POV: Healthy Families Are Key To Improving NC’s Economy
A major focus of the 2015 Legislative Session was how to improve North Carolina’s economy. Lawmakers hashed out the usual ideas—everything from creating better jobs to the benefits of lowering taxes—and some of these proposals became law. But the policy debate overlooked one key factor that matters even more to the prosperity of North Carolina—the […]
AT ISSUE: Hope for Troubled Times
My husband and I recently attended a marriage renewal weekend known as “Marriage Encounter” that God used to transform our relationship and family life for the better. The most important gift we received from that experience is hope. Both of us grew up in broken families, so we lack strong marriage role models to give […]
A Call to “Constitutional Resistance”
Many of us are still reeling from the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges this summer that forced marriage redefinition on all 50 states. As we continue to grapple with important questions surrounding how to respond to that ruling, over 60 prestigious legal scholars are calling on American officeholders and other citizens to […]
Join Us for the “We Stand with God” Rally this Saturday!
Dear Friends, Acts 5:29 calls Believers in Jesus Christ to “obey God rather than man.” Considering all that is taking place around us today, we have a unique opportunity to join together with churches, pastors and other Christians from across North Carolina to take a stand for Biblical principles and religious liberty at the “We Stand […]
Pro-Family Leaders Urge U.S. House to Protect Religious Freedom
NC Family has joined a coalition of state and national pro-family groups who are urging the U.S. House of Representatives to take action on critical religious liberty legislation that would prevent the federal government from discriminating against those who believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. In an October 5 […]
Rustin Calls 2015 Legislative Session “An Incredible Success!”
The North Carolina General Assembly adjourned the 2015 Legislative Session just after 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, bringing to a close an 8-month-long legislative journey that began on January 28. State lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene in Raleigh on April 25, 2016 for the 2016 “Short” Legislative Session. “Overall, this has been an incredibly successful session,” […]
Highlights of State Budget Proposal
As the third deadline extension for the passage of a state budget approaches, North Carolina legislative leaders have released the details of a $21.7 billion, 429-page budget proposal. The conference report on HB 97–2015 Appropriations Act, is scheduled for debate in the State Senate on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then later this week in the […]
Arrest of Kentucky Clerk Shows Value of SB2 in NC!
As County Clerk Kim Davis languishes in a Kentucky jail for standing by her religious conviction that marriage is only the union of one man and one woman, and for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, North Carolina residents are getting a glimpse of the importance of protecting religious liberty rights. Thanks to […]
North Carolinians Still Support Marriage and Religious Freedom
A majority of North Carolinians—regardless of gender, age, race or political affiliation—support marriage as defined in the N.C. Constitution and support religious liberty protection for public officials, when it comes to marriage. As the fallout from last week’s Supreme Court marriage ruling continues to settle, the John W. Pope Civitas Institute released its June 2015 […]
ALERT: SCOTUS Forces Same-Sex “Marriage” On the Nation
In a 5-4 decision issued this morning, the United States Supreme Court has forced the legal recognition of same-sex unions as “marriage” on our nation. Justices Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas all issued dissenting opinions in the ruling in OBERGEFELL v. HODGES. “This is a dark day for our nation, but it is not the […]