Claire RussellLiberty HeadlinesMay 1, 2020 As North Carolina’s Rowan County warned a Hobby Lobby store against reopening because of alleged coronavirus restrictions — which don’t prevent large retailers from operating in the state — county officials set up a portal for residents to report businesses that don’t comply with health officials’ social distancing guidelines. Hobby Lobby […]
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Lawmakers Hash Out Funding to Deal with COVID-19
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueApril 29, 2020 Lawmakers — many in masks and keeping their distance from one another — gathered in Raleigh Tuesday to begin hashing out how best to help the state weather COVID-19, including exactly how to spend roughly half of the $6 billion in federal CARES Act funding headed to the […]
NC County Warns Hobby Lobby against Reopening Despite State Approval
By Claire RussellLiberty HeadlinesApril 28, 2020 Hobby Lobby planned to reopen its Salisbury, North Carolina location on Monday after receiving the green light from the state government. But Rowan County, the county in which the store is located, refused to grant Hobby Lobby permission to reopen and warned that local law enforcement would take action […]
Uncle Sam’s Prayer Journal
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “In this harbinger of judgment man is given another chance…to abandon the foolish ways of sin and disobedience, and to receive God’s love and mercy. The headlines are God’s warning. The television news flashes are a shadow of his loving hand at work for the world’s redemption. The radio […]
Governor Extends Orders: State Lawmakers Call for Fair Treatment of Churches
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueApril 24, 2020 As North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday extended his social distancing/stay-at-home order for at least another two weeks, it is clear that he and many Republican lawmakers remain more than six feet apart on the issue of how to treat churches during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I […]
ReOpen NC Protestors Have the Same Spirit that Made America Great
By Dr. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueApril 24, 2020 This week hundreds of protestors, with ReOpen NC, descended on Raleigh, marching in front of the Governor’s mansion, calling on Governor Roy Cooper to lift his “Stay-at-Home” order and reopen the state for business. The protestors represent more than 500,000 jobless claims in the state – a […]
Epidemiologist: COVID-19 Infections Flattening under Sweden’s Policy of Individual Responsibility
By Dan SanchezFoundation for Economic EducationApril 22, 2020 Sweden may be on to something. Bloomberg reports: “Sweden’s unusual approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic is starting to yield results, according to the country’s top epidemiologist. “Anders Tegnell, the architect behind Sweden’s relatively relaxed response to Covid-19, told local media the latest figures on infection rates […]
Corona Wisdom
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons We have discontentment when the going is rough because this is natural to human nature (Romans 7:5; 8:7). It is only by the grace of God that we learn to be content (II Corinthians 12:9) when we: want the plenty that some around us have and must learn that […]
North Carolina: ‘A Dangerous Precedent Has Been Set’
By Dr. Donnie LovetteChristian Action LeagueApril 17, 2020 North Carolina is my home. I was born here, raised here, and except for 3 years of my life I have spent 58 years here. This state is important to me. I could live other places, but to me, North Carolina is the best place to live. […]
Drive-In Church Bans on Wrong Side of the Constitution
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueApril 15, 2020 Local government officials and law enforcement officers who interfere with drive-in church services for the purpose of enforcing social distancing may find themselves on the wrong side of the Constitution. Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Temple Baptist in Greenville, Mississippi, where police […]