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NC Legislature Prayer Issue:
07-12-2010 - NC Family Policy Council: Pastor Challenges Prayer Policy
07-11-2010 - Christian Post: 'Jesus' Prayer Pastor Demands Apology from N.C. Lawmakers
07-09-2010 - Christian Law Journal: N.C. Pastor Fired For “Jesus” Prayer At State Capitol
07-09-2010 - Foxnews Radio: Pastor Yanked From Capitol Over 'Jesus' Prayer
07-09-2010 - News & Record: House to review prayer rules after Forsyth pastor complains
07-08-2010 - WXII: Pastor Says Prayer Got Him Banned From Legislative Session
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07-28-2010 - OneNewsNow: Judge guts immigration law, sides with illegals
07-28-2010 - Heritage Foundation: On Arizona and Immigration: Judge Ignores Rule of Law
07-28-2010 - ERLC: Kagan One Step from the Court
07-28-2010 - Politico: Obama to Congress: Help small businesses now
07-27-2010 - Heritage Foundation: DISCLOSE Act – Cloture Fails
07-27-2010 - Richard Land: Legislation promises to pave the way for more Internet gambling
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07-27-2010 - Marcia Segelstein (OneNewsNow): Pornography and Women
07-23-2010 - Accuracy In Media: RaceGate?
07-21-2010 - Ann Coulter: Obama's Poll Numbers Down, Imaginary Racism Up
07-21-2010 - Doug Carlson (ERLC): Decision Day on DOMA
We support the promotion of biblical morality in society– abstinence outside marriage and fidelity within marriage. We are opposed to the use of public funds to promote homosexuality as an acceptable life-style—whether in the classroom or in state policy. We are opposed to pornography in any form. We are opposed to gambling.
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07-21-2010 - Baptist Press: Military gay policy could be axed during lame duck session
07-20-2010 - OneNewsNow: School district settles with lesbian student
07-20-2010 - OneNewsNow: 'Revised' condom policy pretty much the same
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DISCLOSE Act
Project Vote Smart - HR 5175 - Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements
06-30-2010 - OneNewsNow: A 'muzzle' on pro-family groups
Govtrack.us: HR 5175: DISCLOSE Act - passed in the House of Representatives
Govtrack.us: S. 3295: DISCLOSE Act - Being Considered in the Senate
06-30-2010 - OneNewsNow: A 'muzzle' on pro-family groups
Other Legislation
Project Vote Smart - HR 4213 - Medicare Reimbursement Rate Modification
Project Vote Smart - HR 5136 - Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Defense Authorizations
Project Vote Smart - HR 3590 - Health Care and Insurance Law Amendments
Project Vote Smart - HR 4872 Health Care Reconciliation Act Member Vote List
05-26-2010 - Politico: Ben Nelson to back 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
04-09-2010 - GovTrack Insider: Health Care: How did we get here?
