Dear Friends, We have come to the end of another 60 day legislative session. This year has had some really high-profile victories and also some defeats. I am more and more convinced each year that law and policy absolutely influences people’s values, attitudes and ultimately their behavior. This motivates us even more to do what we do. The Bible speaks of law as a taskmaster and a tutor. Our prayer would be that man’s law [More…]
Pastors can fill out this form to order voter guides for their church. Voter Guides for the Primary (August 14th) will be available by August 4th for the following races: U.S. Senate Congress (all districts) Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Contact your local field office to find out how you can help us distribute the guides.
Organizing Florida to Take Back America Meetings led by: John Stemberger, President of Florida Family Action Calling All Conservatives! Attend one of these major grassroots meeting in your area where we will announce the opening of several field offices around the state and introduce newly hired full time field directors around the state to register & mobilize Floridians to vote. Each meeting will feature a working lunch or light dinner foods, along with a presentation of strategies and [More…]
Tallahassee – On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, in Tallahassee, leaders of four statewide organizations joined voices in opposing the expansion of gambling and specifically legislation that would authorize some of the largest casinos in the world to set up in Florida. Representatives from the Florida Catholic Conference, the Florida Baptist Convention, the Florida Family Policy Council and Casino Watch all expressed their concern over the negative consequences the explosion of gambling in new mega casinos would [More…]
Orlando, Florida – The Florida Family Policy Council’s Annual Policy Awards Dinner celebrated the most pro-life legislative session in Florida’s history with Congresswoman Michele Bachmann as the keynote speaker. The event was attended by over 500 guests as well as local, state and national media. Over a dozen national media outlets were in attendance included NBC News, C-SPAN, Washington Post, National Journal, NewsMax and Charisma Media. The evening’s dazzling MC was Barbara Beck, the host of the [More…]
(ORLANDO, FL) – The four leading Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate attended the debate on Saturday, August 20, 2011 co-hosted by the Florida Family Policy Council and a coalition of local Tea Party groups in Central Florida. Approximately 275 people attended this early primary debate with former state Majority Leader Rep. Adam Hasner, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, retired Army Col. Mike McAlister and business executive Craig Miller all in attendance at the historic Howard [More…]
Tallahassee, Florida – Over the weekend on Saturday, July 30, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a package of four pro-life bills at a ceremony in the library of the Governor’s Mansion, marking the culmination of one of the most successful legislative sessions the pro-life movement in Florida’s history. Governor Scott was joined at the ceremony by the legislative bill sponsors and representatives from the Florida Family Policy Council, the Florida Baptist Convention and the Florida Catholic [More…]
Insider’s Report- May 8, 2011 Final Week 8: Florida Legislative Session Bill Warren, Director of Policy & Communications Florida Family Policy Council “The House and Senate adjourn Sine Die!” With those words the 2011 Florida Legislative Session is gaveled to a close. Although it took till the wee hours of the morning (3:35am for the Senate) our team was there till the bitter end tracking bills and following the process. Surprising many, the Legislature was able to complete [More…]
After debating in favor of a bill that would require ultrasounds before abortions, Democrat leaders openly harassed, threatened and belittled her. Democrat Rep. Scott Randolph of Orlando trashed papers on her desk and threw her pen away. Randolph, who refused to apologize, now also threatens to try and unseat her in 2012. (Tallahassee, FL) Freshman State House of Representatives member, Daphne Campbell from Miami was in her first legislative session last week when her own party viciously turned [More…]
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