Christian Action League

Pro-life citizens need to be aware that the Wake County Board of Commissioners will once again weigh in on taxpayer funded abortions, Monday, March 15. Wake citizens should contact the County Commissioners and urge them not to ratify any county health insurance plan that funds employees’ elective abortions. The amended plan should stand that states: “Abortions will be covered only in the case of medical necessity where the life of the mother is endangered or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.”

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Taken from “The Door to Salvation and Liberty”
A sermon on Christ’s declaration: “I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”
By Rev. Mark Creech

United States history records the building of a transcontinental railway that united our great nation by rail from the Atlantic to the Pacific. During construction, there were financial struggles until finally the promoters secured enough funds. There was much excitement when the work was resumed. Finally the day came when the last rail was to be laid on the border between New Mexico and Colorado. It was planned as a great event. A special order was sent to California for a laurel wood tie and two silver spikes – one for Colorado and one for New Mexico. The Governor of both states was invited. They were to drive the two silver spikes into the laurel wood tie, thus completing the work of construction, making a way of transportation from coast to coast and binding together the two states. Read the rest of this entry »

By L.A. Williams, Correspondent
Christian Action League

RALEIGH — Fewer than six months into his role as Chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, Jon Williams is suggesting significant changes to the way liquor is sold in North Carolina — changes that would give the state more authority and could be a first step toward privatization.

His address to Gov. Bev Perdue’s Budget Reform and Accountability Commission (BRAC) Wednesday linked the origins of local control and ABC boards with the days of bootleggers and moonshiners and pointed out that illegal alcohol is now almost eliminated. He said the 410 local ABC liquor stores make up “just over 2 percent of the places where the public buys alcohol” while the state Commission oversees more than 25,000 permits including 17,000 retail alcohol outlets.

“It’s true that the role of local boards has changed over the years,” said the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. “But we can’t overlook the importance of local people — the ones who vote whether or not to have liquor sales — having a say in how stores are operated and getting some revenue for their local law enforcement and rehab centers to deal with the fallout of those sales, alcohol abuse.” Read the rest of this entry »

March 24 meeting will allow for public comments
By L.A. Williams, Correspondent
Christian Action League

RALEIGH — North Carolinians wishing to speak out about how the state handles liquor sales will have a chance to do so March 24 during the second meeting of the Joint Legislative Study Committee on Alcohol Beverage Control.

“Anyone able should plan to attend to urge committee members to put the health of our state’s people and communities first as they take up this issue. The push for profit, profit, profit is already strong. We need to remind them of the role the state must play in maintaining some measure of control over this dangerous commodity,” said the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. “We can’t keep any significant control if we give way to privatization.”

Comments, limited to three minutes per speaker, will be taken during the second half of the March 24 meeting set for 2 p.m. in the Legislative Office Building. Chaired by Sen. Don Vaughan (D-Guilford) and Rep. Ray Warren (D-Alexander), the committee appointed last month and charged with studying no fewer than nine ABC issues —including privatization — met for the first time Tuesday to get a briefing from Carol Shaw of the General Assembly’s Program Evaluation Division. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Those who…read Comer’s Commentary might see what we are up against… The gay community knows that as long as we are weak, they are strong!’ – Rev. Mark Creech
Christian Action League

Matt Comer has a long resume of homosexual activism for a young man in his twenties. A native of Winston-Salem, Comer has been stumping for gay rights since age 14 and has worked with a number of local, regional and national gay rights organizations over the years.

Comer currently lives in Charlotte where he is employed as the editor of QNotes, a publication that describes itself as the LGBT publication of the Carolinas. QNotes boast of a bi-weekly print circulation of 10,000, which is distributed in major cities and small to medium sized cities in the Carolinas. It also has an online edition they say receives tens of thousands of hits each month.

Recently, Comer wrote a commentary on the Christian Action League referring to its efforts to recover from financial hardship as “The Christian Panhandling League.”

“The commentary by Matt Comer demonstrates its own hatred and bigotry toward Christians that won’t affirm the homosexual lifestyle. But worse still, it mocks our righteous cause and implies the lack of funds we suffer is proof that their cause is destined to succeed,” said executive director of the Christian Action League, Rev. Mark Creech. “I can only hope and pray that those who identify with our values and read Comer’s commentary might see what we’re up against. We are in a war for our culture’s identity, for the future of marriage and the family, and ultimately this issue will affect religious liberty. The gay community knows that as long as we are weak, they are strong!” added Creech. Read the rest of this entry »

Concerning Rev. Creech: “When he spoke, I was blown away.”
By L.A. Williams, Correspondent
Christian Action League

SWANSBORO — Lincoln and Reagan would have been proud of how Onslow County conservatives celebrated their legacies late last month with speeches from former Attorney General Ed Meese and the Christian Action League’s own Rev. Mark Creech.

