BREAKING: IFPC files brief supporting WA football coach fired for praying
Idaho Family Policy Center, along with more than thirty other state-based family policy organizations, has filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in support of Joe Kennedy, a public high school football coach in Washington State who was fired for praying on the field after games. Coach Kennedy rose to national prominence almost […]
URGENT: Ask your state senator to support Idaho Heartbeat Bill
Friends, Our legislation to add a private enforcement mechanism to the Idaho Heartbeat Law will be on the Senate floor for a full vote sometime next week. While we’re grateful that it passed out of the Senate State Affairs Committee yesterday with a “do pass recommendation,” we have begun encountering heightened opposition, and we need your […]
BREAKING: Idaho Senate Committee Introduces Bill to Save 1000’s of Babies
Last year Gov. Little signed the Idaho Heartbeat Bill, which bans abortions after a preborn baby’s heartbeat can be detected. But because of ongoing court cases, the legislature felt it was necessary to include a trigger mechanism so that our new Heartbeat Law would not become enforceable until a similar law in another state was […]
Register now for our next Biblical Activism Bootcamp in Nampa!
“I know I’m supposed to do something, but I don’t know what to do. How can I get involved?” That is the question we receive most often from biblically minded Christians. And it’s why we’re so excited to announce our next Biblical Activism Bootcamp! Join Matt Sharp (Alliance Defending Freedom), Gary Demar (American Vision), Blaine Conzatti (Idaho Family Policy Center), and Sen. […]
Idaho Legislative Update: Plastic Grocery Bag Bans and Porn Filters
Friends, Things are finally starting to pick up at the Statehouse. The most newsworthy accomplishment of the legislative session thus far? Gov. Brad Little signing legislation to cut income taxes and provide tax rebates to Idaho families. Bills We’re Watching • Conversion Therapy Ban (HB483): This legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. John McCrostie (D-Garden City) and Sen. […]
ALERT: Religious Freedom Under Attack at Idaho Legislature
It’s been a slow start to the state legislative session, which convened on January 10, 2022. Even so, a major threat to religious liberty and parental rights has raised its head in recent days. Shockingly, two Democratic state legislators have introduced a bill that would make Christian counseling illegal for children struggling with sexual orientation […]
Purchase tickets for our upcoming Spring Banquet!
Idaho Family Policy Center is on the frontline of the battle to protect faith, freedom, and family values in the Gem State, but we can’t do it without you. That’s why I’m excited to announce that we will host our first-ever Spring Banquet on March 10, 2022, at Still Water Hollow in Nampa, Idaho. We […]
Ruled By Thornbushes (Devotion)
“But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I cease giving my oil, with which they honor God and men, and go to sway over the trees?’” (Judges 9:9). The Old Testament prophet Gideon led the Israelites in victory over their enemies, providing God’s people with four decades of peace and prosperity. But when […]
The Sacred Right of Conscience (Devotion)
“And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we […]
Announcing our “2022 Policy Agenda” to protect children, parental rights, and religious freedom
Friends, Today marks the start of the 2022 Idaho Legislative Session. State legislators will open with a customary invocation prayer before Gov. Brad Little delivers his State of the State Address, which will outline his policy agenda for the coming year. According to early reports, Gov. Little’s priorities include using the record $1.6 billion state budget surplus to increase spending on […]
