By L.A. Williams Christian Action League August 27, 2021 “Marijuana’s recognition as a medicine should not be determined by popular demand,” the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, warned North Carolina senators on the Healthcare Committee Thursday minutes before they advanced Senate Bill 711 to Rules and Operations. The legislation is […]
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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 […]
Bill That Pushes Back Against Critical Race Theory in Schools Wins Approval
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League August 26, 2021 “Teach the truth, teach it unabridged, but do not cross the line to tell children what to think” — that’s what Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says needs to happen in North Carolina public schools and the message that lawmakers are trying to get across with HB […]
David Benham, Pro-life Activists Move Ahead in Legal Battle Over ‘Unlawful’ Arrests
By Michael Gryboski Christian Post August 25, 2021 David Benham and other pro-life activists have filed an amended complaint against North Carolina officials in response to their arrests last year while outside an abortion clinic. Amid a statewide lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Benham and a small number of sidewalk counselors went to […]
The Religion of Victimology
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 20, 2021 After Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, God came calling for them in the Garden. God knew what they had done, but he allowed them an opportunity to take responsibility for their wrong doing and confess after Adam inadvertently admitted to his nakedness. “Who […]
Sports Betting Bill Passes N.C. Senate
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League August 20, 2021 Will sports wagering be legalized in North Carolina? The odds of that happening just improved as the Senate on Thursday gave its stamp of approval to a controversial bill that would massively expand gambling across the state. Senate Bill 688, passed by a vote of 26-19, […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Changes to So-Called Medical Marijuana Bill
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League August 20, 2021 The bill that would legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina, SB 711 – NC Compassionate Care Act, was taken up by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. An earlier version of the measure had already passed the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. It […]
Don’t Think it Can’t Happen Here
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 16, 2021 What makes someone cling to a jetliner while it ascends thousands of feet into the air, knowing the probability of death is near certain? No doubt, they weighed their chances in the balances, saying if I cling to the plane, I will likely die, but […]
The Conscience Bears Witness
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 13, 2021 Now and then, we read in the news about some fellow who has a fit of conscience and confesses to a cold case crime. A 2012 story in HuffPost reported that James Washington from Nashville, Tennessee, already incarcerated for unrelated crimes, suffered a heart attack […]
Sports Gambling Bill Gets Through Two More Committees: Opponents Make Powerful Arguments
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League August 13, 2021 A bill that would legalize mobile sports betting statewide with an 8-percent tax rate zipped through two more Senate committees this week and may soon be taken up by the full Senate. Under Senate Bill 688, 10 to 12 vendors would be licensed to offer digital […]