mission of advancing
life, family, and religious freedom in Minnesota! Now available
in Amazon's mobile app!

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Thank you for sharing Minnesota Family
Council's vision for 
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strong families and communities through Christ. We are grateful
for your partnership with us in prayer, legislative involvement
and generous donations.
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