During this season of Thanksgiving, Concerned Women for America of North Carolina stands united with “prayers of petitions, supplication and thanksgiving made on behalf of all those in authority … to come to a knowledge of the TRUTH” (I Timothy 2:1-4). Prayerfully consider participating in the National Day of Prayer, Repentance and Fasting on November 17 (see flyer on page 6).

Your prayers, your action in taking time to contact legislators, and your vote in elections are the battle weapons for restoring God’s righteousness to our land in the days ahead. The following foundational core issues--the family, sanctity of life, education, pornography, religious freedom, national sovereignty and marriage as defined

A Word From Our State Director Sheri Miller

An Opportunity to Serve,

Lead, Pray and Act and

Make a Difference

2

Join Us on the “Second

Monday” of this Month in

Charlotte

2

CWA of North Carolina

Joins 40 Days for Life

2

State Legislative Update -

Vigilance to Protect Marriage

in North Carolina

2

National Legislative Update 3

Sharia Law Talking Points 4

National Day of Fasting,

Repentance & Prayer

6

Inside this issue:

Concerned Women for America of North Carolina

November Report 2011

The mission of CWA of North Carolina is to shed Biblical light and truth in the area of public policy to our citizens through prayer, education and action, thereby upholding the Judeo-Christian values upon which our nation was founded.

Concerned Women for

America of North

Carolina extends our

sincerest and heartfelt

sympathy to the Forrester

family for the loss of the

State Senator James

Forrester, CWA of North

Carolina’s Outstanding

Legislator of the Year,

2010, who entered

Heaven's gates on

Monday, October 31,

2011. Your prayers for

the Forrester family are

deeply appreciated.

Read the obituary of Sen. Forrester. Read Concerned Women for America’s tribute to Sen. Forrester. The Memorial Service was held on Sunday, November 6, 2011, at First Baptist Church of Stanley. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery at a later date.

In Memory of the Honorable Senator James Forrester

CWA Chief Executive Officer Penny Nance, Mary Frances Forrester, Sen. Jim Forrester, and Sheri Miller

between one man and one woman--remain the Biblical values Concerned Women for America defends in the state of North Carolina through prayer and action. Thank you for all you do on behalf of North Carolina families. Happy Thanksgiving!

Info rming , Inspi r i ng and On the Move!

On November 2, 2011, CWA of North Carolina stood in prayer and fasting for an end to abortion at the 40 Days for Life vigils throughout the state of North Carolina. CWA of North

Carolina has participated in the previous fall and spring 40 Days for Life vigils which began in the fall of 2007. This year’s 40 Days for Life vigil is the largest to date with 301 cities standing in

CWA of North Carolina Joins 40 Days for Life

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Guest Speaker: Jan Wright Topic: Our Gift to God Jan is the vice president

and President of the Gaston County Republican Women’s Club and the former CWA state director of Alabama and South

Carolina. Jan will be the guest speaker at the “Second Monday” Prayer/Action Chapter meeting on November 14, 12:15 p.m. – 1:30

Join Us on the “Second Monday” of this Month in Charlotte

What means the most to

me and why I started a

Prayer/Action Chapter 16

years ago in my home is

that prayer is the

heartbeat of Concerned

Women for America.

(Click here to read my

story as told by Mrs.

An Opportunity to Serve, Lead, Pray and Act and Make a Difference

LaHaye. To this day,

when my Prayer/Action

Chapter meets on

“Second Mondays” at

church, I remind my

chapter that CWA

believes that we will only

see change in our nation

when we as Christians

commit to prayer and

action. “When my people

who are called by My

Name humble themselves

and pray… then I will

heal their land” (II

Chronicles 7:14).

Pray about joining with the over 500 Prayer/

Action Leaders in the nation. Consider starting or joining a Prayer/Action Chapter in North Carolina. Click here for more information about CWA of North Carolina activities and how to start or join a Prayer/Action chapter.

p.m., at First Baptist Church, 301 S. Davidson Street, Room #211, Charlotte, NC 28202. Please join us!

simultaneous prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. Click here for more information

about 40 Days for Life. Mark your calendar now to participate next year. It typically starts at the end of September.