02-26-2010 - Project Vote Smart: Bill Passed: HR 2701 - Intelligence Appropriations Fiscal Year 2010
01-28-2010: Project Vote Smart - HJR 45 - Increasing the Public Debt Limit - Bill Passed
10-28-2009 - HR2647: Hate Crimes Legislation
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William Federer's American Minute
11-27-2009 - Fort Hood and separation of mosque and state
05-07-2007 - Jefferson hated 'hate crime' legislation
07-09-2009 - Obama a Student of History? "Civilization's debt to Islam" (pt. 1)
07-26-2009 - Obama a Student of History? "Civilization's debt to Islam" (pt. 2)
08-14-2009 - Obama a Student of History? "The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco"
March, 2007: "Joyner vs. Forsyth County Commissioners" lawsuit filed
October 14, 2009: Case is presented in district court
November 9, 2009: Magistrate declares prayer in Jesus' name unconstitutional; ACLU declares victory
November 16 2009: ADF "looking forward to continuing this case" - final ruling expected in December
January 28, 2010: Final Ruling: Prayer Before Council Meetings Unconstitutional
February 22, 2010: The county commissioners voted 4-3 to appeal the district court ruling
Click here to read the District Court ruling (PDF)
Click here to visit the NC Partnership for Religious Liberty
07-16-2010 - NC Family Policy Council: Attorney General Joins Prayer Brief
07-09-2010 - Journalnow: Groups back judge on prayer
06-29-2010 - Winston-Salem Journal: ACLU Wants Ruling Intact
05-26-2010 - OneNewsNow: Rutherford argues council prayers constitutional
05-20-2010 - Greensboro News & Record: Forsyth files appeal in meeting prayer case
03-08-2010 - Alan Sears (Alliance Defense Fund): In North Carolina, A Night To Remember
02-23-2010 - News & Record: Forsyth commissioners to appeal prayer ruling
02-23-2010 - Journalnow: Prayer appeal OK'd: Plyler agrees to go along with his party
07-23-2010 - Lifenews: Obama Rationing Czar Donald Berwick Has Lifetime Health Care, GOP Responds
07-22-2010 - Heritage Foundation: Why the Dutch Health Reform Won't Fix the American System
07-20-2010 - My Way News: Abortion foes win a round in health overhaul
07-16-2010 - Lifenews: Obama Admin Authorized Abortion Funding in Third State Under Health Care Law
07-13-2010 - Heritage Foundation: Side Effects: IRS and Businesses Unite Against Obamacare?
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07-23-2010 - Jerusalem Post: Israel to return Marmara to Turkey
07-15-2010 - Jerusalem Post: US may list Turkish IHH as terror group
We believe in freedom of conscience and of worship. We support those efforts to remove any governmental control over churches and pastors. We oppose any attempt to suppress the free exercise of churches to advance the Christian faith— such as the threat of the loss of tax-exempt status or legislating the preaching of the Word of God as a hate crime.
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07-19-2010 - Baptist Press: Parents win 'candy cane case'; appeal looms
07-19-2010 - OneNewsNow: Prayer shushed on Supreme Court steps
07-13-2010 - BosNewsLife: Iran Pastor Facing Execution
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We believe in the principles set forth by our forefathers in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. We believe the courts should interpret law according to the original intent of the framers. We oppose any activist judiciary which would legislate and that from the European model or any other which would diminish our national sovereignty or undermine our spiritual foundation. We oppose the secularization in the public square which would purge Christianity from the books and the speech of our children, and would forbid any recognition of our religious heritage in the public sector. We oppose the theory of evolution and believe the teaching of origins should be balanced with the teaching of biblical creation. We believe in and support the right of the private ownership of property. We oppose governmental seizure of church property by measures such as eminent domain, economic development, and public use.
07-27-2010 - Wallstreet Journal: Pentagon Eyes Accused Analyst Over WikiLeaks Documents
07-27-2010 - OneNewsNow: WikiLeaks' postings a serious issue
07-23-2010 - Bloomberg: North Korea Warns of Nuclear Response to Naval Exercises
07-20-2010 - Heritage Foundation: Cap and Trade Bill Would Make Housing Less Affordable
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We believe God gives life and society should do everything possible to protect this unalienable right. We oppose abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia and the harvesting of embryonic stem cells.
President Obama's Pro-Abortion Record
Personhood.net: Eugenics: An Unwelcome Subject
07-20-2010 - Christian Examiner: Kagan’s confirmation moves to full senate vote
07-20-2010 - My Way News: Abortion foes win a round in health overhaul
07-19-2010 - Lifenews: Review: Obama Admin Would Have Funded Abortions in HCR Without Expose'
07-19-2010 - Lifenews: Surgeon General Koop Urges No Vote on Kagan Based on Abortion Manipulation
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We believe the most basic unit of society is the traditional family– one man and one woman legally joined in marriage. We support both state and federal constitutional amendments to protect the traditional family. We support the rights of parents to rear their children in accordance with their own religious beliefs. We oppose all efforts to redefine the family in any way. We oppose immorality in elected officials
07-26-2010 - Alliance Defense Fund: NJ Supreme Court rejects demand to redefine marriage… for now
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