Pages tagged "Marriage and Family"
Testimony of Mr. Jason Adkins, Esq., Executive Director, on H.F. 256: “Family Cap” Repeal
House Health and Human Services Policy CommitteeMarch 19, 2013 H.F. 256: “Family Cap” RepealThe Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), the ...
Continue reading…Same-sex ‘marriage’ is just the beginning
By the time you read this column, legislation to redefine marriage (HF 1054/SF 925) will likely have been passed out of committees in bot...
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: MN Catholics urged to make voices heard at State Capitol
As Minnesota legislators debate bills this session ranging from redefining marriage to increasing the minimum wage, the Minnesota Catholi...
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: Same-sex marriage is just the beginning
By the time you read this column, legislation to redefine marriage (HF 1054/SF 925) will likely have been passed out of committees in bot...
Continue reading…Family Economic Security Act Testimony, February 27, 2013
Written Testimony of Mr. Jason Adkins, Executive DirectorThe House Select Committee on Living Wage JobsFebruary 27, 2013 Mr. Chairman, Me...
Continue reading…MCC “Family Cap” Repeal Testimony
Written Testimony of Mr. Jason Adkins, Executive Director, Senate Health, Human Services, and Housing Committee, February 25, 2013 The Mi...
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: Poverty relief, health care, marriage among priorities this session for Catholic conference
Every legislative session presents both opportunities and challenges, says Jason Adkins, executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Con...
Continue reading…MCC Statement on the Defeat of the Marriage Protection Amendment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ST. PAUL, Minn. (Nov. 7, 2012)— The Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), the public policy voice of the Catholic Ch...
Continue reading…Conscience and the marriage amendment
Since the Minnesota marriage amendment was placed on the ballot last year, and even before that, the Catholic Church in Minnesota has bee...
Continue reading…Star Tribune: The Church is right to speak out
Op Ed by executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference Jason Adkins Many religious communities have been advocating for or agai...
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