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Posted February 1, 2009
Every two years the Michigan Catholic Conference Board of Directors approves an advocacy agenda for the forthcoming legislative session. Coordinated and implemented by Conference staff, the advocacy agenda for the 95th legislative session concentrates on eight policy categories: Religious Freedom, Human Life, Children and Families, Health Care, Education, Economic Justice and Regulatory Policies, Restorative Justice, and Federal Issues.
Posted October 1, 2008
Advocates of embryo research have placed on the November general election ballot a proposal that seeks to allow for the unregulated destruction of human embryos.This FOCUS publication is intended to analyze the effects of Proposal 2, and to help Michigan Catholics understand the damage the proposal will inflict upon the State of Michigan and its continued defense of human dignity.
Posted May 1, 2008
Posted May 1, 2008
This publication of FOCUS analyzes immigration policy in Michigan, how Church teaching relates to this important topic, and features a republication of the Michigan bishops' statement on federal comprehensive immigration reform.
Posted March 1, 2008
The Conference's latest Focus publication analyzes poverty in Michigan from 2001–2006, highlights skyrocketing home foreclosure rates, decreased access to health insurance and the state's high unemployment rate, and calls on elected officials to rediscover the option for Michigan's poor and vulnerable.
Posted October 1, 2007
Posted February 1, 2007
This Focus essay itemizes those public policy issues that the Michigan Catholic Conference will advocate either for or against throughout the 94th legislative session.
Posted October 1, 2006
The purpose of this essay is to analyze Proposal 5 and explain its effect on the State of Michigan. As few will disagree that education must be a top priority, the details of this ballot proposal will prove to impede the goal of consistently placing the educational needs of children first.
Posted September 1, 2006
This Focus essay intends to educate Catholic voters on the history and purpose of affirmative action programs, the positive effects they have in today’s society, and why Proposal 2 is bad public policy for the State of Michigan.
Posted June 1, 2006
This Focus essay is intended to help educate Catholic voters on the breadth of issues for which they are called to consider during an election year. These issues include Human Life, Religious Freedom, Economic Justice and Fiscal Issues, Children and Families, and Education and Health Care. Free copies of the essay are available by contacting the Conference.