NC Family's Family Policy Matters

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Defending Life and Liberty in NC May 17, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Denise Harle, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom. Harle discusses the two cases ADF is working on right here in North Carolina, one in defense of our state's pro-life laws, and another regarding First Amendment freedoms for a pro-life prayer group in Greensboro.

How To Read The News May 10, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Jeffrey Bilbro to discuss his new book on how to read and understand the news with a theological framework.

Sticking to the FACTS May 03, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, we are excited to share a special interview with North Carolina's Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson. Lt. Gov. Robinson sits down with NC Family President John L. Rustin to discuss the new FACTS Task Force, which stands for Fairness and Accountability in the Classroom for Teachers and Students.

The Theology of Home Apr 26, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Carrie Gress, an author and mother of five, to discuss what has come to be known as the "Theology of Home." Dr. Gress dives into how we can see God and a foretaste of heaven within our homes and families, and why we should all focus on the value of home.

The COVID-19 Divorce Paradox Apr 19, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Brad Wilcox to discuss the surprising decline in divorces since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculate why this is the case.

The Modern Genocide of the Uyghur People Apr 12, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with ERLC's Chelsea Patterson Sobolik to discuss the difficult but enormously important topic of the Chinese Communist Party's genocide of the Uyghur Muslim people. Sobolik details the horrors inflicted upon the Uyghurs, and shares how we as individuals and as a nation can respond to this modern-day genocide.

SCOTUS Defends First Amendment Rights Apr 05, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes ADF's Tyson Langhofer to discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court case Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, where the nation's highest court ruled that citizens can hold officials accountable for violations of their First Amendment rights, even if the violation is no longer taking place.

Breaking Down And Building Up Mar 29, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs talks to Crystalina Evert, founder of Women Made New Ministries and co-founder of Chastity Project. Pulling from her own personal experience, Evert speaks on the trauma of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and how abuses in a woman's past affects her present views, relationships, and feelings. Evert also walks through the step-by-step healing process she finds most effective for abuse survivors. This is a re-air of a show from March 2019.

The Dangerous Inequalities Of The "Equality Act" Mar 22, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, we're bringing you a re-air of a show from June of 2019, featuring Family Research Council attorney Mary Beth Waddell. Waddell discusses the dangers of the so-called "Equality Act," which is once again before the U.S. Senate after passing the U.S. House of Representatives, just as it did in 2019.

The Real Victims of Transgender Ideology (Part 2) Mar 15, 2021

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This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family president John L. Rustin continues his conversation with Kristie, a North Carolina mother of four, whose daughter began identifying as transgender when she was a senior in high school. In Part 2 of a 2-part interview, Kristie shares how her family has walked the line between loving their daughter, honoring God, and standing against the radical transgender movement that is targeting America's children.