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Studies Reveal Addictive Effects of Gambling and Complex Relationship Between Psychopathy and Gambling Problems

L.A. Williams Christian Action League November 22, 2022 “The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket,” warned the late Kin Hubbard, a humorist who understood the serious nature of gambling. For those who need more evidence of the slippery slope that starts with a […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Gambling, Jeffrey Derevensky, Journal of the American Medical Association, Keith Whyte, Kin Hubbard, L.A. Williams, National Council on Problem Gambling, Rev. Mark Creech, Shane Kraus

A Little Side Action in Church

By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “It is troublesome to see how badly gambling has infiltrated the church. Gambling is a sin. It feeds covetousness. God’s Word calls on us to be content with what we’ve been given. “The apostle Paul wrote, ‘I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Gambling Tagged With: Gambling, Jeff Larson, Rev. Mark Creech, The Back Pew

Is the Bible Silent On the Challenging Social Questions of Our Day?

By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League July 8, 2022 It’s been said that “silence is golden.” Is this always true? – especially when something desperately needs to be said – especially when we need a word from God – especially when we need to hear from heaven about how to navigate a complex world […]

Filed Under: Featured, Rev. Creech's Commentary Tagged With: Bible, Gambling, Pierre Brantley, Rev. Mark Creech, social issues

Catawba Tribe Clears Another Hurdle in Path to NC Casino

By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 27, 2021 The Catawba Indians’ plan to build a huge Las Vegas-style casino near Kings Mountain cleared another federal hurdle this week, but the Rev. Mark Creech says the move is no cause for celebration. “I think this is exceedingly sad for the people of Cleveland County. Bad […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Catawba casino, Catawba Tribe, Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort, Cleveland County, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Gambling, Gov. Roy Cooper, HR 1619, Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, John Rustin, Kings Mountain casino, L.A. Williams, NC Family Policy Council, Rev. Mark Creech, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Thom Tillis, Wallace Cheeves

Report Suggests Huge Expansion of Gambling for North Carolina, Gambling Bills Already Filed

By Hunter Hines Christian Action League April 8, 2021 Someone has said that gambling is the one sure way of getting nothing for something. But a report, which the N.C. legislature requested and the North Carolina Education Lottery commissioned begs to differ. Spectrum Gaming created the report, which was originally only supposed to study sports […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Catawba Tribe, Cherokee, Citizens United Against the Lottery, Cornelius Gallagher, Gambling, Gaming, HUnter Hines, NC Education Lottery, Rev. Mark Creech, SB 498, SB 688, Spectrum Gaming, Stop Predatory Gambling, WRAL

Basnight Passes: Advocacy for the Lottery and Opposition to Marriage Amendment Stain Record

By Shelly Brown Christian Action League December 30, 2020 North Carolina’s longest-serving legislative leader, Marc Basnight, died Monday from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 73. “Anyone who knows anything about North Carolina politics knows the name Marc Basnight,” said the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. “I watched Basnight work his […]

Filed Under: Featured, Voter Education Tagged With: Chapel Hill, Erskine Bowles, Gambling, Gov. Roy Cooper, lottery, Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue, Marc Basnight, marriage amendment, Mike Easley, NC Legislature, OBX, Rev. Mark Creech, Sen. James Forrester, Sen. Phil Berger, Shelly Brown, sweepstakes gaming, The Lone Cedar Cafe, UNC Cancer Hospital, video poker

Gambling Bills in Washington Would Proliferate Tribal Casinos in N.C.

CAL Ex. Dir. says these gambling measures are ‘bad business, bad recreation, bad religion, bad politics, bad economics and bad morality’ By L.A. Williams Christian Action League December 3, 2020 It’s estimated that over the next eight years, the American people will lose more than $1 trillion to government-sanctioned gambling. A growing portion of that […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Catawba Indian Casino, Catawba Indian Tribe, Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort, Cherokee, Cherokee Reservation, Chief Richard Sneed, Cleveland County, Gambling, gambling bill, House Resolution 1964, Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Kings Mountain, L.A. Williams, Lumbee Tribe, SB 790, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Thom Tillis, tribal casinos

CAL Legislative Wrap-Up for 2020

CAL StaffChristian Action LeagueAugust 28, 2020 It was Plato who once said, “Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods…And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and a fool.” The Christian Action League’s primary purpose as a public-policy organization is […]

Filed Under: Featured, Legislative Wrap Up Tagged With: 2020, ABC Commission, Abortion, alcohol, Coronavirus, Drugs, Gambling, Gov. Roy Cooper, HB 1043, HB 1082, hemp, NC House, Pro-Life, Rev. Mark Creech, Safe Surrender Law, SB 315, SB 352, SB 380, Short Session, THC, video sweepstakes

Catawba Indian Tribe Breaks Ground for New Casino at King’s Mountain

By Graham McDowellChristian Action LeagueJuly 23, 2020 WBTV News reported on Wednesday that the Catawba Indian tribe of South Carolina broke ground in King’s Mountain to build a new casino. “Local leaders, attorneys and Catawba Nation Chief William Harris all say the casino is happening – and it’s happening fast. They say the space, on […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Catawba Indian Tribe, Chief Richard Sneed, Chief William Harris, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Gambling, Graham McDowell, Harrahs Casino, IGRA, John Rustin, Kings Mountain casino, NC Family Policy Council, Rev. Mark Creech

Isn’t it Time We Reassess our Attitudes toward Drinking and its Consequences?

By Dr. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueMay 7, 2020 Recently, I read a few pages in The Christian Moral Vision, a book that was written several years ago and was mostly meant for those who identify with the Episcopal Church. The book laid out the nature of the moral life of the Christian, and the pages […]

Filed Under: Alcohol, Featured Tagged With: 18th Amendment, alcoholism, covid 19, Dr. Billy Graham, Dr. George F. Koob, Dr. Mark Creech, drinking, episcopal, Gambling, NIAA, Prohibition, smoking, The Christian Moral Vision, The Conventional Vices

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