Bring Your Bible To School Day Is Thursday!
Students across the United States will be exercising their faith, along with their First Amendment rights, this week as they participate in the sixth annual Bring Your Bible to School Day on Thursday, October 3, 2019. While last month’s See You At The Pole event was primarily focused on student-led prayer, Bring Your Bible to School Day […]
Students Gather for See You at the Pole TOMORROW
Millions of students across our nation and the world will be gathering at their schools and universities for prayer, worship, and fellowship tomorrow. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 will mark the twenty-ninth year of See You at the Pole, a now-global movement that sees students plan gatherings that include worship, scripture reading, and group prayer in front […]
Family Policy Organizations Urge Court Not To Redefine “Sex”
NC Family has joined twenty-three other state family policy organizations in submitting a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a funeral home whose religious liberties have come under attack. The case, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has worked its way through the court system, from […]
Are You Being Manipulated?
Big news recently on the social media front is action by Facebook and Twitter to ban accounts that were set up by the Chinese government. According to a statement on Twitter’s blog, the suspended accounts were designed to spread propaganda aimed at discrediting protests in Hong Kong. “We have reliable evidence to support that this […]
Why North Carolinians Cannot Do Nothing
Religious liberty achieved a limited victory on Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals against the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery in Oregon. The U.S. Supreme Court told the Oregon Court of Appeals to take another look at the case in light of the […]
Washington State Renews Attack on Barronelle Stutzman
The Washington Supreme Court yesterday refused to reconsider it’s ruling against floral artist Barronelle Stutzman in spite of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling. That means the nightmare continues for the flower shop owner and her family. Her case goes now back before the U.S. Supreme Court to consider. Stutzman is a grandmother from […]
The National Day of Prayer is Today, May 2!
Today is the National Day of Prayer. Observed every year since 1952, the mission is to “mobilize unified public prayer in America.” While there will be a national observance in Washington, D.C. from 7:30-9:30 pm (available for livestream on the National Day of Prayer website), there are over 90 events at various churches and communities […]
LGBT Activists Seek A Myriad Of Changes To NC Law
Several “LGBT rights” bills were introduced in the NC General Assembly this week, as LGBT activists are attempting to change state law on three main fronts. The following is a brief summary of each of these measures: Equality For All (HB 514 / SB 455) These bills propose to establish “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” […]
Conservative Named To Federal Court of Appeals Serving NC
The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Allison Jones Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which covers North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. The court, which has 15 active circuit judges, hears appeals of cases from federal district courts in these five states, as well as […]
Congratulations, Jack!
The legal nightmare appears to be over for a Colorado cake artist after the State of Colorado dismissed its case against him today. For the past six years, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips, and his attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), have fought for his religious freedom, as the State of Colorado attempted to force […]