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Editor's Note: Thanks for reading Minnesota Family Council's Weekly
Wrap - your source for news about life, family, and religious freedom
issues. We didn't send our Wrap last week because the Editor was in
the hospital with his wife, welcoming their first child! And now, back
to our regularly scheduled programming. - Moses

Physician-Assisted Suicide Hearing NEXT WEEK in St. Paul - Can you
Join Us?

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On Wednesday, September 11, members of the Minnesota House Health and
Human Services Policy Committee will meet out of session for an
"information hearing" about physician-assisted suicide. Along with our
partners at Minnesota Alliance for Ethical Healthcare, we are asking
folks in the Twin Cities to join us at the hearing so that there is a
STRONG showing to protect LIFE at every stage! Elderly and disabled
Minnesotans deserve the best possible health care - physician-assisted
suicide is NOT an option.

Can you join us on Wednesday? Make your voice heard at the
Capitol! 

The hearing will be held 

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on September 11th at 1:00 PM. Come to room 200 in the State Office
Building. Please arrive early, as space will be limited!

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Make your opposition to assisted suicide known during the hearing by
wearing RED. Medical professionals are encouraged to wear
scrubs/doctor coats along with red.

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 for information on parking and a map of the Capitol grounds.

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Superior is the Latest City to Enact Draconian "Conversion Therapy"
Ban. Are Minnesota Cities Next?

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Recently, Superior became the eighth Wisconsin city to instate a
counseling ban on "conversion therapy," preventing teens
who are struggling with unwanted homosexual attraction from seeking
the help they want. The Star Tribune reports that a number of
Minnesota cities are considering similar measures, after a state-wide
ban failed to pass last session. If this is the case, it is certainly
cause for concern, as these counseling bans are an attack on free
speech, and an intrusion upon counselor-client relationships. 

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The conversation around "conversion therapy bans" often
presents conversion therapy in horrific terms, but this is a strawman
argument. In a statement to the Star Tribune

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Superior Mayor Jim Paine described "conversion therapy"
as "unethical" "child abuse" and
"torture." His statement echoes many of the arguments made
at the city council meeting by advocates of the ban.

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 When Maryland passed a similar ban, Liberty Counsel Assistant
Vice President of Legal Affairs, Roger Gannam, pointed out that this
narrative is false: "In 2019, you're not going to find stuff like that
happening, and if you do, those people should be held to account for
improper and unethical practices, but the kind of counseling that we
are talking about - the counselors whom we represent -
it's like any other kind of mental health counseling."

Read the whole piece by MFC's Patience Griswold at The Family
Beacon.

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The Impact of Social Justice on the Gospel (Free Event - September
15th)

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Click here for full event details
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Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Grace Church (Chapel), Eden Prairie

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require
of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with
your God?  Micah 6:8
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"It's my conviction that much of the rhetoric about this
latest issue [social justice] poses a more imminent and dangerous
threat to the clarity and centrality of the gospel than any other
recent controversy evangelicals have engaged in."

That's quite a statement from pastor John MacArthur about the
hottest topic in the church and mainstream society-social
justice.

Sadly, a great division in the Evangelical church has formed over the
issue of social justice.  One side sees the pursuit of social
justice (i.e. working to rectify perceived social inequalities related
to ethnicity, gender, privilege, sexuality, economics, and immigration
status, to name a few) as inexorably leading to a neglect of the Great
Commission to make disciples first and foremost.

The other side sees social justice as an implication of the gospel
(i.e. "Social justice is a gospel issue").  In other
words, Christians are to preach the gospel while working for equity in
society as well.

So which side is right?  The question we need to ask is: What
does the Bible say about social justice and what was the example of
Jesus and the early church?

Join Grace Church Eden Prairie for this event on September 15th. Free
registration is required.
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Protect Kids: Stop Comprehensive Sex Ed - Rally September 22 (Child
Protection League)

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Child Protection League Presents
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PROTECT KIDS RALLY

Sunday, September 22, 1:30pm

At the State Capitol

A bill that will greatly harm our children (Bill HF1414) is currently
being pursued in Minnesota.  This is a radical movement to
normalize all gender identities, teach how to have sex without the
boundaries in marriage, and encourage sexual behavior that will harm
children and young people long term. In 2019 MN House Bill
HF1414 was passed by House Democrat majority that mandated
Comprehensive Sex Eduction (CSE) in every MN School District. Although
it was defeated in the Senate, CSE proponents have promised to keep
the pressure on to force this mandate on all preK-12
public/charter school students in the State of Minnesota and
beyond. We must stand together in full force.

We are looking for HELP in getting the word out on this SERIOUS ISSUE,
because it WILL be back in the 2020 Legislative session. We need
people in every corner of this state to get the word out that we do
not support CSE and that we will have a STATEWIDE RALLY.

Please pass on information to people in your area to RAISE THE WORD
about this dangerous legislation and about the upcoming rally put on
by Child Protection League, an allied organization of Minnesota Family
Council

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Educating and Equipping Parents on the Transgender Trend

Get Your Copy of the 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 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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lThank you for sharing Minnesota Family Council's vision for 
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strong families, communities and culture, through Christ. We are
grateful for your partnership with us in prayer, legislative
involvement and generous donations.
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Minneapolis, MN, 55418-3265

Phone 612.789.8811 / FAX
612.789.8858

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