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Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

October 10, 2023

The Highs and Lows of North Carolina's 2023 Legislative Session

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin welcomes NC Family's Sharon Sullivan and Jere Royall to recap the highs and lows of North Carolina's Legislative Session including pro-life protections fairness for women's sports gambling legalization and more [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

August 14, 2023

A North Carolina Sheriff's Thoughts on Expanding Casinos

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Sam Page Sheriff of Rockingham County and NC Family's John Rustin to discuss the harmful impacts of expanding casino gambling in North Carolina [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

June 12, 2023

What's Happened In the North Carolina General Assembly So Far This Year

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back NC Family's own John Rustin and Jere Royall to discuss some of the key legislation that is making it's way through the General Assembly this year including bills that protect life women's sports doctors children and more [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 23, 2023

Three of the Top Issues for the 2023 North Carolina Legislative Session

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back John Rustin and Jere Royall to discuss some of the prominent issues that will be addressed by the North Carolina legislature this session [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 25, 2022

North Caroline After Roe

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back NC Family's John Rustin and Jere Royall as they discuss the pro-life landscape in North Carolina post-U S Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling which overturned Roe v Wade [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 18, 2022

NCGA Recap: Gambling, Marijuana, & More

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes NC Family's John Rustin and Jere Royall as they recap the highs and lows of the short legislative session at the North Carolina General Assembly [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

September 20, 2021

The Life and Legacy of Senator James Forrester

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family president John Rustin sits down with Mary Frances Forrester to discuss her new book about her husband former North Carolina State Senator James Forrester and his fight for marriage in North Carolina [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 25, 2021

NC Public Policy & 2021

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes two of NC Family's own to the show President John Rustin and counsel Director of Community Impact Jere Royall John and Jere examine the new makeup of NC's General Assembly and what we can expect in state politics this coming year [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

August 10, 2020

Opting Out Is Not An Option (Part 2)

This week on Family Policy Matters we are re-airing Part of a -part show from July featuring Dan Darling pastor and Vice President of Communications for the Ethic and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention Darling continues his conversation with host Traci DeVette Griggs discussing the importance of Christians being involved in public policy and how we should employ grace and respect when addressing those who disagree with us [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

February 10, 2020

A Pursuit Of Truth That Leads To Freedom (Orginally Aired )

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family is pleased to bring you a re-airing of the radio show from March In this show NC Family President John Rustin sits down with Andrew Kern President of the CiRCE Institute Kern speaks about the revitalization of classical education in our country and state and what can be gained from this atypical approach to education [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 09, 2020

Clearing the Air About Hemp

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family Communications Director Traci DeVette Griggs joins NC Family President John Rustin and Director of Community Impact and Counsel Jere Royall to discuss the growing hemp industry in North Carolina Rustin and Royall share details about the Farm Act as well as define key terms like hemp marijuana THC and CBD [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 15, 2019

Learning To Know God

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin sits down with Jessica Burke a former educator and writer for the Leadership Council of the ERLC Burke discusses the importance of faith in a child's education and how learning can help us all better know God through his creation Burke also advises parents on balancing helping their children earn a successful education while growing a meaningful faith [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

June 17, 2019

The Dangerous Inequalities of the "Equality Act"

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin sits down with Mary Beth Waddell Senior Legislative Assistant for the Family Research Council in Washington D C Waddell discusses the federal Equality Act which has already passed the U S House of Representatives and analyzes its potential impact on individuals families and communities across our nation should it become law [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

June 10, 2019

Flowers, Faith, and Religious Freedom

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family brings you a Q A session between NC Family President John Rustin Barronelle Stutzman and Kellie Fiedorek from our NC Family Major Speakers Dinner in Raleigh Stutzman is the Washington State florist whose religious liberty case made it all the way to the U S Supreme Court Fiedorek is an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom who represents Stutzman in her ongoing defense of her religious liberties [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

May 28, 2019

Fathers and the Family

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin speaks with Dr Pat Fagan Director of the Marriage and Religion Research Initiative or MARRI Dr Fagan discusses the important role of fathers in families especially in the relationship between fathers and sons [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

