May 18, 2013 at 4:21 pm | Featured | No comment
One of the most important bills of the session is going to be heard in the House Education committee at the Legislature on Tuesday, May 21. It is House Bill 944—Opportunity Scholarship Act. This bill enables parents in North Carolina to choose which school is best for their child by creating a new scholarship grant program to provide financial assistance for eligible children who are educated in a non-public school…. Read the full article…
May 14, 2013 at 2:39 pm | Uncategorized | No comment
This week we want to shine the spotlight on House Bill 694 introduced by Rep. Chris Whitmire. We hope this bill will be heard in Committee, but it has not been scheduled as of the time of this mailing, and it could die this session. The goal of this bill is very simple: to allow parents to have more freedom in determining what their children are learning in public schools, especially in… Read the full article…
May 14, 2013 at 2:27 pm | Featured | No comment
The following post originally appeared in the NC Values email newsletter. If you aren’t receiving our newsletters, you can sign up here. This is a critical week at the North Carolina General Assembly. Bills that have not passed either the House or the Senate by Thursday, May 16th will be dead for two years! We urgently need your help this week to put pressure on legislators in the… Read the full article…
May 14, 2013 at 2:21 pm | Uncategorized | No comment
Your phone calls, emails, and letters are making a difference! Last week, the House and Senate passed some great pro-family legislation! HB 716 passed the House on Tuesday, prohibiting doctors from performing abortions primarily because of the sex of the unborn child. “Sex-selection abortion” is on its way to being unlawful in North Carolina. The Senate passed SB 719 that will prohibit universities or community colleges from discriminating against student organizations… Read the full article…
May 13, 2013 at 3:52 pm | Defending Marriage, Featured | No comment
The op-ed below was written by NC Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald and published in the Charlotte Observer on Sunday May 12, 2013. You can view the original article here at the Charlotte Observer website. Marriage amendment, one year later By Tami Fitzgerald One year ago last week, 61 percent of North Carolinians voted to preserve the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one… Read the full article…
April 17, 2013 at 1:49 am | Featured | No comment
(Download a printable version of the list here) 1.Opportunity Scholarship Grants put parents in control of their children’s education by giving them more choices about where their children go to school by providing education scholarships for children with disabilities (House Bill 269) and low-income families (House Bill 944). 2.Combat sex-trafficking by creating a safe harbor for human trafficking victims, providing protective services for prostituted minors and shifting criminal liability… Read the full article…
April 12, 2013 at 6:22 pm | Featured | No comment
These past few months at the legislature have been a whirlwind, and things have really heated up in the last 2 weeks, as the deadlines for filing bills have approached! As of 3:00 pm Thursday, there have been 937 bills filed in the House and 724 bills filed in the Senate. There are new bills being introduced everyday and many of them will directly impact our families and faith communities…. Read the full article…
April 2, 2013 at 4:48 pm | Defending Marriage, Featured | No comment
Did you know that Starbucks is a vocal supporter of same sex “marriage”? Did you know that Starbucks financially supports the same-sex marriage movement with profits from its sales? A few weeks ago, in its annual shareholder’s meeting, one of Starbucks’ shareholders raised concerns that the company’s vocal and financial support for gay marriage was hurting sales in coffee shops across the country, noting a significant drop in sales after… Read the full article…
March 15, 2013 at 4:44 pm | Defending Marriage, Featured | No comment
With the month of March now upon us, preparations for the historic March for Marriage are kicking into high gear. This is an opportunity we simply can’t miss, a chance to show like never before that the American people stand for marriage – stand for the rights of children to experience the love of both a mother and a father – stand for the rights of voters not to have marriage… Read the full article…
March 15, 2013 at 4:36 pm | Uncategorized | No comment
It’s our goal at the NC Values Coalition to keep you updated about what’s happening down at the General Assembly in Raleigh so that you can make phone calls and write letters to your legislators about bills that protect families and children and further Biblical values. We encourage you to do that! There are many pro-family, pro-growth bills being introduced each week that promise great reforms for our state. Below is our take… Read the full article…