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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. CBS17: ‘I just felt very
uncomfortable’: Heritage HS ‘diversity worksheet’ met with
controversy
"During the first week of classes, a
teacher at Heritage high school passed out a diversity worksheet,
asking high school students about their religion and sexual
identity.
Some students got upset about the
questions and so did their parents. The school district even sent
teachers a reminder about state and federal privacy laws, but not
everyone thinks school leaders have done enough. CBS 17 has learned
this year was not the first time students were asked questions like
this."
Learn more about what NC Values is doing
to help protect parental rights and take our survey here.
2. LIFENEWS: Baby born alive at 23 weeks
was gasping for air. Abortion clinic put baby in a bag, threw her in
the trash
"This week, at a hearing on Capitol Hill
on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, Congressman Chris
Smith, chair of the Pro-Life Caucus, issued the following
statement:
In a Florida abortion clinic, Sycloria
Williams delivered a live baby girl at 23 weeks.
The clinic owner took the baby who was
gasping for air, cut her umbilical cord, threw her into a biohazard
bag and put the bag in the trash."
Also check
out this story where an abortionist admits there's "no question"
babies are born alive and killed to harvest their organs.
3. WHITEHOUSE: Pro-Life remarks by
President Trump to the 74th session of the United Nations General
Assembly
"Americans will also never tire of
defending innocent life. We are aware that many United Nations
projects have attempted to assert a global right to taxpayer-funded
abortion on demand right up until the moment of delivery. Global
bureaucrats have absolutely no business attacking the sovereignty of
nations that wish to protect innocent life. Like many nations here
today we in America believe that every child — born and unborn — is a
sacred gift from God.”
4. WATCH: NC Values' Tami Fitzgerald at
the Salt & Light Expo
Check out the recorded livestream
of the Salt & Light expo featuring NC Values' Tami
Fitzgerald.
5. CBS: Mattel says its new line of
gender-neutral dolls is "free of labels"
"Mattel may be best known for Barbie — a
doll that epitomizes femininity for many people — but now it's rolling
out a new line of gender-neutral dolls. The $30 toys are aimed at
children who 'don't want their toys dictated by gender norms,' the
company said."
WEEKLY PRAYER: OFFICIALS
This week's prayer comes from SBC President and Pastor J.D.
Greear, which he
gave this week before the United States House of
Representatives:
Almighty Father we ask your help in guiding the affairs of this
great nation and we acknowledge you have appointed governments for the
preservation of justice and protection of liberty. We recognize that
the wisdom to accomplish these things comes only from you. May you
grant that this body rule in a way that directs the men women and
children of this country toward your business and enables them to
respond in thankfulness to you knowing each of us may give an account
of our actions to you. May we perceive the love you have for us and
may that translate into love for one another especially the most
vulnerable. Finally may we recognize that all this comes as a gift
from you from Jesus Christ so that we can find new life in him. It is
in his name I pray.
Amen
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Sincerely,
North Carolina Values Coalition
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