Residents across the state of North Carolina are voicing their opposition to a congressional proposal that would use taxpayer money to pay for abortions under the guise of so-called health care “reform”. Pro-family North Carolinians are signing Family Policy Network’s petition urging both houses of Congress and President Obama to reject health care “reform” that provides universal abortion funding on the backs of American taxpayers.
Many North Carolinians who signed the petition opposing taxpayer-funded abortion added their own comments to the statement above. Here is a sampling of those comments:
ShareThisLegislation designed to combat bullying in schools is dead, according to a state senator who worked on the proposal.
The Senate had the bill, which would have listed gay students as potential harassment targets, on its list of issues to vote on Thursday. But the measure was sent back to committee, where it is likely to stay as the legislature works to finish this year’s session.
In the past, an activist might picket City Hall, burn a draft card or occupy a segregated lunch counter. Now there’s a new cause: public restrooms. [A N.C. State University student has] proposed installing lockable, unisex restrooms in all new campus buildings as a convenience for transgender students, the disabled, nursing mothers and single parents with children of the opposite sex.
Abortion advocates in North Carolina are upset that a survey they conducted found nearly half of the pharmacies there don’t stock the morning after pill. That’s after the Food and Drug Administration approved over the counter sales last year. National Abortion Rights Action League’s (NARAL) North Carolina affiliate conducted the survey, in which it claims 40 percent of all pharmacies in the state don’t carry the Plan B drug, which can cause an abortion in some circumstances.
Psalm 51
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
After holding town hall style meetings and discussions during the school year concerning a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center in Talley Student Center, plans for such a place have not been cleared. According to Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for student affairs, he along with Jose Picart, the vice provost for diversity and African American affairs, and Provost Larry Nielsen are in talks about how to fund the center.
[FPN] - A Wake County judge has ruled that Muslims in North Carolina can now use the Quran in swearing their courtroom oaths. The lawsuit, which was filed by the ACLU of North Carolina, challenged a state policy which only allowed the Bible to be used for swearing oaths. The ACLU lawsuit aruged the policy was unconstitutional because it promoted Christianity over other religions.
Family Policy Network President Joe Glover reacted to the ruling by saying, “If all world religions shared basic tenets like integrity and truthfulness, Judge Ridgeway’s decision would make sense; however, the Quran doesn’t hold honesty in the high regard that the Bible does.”