May 06, 2019

An Inside Perspective on NC's Pro-Life Bills

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family president John Rustin sits down Senator Joyce Krawiec of the North Carolina General Assembly Sen Krawiec discusses SB Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act a bill that she sponsors and Governor Roy Cooper recently vetoed Sen Krawiec explains the necessity of this and other pro-life bills currently in the NC Legislature and why North Carolinians should urge their legislators to override the Governor's veto [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

April 22, 2019

"Well At Least I Have Cerebral Palsy For An Interesting Reason" RE-AIR

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family is excited to re-air an episode from February of In it NC Family president John Rustin talks with pro-life advocate and speaker Gianna Jessen who was miraculously born alive after her biological mother underwent a failed saline abortion in the s Jessen tells her amazing story and how God has used her life to promote the sanctity of human life [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

April 08, 2019

The Woman Who Inspired “Unplanned”

This week on Family Policy Matters NC President John Rustin talks with Abby Johnson the former Planned Parenthood Clinic Director whose story of transformation and redemption is featured on screen in the film Unplanned now in theaters Johnson discusses her inspiring story her ministry And Then There Were None for abortion clinic employees seeking a way out and how Unplanned came to be [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

March 04, 2019

Parenting for an Immortalized Future

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin sits down with Barrett Johnson co-founder of I N F O For Families which stands for Imperfect and Normal Families Only Johnson addresses the trend we have seen in recent years of public figures having their pasts come back to haunt them and how parents can protect teach and prepare their children to make wise choices in an era where nearly everything they do is immortalized on social media [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

February 11, 2019

Unmasking the Pro-Abortion Agenda

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin talks to Steven Aden chief legal officer and general counsel for Americans United for Life AUL one of the country's preeminent pro-life legal organizations Aden focuses on recent anti-life legislation as well as AUL's annual Life List a ranking of every state in regards to the status of their pro-life laws Aden discusses North Carolina's placement specifically and what can be and is being done to move our state higher in the rankings [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

February 04, 2019

The Cross and the Storm-Tossed Family

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin speaks with Dr Russell Moore President of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southeastern Baptist Convention and the author of Christianity Today's Book of the Year The Storm-Tossed Family How the Cross Reshapes the Home Dr Moore offers a practical realistic perspective for nurturing and maintaining a healthy biblical family life that reflects the life death and resurrection of Jesus Christ [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 28, 2019

Expert Insight Into NC's Upcoming Legislative Session

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family is pleased to bring you a special look into one of our Cornerstone Community calls Our most recent call featured special guest Paul Skip Stam former Speaker Pro Tempore of the North Carolina House of Representatives Along with NC Family President John Rustin Stam shares his insight on the recently convened - session of the NC General Assembly and how he thinks this new legislature will address key issues such as abortion school choice and gambling [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 22, 2019

Giving Marriage A Voice

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin sits down with April Readlinger Executive Director of CanaVox Readlinger discusses CanaVox's international work in strengthening marriages through the use of reading groups and how open and honest conversations about marriage with like-minded individuals can reestablish the idea of community [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 14, 2019

Faith Amidst Suffering

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin talks with Dr Frank Moncher a clinical psychologist and consultant for the Diocese of Arlington Virginia and Catholic Charities USA Dr Moncher speaks to the struggles many adults experience in caring for their aging and infirmed parents and addresses the growing trend of assisted suicide Furthermore Dr Moncher offers insight towards how our faith both influences our view of suffering and guides us through a difficult period of life [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 07, 2019

Retaking Religious Liberties

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin speaks with Greg Baylor senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom and the Director of ADF's Center for Religious Schools Baylor unpacks how religious and moral objections to the Obamacare contraceptive mandate have played out judicially under the aid of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and if the Trump administration has done enough to provide protections for these objectors [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

December 31, 2018

The God-Shaped Brain and the Aging Brain

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin speaks with Dr Timothy Jennings a board-certified psychiatrist author Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatrist Association and President of Come and Reason Ministries Dr Jennings explains how our physical bodies are very much connected to our spiritual souls and how engaging and experiencing God truth and love can result in better health and better life especially as we age [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

June 25, 2018

Grassroots Efforts On Sex Education Have Statewide Impact

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin interviews Janet Oehl an activist with Onslow Protect Our Students They discuss the fight against comprehensive sex education that was being pushed in her local school system and how the success of a small grassroots movement has developed into a statewide organization dedicated to a similar mission [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

