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articles, stories, and quotes for you to read and share with your
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1. NC VALUES: General
Assembly Endorsements
Yesterday, we were excited to share with you our endorsements
for the 2022 General Assembly races.
Over the
past weeks, we have spent time evaluating candidates on legislative
records and the iVoterGuide survey (launched last week), along with
other various factors. We’ve also been busy interviewing newer
candidates and surveying their support of our pro-life, pro-family,
and pro-religious liberty values.
We’re proud to
endorse this group of General Assembly candidates, who are paving the
way for a veto-proof pro-values majority. Would you consider
supporting them in November?
2. POLITICO: Republicans
push for delay on same-sex marriage vote
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer could move as early as
Thursday to set up a vote Monday, but Portman said he’s unsure if that
timeline will hold. 'I don’t think we have the votes yet,' Portman
said. 'I don’t want to move ahead unless the votes are there. I’m
still talking to people. Others have been more optimistic, but people
need some time.'
There isn’t much more time left before the election, though,
with no guarantee a post-midterms vote would succeed. And the urgency
was apparent on Wednesday afternoon.
Portman, Tillis, Collins and Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and
Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) met for roughly an hour to finish hashing out
their updated version of the legislation. After that sitdown, Baldwin
said it was “highly likely” the legislation will be made public on
Thursday: 'I still think we can do this next week'"
Earlier this month we reached out to Senator Burr’s office to
learn what his position has been on whether or not he plans to support
HR 8404. We are concerned his silence on the issue means agreement
with Senator Tillis’ position, which is to vote for this legislation.
We are URGENTLY asking you to join us today in using our quick and
easy click-to-contact campaign to contact Senator Burr and ask him to
clarify his position on HR 8404. If you have already done so, would
you consider sending him another message with customized text asking
him to clarify his position?
3. FOX NEWS: Education
Dept. says 'clerical error' deleted thousands of comments on Title IX
'gender identity' proposal
"The period for public comment regarding President
Biden's update to Title IX rule ended this weekend, but officials say
a 'clerical error' has caused hundreds of thousands of responses to
disappear. The Biden Administration proposed new regulations on the
50th anniversary of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination
in schools, to expand the protections to include sexual orientation
and gender identity."
4. NORTH STATE JOURNAL:
Robinson says 2024 governor run a possibility; addresses critics of
his new book
"North Carolina’s first black Lt. Gov., Mark Robinson, spoke
at length with North State Journal about his new book and the prospect
of a run for governor in 2024.
'I think one of the key things would be the importance of
family,' Robinson said when asked what he hopes readers will take way
from his book. 'When I look back at my life, family was absolutely
paramount in my life.'
Family has played a key role in Robinson’s life. A native of
Greensboro, his official biography is brutally honest, stating he had
nine other siblings and 'grew up extremely poor.' The bio also admits
his 'father was an alcoholic who routinely abused his mother.'
Faith also plays a crucial role for Robinson, writing that
his mother 'displayed her faith and hard work heroically for her
children after her husband died, providing for them despite only
having a fifth-grade education.' He also credits his mother for
'cultivating a foundation for his faith, and an understanding that
with hard work he could achieve anything.'"
5. HERITAGE FOUNDATION:
Education Freedom Report Card
"Education is a top priority to millions of American
families, and parents should be empowered to choose a safe and
effective education for their children. To serve that goal, The
Heritage Foundation has published the Education Freedom Report Card,
to serve as a guide for assessing education freedom in each state.
Our report card measures four broad categories (School
Choice, Transparency, Regulatory Freedom, and Spending) that encompass
more than two dozen discrete factors.
In this inaugural 2022 edition of the Education Freedom
Report Card, Florida is the top-ranked state across the board.
Families looking for a state that embraces education freedom, respects
parents’ rights, and provides a decent ROI for taxpayers should look
no further than The Sunshine State."
North Carolina ranked 15th overall.
WEEKLY PRAYER: LIBERTY
LORD, 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)
Amen
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