State Legislative Update - Vigilance to Protect Marriage in North Carolina Sen. James Forrester fought for eight years for the passage of the North Carolina Marriage Amendment. The North Carolina General Assembly passed Senator Forrester’s bill on September 12, 2011. It ensures that the people of

North Carolina have an opportunity to vote next May on the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. Sen. Forrester said just after the final legislative vote in September, “If people reject it and say, ‘no, we don’t want this in

the constitution,’ then I’ll live with it.” He said the bill wasn’t designed to single out gays and lesbians. “It was just something I thought we needed to do to continue to have a strong family structure here in North Carolina.”

You can make a difference: Pray God will open the eyes of His people called by His Name to pray and to vote for the passage of the North Carolina Marriage Amendment next May.

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Take Action by writing letters to the editor on this topic. If you decide to do so take note of the following: Extensive and repeated

polling agrees that the single most effective message is "Gays and Lesbians have a right to live as they choose; they don't have the right to redefine

marriage for all of us." Language to avoid at all costs is "Ban same-sex marriage." It causes us to lose about ten percentage points in polls. Instead,

say we're against "redefining marriage" or in favor of "marriage as the union of husband and wife,” not "banning same-sex marriage."

National Legislative Update Protect Life Act Last month we celebrated a pro-life victory in the House of Representatives. The House voted 251-172 to pass the Protect Life Act (H.R. 358) which would ensure that ObamaCare does not fund abortions. Despite bipartisan support for this important legislation, President Obama has already indicated that he will veto the Protect Life Act. You can make a difference: Pray God will move the hearts of our senators to stand up for the unborn, those who do not yet have a voice. Pray that the Lord will open the eyes of our government to see that the protection of life is of utmost importance. Take Action by calling Sens. Burr and Hagan at

202-225-3121 and ask them to cosponsor and

support the Protect Life Act (S.877). Call the White House comment line at 202-456-1414 and ask President Obama not to

veto this bill if it comes before him. ObamaCare ObamaCare has created a new Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) of 15 unelected bureaucrats who will make decisions which could severely restrict seniors’ access to treatments and medications, and reduce Medicare payments to doctors. While there is opposition to IPAB and a bill in Congress to repeal IPAB, we need to push Congress to repeal all of ObamaCare. Click here to read Dr. Janice Crouse’s

paper Rationing the Life Out of You. Republicans have also introduced legislation to repeal the CLASS Act (Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program), which President Obama has said he may veto, despite the program’s unsustainability. You can make a difference: Pray God will open the eyes of our President and Congress to the dangers

of ObamaCare. That children and seniors will not bear the brunt of this new law. Take Action by calling your representative and senators at 202-

225-3121 and urge them to repeal ObamaCare in its entirety. Click here to find out who your Members of Congress are.

Call the White House comment line and express your opinion at 202-456-1414. ObamaCare is a costly entitlement program that we simply cannot afford.

Steering Committee

Sheri Miller State Director director@north carolina.cwfa.org Mary Frances Forrester Associate State Director mmax837621@aol.com Elsie Smoluk Development Coordinator Antje Curphey District Coordinator Web Coordinator Phyllis Philemon Records Correspondent

For those who believe Islamist ideology, “Islam is not merely a religious doctrine, but a comprehensive socio-economic and political system.”1 Our “enemy is Islamism, and its operatives — whether they come as terrorists or stealth saboteurs — are the purveyors of sharia, Islam’s authoritarian legal and political system.”2 Again, “In Islamist ideology, sharia is deemed to be the necessary precondition for Islamicizing a society — for Islam is not merely a religious doctrine, but a comprehensive socio-economic and political system.”3 In short, according to Andrew McCarthy and other experts, Islam is considered by Islamists to be “a

comprehensive socio-economic and political system” for which imposition of sharia is a “necessary precondition for Islamicizing a society” and sharia itself is “Islam’s authoritarian legal and political system.”

According to former Speaker Newt Gingrich, sharia’s “foundational premise is anti-American, holding that we are not free people at liberty to govern ourselves irrespective of any theocratic code, that people are instead beholden to the Islamic state, which is divinely enjoined to impose Allah’s laws.”4

“Sharia, moreover, is anti-equality. It subjugates women and brutally punishes transgressors, particularly homosexuals and apostates. While our law forbids cruel and unusual punishments, Gingrich observed that the brutality in sharia sanctions is not gratuitous, but intentional: It is meant to enforce Allah’s will by striking example.”5

Islamists teach that “Only by returning to the Islam of the founders could the umma -- the Muslim Nation -- reverse its political, economic and social torpor. This would require faithfully implementing the divine law, sharia.”6

Sharia is a comprehensive system governing all of life:

Women are considered second-class; their testimony in court is half that of men.

