Last week, 30 up-and-coming policy leaders from around the nation converged on Colorado Springs for the second annual Statesmen Academy, sponsored by Family Policy Foundation. Most of this year’s Statesmen are new state legislators — serving their first or second term in office — while a few are planning to run in the near future.
Leaders from our 40 allied state family policy councils (FPCs) gathered for the 25th Kansas Family Voice FPC Conference held July 24-28 in Colorado Springs. It ran concurrently with the Statesmen Academy, which is a project of our sister organization called Family Policy Foundation. More than 30 men and women, who are either in office
Today I am writing to you from Colorado Springs where I am attending the annual Kansas Family Voice FPC conference – gathering of our allies from all across the nation. I am so excited to be here, reconnecting and exchanging ideas with my colleagues. As you may know, Kansas Family Voice serves as a uniter
The Minnesota Department of Education has just approved a transgender “toolkit” that will be distributed to all public and charter schools in the state. The toolkit, which was authored by a number of transgender and gay-rights activists, directs schools to stop referring to students with gender-specific pronouns like he, she, him or her. A decision
Traditional homemade soup. What comes to mind? For many of us, I suspect it evokes the memory of delicious aromas from our favorite being cooked in our parent’s home when we were growing up. Being of Dutch descent, for me it is the memory of my mother huddled over the stove cooking traditional Groentesoep met
Jayson started struggling with same-sex attractions after being abused as a child. Thankfully, he was able to get professional counseling and coaching that continues to help him align his life with the heartfelt convictions of his faith. But now, the ACLU and their allies are working to ban such professional counseling for minors. They want
Congress is currently considering the future of assisted suicide in the District of Columbia. The U.S. House has a say in what goes on in the District, so no matter what state you live in, your voice can have an impact. Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee have voted to repeal the law. Now it’s
The battle for student privacy in locker rooms and bathrooms continues in Texas. Today was the first day of a special legislative session called by Gov. Greg Abbott to deal specifically with several key issues, including legislation to keep men out of girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms and other intimate facilities. Earlier this year, the Texas
You may not know me, but I spent the 2017 legislative session as the newest legislator in Georgia. Elected in a special election, I am proud to represent District 54- which covers the Northwest corner of the state. Having never served in elected office, my great hope is that my intentions, convictions, and desires- to
Fairfax County Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C., seems like a long way from North Dakota. However, something happened there recently that has far-reaching ramifications. The Fairfax County School System decided that all students needed indoctrination on the transgender agenda. However, Fairfax County residents fought back. My family and I lived in the D.C. metropolitan
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