By Rev. Mark Creech
Executive Director
Christian Action League
Dear Friend,
The Christian Action League needs your financial support. Could you send us your best gift as soon as possible? Between now and January 26, we need 500 gifts of $100 (totaling $50,000) or more over and above what we normally receive. Please help us. This is critical to our advocacy.
Breaking news: We have just received word – only minutes before sending out this request – a donor has promised us a matching gift of up to $3000 on any gift given right now to the Christian Action League! Any gift given between now and December 1 will be matched up to $3000.
As you may already know, the North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene on January 26th of 2011 – that’s only a few weeks away. Because the North Carolina General Assembly will now have new leadership, we have the best opportunity ever to pass legislation critical to the soul of this state.
We now have hope that the following legislative measure will not only be heard but will also be passed:
- A marriage amendment to North Carolina’s Constitution to protect marriage as one man and one woman.
- An unborn victims of violence act – legislation that recognizes the existence of a pregnant woman’s unborn child and would charge the murderer of a pregnant woman with the child’s death as well.
- A “Choose Life” license plate – a special license plate that would help raise funds for agencies that offer free pregnancy services and do not promote abortion.
Privatization of Liquor Sales
But there also may be a big battle to fight. In 2011 the Governor is facing a $3.5 billion budget deficit. One idea floating around to help plug that budget hole is a proposal to privatize liquor sales in the Tar Heel state. The CAL believes that if such a proposal were to pass, it would significantly diminish North Carolina’s quality of control to regulate liquor sales and protect the public’s health.
Currently there are only 405 liquor stores in North Carolina. If privatization becomes a reality, then a worse case scenario would mean that North Carolina’s liquor stores would increase from 405 stores to nearly 4000. The very best case scenario would mean an increase of around 1200 liquor stores.
Republicans and Democrats are divided on the issue of the privatization of liquor sales and it will take some serious lobbying activity to sustain the current control system.
Our lobbying efforts to influence lawmakers and keep you informed cost money – big money. And that is why I am asking you – earnestly praying that you will sacrificially send us your best gift now!
Breaking News: Any gift sent between now and December 1 will be matched up to $3000. Please help us.
You can also help us by passing along this request to your Pastor, your Sunday School class, your colleagues at work, or anyone else that you deem appropriate that shares our Christian values. Ask them to help us too.
Please act now. There is no time to waste.
You can send your online gift by going to CAL’s web site, www.christianactionleague.org. Look in the right margin of the homepage and find the icon for “Donate.” Click on it and then follow the prompts.
Or, simply send your gift to:
Christian Action League of North Carolina, Inc.
809 Spring Forest Road
Suite 1000
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
Please don’t delete or ignore this request. Pray about it and ask God what he would have you to do. Our ministry is so very strategic to the moral climate of our beloved state. But we need your prayers and sacrificial participation to do what we do.
God Bless,
Rev. Mark H. Creech
Executive Director
Christian Action League of North Carolina, Inc.
P.S. Any gift sent between now and December 1 will be matched up to $3000. Please help us.