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NC Family's Family Policy Matters
Family Policy Matters is a weekly podcast and radio show produced by the North Carolina Family Policy Council. Each week, our host, Traci DeVette Griggs, welcomes leaders from across the state and nation to discuss topics related to faith, family, and life in North Carolina.
Episodes
- NC Family's Family Policy Matters
The Dangers Of ENDA
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…
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The Seven Traits Of True Love, Part 2
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…
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The Seven Traits Of True Love, Part 1
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…
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Bella's Gift With Sen. Rick Santorum
NC Family president John Rustin talks with the Honorable Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and 2012 presidential candidate, about his new…
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Standing Up For Religious Freedom
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…
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Debunking The Myth Of "Medical" Marijuana
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…
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What It Means To Love Our "LGBT" Neighbors
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)…
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Fighting Casino Expansion In Kings Mountain, NC
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Adam and Cynthia Forcade, co-founders and leaders of the Kings Mountain Awareness Group, about their grassroots…
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National Marriage Week USA 2015
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…
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The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Douglas Johnson, legislative director for National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in Washington, DC, about H.R…
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Fighting The Culture Of Death
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…
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Update On The Opportunity Scholarships Battle
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…
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Protecting Life In North Carolina
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…
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The Dangers Of "Family" Broadcast TV Shows
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…
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Why Marriage Matters To Financial Stability
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…
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Defending Christmas At School
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…
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Understanding The Sixth Circuit Ruling On Marriage, Part 2
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 the Family…
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Understanding The Sixth Circuit Ruling On Marriage , Part 1
In Part 1 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at the Family Research Council, about…
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Protecting Religious Liberty From Marriage Redefinition
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Kellie Fiedorek, litigation staff counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom's marriage litigation team, about the…
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Defending Marriage In A Hostile World
NC Family president John Rustin talks with John Stonestreet, a Fellow with the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview and co-host of the "Breakpoint"…
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The Public Health Costs Of Gambling, Part 2
In Part 2 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion with Elaine Meyer, Associate Director of Communications for Columbia…
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The Public Health Costs Of Gambling, Part 1
In Part 1 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Elaine Meyer, Associate Director of Communications for Columbia University's Mailman…
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How To Protect Your Children At School
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family's Public Policy Department, about some of the challenges…
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Why NOT Same-Sex Marriage, Part 2
In Part 2 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion with Daniel Heimbach, Ph.D., Senior Professor of Christian Ethics at…
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Why NOT Same-Sex Marriage, Part 1
In Part 1 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Daniel Heimbach, Ph.D., Senior Professor of Christian Ethics at Southeastern Baptist…
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What Happens Before, Impacts Marriage, Part 2
In Part 2 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion with Scott Stanley, Ph.D., Research Professor and Co-Director of the…
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What Happens Before, Impacts Marriage, Part 1
In Part 1 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Scott Stanley, Ph.D., Research Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Marital…
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Religious Freedom Under Fire
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Travis Weber, Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., about the…
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What's Next In The National Marriage Battle
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel and Director of Legal Advocacy for Marriage and Family at Alliance Defending…
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North Carolina's Marriage Battle, Part 2
In Part 2 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin continues a discussion with Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the North Carolina Values…
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North Carolina's Marriage Battle, Part 1
In Part 1 of a two-part series, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the North Carolina Values Coalition, about…
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The Legal Battle For NC's "Choose Life" Plates
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Scott Gaylord, professor of law at Elon University School of Law in Greensboro, NC, and an allied attorney with…
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Tracking The Health Of The American Family
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Dr. Patrick Fagan, Director of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute (MARRI) at the Family Research Council…
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The Harms Of Third Party Reproduction
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Alana Newman, fertility industry watchdog and founder of The Anonymous Us Project, about her feature article in the…
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Why Mothers And Fathers Matter
NC Family president John Rustin talks with David Lapp, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and co-investigator of the Love and Marriage in…
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The Hobby Lobby Decision
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Kellie Fiedorek, litigation staff counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), about the U.S. Supreme Court's…
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Defending Marriage With Ryan Anderson, Part 2
In Part 2 of a two-part series, Ryan Anderson, noted scholar, writer, and the William E. Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., presents…
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Defending Marriage With Ryan Anderson, Part 1
In Part 1 of a two-part series, Ryan Anderson, noted scholar, writer, and the William E. Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., presents…
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Understanding Common Core
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Kristen Blair, an education writer, about her recent article in Family North Carolina magazine, "Understanding…
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March For Marriage 2014
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Joseph Grabowski, Communications Director for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), about the 2014 March for…
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Catawba Indians Casino Efforts In NC, Part 2
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…
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Catawba Indians Casino Efforts In NC, Part 1
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…
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Supreme Court Affirms Public Prayer
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…
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Understanding Euthanasia, Part 2
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…
- NC Family's Family Policy Matters
Understanding Euthanasia, Part 1
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…
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The Attack On State Marriage Laws
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Kellie Fiedorek, litigation staff counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, about the escalating battle over the…
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"One Of 4,500" Campaign
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"…
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Update On Adams V. UNC-Wilmington 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…
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Time To Fix The TV Rating System
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council, about the problems with the current television rating…
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Marriage On Trial, Part 2
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…
- NC Family's Family Policy Matters
Marriage On Trial, Part 1
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…
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Why Casinos Are Bad For Business
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…
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Marriage Redefinition And Religious Liberty
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…
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Defending NC's School Choice Program
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…
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The Health Of The American Family
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…
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Teaching Our Children About Marriage
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…
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Ranking Charter School Laws
NC Family president John Rustin talks with Todd Ziebarth, Senior Vice President for State Advocacy and Support at the National Alliance for Public Charter…
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Harms Of Government-Sponsored Gambling
NC Family president John Rustin talks with journalist Paul Davies, the Maggie Walker Fellow at the Institute for American Values and editor of…