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The Coalition for Marriage and Family seeks to promote grassroots action by ordinary citizens to advance pro-family policies in Massachusetts. From calling your state senator on a piece of legislation, to marching on Beacon Hill or attending a hearing, to holding a sign for a local selectman candidate, there are numerous activities you can engage in to help make our state a more family-friendly place. Please check back on this page often for different activities and ways you can be more involved, and visit our Events page.

There are currently many issues before the legislature right now which will greatly impact our families and our future.

HPV Vaccine: Oppose Senate Bill 102

This bill would require that all girls as young as 11 years old be given the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine. This very new vaccine could potentially have damaging side-effects. Therefore, it should be made available to patients through their health care providers and at the discretion of parents, and not mandated by law and financed publicly.

Read the testimony of MFI’s Evelyn Reilly at a recent hearing on the bill

Email YOUR elected officials about the bill through MFI’s easy online system

The Health Curriculum Frameworks: Oppose HB 597

This legislation would require that the Mass. Health Curriculum Frameworks be adopted statewide and made a requirement for graduation. There are portions of this bill regarding reproduction, sexuality and family that are deeply troubling from a parent's rights perspective. This bill also adds an unfunded mandate to our already-stretched public school system. Parents should decide what aspects of health education are taught to their children, not state officials.

Send an email to your elected officials opposing HB 597

Read MCFL’s in-depth analysis of the frameworks

Gambling: Oppose the legalization of casino gambling in Massachusetts

Casino gambling will NOT increase revenues for our state. It will instead reduce lottery revenues and increase the costs of treating the social ills that accompany a casino. The costs of expanded gambling outweigh the potential benefits.

Read an article on gambling written by State Representative Daniel Bosley (D-North Adams)

Distribute THIS flyer at church to Call YOUR elected officials to oppose casino gambling

Abstinence Funding: Support acceptance of the federal abstinence grant

This is $700,000 of free federal funding for our schools, but it must be included in the approved budget if Massachusetts it to receive the funding. Healthy Futures is the program that is used by many middle schools around the Commonwealth. This program teaches teenagers to form healthy relationships and to avoid having sex until they are older. It gives teens the facts about sexually-transmitted diseases and speaks truthfully about the consequences of unintended pregnancies. Massachusetts law requires that abstinence education programs be used in conjunction with comprehensive sex education that concentrates on contraception. Any claim that this money would be used for "abstinence-only" programs is false.

Read an opinion piece from the Boston Globe about abstinence by Gilbert Thompson

Learn more from the Healthy Futures website about efforts to teach abstinence