By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League August 12, 2021 The North Carolina House passed a measure on Wednesday that raises the minimum age for marriage in the state from fourteen to sixteen. The bill, SB 35 – Max 4-Yr Age Diff to Marry Under 18, was in response to concerns that the state’s low marriage […]
Marriage
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 […]
Push to Repeal a Law That Holds Adulterers Accountable for Helping Break Up a Marriage Fails in Committee
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League April 29, 2021 A push to repeal North Carolina’s law against adultery was stopped in its tracks Wednesday after the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, and others testified before the House Judiciary II Committee. Criminal conversation, one of two so-called “heart balm” torts, occurs […]
The Woman Helps Keep Him in Line
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “It may sound silly to some, but a fundamental purpose for marriage is to domesticate or civilize men. You may not know, but unmarried men cause society more trouble than married men. It’s not likely that you’ll see many, if any, married men roving the neighborhood in a street […]
United Methodist Clergy in Durham Defy Denominational Policy on Same-Gender Marriage
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League March 6, 2020 Super Tuesday may have been super for politics, but for United Methodists who still hold to a high view of Scripture, it was anything but super. A press release from the pastor of Duke Memorial United Methodist Church in Durham, N.C., announced that United Methodist clergy […]
Silver, NBA, Shows Hypocrisy in its Treatment of NC’s HB 2 v. China
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League October 11, 2019 “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” The short pair of sentences tweeted out Oct. 4 by Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey roiled China, which then rocked the NBA by refusing to broadcast Rockets games, canceling fan events, and threatening further sanctions. As the saga […]
NC ‘Alienation of Affection’ Laws Result in $750,000 Judgment for Cheated-On Spouse
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League October 4, 2019 A man from Pitt County, Kevin Howard, has won a $750,000 judgment in court against his wife’s lover. Howard’s claim was based on “alienation of affection” and “criminal conversation” laws that have remained on North Carolina’s books since the 18th century. Under “alienation of affection,” a […]
The Entire ‘LGBT’ Narrative Just Crumbled
It’s time to stop condoning destructive behavior, and start speaking truth in unconditional love. By Matt Barber Barbwire.com June 17, 2019 If your daughter, sister, mother or friend “identified” as a fat person trapped in a perilously emaciated body — if she truly believed she was obese, but, in reality, suffered from anorexia — would […]
Is It Worth It?
By Dr. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueDecember 14, 2018 The late Dr. Billy Graham once said, “The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.’” It comforts me […]
North Carolina Court of Appeals Says State Laws against Cheating during Marriage are Constitutional
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League September 8, 2017 RALEIGH – This week the North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of two North Carolina laws, alienation of affection and criminal conversation, which are designed to protect the promise of monogamy in marriage. According to court documents, Marc Malecek discovered that his wife, Amber, […]
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