PERSPECTIVE: Communicating From An Abundance of Joy
I was having dinner with some new friends recently and I had just explained what I do for a living when one young man threw out a general question. “What advice would you give to someone who wants to be a better communicator with people they are around every day?” Surprisingly, even to myself, I […]
Two National Studies Confirm Common Sense Messages on Sex
Two studies out this week confirm what many Christian parents have believed for years: most teens are not having sex; and condom distribution programs often result in increased birth rates among teens. A newly released study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows a dramatic upsurge in high school students who have never had sex. The 2015 […]
AT ISSUE: Balancing Act
After a nearly eight-year hiatus, I am returning to once again take on the role of Communications Director here at NC Family. Besides returning to the job with some further education (academic and from the school of hard knocks), I also bring a bit more understanding of how to balance my desire to be a […]
POV: Immunize the Flock!
(A Point Of View (POV) piece from the NC Family staff.) When asked why she supports a certain candidate for president, a 76-year-old grandmother from North Carolina responds, “He says things we are all thinking but afraid to say out loud.” “We appreciate decency. We applaud decency. We teach decency. We seek to develop decency. […]
House to Vote on Veto Override Today
UPDATE: The U.S. House failed to muster the 290 votes required to override President Obama’s veto of the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act. It fell 50 votes short with 240 voting yea and 186 voting nay. As predicted, North Carolina’s U.S. House delegation voted the same way they did January 6, with all 10 GOP […]
Grand Jury Indicts Pro-Life Videographer, Not Planned Parenthood
In a shocking turn of events, a grand jury in Houston, Texas investigating whether a Planned Parenthood clinic attempted to sell the body parts of aborted babies, has instead indicted the team of undercover videographers that exposed what has been happening. David Daleiden, Director of the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), could face up to […]
U.S. House Votes Today on Measure to Defund Planned Parenthood
The U.S. House is scheduled to vote today on a measure that would block an estimated 80 percent of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding. This is the latest in a series of attempts to eliminate tax dollars from flowing to the nation’s largest abortion provider. The effort was renewed in 2015 after the Center for Medical Progress […]
New Assault on Religious Liberty in NC
Six North Carolina residents are suing the State of North Carolina over a new law that allows certain public officials to recuse themselves from all duties related to marriage ceremonies if they have a sincerely held religious objection to marrying same sex couples. The federal lawsuit Ansley vs. North Carolina contends that Senate Bill 2(SB 2) is unconstitutional […]
NC Family Again Calls On Congress to Defund Planned Parenthood
NC Family has joined a long list of organizations, representing millions of pro-life Americans, to again urge the U.S. Congress to immediately ban federal funding for abortion giant Planned Parenthood. NC Family president John L. Rustin signed on to the letter, which calls for action before the end of 2015. The letter reads, “We have long […]
ALERT: Call Now to Support Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act!
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on a high priority bill Tuesday and we need you to call your U.S. Senators right away to help push it through! The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S.1553) would ban abortions after 20 weeks, based on evidence that these unborn children can feel pain at this point in their life. […]