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| LEAD With Us This Summer ft. Patience Griswold - The Family Beacon: Season 1, Episode 27 |
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| Learn More about LEAD Speaker Ryan Bomberger! |
|  | We are so excited to announce that Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation will be speaking at LEAD 2022! Ryan is an Emmy Award-winning creative professional, international public speaker, columnist, and author of Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong. He is also the co-founder of RadianceFoundation.org, a life-affirming organization that illuminates that every human life has purpose. As one of ten children who were adopted and loved in a family of 15 and a father of four, he enjoys illuminating the intrinsic worth we all possess. Ryan has done incredible work in the pro-life movement, from Congressional briefings on Capitol Hill to speaking at the March for Life in Washington D.C. to billboard and multimedia campaigns, including TooManyAborted.com, an ad campaign addressing the hugely disproportionate impact of abortion in the black community. At LEAD, we are equipping the next generation of leaders to stand for life, family, and religious freedom in all walks of life! We’re thrilled to be welcoming Ryan Bomberger as one of our speakers who will inspire students and empower them with tools to become leaders in their communities! Hearing from Ryan will be an incredible opportunity for LEAD’s students to learn address to culture-shifting issues from a fact-based, hope-filled, Biblically-sound perspective. We don’t want your student to miss the opportunity to join us this summer from July 24–29th! To learn more about LEAD and to register, go to www.LEADMinnesota.org. |
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| Parental Rights in Minnesota - Our Legislative Testimony |
|  | Renee Carlson serves as General Counsel for True North Legal, an initiative of Minnesota Family Institute. The piece below is adapted from her legislative testimony earlier this week about parental rights, which you can view here. Parents’ rights to direct the education of their children does not end when their child goes to school. But are Minnesota schools allowing parents to exercise that right? History is telling. Over the last decade local state agencies, educational organizations, lobbyists, school boards, and administrators have created policies that undermine parental rights. Consider these few examples: - Minnesota State High School League’s (MSHSL) decision to allow males to play on female sports teams despite significant parent testimony opposing the board’s changes;
- The Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) implementation of the Transgender Toolkit over the objections and concerns of many parents;
- The Public Educator Licensing Standards Board’s (PELSB) lack of transparency with regard to changing teacher licensing standards and cultural competency as statutorily defined.
Practically, these changes opened the door to school policies that: Circumvent parental notice in matters relating to students’ physical and emotional health, discipline students for acting consistent with various religious and moral upbringings, teach students about sexuality and how to obtain contraceptives without parental knowledge, and allow teachers to use curriculum that would be considered pornographic in almost any other context outside of diverse literary content. Nearly 100 years ago the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the constitutional right and responsibility of parents over their minor children, especially in matters relating to their child’s education and upbringing, holding “a child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations…”[1] After all, as the Court later affirmed, “parents possess what a child lacks in maturity, experience, and capacity for judgment.”[2] |
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| LEAD Registration is Open - Sign Your Teen Up for Our Leadership Camp (July 24-29) |
|  | | High school students ages 13–19 are invited to LEAD July 24-29th to be equipped for a lifetime of culture-shaping impact! At this weeklong leadership and worldview camp, students will learn the legislative process in a hands-on way while working with real bills that have been proposed in our state, study how the gospel shapes our response to tough cultural issues, and hear from renowned speakers. To register now, click here or go to www.leadminnesota.org to learn more about LEAD. More Info: Who: Highschool students ages 13–19. What: A hands-on leadership and worldview camp equipping the next generation of Christian leaders to engage the culture. When: July 24-29, 2022 Why: LEAD equips the next generation by providing students with an opportunity to strengthen their worldview, develop leadership skills, and learn the legislative process! LEAD equips students for a lifetime of culture-shaping impact! At the beginning of the week, students are sworn in as members of the Minnesota House and Senate. As they take on the responsibilities of lawmakers, they get to learn the legislative process in a memorable, hands-on way while working with real bills that have been proposed here in our state! Throughout the week, students also study biblical worldview and think about how the gospel shapes our response to tough cultural issues, hear from renowned speakers on topics like the sanctity of life, and grow in leadership skills as they work with their caucus to pass their legislation. We hope to see your teen at LEAD next summer! Click here to learn more and register. Watch the LEAD 2022 video now. |
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| Promoted: Critical Race Theory Conference - February 26 |
|  | From Christ Bible Church: 2022 CBC Conference What is critical race theory (CRT) and why is it important? How has CRT influenced and infiltrated the Church? What can we do about it? Join Christ Bible Church as we host a timely discussion on CRT and the church. You will hear from Darrell Harrison and Virgil Walker from the Just Thinking Podcast about how the church can combat this wicked ideology and advance the gospel of Christ. |
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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? You can support LIFE, FAMILY, and RELIGIOUS FREEDOM while you shop by clicking here (smile.amazon.com/ch/41-1439560) or with AmazonSmile ON in the Amazon Shopping app and AmazonSmile donates to Minnesota Family Institute. Bookmark Amazon Smile in your browser so that Amazon will donate every time you make a purchase! |
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| | Get the Parent Resource Guide 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! Click to order your copy today: |
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| | Thank you for sharing Minnesota Family Council’s vision for strong families, communities and culture through Christ. As we rise to meet challenges at the state and federal level, we need your support now more than ever. Click here to give now. We are grateful for your partnership with us through prayer and financial support. For life, family, and religious freedom, |
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| John Helmberger, CEO Minnesota Family Council and Institute |
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