2. CAROLINA JOURNAL: Supporting women in need should be common
ground for NC legislators
"Whether activists or the media care to
admit it or not, pregnancy centers across the nation provide countless
women invaluable care and support. Despite these centers’
compassionate mission to support women, they suffer acts of vandalism
and endure relentless political attacks by abortion activists, like
the recent protest outside of a Raleigh pregnancy center that aimed to
cancel their lease. Now, pro-abortion legislators in North Carolina
are further harassing centers with demands for financial records
beyond the reports already submitted to the state. After objecting to
funding these centers at all, due to their faith-based affiliation,
they’re now attempting to intimidate centers from even applying for
grants by burying them in paperwork."
Read more: https://www.carolinajournal.com/opinion/supporting-women-in-need-should-be-common-ground-for-nc-legislators/
3. DAILY SIGNAL: The Woke 2024 Olympics:
Where Men Were Allowed to Punch Women
"This past weekend, two biologically male
boxers won gold medals in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics. On
Friday, Imane Khelif of Algeria won the gold medal in the women’s
welterweight division. On Saturday, Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won the gold
medal in the women’s featherweight division. As reported by Boxing
News, the oldest boxing publication in the world: 'Khelif has
documented male XY chromosomes. Khelif—along with Lin Yu-ting, of
Taiwan—was banned from boxing at the world championships last year,
this because of the fact that Khelif, and Yu-ting, was proven to be
biological male.' Why did the International Olympic Committee allow
biological men to box women?"
Read more: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/13/woke-2024-olympics-where-men-were-allowed-punch-women/
4. CAROLINA JOURNAL: Legislative leaders
defend mifepristone restrictions at 4th Circuit
"State legislative leaders defended North
Carolina’s restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone as they
filed an opening brief Monday at the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
Republican lawmakers are challenging a June order from US Chief
District Judge Catherine Eagles. It struck down portions of a state
law that Eagles viewed as conflicting with rules from the federal Food
and Drug Administration."
Read more: https://www.carolinajournal.com/legislative-leaders-defend-mifepristone-restrictions-at-4th-circuit/
5. ABC 8 NEWS: Title IX case begins
against Hanover School Board for banning transgender student from
athletics
"A high-profile case against the Hanover
County School Board began on Wednesday — about a month after the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Title IX lawsuit after
the board allegedly banned an 11-year-old transgender student from her
school’s tennis team. The case is still in its early stages, so
Wednesday’s hearing just had to do with the time-sensitive component —
the upcoming fall school sports season. While there may not be a
deadline for justice, there is a deadline for sports tryouts — and
with school starting up all across the country, the fall athletics
season is rapidly approaching."
Read more: https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/hanover-county/title-ix-case-begins-against-hanover-school-board-for-banning-transgender-student-from-athletics/
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
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Sincerely,
Tami & Team
NC Values