April 02, 2018

Turning Back The Tide Of The Opioid Epidemic

This week NC Family President John Rustin speaks with Dr Omar Manejwala Chief Medical Officer of Catasys and a one of the nation's leading experts of addiction They discuss the opioid epidemic some practical steps we can take to combat it and the role faith can play for someone in recovery [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

March 26, 2018

Valuable Insights On Today's Hot Button Cultural Topics

This week NC Family President John Rustin speaks with Nancy Pearcey a renowned Christian apologist and professor in residence at Houston Baptist University They discuss her valuable insights into some of today's biggest hot button cultural topics [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

November 25, 2016

Legalizing Marijuana Defies Reason

This week on Family Policy Matters NC Family President John Rustin sits down with Dr Michelle Cretella President of the American College of Pediatricians Dr Cretella shares her insights into the push to legalize marijuana and why such legalization is dangerous for individuals and families across the nation [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

August 11, 2016

We Are All Lobbyists

In Part of this -part series NC Family President John Rustin talks with NC Family Lobbyist and Counsel Jere Royall about his unique and winsome philosophy on lobbying in the North Carolina General Assembly [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

August 04, 2016

Part 2 Of “Is My Religious Liberty Being Ignored?”

In part of this two-part series NC Family president John Rustin talks with Travis Weber director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council about how the current state of religious liberty in our nation is threatening the constructs of the U S Constitution [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 28, 2016

Is Religious Liberty Being Ignored?

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 21, 2016

Living Together Often Weakens Chances For Long Happy Marriage

NC Family President John Rustin talks with Scott Stanley Ph D Co-director of the Center for Marriage and Family Studies at the University of Denver about his research regarding cohabitation and why couples should think twice before moving in together before marriage [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 14, 2016

Abstinence Education On The Rise

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Valerie Huber president of Ascend formerly the National Abstinence Education Association about a new CDC study that shows a remarkable decline in teen sexual activity in recent years [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

July 07, 2016

What Does Title IX Really Say?

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Kellie Fiedorek legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom about the escalating national battle over the Obama Administration's effort to force gender-neutral bathrooms showers and changing facilities on public school campuses nationwide [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

June 30, 2016

The Media-Discerning Family

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Bob Waliszewski director of Focus on the Family's Media and Culture Department and PluggedIn com about some of the new movies being released this summer and how we can determine whether they are truly family-friendly [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

June 23, 2016

Little Sisters Of The Poor Update

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Helen Alvar JD professor of law at George Mason University and founder of Women Speak for Themselves about the U S Supreme Court's May opinion in Zubik v Burwell and what that ruling means for the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious nonprofits [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

June 16, 2016

The Differences Between Moms And Dads

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Glenn Stanton Ph D director of family formation studies at Focus on the Family about the key differences between moms and dads and why those differences matter to child wellbeing [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

May 26, 2016

The Lottery–An Unreliable Source Of State Revenue

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Lucy Dadayan senior policy analyst for the Rockefeller Institute for Government in New York State about a new report she authored entitled State Revenues from Gambling Short-Term Relief Long Term Disappointment [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

May 19, 2016

The Planned Parenthood Investigation Must Continue

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Arina Grossu Director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council about the ongoing Congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood's alleged involvement in the illegal procurement and sale of aborted baby body parts [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

May 12, 2016

Campus Speech Policies Are Too Restrictive For Students

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Tyson Langhofer senior legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom ADF about a lawsuit ADF has filed on behalf a Christian student group against NC State's speech permit policy [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

April 28, 2016

Rating System Protecting TV Industry, Not Children

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Tim Winter president of the Parents Television Council PTC about a new PTC report that analyzes the TV Content Ratings System and reveals that the current system is inadequate to protect children against the increasing amount of sexual violent and profane content on television [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

April 21, 2016

Why We Shouldn't Select A New Supreme Court Judge Now

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Casey Mattox Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom ADF about why the United States Senate should wait until after the Presidential election to hold hearings to find a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia who passed away in February [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

