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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MIT Researchers Admit Anti-Maskers Are More Scientifically Rigorous
By Amy Holmquist Intellectual Takeout May 20, 2021 Editor’s Note: Friday, a week ago, Governor Roy Cooper announced that in light of new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, the state would remove its indoor masks requirement for most settings. There has been considerable disagreement among evangelicals regarding masks mandates and their efficacy. In […]
President Biden’s National Proclamation of Prayer to No God
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League May 14, 2021 During last week’s National Day of Prayer, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation that spoke of the “power of prayer” and urged Americans to “give thanks,” but it made no mention of God. No President in American history has ever omitted “God” in his proclamation […]
Senate Raises Legal Age to Marry in N.C.
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League May 13, 2021 This week the North Carolina Senate raised the age for getting married. Fourteen and fifteen-year-olds can currently marry under exceptional circumstances. S.B. 35: Max 4-Yr Age Diff to Marry Under 18 Years, which unanimously passed the Senate on Wednesday, raises the age to sixteen and disallows […]
Bill Prohibiting the Presence of a Minor at a Cockfighting Event Clears the House, 112-0
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League May 13, 2021 Earlier this year, Dr. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, wrote an editorial saying that it was his earnest prayer that state legislators would seriously consider revisiting the issue of cockfighting in North Carolina. Creech noted in his editorial, “I’m no left-wing animal […]
Born-Alive Bill Wins Approval in the Senate
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 13, 2021 Infants who survive a botched abortion would be entitled to the same level of care as wanted babies of the same gestational age under a bill passed Tuesday by the North Carolina Senate along party lines. Senate Bill 405, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act, is nearly […]
Raising Children: Our Designs, God’s Designs, and What Parents Learn About Themselves
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League May 7, 2021 Most doting parents have grand ambitions for their children, like the mother who was asked about her two kids in elementary school and answered: “The doctor is in the third grade, and the lawyer is in the first!” That’s what came to my mind recently […]
N.C. House Passes Bills to Protect the Unborn and Newborn
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 7, 2021 Lawmakers took action this week on two bills (HB 453 and HB 473) aimed at protecting some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens — the unborn and the newborn. Passed by the House by a vote of 67-42 on Thursday after some emotional debate, the measure, […]
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 […]
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Passes Senate Health Committee
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League May 6, 2021 A bill requiring medical providers to employ the same duty of care for children born alive after a botched abortion as they would for any other child of the same gestational age was considered before the Senate Health Committee on Thursday. Senate Bill 405 – Born-Alive […]