“It was a perfect combination and the best received and best attended Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner we’ve ever had,” said Patrick Lamb, chairman of the Onslow County Republican Party and master of ceremonies for the Feb. 26 event. He said Rev. Creech’s address, titled “God’s Requirements for the State” really “revved people up and enthused them.”

The crowd of some 200 at the Swansboro Rotary Civic Center interrupted with applause at least four times and gave the CAL executive director a standing ovation at the end. His talk set the tone for Meese, who compared the leadership styles of Lincoln and Reagan and then applied his conclusions to the current political climate. Read the rest of this entry »

By Tami Fitzgerald
Christian Action League

In a case before the State Supreme Court that is likely to determine whether same-sex couples can legally adopt children in North Carolina, The Christian Action League Of North Carolina (CAL), The American College Of Pediatricians, The North Carolina Family Policy Council, NC4marriage, And The Christian Family Law Association filed an Amicus Brief (or friend of the Court brief) on Tuesday, March 2^nd. In the 55-page brief, the pro-family non-profit organizations asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to rule that adoptions by unmarried cohabitants are not legal under North Carolina’s adoption statutes. They also asked the Court to end the practice established by the Court of Appeals of allowing unrelated third parties to obtain custodial rights over minor children merely because the child’s parent has allowed the third party to establish a relationship with the child. The Amicus Brief follows a brief filed in the case on February 26^th by attorneys who are appealing the Court of Appeals’ decision upholding the adoption by the mother’s lesbian partner. Read the rest of this entry »

Valdese Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Making Dry Town Wet
By L.A. Williams, Correspondent
Christian Action League

RALEIGH — How much is North Carolina’s ABC system worth? What would it mean to the state financially to privatize alcohol sales? And what are some specific scenarios for offering bidders 5- or 10-year liquor sales licenses?

Gov. Bev Perdue expects to have the answers to these and other questions at the end of an eight-week $175,000 cost/benefit analysis by Valuation Research Corporation, after which she said she’ll release a detailed plan of action to the Legislature.

“If we decide to privatize any part of the ABC system, we will know what it is worth before trying to sell it,” she said in a Feb. 26 letter to lawmakers announcing the contract with the Chicago-based valuation firm which will earn $350/hour plus expenses.

“The most encouraging part of the Governor’s letter is her promise to ‘consider and evaluate the human costs that may be associated with a privatized system,’” said the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. Read the rest of this entry »

By Tami Fitzgerald
Christian Action League

Forsyth County Commissioners have taken steps to defend the right to pray in the name of “Jesus” by filing an appeal on Wednesday, February 24 of a U.S. District Court decision that prevents the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners from opening public meetings with prayer that may mention a particular deity.  After a public meeting Monday, February 22 that attracted nearly 1,000 county residents in support of continuing the case, Commissioners voted 4-3to appeal to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals the decision of U.S. District Judge James A. Beaty.

Forsyth County Commissioners have been contemplating whether to appeal since Judge Beaty handed down his January 28 decision ordering the Commissioners to stop allowing prayer that is largely Christian before their meetings.  Judge Beaty’s ruling held that the Forsyth prayer policy “has resulted in Government-sponsored prayers that advance a specific faith or belief and have the effect of affiliating the Government with that particular faith or belief [Christianity].”   Read the rest of this entry »

Opponents face false accusations and misinformation
By L.A. Williams, Correspondent
Christian Action League

VALDESE — Nearly eight years after voters in this Burke County town defeated an alcohol referendum, they’ll have the chance to do it again Tuesday when the poll opens at the fire department next to Town Hall.

Alcohol opponents have been putting up signs, sharing information via letters and a Web site and planning to hand out flyers at the poll. They have also been making phone calls to identify “no” votes. But many say keeping Valdese dry will require calling out to God.

“Our biggest need is prayer,” said the Rev. Brett Howell, chairman of Valdese Citizens for a Drug Free Community. “This thing can and will be defeated through prayer.” Read the rest of this entry »