By Hunter Hines Christian Action League May 19, 2021 The Christian Action League has a long and rich heritage of addressing alcohol policy in the Tar Heel state. It’s a signature issue for the organization. Every year the League urges lawmakers to balance their commitment to the industry with an earnest desire to protect public […]
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House ABC Committee Gives Thumbs-up to ‘Bars on Wheels’
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 6, 2021 The House Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee gave a thumbs-up to House Bill 693 – Common Carriers ABC Permit this week, paving the way for some buses to become “bars on wheels.” But the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, warned lawmakers they […]
Experts Believe Pandemic-fueled Alcohol Abuse is Triggering a Wave of Hospitalizations
By Eli Cahan Kaiser Health News April 27, 2021 Alcoholism-related liver disease was a growing problem even before the pandemic, as 15 million people suffer with the condition around the country, and as hospitalizations have doubled over the past decade. But the pandemic has dramatically added to the toll. Although national figures are not available, […]
It’s Still a Big Deal, and for Me It’s Personal
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League April 9, 2021 A friend of mine, who is an attorney, recently sent me an email saying that he had been reading the Christian classic, In His Steps. He was given the book by his grandmother, who lived from 1872 to 1960. He wrote, “I’m amazed at how […]
ABC Commission Nixes Beer with F-word Label
Rev. Creech gives passionate speech to Commission against the profane label By L.A. Williams Christian Action League March 12, 2021 Late last year, Charlotte-based Sycamore Brewing tried unsuccessfully to get approval to feature the F-word on the label of its BUBS lemon lime hard seltzer, a beverage they referred to in social media posts as […]
House ABC Committee Passes Bill to Regulate Alcohol Consumables
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League March 11, 2021 When should ice cream be treated like an alcoholic beverage, sold only to adults and only in licensed settings? When that ice cream contains alcohol like a malt beverage, a glass of wine or a serving of spiritous liquor. That’s the common-sense logic behind House Bill […]
State Lawmakers Should Address the Issue of Alcohol-Infused Ice Cream
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League February 11, 2021 “I scream, you scream, we all scream for liquor-infused ice cream.” NOT!!! “What?” you might ask. “You mean alcohol-infused ice cream is something for real?” It sure is, and it’s growing in popularity. This is why Representatives Jamie Boles (R-Moore), Tim Moffitt (R-Henderson), Pat Hurley (R-Randolph), […]
The Minister and Alcoholic Beverages
Anonymous Christian Action League February 4, 2021 The following editorial was anonymously written and first appeared in The Connecticut Citizen. It would later appear in the 1953 September edition of Tomorrow Magazine, the journal of the Allied Church League of North Carolina, which was the predecessor organization of the Christian Action League of North Carolina. […]
Do Not Gaze at Wine…
by Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The Scriptures say, ‘And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit’ (Eph. 5:18). Nothing casts off restraint in life like alcohol. It’s a known fact that where alcohol runs high, morals run low. The brother of alcohol is excess. But God doesn’t […]
NC Sheriffs Say Unable to Find Legal Support for Mixed Drinks To-Go
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League December 30, 2020 Last week, the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association sent a memo via email to all the state’s sheriffs saying that they could not find any legal grounds for Governor Cooper’s Executive Order No. 183. The governor’s order, which was issued December 21st, authorizes and instructs the ABC […]