Be Prepared To Express Your Faith At School
Can students pray and tell their friends about Jesus at school? Can they express their faith in a school assignment? Can they sing about Jesus in a talent show? Too many students, teachers, and parents don’t know that such expressions of faith are perfectly legal and constitutionally protected. Many people mistakenly see living their faith […]
We Are All Lobbyists
In Part 1 of this 2-part series, NC Family President John Rustin talks with NC Family Lobbyist and Counsel Jere Royall, about his unique and winsome philosophy on lobbying in the North Carolina General Assembly. “Family Policy Matters” Transcript: We Are All Lobbyists INTRODUCTION: Thanks for joining us this week for Family Policy Matters. Our guest […]
Abstinence Education Rebranded
“Mary Anne Mosack loves sex.” That was the first line of an article from 2004 in the Cleveland Plain Dealer Magazine, which featured Mosack’s highly successful abstinence-until-marriage program in Northeast Ohio. Mosack celebrated that opening line as a minor victory in framing the message of abstinence in a positive light, as opposed to the “Just […]
Abstinence Education on the Rise
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Valerie Huber, president of Ascend (formerly the National Abstinence Education Association) about a new CDC study that shows a remarkable decline in teen sexual activity in recent years. “Family Policy Matters” Transcript: Abstinence Education on the Rise INTRODUCTION: Valerie Huber is president of Ascend, a national pro-abstinence education […]
AT ISSUE: A Startling End Game
The furor over House Bill 2 in North Carolina has crystalized, as never before, the fact that our freedom to live as Christians in America is eroding at an alarming rate. Most of us have been astounded by the aggressive and venomous response to a common sense desire to see that public restrooms remain segregated […]
Campus Speech Policies Are Too Restrictive For Students
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Tyson Langhofer, senior legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), about a lawsuit ADF has filed on behalf a Christian student group against NC State’s speech permit policy. “Family Policy Matters” Transcript: Campus Speech Policies Censor Christian Students INTRODUCTION: Tyson Langhofer is senior legal counsel with Alliance Defending […]
Bills of Interest to NC Family (So Far)
North Carolina legislators have returned to Raleigh and are in their second week of the 2016 “Short Session.” Several bills of interest to NC families have already been filed and assigned to committee. The following is a list of select bills NC Family is following so far this session. GAMBLING SB 728—Lottery-JLOC Recommendations (Referred to Senate […]
Student Sues NCSU Over Speech Permit Policy
If you are a student, or student group, at NC State University and you want to hand out information or speak about your faith to others you don’t know, you need a permit. One student at NC State thinks that goes too far and is taking the university to court in an attempt to overturn the […]
Protecting Campus Speech, Part 2
In Part 2 of this 2-part series, NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion he began last week with Robert Shibley, executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Higher Education (or FIRE), about freedom of speech on college and university campuses in North Carolina, and how we can better protect academic freedom. […]
Protecting Campus Speech, Part 1
This week, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Robert Shibley, executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Higher Education (or FIRE), about freedom of speech on college and university campuses in North Carolina, and how we can better protect academic freedom. “Family Policy Matters” Transcript: Protecting Campus Speech, Part 1 INTRODUCTION: Robert […]