The Biden Administration is trying to push the Equality Act through the Senate. And now they have attempted to unilaterally redefine sex in Title IX – putting girl’s opportunities at risk. The City of Philadelphia attempted to punish Catholic Services for living out their beliefs, disregarding the needs of children in their community. But today
Late last week the Kansas Department of Children and Families, at the directive of Governor Kelly, issued a policy directive that will require all foster families and child placement agencies to comply with her sexual ethic. She has made it clear – she cares more about identity politics than about ensuring children are in loving
Dear Friends, That didn’t take long. In her first official press conference since winning the race for governor, Laura Kelly listed a number of policy goals, including expanding access to marijuana and gambling. She also pledged to have an Executive Order ready on Day 1 providing special protections to LGBT state employees. There is zero
Kansas Family Voice met Adrian when she came to the Colorado Capitol with us and our state ally, Colorado Family Action, to ask lawmakers in that state to protect faith-based adoption agencies. This was when one Senator from Boulder boldly admitted on record that he believes faith-based agencies should be shut down, rather than serving
Earlier this week, we asked you to encourage Rep. Kevin Yoder to support a bill to protect the religious freedom of faith-based adoption providers in their vital work to place kids in forever families. Dozens of you reached out to Rep. Yoder via our Action Center. Thank you! I’m happy to report that yesterday Rep.
by Eric Teetsel, President and Executive Director of Kansas Family Voice of Kansas In a recent editorial, Patrick Miller asks, “does the State choose a system where one citizen has the license to limit another citizen’s rights?” Miller, assistant professor of political science at the University of Kansas, is concerned by the passage of the
Dear Friends, Just one step remains before Adoption Protection becomes law – the governor’s signature. Immediately after the decisive vote in the Kansas Senate, Gov. Colyer’s team released this statement: “Catholic Charities and other adoption agencies are key to the fabric of our communities. I look forward to signing this bill because it increases the opportunities
Dear Friends, God did something special yesterday – and we got to be part of it. The Adoption Protection Act passed both the House and Senate and is headed to Gov. Colyer, who has pledged to sign it into law. By passing the provisions of the Adoption Protection Act, the Kansas legislature has ensured that
Dear Friends, Your efforts are paying off! Two big steps towards getting Adoption Protection passed in Kansas were taken Tuesday. During the process, the chairman of the conference committee referred to the “volume of email” and phone calls legislators have received about the bill. That’s you. But they are also hearing from Human Rights Campaign,
Dear Friends, At first, I was dumbfounded. Now, I’m angry. On March 29, the Kansas House of Representatives voted against a bill that protects faith-based adoption agencies from being shut down because of their beliefs. Since that day, our coalition has been working. We worked with individual legislators to answer questions and respond to concerns.
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