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Welcome to the Friday Five! Every Friday we share our top five articles, stories, and quotes for you to read and share with your friends and church families.


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1. NC VALUES: Stein and Title IX

In 1972, Title IX was adopted to protect women from sex-based discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding. Through regulations, the Biden administration is advancing its woke agenda through unconstitutional Title IX rules <[link removed]> that were not intended by the original statute, and are at the expense of fundamental rights and women’s safety.

While the woke Title IX changes are set to begin August 1st, judges in 15 states have temporarily blocked enforcement while legal cases move forward in Alaska, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Noticeably absent from the list: North Carolina.

The reason for this: woke NC Attorney General Josh Stein.

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2. NORTH STATE JOURNAL: Newt Gingrich: Preserving the strength of our nation starts at home


"As a result of radicalism in the classroom, many parents have turned to homeschooling. Homeschooling has doubled since 2020, and many families wait years to get their children into private or religious schools. As Carson said, ‘That tells you that the American people know what’s happening.’ The pandemic opened a window into the world of classroom indoctrination. Parents are rejecting this false education and seeking alternatives. We must reestablish America’s core biblical and familial values before the whole system collapses. This effort starts at home. The future of our nation hinges on the health of our families and communities."

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3. BR NOW: 'Once in a lifetime opportunity:' NC Baptist pastor leads prayer at RNC


"Jackson said the chance to pray at the RNC was a personal highlight for him. 'The opportunity to call America to repentance and ask God for His favor upon our land was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I will cherish,' Jackson said. Jackson has served as pastor of Beulah Baptist Church in Bennett for nearly 15 years. He was born in Pinehurst, N.C., but grew up in Atlanta where his dad pastored for 40 years. After college, Jackson embarked on a career as a financial planner and spent 13 years in the industry, but he ended up a pastor like his father and grandfather because he 'couldn’t get away from the call.'"

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4. YOU’RE INVITED: Calling all parents with students waitlisted for the Opportunity Scholarship







As you know, the legislature has failed to reach an agreement on fully funding the 58,000+ students left unfunded by the Opportunity Scholarship, despite legislators’ statements that they would ensure we had universal school choice in North Carolina.

A group of concerned parents, unaffiliated with NC Values or any other organization, have come together to hold a rally and press conference on July 31 at 10 a.m. on the Halifax Mall. The House and Senate will be in session that day, and the goal is to encourage the two chambers to pass legislation that will fully fund all the students left out of the Universal Opportunity Scholarship, because there is not enough money appropriated to fund the waitlist. If you are one of the many parents whose children are on the waitlist for Opportunity Scholarship funding, would you consider joining them on July 31st for the rally?

WHAT: Parents with Students Waitlisted for the Opportunity Scholarship Rally/Press Conference
WHEN: July 31, 10 a.m.
WHERE: Halifax Mall, 300 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC
WHY: To urge the legislature to fully fund the Opportunity Scholarship before the clock runs out
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If you are not a parent, or cannot attend in person, but would still like to help these families out, would you consider taking a couple minutes to use this click-to-call tool <[link removed]> to easily call your legislators and ask them to support funding the Opportunity Scholarship?


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5. CHRISTIAN POST: Tennessee law banning children from drag shows upheld by appeals court

"A federal appellate court upheld a Tennessee law effectively banning children from drag shows, with an LGBT advocacy organization challenging the measure, warning that it threatens to put its case in 'limbo.' In an opinion published last week, a three-judge panel on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Tennessee's Adult Entertainment Act. Enacted in 2023, the legislation declares that 'it is an offense for a person to perform adult caberet entertainment' at any location where the show could be 'viewed by a person who is not an adult.'"

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Weekly Prayer: NC Officials

LORD, you also have instructed us to pray for our governing officials, and we come to you in the spirit of this petition. We pray for our state government and its executive, legislative, and judicial servants. May they indeed be servants unto the people, and govern in a manner that protects liberty and virtue. In the same spirit, we pray for public servants across our local governments. May they all heed your mandate in Romans 13:4 to be in positions of authority as "God's servant" and for the "good" of the public. They govern in what we confess are difficult times. May they plead with you to give them wisdom, and may your grace to govern wisely be poured out on them.

Protect us from the oppression and loss of freedoms that other countries have experienced, and help us to value and preserve freedom, which we know comes only from You.

"I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt.  I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free." Acts 7:34

Amen








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