Thread by @MNFamilyCouncil

1/

Yesterday, lawmakers in Minnesota unanimously passed an amendment that will make our state safer for children. #mnleg

2/

Protecting kids from anyone who wishes them harm is one of Minnesota Family Council’s core goals. We’re deeply grateful to legislators for offering an amendment yesterday that will ensure there are NO legal protections for child exploitation in Minnesota.

3/

We’re also extremely grateful that this amendment was adopted unanimously - that’s a great expression of the desire of legislators in both parties to protect children from exploitation. However, we wish it hadn’t come to this point.

4/

We wish that the authors of this bill would have realized the potentially extremely dangerous direction this legislation would lead, and corrected it before it got to the House floor. We’re also concerned that as recently as yesterday...

5/

...some Minnesota legislators were sending concerned constituents a message accusing Minnesota Family Council of ‘misleading’ the public on the potential loophole for child exploitation that the original bill would have created.

Just to be very clear: yesterday’s unanimous vote shows that our concerns were grounded in fact, and Minnesota legislators realized that. We hope this is the start of a new bipartisan drive to protect Minnesota’s kids from exploitation. #mnleg

/end