(Our team at North Carolina Values Coalition has been working
hard on a special project called the Carolina Values Summit equipping
you to resist growing attacks on religious freedom. We are honored to
announce that Pastor Andrew Brunson, the American missionary pastor
who was arrested and held captive for over two years in a Turkish
prison, will return to his native state of North Carolina to share his
story and deliver the keynote address. This Christian leadership event
is for Pastors, Christian Leaders, and Executive Directors of our
state’s faith-based nonprofits, schools, and ministries. We hope you
will join us on 7/7 for this ground-breaking event and impressive
line-up of speakers. Registration coming soon!)
Friend,
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.
We
would be very grateful if you could make a donation of $100, $50, $25,
or $10 today towards our work producing these Friday Fives and
fighting for your values on the public square!
1. NC Values Voice: Live with Mike
Long
In this week's program we welcome Mike Long,
the President of Parents for Educational Freedom in NC, to talk about
numerous education options available to parents in North Carolina.
When educating children, the “one size fits all” approach doesn't
work. In our state families have the freedom to choose the best
educational options to meet the unique needs of each of their
children. In this week’s program, we talk about charter schools,
homeschool, and the opportunity scholarships that make private schools
available for lower-income parents.
We're also excited to announce that
this week's episode of the voice was multi-streamed across 5 different
platforms. You can now catch the voice streamed live on our website,
on Facebook,
on Twitter,
on Youtube,
and on Vimeo.
2. NC VALUES: 👨👩👧👦 Urgent! We need
your help right now to protect babies born exposed to drugs
Important Update: This week the NC Senate and House PASSED
HB 918, our child-centered legislation that speeds up placing children
who are born drug-exposed in a safe and loving home environment.
Newborn babies and children whose mothers are abusing drugs shouldn’t
be jerked around by the system for years if their mothers are
incapable of providing care for them.
We are now waiting on
Governor Cooper to sign the bill. Would you consider taking a minute
right now to click here to contact Governor Cooper and ask him to
SUPPORT expediting permanency for these children and PROTECTING babies
born exposed to drugs by signing HB 918 into law?
3. ICYMI: Trump administration backs
Idaho transgender sports ban
"A
recently passed Idaho law banning transgender women from competing in
women’s sports — the first such law in the nation — received backing
on Friday from the administration of President Donald
Trump.
The support came in the form of a court filing submitted
by the U.S. Department of Justice, saying a federal judge considering
a lawsuit challenging the ban should conclude that the law does not
violate the U.S. Constitution.
The ban prohibits transgender
students who identify as female from playing on female teams sponsored
by public schools, colleges and universities. The ban does not apply
to men’s teams."
4. NC CONSERVATIVES: Madison Cawthorn's
NC Congressional District 11
victory speech
"You may not fully understand the magnitude of this moment
in Hendersonville last night. While the national media spins the upset
victory as a weapon against President Trump and Mark Meadows, you must
remember that politics is local. Madison simply outworked his
opponent. If you had any doubt about the continued fight and tenacity
of Madison Cawthorn, just watch this video.
Madison was nearly killed in a car accident that left him
partially paralyzed and in a wheelchair. He was overlooked by national
pundits and outspent by lobbying groups but there is no doubt
this conservative young man will stand for the voters of the
11th district and our country. His victory last night is a testament
to hard work, determination, faith, and a strong grassroots movement.
Don't underestimate his determination to win in November or his vision
as a Congressman."
5. THE HILL: All eyes on Roberts ahead
of Supreme Court's abortion ruling
"Chief Justice John Roberts is under the microscope as the Supreme
Court prepares to issue its first major ruling on abortion rights in
the Trump era, which will give the clearest indication yet of the
court’s willingness to revisit protections that were first granted in
Roe v. Wade.
The tie-breaking vote may rest with Roberts, and the case stands to
test his role as the court’s new ideological center as well as his
allegiance to past rulings.
A decision could come as early as Monday, following a blockbuster
week at the court. Roberts joined narrow majorities last week to
extend civil rights protections to gay and transgender people and
block the Trump administration’s plan to end a deportation shield for
young undocumented immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals (DACA) policy."
 WEEKLY PRAYER: OFFICIALS
LORD, you have instructed us to pray for our governing
officials, and we come to you in the spirit of this petition. We pray
for our national 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 pay for public servants across our state and 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. Between
the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial strife and riots, the hostile
political climate, and the opposition of international opponents such
as China, they are much in need of your incalculable wisdom. May they
plead with you to give it to them, and may your grace respond in
kind.
Protect we, the People, from this virus, and help quicken
our social, physical, emotional, and economic recovery.
Amen
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Sincerely,
North Carolina Values Coalition
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