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Senate Healthcare Committee Advances Bill to Protect Patients’ Religious Rights During Disasters

By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League August 26, 2021 This year, legislation that hasn’t received any press is HB 447 – The Jeff Rieg Law/Patients Religious Rights. The bill has already passed the House by a substantial margin of 98-19. It was taken up in the Senate Healthcare Committee on Thursday and passed in that […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Featured Tagged With: disaster, HB 447-The Jeff Rieg Law/Patients Religious Rights, hospital, Joanna Rieg, M.H. Cavanaugh, Rep. Bobby Hanig, Rep. Keith Kidwell, Rev. Mark Creech, Senat HEalthcare Committee

Our Only Hope

By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “We feel close to everybody at Christmas. Christmas is a time of sharing. But not according to these government regulations during the pandemic. Christmas was meant to dispel our fears. Yes, COVID presents its dangers, but our government fosters an atmosphere of fear that isn’t warranted for a virus […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Cartoons, Other Issues Tagged With: Christmas, Covi, Dave Eden, Eden Political Toons, pandemic, Rev. Mark Creech

Sen. Thom Tillis Joins Resolution in Defense of the Free Exercise of Religion

By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League December 22, 2020 Last Friday, North Carolina’s U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R) joined a resolution, led by Florida’s U.S. Senator Rick Scott. The resolution defends the First Amendment, more specifically, the right to exercise one’s faith freely. “While this is a hard time for many, North Carolinians should still […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Featured Tagged With: 14th Amendment, Amy Coney Barrett, Chris Cuomo, Coronavirus, David Limbaugh, First Amendment, free exercise of religion, Gov. Cuomo, Gov. Gavin Newsome, Gov. Phil Murphy, Gov. Roy Cooper, Gov. Steve Sisolak, Jeff Landry, Latoya Cantrell, Lauren Daigle, M.H. Cavanaugh, Mayor Muriel Bowser, pandemic, Pastor Andrew Brunson, Persecution, resolution, Rev. Mark Creech, SCOTUS, Sen. Rick Scott, Sen. Thom Tillis

Alexander County School Removes Bible Verses from Donated Student Planners

By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueSeptember 17, 2020 Sulphur Springs Baptist Church, located in Alexander County, wanted to do something for East Alexander Middle School. So after conversing with the School’s principal, Kristie Love, the church’s Pastor of Youth and Children, James Safrit, set out to provide student planners for the kids. The church spent more […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Featured Tagged With: ACLU, Alexander County, Bible verses, Christian Post, East Alexander Middle School, FFRF, HUnter Hines, James Safrit, Jeremiah 29:11, Kristie Love, Philippians 4:13, Rev. Mark Creech, SCOTUS, Separation of Church and State, student planners, Sulphur Springs Baptist Church, The American Civil Liberties Union, The Freedom from Religion Foundation

NCAE Files Lawsuit to Eliminate Opportunity Scholarships for Low-Income Children

By Graham McDowellChristian Action LeagueJuly 31. 2020 Monday, the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) filed a lawsuit to eliminate the Opportunity Scholarships program. In 2013, a Republican-led legislature created the Opportunity Scholarships to provide students from low and middle-income families with up to $4,200 per year to attend a private school. As many as […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Featured Tagged With: Benenson Strategy Group, charter schools, LGBTQ, Mike Long, NCAE, NEA, Opportunity Scholarships, Parents for Educational Freedom in NC, Pres. Donald Trump, private schools, public schools, Same-Sex Marriage, school voucher, Sen. Deanna Ballard, Tamika Walker Kelly, US News and World

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Church Right to Freely Worship

By M.H. CavanaughChristian Action LeagueJuly 31, 2020 In a split decision (5-4), the United States Supreme Court turned down an emergency request last Friday for an injunction pending appeal for a Nevada church. The application filed by Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley, located about 15 miles outside of Carson City, would have allowed it to have […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Featured Tagged With: Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley, Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Steve Sisolak, Chief Justice John Roberts, Constitution, Gov. Roy Cooper, Justice Neal Gorsuch, Justice Samuel Alito, Liberty Counsel, M.H. Cavanaugh, Mat Staver, Nevada, Rev. Mark Creech, SCOTUS, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Tom Cotton, US Supreme Court, worship

The Tattered States of America

By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Our forefathers came to certain conclusions and decided upon certain courses of action which have been a great blessing to the world…They were a people who came under the influence of a great spiritual development and acquired a great moral power. No other theory is adequate to explain or […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Cartoons Tagged With: America, Jeff Larson, The Back Pew

Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban against Public Aid to Religious Schools

By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueJuly 3, 2020 States cannot be forced to subsidize private education, but if they decide to do so, they cannot discriminate against schools simply because they are faith-based — that’s the gist of Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. Chief Justice John Roberts was joined by Justices Neil […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Featured Tagged With: Blaine Amendments, Erica Smith, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, L.A. Williams, Montana SB 410, Opportunity Scholarships, private education, public aid, Public Schools First Inc., religious schools, Rev. Mark Creech, SCOTUS, The Becket Fund, Trinity Christian School, voucher

What You Need to Know About ‘The Equality Act’

By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueJune 26, 2020 “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,” wrote George Orwell in Animal Farm. His allegory was an attack on Stalin, but the sentiment can be applied to the misguided push for SOGI laws in the U.S., the most notable of which is the federal Equality Act passed […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Featured, LGBTQ Tagged With: Alliance Defending Freedom, Animal Farm, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Douglas Laycock, Equality Act, Fair Housing Act, gender identity, George Orwell, Kristen Waggoner, L.A. Williams, LGBTQ, Mat Staver, Monica Burke, Peter Vlaming, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Rev. Mark Creech, SCOTUS, Sen. Jeff Merkley, sexual orientation, SOGI laws, Stalin, University of Virginia

SCOTUS Ruling Even More Significant Than 2015 Ruling Affirming Same-Sex Marriage

By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueJune 16, 2020 “A profound twist of the Constitution, natural law, and inalienable rights” — that’s how the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League describes Monday’s Supreme Court decision that radically redefines “sex,” giving special protections to LGBTQ people. “Legally, the sex of an individual is now […]

Filed Under: 1st Amendment, Featured, LGBTQ Tagged With: Alliance Defending Freedom, Chief Justice John Roberts, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Constitution, gender identity, Harris Funeral Homes v Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Jutice Neil Gorsuch, L.A. Williams, NC Values Coalition, Rev. Mark Creech, Rolling Stone, Same-Sex Marriage, Sarah Kramer, SCOTUS, sexual orientation, Tami Fitzgerald, U.S. Supreme Court

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