April 14, 2016

Responding To Attacks On HB 2

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Kellie Fiedorek legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom ADF about a lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union ACLU filed recently against North Carolina's new law HB the Public Facilities and Security Act which has been under attack from LGBT activists and the media since it became law on March [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

April 07, 2016

Protecting Campus Speech, Part 2

In Part of this -part series NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion he began last week with Robert Shibley executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Higher Education or FIRE about freedom of speech on college and university campuses in North Carolina and how we can better protect academic freedom [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

March 31, 2016

Protecting Campus Speech, Part 1

This week NC Family president John Rustin talks with Robert Shibley executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Higher Education or FIRE about freedom of speech on college and university campuses in North Carolina and how we can better protect academic freedom [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

March 24, 2016

If They Must Be There, Let’s Make Them Safe

This week NC Family president John Rustin talks with Chris Gacek senior fellow for regulatory affairs at Family Research Council about an important case currently before the U S Supreme Court called Whole Women's Health v Hellerstedt which involves a legal challenge to Texas' abortion safety law [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

March 17, 2016

Combatting The Explosion Of Porn

This week NC Family president John Rustin talks with Roxanne Stone editor-in-chief of Barna Group about a new report The Porn Phenomenon which highlights the growing use and acceptance of pornography among teens and young adults [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

March 03, 2016

Opening Meetings With Prayer: Constitutional?

This week NC Family president John Rustin talks with David Gibbs III president and general counsel for the National Center for Life and Liberty about the continuing legal battle over Rowan County NC's public invocation policy which was recently heard by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

February 25, 2016

“This, In Many Ways, Is An Acid Test Of Who We Are As A People.”

This week NC Family president John Rustin talks with Daniel Blomberg JD an attorney with The Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty about Little Sisters of the Poor v Burwell an important religious freedom case before the U S Supreme Court about why this case matters to every person of faith in America [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

February 18, 2016

No Different From Mike Wallace

John Rustin talks with Arina Grossu director of the Center for Human Dignity at Family Research Council about a new report from Family Research Council Investigating Planned Parenthood and Research Using Aborted Babies [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

February 11, 2016

“Well At Least I Have Cerebral Palsy For An Interesting Reason.”

This week NC Family president John Rustin talks with pro-life advocate and speaker Gianna Jessen who was miraculously born alive after her biological mother underwent a failed saline abortion in the s about her amazing story and how God has used her life to promote the sanctity of human life [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

February 04, 2016

Charter Schools ARE Public Schools

This week NC Family president John Rustin talks with Nina Rees president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools about how North Carolina's charter school law performed in a new report that ranks charter school laws across the nation [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 28, 2016

Stam Reflects On His Career, Part 2

This week in part two of series that began last week NC Family president John Rustin talks with Representative Paul Skip Stam who represents the southern portion of Wake County in the N C House about his career in the General Assembly [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 21, 2016

Stam Reflects On His Career, Part 1

This week in part one of a two-part series NC Family president John Rustin talks with Representative Paul Skip Stam who represents the southern portion of Wake County in the N C House about his career as a pro-life attorney and his work in the General Assembly [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 14, 2016

On Teens Making Wise Decisions About Sex, Part 2

This week NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion he began last week with Valerie Huber president of Ascend formerly the National Abstinence Education Association NAEA about the important role parents can play in helping teens make wise decisions about sex [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

January 07, 2016

On Teens Making Wise Decisions About Sex

This week NC Family president John Rustin talks with Valerie Huber president of Ascend formerly the National Abstinence Education Association NAEA about why more American teens are delaying sexual activity and the important role parents can play in helping teens make wise decisions about sex [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

December 30, 2015

Protecting Student Privacy At School, Part 2

In Part of a two-part series NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion he began last week with Matt Sharp legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom ADF about an important case in Virginia that is currently before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and could have a significant impact on the privacy safety and health of students in public schools in North Carolina [... more]

Family Policy Matters

NC Family Policy

December 22, 2015

Protecting Student Privacy At School

This week NC Family president John Rustin talks with Matt Sharp legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom ADF about an important case in Virginia that is currently before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals which could have a significant impact on the privacy safety and health of students in public schools in a number of states including North Carolina [... more]