VETOED: Disappointing Last Day of Legislative Session
Our bid to override Gov. Brad Little’s veto of the Children’s School and Library Protection Act has come to an end. The governor vetoed the bill yesterday afternoon, forcing a showdown when the legislature reconvened today to wrap up the legislative session. Between last night and this morning, more than 2,000 of you sent emails […]
ALERT: Override Veto on Children’s School and Library Protection Act
Friends, I’ll start with the bad news: Gov. Little has vetoed the Children’s School and Library Protection Act (H314a), rejecting the will of the people and their elected representatives. The bill – which was drafted by Idaho Family Policy Center and is sponsored by Rep. Jaron Crane (R-Nampa) and Sen. Cindy Carlson (R-Riggins) – […]
MAJOR VICTORY #2: GOV. LITTLE SIGNS “VULNERABLE CHILD PROTECTION ACT”
Friends, As I’m sure you know, Gov. Brad Little signed the “Vulnerable Child Protection Act” (House Bill 71a) earlier this evening, protecting gender-confused children from harmful puberty blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, and sex reassignment surgeries. We can’t overstate the importance of this victory—and we definitely owe it in part to your biblical citizenship and your […]
ALERT: Tell Gov. Brad Little to Ban Child Sex Changes!
Friends, Our legislation to protect children from sex change drugs and surgeries has passed both chambers of the state legislature and will soon be delivered to Gov. Brad Little. The bill, which we’ve named the Vulnerable Child Protection Act (H71), is sponsored by Sen. Lori Den Hartog (R-Meridian) and Rep. Bruce Skaug (R-Nampa) and received widespread support in both the Senate […]
MAJOR VICTORY: Gov. Little Signs School Bathroom Bill
Huge news: Gov. Brad Little has signed our legislation to protect the privacy and safety of all students in school bathrooms! Senate Bill 1100a – which was drafted and championed by Idaho Family Policy Center – requires schools to maintain separate restroom, shower, and changing facilities for biological males and biological females. We’ve been saying all along that […]
School and Library Smut: We’re Not Backing Down!
Friends, As you probably know, our “Children’s School and Library Protection Act” was killed by the House Education Committee earlier this month after some public schools and community libraries spread misinformation about its scope and impact. But we’re not backing down. Yesterday we reintroduced a new version of the bill—now known as House Bill […]
RSVP: Family Forum Night on drag shows, library smut
Friends, This morning, Sen. Ben Toews (R-Coeur d’Alene) and I introduced our legislation to ban drag shows and other sexual exhibitions in places where children are present. We’ll share more details about this groundbreaking legislation later this week. RSVP: Family Forum Night on Drag Shows and Library Smut In the meantime, please RSVP for our next Family Forum […]
ALERT: Protect Children from School and Library Pornography
We’re anticipating that our Children’s School and Library Protection Act (HB 139) will be considered by the House Education Committee sometime next week. The bill, which is sponsored by Rep. Jaron Crane (R-Nampa) and Sen. Cindy Carlson (R-Riggins), would prohibit schools and libraries from distributing pornographic materials to minor children. Earlier this week, Idaho Family Policy Center published the […]
ALERT: School bathroom legislation will be considered by Senate committee tomorrow!
Our legislation to address school bathrooms, Senate Bill 1100, will be heard by the Senate Education Committee tomorrow afternoon. The bill would create a statewide policy ensuring that public schools maintain separate restrooms and locker rooms for biological boys and biological girls. It is sponsored by Sen. Ben Adams (R-Nampa) and Rep. Ted Hill (R-Eagle). Here are two […]
Porn Production and Distribution: Private Vice or Public Offense? (DEVOTION)
“Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death” (Proverbs 10:2, ESV). In the early nineteenth century, the State of Pennsylvania prosecuted Jesse Sharpless, an unscrupulous huckster who “scandalously did exhibit and show for money” a pornographic painting in a private viewing. Despite having admitted to displaying the painting for […]
