Christian Action League Staff Christian Action League October 23, 2019 Many Christians hold that the Scriptures as a whole encourage abstinence from alcoholic beverages as the best position for maintaining a faithful Christian walk. Some of the Christian denominations that take this position include Southern Baptists, Original Free Will Baptists, National Free Will Baptists, Independent […]
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Rulings by the NCABC Show Alcohol Industry’s Nefarious Influences in Advertising
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League October 11, 2019 Within the last three-and-a-half months, the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (NCABC) has rejected the selling of two brands of alcoholic beverages in the Tar Heel state. The Commission’s refusal to allow for the sale of these brands, one wine, and the other beer, demonstrates […]
Majority Costs of Alcohol Harms Borne by Those Who Abstain
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League September 12, 2019 Alcohol abuse is an expensive habit. Excessive drinking leads to increased medical bills, costly accidents, lost wages, etc. And who picks up the tab? According to a new study, the majority of the costs of alcohol’s harms are borne by those who don’t drink excessively or […]
ABC Regulatory Reform Bill: Nothing to Celebrate (Part 3)
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 21, 2019 Looser Liquor Laws Let You Buy More than 1 Beer, Even in Dry Counties, read the headline in Wednesday’s edition of the Asheville Citizen-Times. Hillman Beer, a brewery located on Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville, hailed the recent changes in alcohol policy that now allow […]
ABC Regulatory Reform Bill: Nothing to Celebrate (Part 2)
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 15, 2019 Monday, July 29th, Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law the most extensive reform of North Carolina’s alcohol policies since the repeal of Prohibition. Lawmakers, The Retail Merchants Association, the John Locke Foundation, and high profile members of the alcohol industry lauded the measure and celebrated […]
ABC Regulatory Reform Bill: Nothing to Celebrate (Part 1)
By Dr. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 2, 2019 This week, Gov. Roy Cooper, signed into law, SB 290, which was originally filed as the Distillery Regulatory Reform Bill. The legislation later became two bills rolled into one, when the language from HB 536 – ABC Omnibus Regulatory Reform, which passed the House, was […]
House ABC Committee Takes Up Privatization of Liquor Sales
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 26, 2019 On the heels of an omnibus bill (SB 290 – ABC Regulatory Reform) that the Christian Action League considered the worst alcohol proposal in state history, lawmakers are now looking to do away with the entire control system and put liquor sales totally in the hands […]
Blatantly Bad Alcohol and Gambling Bills Pass (Championed by Republicans)
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League July 19, 2019 RALEIGH – Dr. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, said he returned to work Tuesday, after suffering a health scare, and sat in the gallery of the state Senate to watch them pass “perhaps the most egregious piece of alcohol legislation that has […]
URGENT ALERT: Proposal to Privatize Liquor Sales in NC to be Heard in House ABC Committee, Tuesday
Christian Action League July 18, 2019 Dear Pastor and other Citizen Christians, What if I told you that there was legislation afoot that would increase the number of ABC liquor stores in North Carolina from 433 to approximately 2000? How would you feel if you learned that this higher concentration of liquor stores would seriously […]
Drinking in Open Areas of the Mall?
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League July 2, 2019 Could you imagine people walking around with an alcoholic beverage in a place like the Mall? That’s what one bill would allow if the measure finishes moving through the Senate. Senate Bill 344 – Allow Common Area Entertainment ABC Permit, would authorize the Alcoholic Beverage Control […]