NC Family's Family Policy Matters

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Meg McDonnell, executive director of the Chiaroscuro Institute, about how Millennials (young adults under 30) view love, marriage and family, and about a unique project she co-founded that is helping to rebuild the marriage culture among this generation.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Amber Lehman, CEO, and Mary O'Shea, Program Director, of First Choice Pregnancy Solutions in Wake Forest, NC, about the importance of increased waiting periods for abortion procedures, and why these waiting periods are a crucial part of protecting women's health.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Kellie Fiedorek, litigation staff counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), about the importance of Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) laws, and why North Carolina needs a state RFRA to strengthen religious liberty protections for all its citizens.

NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion he began last week with Nancy Pearcey, professor and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University, about her new book, Finding Truth: Five Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism and Other God-Substitutes.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Christian apologist, Nancy Pearcey, professor and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University, about her new book, Finding Truth: Five Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism and Other God-Substitutes.

This week, "Family Policy Matters" features the second part of a powerful presentation given by former U.S. Senator and 2012 presidential candidate Rick Santorum at the North Carolina Family Policy Council's Major Speakers dinner event in Raleigh, NC, on March 26, 2015. Senator Santorum speaks about the value of every human life, the need for people of faith to speak the truth, and the fundamental...

This week, "Family Policy Matters" features the first part of a powerful presentation given by former U.S. Senator and 2012 presidential candidate Rick Santorum at the North Carolina Family Policy Council's Major Speakers dinner event in Raleigh, NC, on March 26, 2015. Senator Santorum shares some of his experiences being the father of a special needs child, which are detailed further in a new boo...

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council (PTC), about the Federal Communication Commission's enforcement of the broadcast decency law and why it matters to families.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Ryan Anderson, the William E. Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and the editor of the journal, Public Discourse, about the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (or ENDA) and the dangers it poses to a number of fundamental civil liberties.

This week, "Family Policy Matters" features Part 2 of a powerful presentation on authentic love given by Dr. Gary Chapman, best-selling author of The Five Love Languages series, at the North Carolina Family Policy Council's Major Speakers dinner event in Greenville, NC, on March 9, 2015.

This week, "Family Policy Matters" features Part 1 of a powerful presentation on authentic love given by Dr. Gary Chapman, best-selling author of The Five Love Languages series, at the North Carolina Family Policy Council's Major Speakers dinner event in Greenville, NC, on March 9, 2015.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with the Honorable Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and 2012 presidential candidate, about his new book, Bella's Gift: How One Little Girl Transformed Our Family and Inspired a Nation.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Travis Weber, Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council, about the growing threat to religious liberty from those seeking to redefine marriage, and what Christians can do to stand up against these attacks.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Dr. Kevin Sabet, Director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida and former Senior Advisor to the White Office of National Drug Policy, about his recent book, Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Glenn Stanton, Director of Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, about his new book, Loving My (LGBT) Neighbor: Being Friends in Grace and Truth.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Adam and Cynthia Forcade, co-founders and leaders of the Kings Mountain Awareness Group, about their grassroots efforts to fight the establishment of a proposed 220,000 square foot Indian gambling casino in Cleveland County, North Carolina.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Sheila Weber, executive director of National Marriage Week USA, about the annual event scheduled for February 7-14, and how individuals, churches and communities can help strengthen marriage.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Douglas Johnson, legislative director for National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in Washington, DC, about H.R. 36—the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a major piece of federal legislation aimed at banning abortions after 20 weeks.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Wesley Smith, a lawyer and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism, about the dangers of the bioethics movement and some of the increasing threats to life taking place in the United States and overseas.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Karen Duquette, vice president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, about the current status of the state's Opportunity Scholarship Program, an educational scholarship program enacted by the General Assembly in July 2013 that is currently being challenged in two federal lawsuits.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Barbara Holt, president of North Carolina Right to Life, about the pro-life movement in North Carolina and various events for pro-lifers during January's Sanctity of Human Life month.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council (PTC), about the PTC's new study, which found that 99 percent of the most popular so-called "family friendly" shows on broadcast television contain profane and explicit content not appropriate for children and families.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), about a new AEI report he co-authored, "For Richer, For Poorer: How Family Structures Economic Success in America."

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Matt Sharp, legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), about a legal memo ADF recently sent to 13,000 school districts nationwide that clarifies the legal rights of students and staff to celebrate Christmas at school.