We will celebrate men in the eyes of God with the 3rd Man March. Unlike the two previous events in the Dakotas, this year we will be in the Smoky Mountain region of Appalachia.
The 2025 event is being orchestrated by Pastor Jeff Weiss from Tennessee, who has selected three different locations. On Nov. 7, we will be near Asheville, North Carolina; on Nov. 8 in Sevierville, Tennessee; and we will finish the March in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Nov 9.
I believe we need men to step up. Within the past couple of weeks, I have had guests on different broadcasts that made this clear to me and listeners.
Nearly every Thursday afternoon, I join the KFYR KAFE, a call-in radio program based in Bismarck, North Dakota. Four years ago, based on what I noticed across the country it hit me: We need a Man March. Just months later, we held the very first one in the town that I thought was perfectly fitting: Mandan, North Dakota. We had 200 men, women and children participating as we walked a mile in town along the streets of Mandan and arrived at a church for a short program.
I still receive regular notes and kudos from people and participants and thought that it was a display of what we need more of in this country. It goes without saying that the family unit has been under attack for quite some time. If you keep a pulse on the craziness in our world today, you can see that our children are under attack from evil forces.
I remember a meeting in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 2002, when I learned that 40% of the childbirths in the United States were to single mothers. The good news is that, 20 years later, that number is still static but that means more than 9 million children are raised by a single parent; 7 million by mothers and 2 million by fathers.
Some interesting statistics that verify everything the Man March was built upon were published by the Institute of Family Studies:
Here, it is clear that marriage rates have been falling for the population as a whole. But those who attend church on a regular basis are significantly more likely to marry than their less devout peers. Breaking this analysis down further by race we see higher rates of marriage among regular church attenders in both white and black populations.
The figure shows that divorce rates are significantly lower for white Americans who attend church regularly and this difference remains significant across all decades.
Again, it comes back to the strength of the family unit and God.
So back to the attack on our nation’s youth. I don’t believe it is a secret there continues to be a significant problem with child-sex trafficking in our own neighborhoods. Thanks to Bryson Miller from Brush, Colorado, for explaining on my Rural Route program that rural America is not immune to the attack on our children in regard to their gender.
It has become apparent to me that even in rural areas of this nation child abuse is occurring to children at the youngest ages. I have no tolerance in society or a sick individual willing to work at getting inside the head of our kids and making them question how they were born. We were all born with a blessing from God and the men of this nation need to take a strong stand and get involved to stop this destruction of humanity.
I really look forward to bringing the message of the importance of men in our society and, once again, drawing a line in the sand and standing tall for what is right in the eyes of God. In addition, it will be rewarding to get into a different part of the country to share in the fellowship about what we need to strengthen the family units that are the foundation of our great nation.
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13
For more information about the details of Man March 2025 as it comes together, please monitor LoosTalesMedia.com.
Editor’s note: The views expressed here are the author’s own and do not represent the views of High Plains Journal. Trent Loos is a sixth-generation United States farmer, host of the daily radio show “Loos Tales” and founder of Faces of Agriculture, a non-profit organization putting the human element back into the production of food. Get more information at www.LoosTales.com, or email Trent at [email protected].
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