NC Family's Family Policy Matters

In Part 2 of this two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion with attorney Chris Derrick, author of an article in the Spring 2014 issue of Family North Carolina magazine entitled, "Going Off the Reservation," which explains why the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation has no legal authority to open a Las-Vegas style gambling casino in North Carolina.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin talks with attorney Chris Derrick, author of an article in the Spring 2014 issue of Family North Carolina magazine entitled, "Going Off the Reservation," which explains why the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation has no legal authority to open a Las-Vegas style gambling casino in North Carolina.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Brett Harvey, senior legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, about a landmark ruling issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 5, 2014 in the case of Town of Greece v. Galloway, which upheld the constitutionality of a New York town's public prayer practices.

In Part 2 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion with Arina Grossu, Director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council in Washington D.C., about the current status of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide in the United States.

In Part 1 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Arina Grossu, Director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council in Washington D.C., about the current status of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide in the United States.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Kellie Fiedorek, litigation staff counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, about the escalating battle over the definition of marriage in the United States, how the courts are being used to force the redefinition of marriage on citizens across our country, and where North Carolina fits into this battle.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Darrell Allison, president of Parents for Education Freedom in North Carolina, about PEFNC's new "One of 4,500" campaign, which highlights the stories of thousands of parents in North Carolina who have applied for the state's new Opportunity Scholarships Program, which is currently on hold due to a federal lawsuit.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Travis Barham, staff counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, about an academic freedom case in which a federal jury found the University of North Carolina at Wilmington guilty of viewpoint discrimination against UNC-Wilmington professor Mike Adams.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council, about the problems with the current television rating system, and the PTC's new campaign aimed at changing that system to ensure that it accurately reflects the content of broadcast television programs.

In Part 2 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion with Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., about a recent policy paper he wrote for FRC, entitled, "Marriage on Trial: State Laws Defining Marriage as the Union of One Man and One Woman Are Constitutionally Valid."

In Part 1 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., about a recent policy paper he wrote for FRC, entitled, "Marriage on Trial: State Laws Defining Marriage as the Union of One Man and One Woman Are Constitutionally Valid."

NC Family president John Rustin talks with economist John W. Kindt, professor of Business and Legal Policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, about the economic impacts of casinos and casino gambling on the communities in which they are located.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Ryan Anderson, the William E. Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and editor of Public Discourse, about the escalating threat to religious liberty posed by efforts to redefine marriage throughout our nation.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Renee Flaherty, an attorney with the Institute for Justice, the nation's leading legal advocacy group for school choice, about the legal defense of North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program, which is being challenged in two separate lawsuits.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Patrick Fagan, Ph. D., Senior Fellow and Director of Marriage and Religion Research Institute (MARRI) at the Family Research Council, about the Institute's annual report, "The Index of Family Belonging and Rejection," which examines the health of the American family.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Jeff Johnston, gender issues analyst at Focus on the Family, about a new resource booklet that he helped develop entitled, "Teach Your Children About Marriage," which discusses how important it is for parents to talk with their children about God's design for marriage.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Todd Ziebarth, Senior Vice President for State Advocacy and Support at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, about the group's annual report, "Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws, 2014," including how North Carolina fared in the report.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with journalist Paul Davies, the Maggie Walker Fellow at the Institute for American Values and editor of www. GetGovernmentOutofGambling.org, about the harms of government-sponsored gambling – including lotteries and casino gambling – and why the government should get out of the gambling business.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Dr. Alan Hawkins, Professor of Family Life at Brigham Young University and a member of the Research Advisory Group of the Oklahoma Healthy Marriage Initiative, about his new book, The Forever Initiative: A Feasible Public Policy Agenda to Help Couples Form and Sustain Healthy Marriages and Relationships.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Mark Steckbeck, Ph. D., assistant professor of economics at the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business at Campbell University in North Carolina, about an article he wrote for the Winter 2014 issue of Family North Carolina magazine, entitled, "The Marriage Wage Premium: The Financial and Personal Benefits of Marriage".

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Matt Sharp, legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), about the constitutional rights of Christian schools in North Carolina to participate in the Opportunity Scholarship program, as well as an aggressive campaign by Equality NC to bully Christian schools into declining participation in the program.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Amber Lehman, CEO of First Choice Pregnancy Solutions, about her personal history with abortion and the life-saving work of First Choice Pregnancy Solutions.

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Darrell Allison, president of Parents for Education Freedom in North Carolina, about North Carolina's new Opportunity Scholarship Program that is aimed at empowering parents in lower income families to send their children to the non-public school of their choice.