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. We would be very grateful if you could make a donation of $100, $50,
$25, or $10 today towards our work
producing these Friday Fives and fighting for your values on the
public square!
1. NC VALUES: Chloe’s
story.
Meet Chloe Cole who had a double mastectomy at age 15 and
took puberty blockers for years. Her body has rejected the skin grafts
after the mastectomy, and she now wears bandages. Chloe said her
exposure to gender ideology on the Internet was a significant factor
in her gender dysphoria. She now travels the country to warn people
about the dangers of medically transitioning children. For
more on the issue, check out this article by NC Values’ Laura
Macklem.
Read more: https://ncvalues.org/chloes-story/
2. NEWS &
OBSERVER: NC’s Foxx, Adams and Manning at odds on transgender
athletes, parents’ rights at schools
“Three of North Carolina’s
representatives spent 16 hours over two days debating whether
transgender girls should compete on girls’ sports teams and how much
access parents should have to their children’s education. In the end,
both bills are heading to the House floor. Debate on the bills began
last week in the House Committee on Workforce and Education, which is
chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from Banner Elk. She
helped champion the bills.”
Read more: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article272977465.html
3. CAROLINA JOURNAL:
Cooper, Stein ignore rules to engage in partisan
posturing
4. WRAL:
Judge lets NC lawmakers defend abortion pill
laws
“North Carolina Republican legislative leaders
can defend in federal court the state restrictions on dispensing
abortion pills that are being challenged by a physician, a judge has
ruled. U.S. District Judge William Osteen granted the
request by House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger to
formally intervene in the lawsuit filed in
January.”
Read more: https://www.wral.com/judge-lets-n-carolina-lawmakers-defend-abortion-pill-laws/20761900/
5. YOU’RE INVITED: Join our
friends on March 21st for a day of educational freedom
advocacy
Our friends at the NC chapter of Americans for Prosperity are
having a pro-educational freedom legislative advocacy day on March
21st. We wanted to invite you to consider joining them at the NC
Capitol to advocate and speak with your local legislators about
Educational Freedom. They will also be hosting a luncheon for everyone
afterward at the Marbles Kids Museum, where they will also have some
great guest speakers.
Here’s the schedule: 9:30:
- Meet at the Halifax Mall (300 N Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC
27603)
- 10-11:45: Legislative Meetings
- 12-1: Luncheon at Marbles Kids Museum (201 E Hargett St, Raleigh,
NC 27601)
To register, visit: https://americansforprosperity.actcentr.com/Events/afp-nc-advocacy-day-of-action
WEEKLY PRAYER: FREEDOM
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
Will you chip in $100, $50, $25, or even $10 to help
the NC Values Coalition continue to fight for your rights? You can
donate by clicking here.
Sincerely,
Tami & Team
NC Values
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