By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 10, 2022 Mountain Area Pregnancy Services in Asheville became one of the latest victims of pro-abortion vandals early this week when the clinic was spray-painted and had its windows busted out. According to a news release, officers responding to the clinic Tuesday morning found threatening red graffiti that […]
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Parents Bill of Rights Legislation Passes Senate
Legislation Bans Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation from K-3 School Curriculums By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 3, 2022 The North Carolina Senate on Wednesday voted to ban gender identity and sexual orientation from the K-3 curriculum and to give parents more information about what goes on in their children’s classrooms. Introduced by Republicans […]
Parents’ Bill of Rights Bill Wins Approval of Two Senate Committees
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 27, 2022 North Carolina students in primary grades will not be subjected to lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity if lawmakers pass House Bill 755 – An Act to Enumerate the Rights of Parents to Direct the Upbringing, Education, Health Care and Mental Health of their Minor […]
SBC Grieving over Sexual Abuse, ‘Being Purged of Sin,’ says Rev. Creech
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 26, 2022 “Resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility” — that’s the response some victims of alleged clergy sex abuse got from the South Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee when they reported the crimes, according to Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted to investigate the convention’s handling of sex abuse […]
Southern Baptists Divided Over Right Way to Oppose Abortion
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 20, 2022 Abortion is murder, but should women who seek one be charged with a crime? Or are they also victims of the abortion industry? And if Southern Baptists truly oppose abortion, should they support laws that limit it but don’t outlaw it? These questions are at heart […]
Primary Election: Turnout Up, Budd and Edwards Win, State Races, and Surprises
By L.A. Williams and Hunter Hines Christian Action League May 19, 2022 The most closely watched race of North Carolina’s primary election on Tuesday yielded perhaps the most predictable outcome for a chance at the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Republican Richard Burr. Republicans chose Trump-endorsed Congressman Ted Budd, while Democrats gave a […]
Leaked SCOTUS Draft on Abortion Leaves Pro-Life Forces Guardedly Optimistic
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 6, 2022 Monday’s leak of a draft majority Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and put the issue of abortion back into the hands of the states has left pro-life forces guardedly optimistic; pro-abortion groups, mortified; and the nation on pins and needles awaiting the […]
Marijuana on the Cherokee Reservation
By L.A. Williams, M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League April 22, 2022 While some North Carolinians wonder whether state lawmakers will take up the issue of medical marijuana during the short session starting next month, many on tribal lands have no doubt they’ll be able to legally buy the psychoactive drug at a local dispensary by […]
Rehabilitation Centers Across the Country Swamped with Patients
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League April 21, 2022 While life for many Americans seems to be slowly returning to normal more than two years into the Covid pandemic, rehabilitation centers across the country say they’re swamped with patients who fell prey to alcohol during the period marked by stress and social isolation. Dr. Alta […]
‘Back Onto the Course of True Liberty’ Speech Earns Rev. Creech Standing Ovation
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League April 8, 2022 “The true nature of freedom is not that we can do anything we want to do, but that we are liberated within to do what we ought to do,” the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, told attendees of the monthly meeting […]