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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.
 1. JOURNAL COURIER: Orange County towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough pass anti-religious liberty sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”) ordinances.“More North Carolina towns have approved expanded
non-discrimination ordinances for LGBT people, the result of the
recent expiration of a 3 1/2-year ban on such rules by local
governments.
 2. NY DAILY NEWS: Durham City Council and Orange County Commission plan on taking up anti-religious liberty SOGI ordinances next week“Equality North Carolina, the state’s largest LGBTQ rights advocacy group and political lobbying organization, said that the ordinance ‘broadly’ protects members of the LGBTQ community from discrimination, noting that ‘the town of Chapel Hill is [the third] municipality in three days to enact LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances.’ The move is ‘fueling statewide momentum,’ as Durham City Council and Orange County Commission will also take up LGBTQ ordinances next week.”
 
3. FOX NEWS: Twitter 'whistleblower' leaks video of Dorsey telling staff actions will be 'much bigger' than Trump ban“A leaked recording of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey suggests that the
company's policy enforcement actions will go far beyond
banning President Trump. 
4. NORTH STATE JOURNAL: New study on COVID transmission in NC schools shows no reported child-to-adult transmission“A pre-publication release of a study to be published in
the Journal of American Pediatrics looks at COVID-19 transmission in
schools in North Carolina. The findings may help answer the question
of whether K-12 schools can be fully reopened in the second semester
for in-person instruction using the current safety
measures.
5. FOX NEWS: President Trump impeached by House over Capitol riots, becomes first president to face rebuke twice“The House voted 232-197 to impeach the president. Ten
Republicans joined with Democrats.”
 WEEKLY PRAYER: LIBERTYLORD, 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)
Sincerely, North Carolina Values Coalition
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