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Dear
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. CAROLINA JOURNAL: N.C. parents say public schools usurping their authority as parents"Parents in North Carolina report
feeling increasingly concerned about the public schools’ efforts to
usurp their parental authority on topics such as mask and COVID-19
vaccine mandates to the teaching of controversial race and gender
theories."
“'As parents and guardians became more engaged in the education of their children during the pandemic, they discovered that their schools enforced arbitrary rules, maintained counterproductive practices, and delivered politicized instruction,' said Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation. “Rather than using parental objections as an opportunity to reflect on the logic of existing arrangements, many school employees and school board members simply dismissed the legitimate concerns of families and bristled at anyone who dared to question their judgment.” 
 2. VOTE: Go vote early today in your local electionsOut of the more than 550 cities, towns,
and villages In North Carolina, there are 461 municipalities holding
2021 November local elections.
Unfortunately, elections like these often have poor turnout rates. However, this also means that every vote makes more of an impact. Given the stories happening across the country about local officials interfering with the education and privacy rights of their children, we want to strongly encourage you to get out and vote. Tomorrow—Saturday, October 30th—is the last day to vote early in your local election. To find your nearest polling site, or to learn more about the election, visit: ncsbe.gov    3. POLITICAL NEWS: Proposed redistricting maps filed ahead of Monday's public hearings"The N.C. House Redistricting Committee submitted its proposed state district maps Friday, Oct. 22, after two months of public hearings and open meetings. They can be viewed on the legislative website along with the state Senate's five draft maps for congressional districts, with one proposed map drawn of their own districts. . . . Starting on Monday, Oct. 25, public hearings will begin at different locations across the state and are available to watch online. Legislators are focused on making the redistricting process as public as possible because they would like to complete the maps by Nov. 5 for the congressional districts and the General Assembly ahead of the candidate filing period starting Dec. 6."
4. NATIONAL REVIEW: Christian Employers Sue Biden Administration over Gender Transition Payment Mandates"The Christian Employers Alliance filed a lawsuit against the Biden
administration on Monday over two mandates that force religious
nonprofit and for-profit employers to fund “gender transition
surgeries, procedures, counseling, and treatments.”
5. POLITICAL NEWS: Independent expenditures play critical role in new N.C. Senate fundraising numbers"Third-quarter fundraising numbers for U.S. Senate candidates in
North Carolina show little separation between the Republican
front-runners, former Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Ted Budd. On the
Democrat side, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley
is solidifying her position as the front-runner. 
 WEEKLY PRAYER: ELECTIONFather, how grateful we are for the liberty to elect our own
leaders. For most of human history, this gift was non-existent, with
men, women, and children left to the mercies of the powerful.
Amen.
Sincerely, North Carolina Values Coalition
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