By Christian Action League Staff Christian Action League June 9, 2022 When the North Carolina Senate was debating SB 711 – N.C. Compassionate Care Act, one particular poll (actually a pre-session survey) from Carolina Partnership for Reform was cited several times by proponents. SB 711 is the initiative to make medical marijuana legal in the […]
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So-Called Medical Marijuana Bill Moving Fast in the Senate – Act Now By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League June 1, 2022 Today, the Senate Rules Committee considered SB 711-NC Compassionate Care Act, a measure that would legalize smoked marijuana as medicine in North Carolina. The bill passed out of the committee and now heads […]
Recent Reports Show North Carolina Needs to Do More on the Smoking Issue
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League January 27, 2022 “I am a native North Carolinian who loves his state and its heritage. My summer job was working in the tobacco fields as a young boy. My grandfather was a tobacco farmer. But the scientific evidence for the harm smoking does to one’s health is clear […]
‘Your Abortion Pills Are in the Mail’
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League December 22, 2021 “Whoever thought that you would hear it said, ‘Your abortion pills are in the mail’?” asked Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. Creech was referencing a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last Thursday, which loosened restrictions on the […]
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 […]
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 […]
N.C. Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Measure
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League July 1, 2021 Wednesday, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation (SB 711 – N.C. Compassionate Care Act), which would provide for the sale of marijuana and marijuana-infused products for debilitating medical conditions. Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick), the primary sponsor of the legislation and the very powerful Senate […]