(Our gratitude to primary sponsor Rep. Neal Jackson, our Coalition partners Moms for Liberty & Pavement Education Project, and more.)
Our NC Values team was on the ground this week—advocating at the Education Committee hearing and again during the full House floor vote—standing up for families, parents, and children across our state. This critical bill protects public school students by ensuring that library materials are age-appropriate and free from sexually explicit or pervasively vulgar content.
We want to express our heartfelt thanks to Representatives Jackson, Biggs, Willis, and Balkcom for sponsoring this important legislation. Their leadership is making a real difference for our children.
We also want to recognize and thank our faithful coalition partners, including Janet Peterson of the Pavement Education Project, Moms for Liberty, Gil Pagan, Eric Stevenson, John Amanchukwu, and all of you who stood with us in person this week at the General Assembly. Your voices and presence helped send a strong message to our legislators.
As our team reflected on the vote, one thing was clear: Outrage is a tactic. The Minority Leader had a choice—stand with families or defend obscene materials in schools. Sadly, all but one Democrat chose the latter. We are especially grateful to Representative Garland Pierce, the only Democrat with the courage to vote to protect children’s innocence.
What’s Next?
Now, we need your help as the bill heads to the Senate. While the Senate didn’t file a companion bill, they can still take up HB 636 for a concurrence vote. We need you to contact your Senator and ask them to support HB 636. Use our time-saving click-to-contact tool at: ncvalues.org/wholesome
Finally, we’re only able to advocate at the Capitol because of supporters like you. Will you help us keep up the fight by making a one-time or monthly donation to support our work advancing pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religious freedom legislation?
