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1. NC VALUES: Urgent: Ask
Senators Burr & Tillis to oppose the "Pathway to Polygamy"
Bill
Sen. Tillis has intentionally ignored your petitions. Earlier this
week, the Senator said regarding HR 8404:
“‘I’m prepared to support it, . . . I said that last week and some
people had me down as a maybe, and I said, ‘What part of, ‘I’m going
to support it,’ did they not get?’ Tillis’ decision to support the
bill goes against the vote of every Republican member of North
Carolina’s delegation in the U.S. House last week.“
Ironically, yesterday was also the same day we released a letter
cosigned by NC Values and 80+ other organizations. In it, we request
Senate Minority Leader McConnell reject HR 8404 and urge colleagues
like Sen. Tillis to abandon the harmful and unnecessary legislation.
If you would like to help out, would you consider taking a minute or
two to contact Sen. Tillis and urge him to reverse course on the
legislation?
2. CBS17: Advocates for
gay marriage law focus on NC senators
"Supporters already know they have one vote as North Carolina
republican senator Thom Tillis said he is a yes. It was just ten years
ago that the then Speaker of the North Carolina House backed a state
bill banning gay marriage.
'He helped the bill get through and it’s in the party platform,'
said Tami Fitzgerald with the NC Values Coalition.
North Carolina was the last state to pass such a law before the
Supreme Court ruled that sort of ban unconstitutional.
'So, we would hope that Senator Tillis would support the voters in
this state who have put their trust in him to support their values
which includes marriage between a man and a woman,' Fitzgerald
said.
3. DAILY SIGNAL:
Republicans Used to Defend Traditional Marriage. What's
Changed?
“Twenty-four hours later, at least four Republicans have
taken the bait, walking into a political trap that could very well eat
into the margins the GOP needs in November. To no one’s surprise,
liberal Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski
(Alaska) are on board, as well as outgoing Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio).
But the real bombshells started dropping Wednesday, when more
conservatives seemed to be testing the waters on a radical issue that
seven years ago they vehemently opposed. Names like Roy Blunt (Mo.),
Joni Ernst (Iowa), and Thom Tillis (N.C.) started popping up in news
stories as possible ‘yes’es.”
4. AFA: Selling out on
marriage will haunt the GOP
“If the GOP’s defectors are making a political calculus, it’s
a terrible one. Conservatives who abandon marriage are only endearing
themselves to two sets of people: radical Democrats who would never
vote for them anyway, and moderates from both parties who wouldn’t
make marriage the deciding factor of any vote. Who they stand to lose,
on the other hand, is far more significant this November.”
5. THE DAILY SIGNAL: Polygamy a
Possibility Under House-Passed Respect for Marriage Act
“Heritage Foundation research assistant Jared Eckert warns
that the House-passed bill could have dire consequences if passed by
the Senate and signed into law by President Joe Biden. ‘If one
state—just one state—recognizes polygamy as a legitimate marriage or
legal marriage, then basically, the federal government has to do
that,’ Eckert says.”
 WEEKLY PRAYER: SOCIETY
Heavenly Father, we ask Your forgiveness and to seek Your
direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those who call
evil good,’ but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our
spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We confess: We have
ridiculed the absolute Truth of Your Word and called it pluralism. We
have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism. We have
endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle. We have
exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded
laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called
it choice. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it
building self-esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We
have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition. We
have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it
freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of
our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, oh God, and
know our hearts; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. In the
name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Amen
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Sincerely,
North Carolina Values Coalition
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