One story garnering a lot of attention this week is the Gender Snowperson that’s being taught to 4th graders in Lexington public schools. Yes. You read that right. The Gender Snowperson is a tool used to teach 9 and 10-year-olds to “never assume boys have penises.” Parents would likely never have discovered this LGBTQ+ indoctrination of […]
This week, MFI was at our nation’s capital, hearing from experts on issues related to life, liberty, and religious freedom. We were joined by our fellow Family Policy Councils from across the country. On Wednesday, the Heritage Foundation, a national player on many of our issues, hosted its first ever Summit on the Sexualization of […]
I received an email this week from a parent who is trying to opt their young teenager out of Sex Ed in their local public school. Under current Massachusetts law, parents have a clear right to do this, and schools may not penalize a student for being exempted from those lessons. However, this parent was being told […]
Dear Friend of the Family, After a sweltering end to the summer, it finally seems like fall is here. For many of us, that means back to school. One of the new challenges several parents have shared with me is their children being required to use the “preferred pronouns” of classmates in the throws of […]
News Release from Alliance Defending Freedom: BEDFORD, Mass. – Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) sent a letter Tuesday to Bunker Hill Community College over its speech and student organization policies after it ordered students with the campus Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter to stop distributing copies of the U.S. Constitution. MFI’s Andrew Beckwith, one of […]
I am excited to introduce a brand new resource for churches and small groups to learn how to impact our local culture. MFI has developed a biblically-based curriculum that educates and informs people of faith about the specific challenges to our family values here in Massachusetts. The class materials teach from the perspectives of scripture, culture, […]
On the morning of September 4th, MFI’s Exec VP and General Counsel Andrew Beckwith attended oral arguments at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston on a case that could eliminate the Pledge of Allegiance from our public schools. The American Humanist Association, on behalf of three atheist students and their parents in the Acton-Boxborough school […]
MFI led a coalition of parents, educators, pastors and mental health professionals to the Board of Education meeting Tuesday morning to combat its radical transgender bathroom policy. A number of pro-family speakers addressed the board, and although trans-activists were present, for once it was the pro-family supporters who dominated the gathering; lining the walls of […]
Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester is refusing to amend a highly controversial new policy which threatens the privacy and safety of school children. Two weeks ago, the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) quietly issued an 11- page directive implementing his new statewide policy on gender identity in the […]
LA LIBERACION INMEDIATA CONTACTO: Andrew Beckwith / andrew@mafamily.org/ 781-569-0400 Proyecto de Ley de sigilio bano se abre banos de muchachas para los ninos, invade la privacidad y amenaza la seguridad de todos los estudiants. Massachusetts comisionado de educacion Mitchell Chester informado de grado K-12 directores de las escuelas que deben permitir que los ninos y […]