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Minnesota Seeks to Dismiss Frivolous Abortion Lawsuit
As first reported by the Star Tribune, Minnesota’s solicitor general Liz Kramer has filed a motion to dismiss a frivolous lawsuit brought by radical abortion activists earlier this year.
The subject of the lawsuit is Minnesota’s reasonable health and safety protections for women. Minnesota’s bipartisan laws regarding a sometimes-dangerous procedure, such as requiring that only physicians perform abortions and providing women factual non-biased information about abortion before undergoing it, are pure common sense and supported by most Minnesotans. This lawsuit seeks to create a lawless and unsafe environment that would hurt women in Minnesota, whom these laws are designed to protect.
Solicitor General Liz Kramer’s 27-page filing (read the whole thing here) asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, principally because the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that these laws harmed them in any way. “The Plaintiffs want to re-write Minnesota law with respect to abortion,” Kramer wrote “The courts are not the right vehicle for that effort—the Legislature is.”
Read the whole thing by MFC's Moses Bratrud on The Family Beacon.
Bring Your Bible to School Day is Thursday, October 3
On Bring Your Bible to School Day students across the nation will celebrate religious freedom and share God’s love with their friends by bringing their bibles to school. This is an annual event for students sponsored by Focus on the Family. The event empowers our students to express their belief in the truth of God’s Word–and to do so in a respectful way that demonstrates the love of Christ. Participation is voluntary and student-directed—meaning it’s completely up to students. Students can participate alone or Christian clubs and youth groups can sign up online and then lead the activities in their school.
For more info go to www.bringyourbible.org.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE EVENTS?
Our Christian students can be a powerful voice of hope at their school! In the Bible, it’s often young people who lead the way for the rest of their culture by providing an example of spiritual boldness and taking a courageous stand for their belief in God. We see this in the books of Daniel and Esther, which tell the stories of a young man and woman, who, despite their youth, had the courage to share God’s truth and love with an unbelieving culture.
The New Testament also speaks to the difference you can make: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity,” says I Timothy 4:12. Also, simply by bringing your Bible to school and expressing your faith, you are helping to protect religious freedoms for other students.
WHAT ARE STUDENTS’ LEGAL RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS?
1) First Amendment rights: Students in a public school have First Amendment rights to engage in voluntary, free speech conversations in a way that does not interfere with or substantially disrupt classroom time and academic instruction. That means they can voluntarily express their personal and religious beliefs to their your classmates through verbal or written expressions, as long as they follow school policy and do not engage in these activities during classroom or instruction time.
2) Equal Access rights: Student clubs (including Christian ones) and individuals also have equal access rights to participate in the same free speech expressions and activities already allowed by the school for other clubs and individuals. For instance, if your school allows a club or students to put up posters or distribute cards containing messages about a current topic, they should not discriminate against other students or clubs who also want to use those same free speech venues.
For more information, see the Know Your Rights section and Responding to Challenges.
CAN STUDENTS TALK ABOUT THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS?
Yes, they can. As noted in the answer above, government schools cannot censor students from engaging in voluntary, free speech (written or verbal) about their deeply held religious beliefs—as long as the speech does not interrupt or cause a substantial disruption to academic instruction. For more information about this, review the legal resources in the Know Your Rights section.
Let’s encourage our students to live out their faith in schools by participating in these events!
Information on Bring Your Bible to School Day provided by our friends at Compass Ministries (www.compasslink.org)
Protect Kids Rally: Recap
This recap of the Protect Kids Rally is provided by our allies at Child Protection League, who organized the event. Read their full recap here.
An outpouring of parents, grandparents, and concerned citizens travelled from counties across Minnesota to participate in a Protect Kids Rally at the state Capitol last Sunday, September 22nd. They assembled in force to send a strong message to legislators and political activists: Don’t you dare mandate comprehensive sex education on Minnesota’s children.
Child Protection League Action (CPLA) began organizing the rally following the passage of legislation (HF1414) in the Minnesota House last April. HF1414 mandates ‘comprehensive’ sex education (CSE) on every pre-K through 12th grade public/charter school in Minnesota. Proponents of the bill vow to pass it in the Senate in 2020. Governor Walz has said he would sign the bill if it gets to his desk.
Former State Representative Cindy Pugh from Chanhassen, is Chairwoman of the Protect Kids Rally, and she was Emcee of the event. Pugh introduced 18 Minnesota lawmakers who were present and who are committed to opposing comprehensive sex education in Minnesota.
“People see this comprehensive sex ed material that comes straight out of Planned Parenthood and they think it would never pass in Minnesota,” said Pugh. “But it did pass the House. And no one outside the Capitol bubble knew. This all-out assault on the safety, health and character of our precious children was passed with no notice to the public, no town halls to take the temperature of families and taxpayers, and with no accountability to constituents. This is a brutal attack on children.”
Educating and Equipping Parents on the Transgender Trend
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