From the Desk of
Jim Minnery
President
Alaska Family Council

Fellow Alaskan,                                                                  Dec. 30^th, 2020

         At a time when many are losing hope in institutions and politics in particular, our intent is to encourage Alaskans to remain engaged and active. In Scripture, it says that the people who know their God shall be strong and do great things. Daniel 11:32

         Over the past 15 years, through the prayers and support of other like-minded mission partners like you, Alaska Family Council has been established as the leading pro-family, liberty-loving public policy group in our state.  Today, we remain relentless in our pursuit of those things that the unchanging God calls right, just, and beautiful.

         While elected officials, government or even good public policy are all-important, ultimately our real hope is found in Christ and Him alone.  We strive to capture the tension between grace and law, relationships and truth, and being pastoral and prophetic.

         Alaska Family Council is the premier voice in the Great Land in defense of life, marriage, family and religious liberty.  We are honored to be ambassadors for Christ on your behalf for values that are timeless, as we speak truth to power in the legislature and in local governing bodies; to stand for Biblical precepts in the media; to educate and equip pastors; and to inspire, educate and equip the next generation. 

         On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff, we thank you for partnering with us in prayer and through your investments.  As you consider your year-end donations, I want to encourage you to invest in the future of our state with a tax-deductible gift to Alaska Family Council.  History demonstrates what happens when Christians pull back from the public square. Liberties are lost. Abortion skyrockets. Families are torn apart.

         Despite the sin and despair of the world surrounding us all, we know God is sovereign. Our world, country, and state remain in the palm of His hand and we are to be faithful to the tasks He has set before us.

         Your gift now of $250, $500, $1,000 or more will fuel our mission to transform Alaska for His glory. Don’t let the Christian voice in the Great Land be silenced. Please stand with us today. CLICK HERE TO MAKE A SECURE ON-LINE GIFT NOW

         New Year’s Blessings to you and your family.

    Jim Minnery, President, Alaska Family Council

This is an open letter to Must Read Alaska in response to one article in your End of Decade newsletter, Dec. 30 edition, specifically the “Dozen in drive-by protest at acting mayor’s house.”

You stated: “This is not among best practices for conservatives; Must Read Alaska believes lawmakers should feel safe anywhere they go in the city, and especially in their own homes. Harassing them at their homes is not appropriate and could lead to unfortunate escalation. This is something we’ve come to expect from Antifa or Black Lives Matter.”

My opinion on your statement:

First, a peaceful protest of honking horns is not what anybody expects from Antifa or Black Lives Matter. What we expect from Antifa and Black Lives Matter would be a violent protest with destruction of property in the mayor’s entire neighborhood. The peaceful protest of honking horns was funded by the people whose businesses have been all but decimated by the mayor’s and Anchorage Assembly’s direct, unconstitutional actions. The gas was all paid for by those citizens of Anchorage, not by dark money funding Antifa and Black Lives Matter.

Second, I will quote Thomas Jefferson:

“What country can preserve its’ liberties if its’ rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.”

“The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of Patriots and tyrants.”

For a second opinion to the above; from Benjamin Franklin: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

I am in absolute disagreement with your statement that driving by the mayor’s residence and honking horns is “not among the best practices.” I also completely disagree with your statement that the mayor, or any other lawmaker in this state, Anchorage or elsewhere, who is blatantly taking away our individual freedoms and openly enacting laws that are in direct violation of the Constitution of the United States, have the right to feel safe in their own home or anywhere else.

This nation’s democracy, our individual freedoms, the right to bear arms, the right to assemble, the right to participate in government were not all “granted,” they were fought for with the “blood of Patriots and tyrants.”

We need to remember our history and stop thinking that we can solve government’s blatant disregard for the Constitution of the United States without “taking up arms.” People have tried to do things legally, but judges have thrown the Constitution under the rug as well.

These lawmakers, judges included, need to know that the people that they are responsible to and serve “preserve the spirit of resistance” and these lawmakers should be living in absolute fear, otherwise they will see no consequences for their unconstitutional actions. They can redeem themselves, but if there are no consequences, they have no reason to redeem themselves.

Remember that “taking” as a word with meaning. It does not mean to start randomly shooting. Those who value freedom must be willing to fight if it is necessary to preserve those freedoms, if “taking up arms” does not force those lawmakers to act in accordance with the Constitution or resign from office.

COVID-19 does not trump the United States Constitution. The citizens still deserve the right to choose for themselves.

Signed, A.C., Palmer, Alaska