Sioux Falls – With just two weeks until Election Day, South Dakota Family Policy Council “Faith, Family, Freedom Bike Tour - Standing for America's First Freedoms ~ Vote your Values” is under way.
The ride will cover nearly 500 miles visiting pastors and community leaders, concerned citizens, and churches, October 20 – October 28. It is part of their broader effort to mobilize churches to encourage their membership to Vote Values.
Chris Hupke, President, South Dakota Family Policy Council stated SDFPC is leading the voter awareness campaign that will have him and others bike-riding South Dakota in an effort to implore people to vote values in this upcoming election November 4, 2008. Hupke said there will be a significant emphasis on supporting Initiated Measure 11 – “This is the most important vote I will ever make. Combined with the Presidential, U.S. Senate and House, and State Legislative races, wow. We must vote!”
Hupke shared Galatians 6:9 as his inspiration in this effort: "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart."
Objective: The tour seeks to increase the “Values Voter” Turnout, leading to the highest voter turnout in South Dakota election history.
Each stop will include:
eXcite Church Turnout with the “Pastoral (signing) 100% Churches Pledge”
eQuip - Distributing the SDFPC 2008 General Election Voter Guides
eNgaging - Praise and Worship Rally!!
“The ‘Faith, Family, Freedom Tour’ will reach thousands with an encouraging message for South Dakotans to vote their values.” Hupke stated.
“We’re calling on all South Dakotans to stand for the principles of representative government, and vote. What our Founding Fathers set forth in this great nation is incredible. The United States of America has brought liberty to more people than any other nation in world history. President John Adams said, ‘Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.’ Adams words should sear in the mind of every American of faith their most critical role in keeping America great.”
Hupke said inspiration for the tour was driven from his organization’s desire to see abortion end and to see higher standards of ethics, integrity, and accountability in the institution of government.
“What voters do in the polls says a lot for how they view our country. Every day people vote: the products they buy, the media consumed, the churches they attend, and how they’ll educate their children. If a business does not operate with high ethical standards consumers should not endorse their practices by consuming their products. Selection of elected officials and laws that will govern this state and nation is no different. The vote is the most basic principle of freedom in government and the world saw that with the pictures of ink stained fingers from Iraq and Afghanistan.”
“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hupke will be joined by riders of various backgrounds. There is an opportunity for people to join the tour by calling South Dakota Family Policy Council at 605-335-8100.
The communities include: Brookings, Watertown, Milbank, Aberdeen, Huron, Mitchell, Sioux Falls, and Yankton. Details for the times are listed at sdfamily.org or by calling 605-335-8100.
Updates can be followed on the South Dakota Family Policy Council blog page.
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