Men may strike women who are disobedient.

Punishments may include flogging and stoning.

Nations under sharia law may restrict women from driving, from voting or from education.

In Saudi Arabia, women recently earned the right to vote, but still may not drive or leave their homes without a male relative.7

In Saudi Arabia, religious police prevented firefighters from rescuing school girls when their dormitory caught fire because they were not dressed according to Islamist requirements. The incident created an outcry even within the Kingdom.8

Wall Street is becoming enmeshed in sharia. “Sharia-compliant finance (SCF) is expanding among banks and securities houses eager to absorb the hundreds of billions of petrodollars.... To lure this cash, financial companies increasingly offer vehicles that neither pay interest nor benefit from gambling, entertainment, alcohol, pork, or anything considered ‘haram’ or ‘un-kosher’ in Islam. […] Selling sharia-compliant investments legitimizes a barbaric theocratic orthodoxy that should be defeated, not promoted.”9

Sharia permits executions for apostasy and blasphemy, http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38347.

You can help make a difference: Join CWA in supporting H.R. 973, a bill by Rep. Sandy Adams (R-Florida) to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts.

Sharia Law Talking Points

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Please become a regular partner with us!

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(100 percent of your donation stays in North Carolina to continue the fight in our great state.)

Footnotes: 1Andrew C. McCarthy, “It’s about Sharia: Newt Gingrich Resets Our National Security Debate,” National Review Online, July 10, 2010, http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/243580/its-about-sharia-andrew-c-mccarthy, ac-cessed September 26, 2011. 2Ibid. 3Ibid. 4Ibid. 5Ibid. 6Andrew C. McCarthy, “Ignorance about Islamic Radicalism is Our Downfall,” The Examiner, May 25, 2010, http://washingtonexaminer.com/node/84681, accessed September 26, 2011. 7Claire Spencer, “Saudi Arabia: Women Look at the Big Picture,” The Telegraph, September 26, 2011, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/8789736/Saudi-Arabia-women-look-at-the-bigger-picture.html, accessed September 26, 2011. 8Tarek al-Issawi, “Trapped Saudi Girls Left to Burn by Law on Dress,” The Scotsman, March 18, 2002, http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/Trapped-Saudi-girls-left-to.2310989.jp, accessed September 26, 2011. 9Deroy Murdock, “Sharia-Compliant Finance Funds Jihad,” Human Events, April 4, 2008, http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25850, accessed September 27, 2011. Brochures: View and print CWA’s new Sharia Law brochures - Sharia and the Constitution & Sharia - A Threat to America as We Know it.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

May this time be filled with much praise

and immense thanks unto our God.

We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!

For Your wondrous works declare that Your name

is near. - Psalm 75:1

Attend a Prayer/Action Chapter in Your Area

Garner

Fayetteville Hertford

Southern Pines Charlotte Monroe

Contact us today to find out

times and locations.

If there isn’t one in your area we are happy to let you know

what it’s like to start one.

Don’t delay, it’s time to get involved and make a

difference for your family and the next generation!

Concerned Women for America

of North Carolina encourages

you to mark your calendar

and participate

in the

National Day of Fasting, Repentance

& Prayer

Thursday, November 17, 2011

We at Concerned Women for America of North Carolina are joining with thousands throughout the nation for a

National Day of Fasting, Repentance and Prayer for America on Thursday, November 17 - one week before Thanksgiving.

The Thursday before we feast, let us fast and prepare our hearts. Before we get caught up in the season of busyness,

let us be grateful and prepare for Advent.

Election year is coming; let us turn partisan prayers into prayers of per-sonal repentance. When we ask for God’s mercy for our country,

let us ask His forgiveness for our sins as individuals.

It is time to stop pointing fingers and start bending our knees.

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,

then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

II Chronicles 7:14

Join with us as we repent and seek God on behalf of our nation. Pray that North Carolina will define marriage as

between one man and one women.

We wish you and yours a blessed Thanksgiving season!

Concerned Women for America of North Carolina P.O. Box 472903 Charlotte, NC 28247 (704) 542-6984 director@northcarolina.cwfa.org nc.cwfa.org

Mark your calendar and spread the word!