1. NC VALUES: State senator harassing pregnancy care centers
Over the past week, we have been
receiving messages from pregnancy care centers who received a weird
and invasive questionnaire from a public official.
State Senator Gladys Robinson violated NC
statutes in a harassing request sent to pregnancy care centers who are
members of the NC Pregnancy Care Fellowship. It was an obvious effort
to intimidate the organizations from applying for future state
funds.
Read more: https://ncvalues.org/state-senator-harassing-pregnancy-care-centers/
2. SAVE THE DATE: 2024 Legislative Day
of Action on May 15th
Our annual Legislative Day of
Action is on May 15th, 2024. We'll be meeting at 10am in front of the
Legislative Building (16 W Jones St., Raleigh, NC).
We could use your help. Our
Legislative Day of Action is one of the opportunities we provide to
help you share your voice with your representatives. This year, our
legislative effort is focused on strengthening parental rights by: 1)
restoring parental consent for all minors of medical care, 2) removing
obscene books in schools, and 3) adding civil penalties for violation
of SB49.
If those issues are important to
you, In addition to joining us for our in-person event, would you
consider visiting ncvalues.org/parents and
signing our petition to strengthen parental rights legislation in
North Carolina?
We hope to see you in the capital.
If you would like to join us, contact Courtney at [email protected].
Read more: https://ncvalues.org/event/2024-legislative-day-of-action/
3. WATCH: 2024 Giving Parents a Voice
Townhall
Earlier this week we got to join Moms for
Liberty for their Giving Parents a Voice Townhall. We had an honest
conversation with a number of experts on the dire state of eduation in
North Carolina and what parents can do about it.
If you would like to watch the event,
check out their video of the Q/A here: https://www.youtube.com/live/YA8wfyrASLA?si=K6TBIEzKocpw_zCQ
Read more: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article287691225.html
4. CAROLINA JOURNAL: Student suspended
for using term ‘illegal alien’ in English class
"16-year-old student at Central Davidson
High School in Lexington, North Carolina was suspended for three days
last week after using the term ‘illegal alien’ during a vocabulary
assignment in his English class."
Read more: https://www.carolinajournal.com/student-suspended-for-using-term-illegal-alien-in-english-class/
5. WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Supreme Court
temporarily lets Idaho enforce ban on transgender medicine for
minors
"The Supreme Court on Monday let an Idaho
law blocking gender transition medicine for minors to broadly take
effect, overturning the decisions of lower federal courts."
Read more: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/2966956/supreme-court-temporarily-lets-idaho-enforce-ban-on-transgender-medicine-for-minors/
WEEKLY PRAYER: FREEDOM
LORD, you have blessed us with a
spiritual liberty that is so wonderful and beyond description, that it
can only be understood through experiencing a life-giving relationship
with Christ. However, we also recognize that in your grace, you have
blessed our country with a political liberty that enables us to openly
proclaim the experience of a life lived in the freedom of the
Gospel.
LORD, as individuals and as a nation, may
we never take the inalienable right of religious freedom for granted.
Right now our country has faced a rapid increase in the number of
attacks made against this cherished right. We have seen groups across
our public arena increase in boldness and frequency their smears
against religious liberty. They claim it is bigotry, when we know it
is the security of the greatest of all possible loves.
Be with your people and our country as it
continues to protect the constitutional right protected by our
nation’s Founders. Be with legislators and the Supreme Court, as they
determine through their actions the protection of this particular and
fundamental freedom.
“It was for freedom that Christ set us
free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a
yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1)
“For you were called to freedom,
brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the
flesh, but through love serve one another.” (Galatians 5:13)
“Act as free men, and do not use your
freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.” (1
Peter 2:16)
Amen
Will you chip in $100, $50, $25, or even $10 to help
the NC Values Coalition continue to fight for your rights? You can
donate by clicking here.
Sincerely,
Tami & Team
NC Values
