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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?
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 on September 11th at 1:00 PM. Come to room 200 in the State Office Building. Please arrive early, as space will be limited!
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.
Click here for information on parking and a map of the Capitol grounds.
Superior is the Latest City to Enact Draconian "Conversion Therapy" Ban. Are Minnesota Cities Next?
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.
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 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.
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.
The Impact of Social Justice on the Gospel (Free Event - September 15th)
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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
“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.
Protect Kids: Stop Comprehensive Sex Ed - Rally September 22 (Child Protection League)
Child Protection League Presents
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
Educating and Equipping Parents on the Transgender Trend
Get Your Copy of the Parent Resource Guide!
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.
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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