Yesterday morning, MFI staff hosted a legislative breakfast for state representatives, senators and aides at the Union Club, just across the street from the State House. At the breakfast legislators were briefed by MFI’s Director of Public Policy, Maureen Vacca,
With a new legislative session in MA starting last month, we’ve been working hard to analyze the more than 5,000 bills filed in January. While bill numbers and full text are not yet available, we want to give you a
As we reflect on the 2013-2014 legislative session, we want to thank everyone who got involved in advocating for family values. Over the past two years, thousands of you sent emails and made phone calls to your state legislators in
Legislators and Pro-family Leaders Address Student Activists MassFuture, the official Youth Group of the Coalition for Marriage and Family, had their 4th annual Day on the Hill this past Wednesday. The teenagers and college students who attended had a great
Medical marijuana would create ‘huge headache,’ Coakley says With a question poised to go before voters in the fall legalizing medical marijuana, Attorney General Martha Coakley on Thursday said she worried the policy proposal would be difficult and costly to enforce if
Staff Members Maureen Vacca and Andrew Beckwith were among the first to testify at the State House this morning on the proposed ‘medical marijuana’ bill, HB 3885. Andrew pointed out that the draft legislation allows for marijuana to be prescribed
As seems to be the norm with the Judiciary Committee, the room was too small and the number of bills (fifty five!) too many to truly allow the democratic process to proceed. I was there to testify on behalf of
Schools have the custody of our children for the better portion of their waking lives in their most formative years. They should not be allowed, with impunity, to disseminate obscenity, child pornography, or matter that by definition is “harmful to
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION TO HB1540 AN ACT TO PROMOTE HEALTHY BEHAVIORS Joint Committee on Public Health May 10, 2010 Massachusetts Family Institute is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the family and the traditional Judeo-Christian values upon which
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION TO HB629 AN ACT RELATIVE TO CONSENT AND COUNSELING Joint Committee on Public health May 10, 2010 Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the family and the traditional Judeo-Christian values
