September 4th was a big day in the Jorritsma household. Our daughter Stephanie turned 18 years old. We celebrated with gifts, dinner at a local restaurant, a homemade cake, and a cruise on the Missouri River aboard the Lewis & Clark Riverboat. It was a fun day for everyone. Aside from being the formal entrance
Your dedicated support has allowed Kansas Family Voice to track and analyze over 1,400 bills across the United States this legislative session. These bills impact families like yours on important issues like the sanctity of life, religious freedom and family values. Over the 2017 legislative session, your gifts provided direct strategic support and analysis to
With the devastating flooding from Hurricane Harvey still ongoing, Gov. Greg Abbott proclaimed Sunday, September 3, a “Day of Prayer.” “It is right and fitting,” he wrote in the proclamation, “that the people of Texas should join with their fellow residents and with others from across the country and around the world to seek God’s
President Trump is in the process of undoing President Obama’s transgender activism that was pushed on the military. What do we say about that mandate – and the undoing of it? Stephanie Curry, Public Policy Manager for Kansas Family Voice, explains how the previous administration willfully ignored the key question that underscores every decision made
It’s hard to believe the back-to-school routine of busy mornings, school lunches and homework is upon us again — or will be very soon. Have you ever thought about how so much of the debate about education is not focused on the kids who are being educated? Many school districts (and the Obama Administration) forced
Here are a few facts that may surprise you. North Dakota has: 47 members in the state Senate 94 members in the state House 527 registered lobbyists That’s a lot of lobbyists! The word “lobbyist” often has a negative connotation. I used to think of lobbyists as being somewhat shifty characters lurking in legislative
Dear Friends, Did you know: There are 548 registered lobbyists in Kansas? That’s more than 4 lobbyists for each member of the House and 13 for each member of the Senate! From AAA Kansas to Zoll Medical, there are 792 entities – including businesses, universities, advocacy organizations and more – with at least one registered
by Stuart Shepard You won’t find this word in our nation’s founding document. You can search every Article, every Section. It’s a word that, given the historical context and how common it was in the late 1700s, you would expect to be in there. But it’s not. I was sitting in a packed classroom with
https://youtu.be/nzxU302CeZY What do we say about Charlottesville? Racism, protests, murder. This is clearly not what God desires for our nation. But it’s definitely what everyone is talking about this week. Eric Teetsel, president of Kansas Family Voice of Kansas, says a person can be a follower of Jesus Christ or a white supremacist – but
Our allies at Alaska Family Action celebrated a huge success recently by gathering enough signatures to put a “bathroom-privacy” initiative on the 2018 ballot. The measure—originally named the Protecting Our Privacy Initiative—would protect the dignity, safety and privacy of women and girls in showers, restrooms and locker rooms by requiring intimate spaces to be segregated by
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