By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout January 18, 2022 A friend of mine decided to shake the dust of the cities off his feet last year and migrate to a more rural area. Reflecting on the move, he seemed surprised at how much he was enjoying the change. My takeaway from our conversation was that his […]
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Republicans, Voter Integrity, and Hypocrisy
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League September 24, 2021 In the 1990s, Reuters News reported on a steer named Husker, who weighed in at 1,190 pounds, and was named grand champion at the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo. He was sold at auction for $13,500 and slaughtered after the competition. A contest official later […]
New Law Secures Patient’s Right to Have Clergy Present, Even During Pandemic
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League September 23, 2021 Patients who wind up in the hospital in the midst of a declared disaster or emergency should not lose their religious freedom, and they won’t in North Carolina, thanks to House Bill 447, which was passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. […]
An Update for Friends and Supporters
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League September 15, 2021 Today is the first day since being diagnosed with COVID that I felt well enough to sit up and type out an update on my condition. But before writing anything, I want to thank so many of you who have communicated your concerns and promised […]
Mandatory Vaccinations in NC: Religious Exemptions, Reasonable Accommodations and Alternatives Do Exist for Employees
By Graham McDowell Christian Action League July 30, 2021 Get the Covid vaccination or get fired — that’s the decision facing a growing number of North Carolina healthcare workers unless they can prove they qualify for a medical or religious exemption to new shot mandates issued by several hospital systems and the state’s Department of […]
Christian Action League Office Temporarily Closed Due to COVID 19
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League August 30, 2021 The Christian Action League has temporarily closed its office in Raleigh after the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director, was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Sunday, sending the staff into quarantine. The Rev. Creech began to feel ill on Saturday and went to an Urgent Care to be […]
Marijuana Bill Gets Through Senate Healthcare, But Opposition Was Strong
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Confusing Department of Chaos
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “We are learning so much in our times. We thought we had seen every conceivable excuse for liberty to decline and power to rise. Financial crisis, terrorism, inequality, injustice, discrimination, microaggression, cultural appropriation, globalism; you name it, we’ve lived it. Every time there is a crisis, we are told […]