By L.A. Williams Christian Action League December 10, 2021 A group of 10 Wake County parents seeking to protect schoolchildren from explicit sexual content in library books have filed a criminal complaint against the state’s largest school system for distributing “obscene and pornographic material.” Theirs is one of a growing number of campaigns across the […]
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Davidson County Sheriff Does His Job – Shuts Down 34 Sweepstakes Parlors
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League December 1, 2021 Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons is putting operators of sweepstakes parlors on notice: the businesses are illegal in North Carolina and not welcome in his jurisdiction. After investigating for over a year to verify what was happening in these places of business, his officers recently shut […]
Sports Wagering Bill: ‘Financial Fraud Perpetrated on North Carolinians’
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League November 5, 2021 Once again, the chances of sports betting being legalized in North Carolina are growing. The House Commerce Committee gave Senate Bill 688 its approval on Thursday, sending it on its way to the Judiciary 1 Committee. As he has since the bill was first introduced, the […]
‘Stand Up for America Rally’ Attended by Thousands Backs Biblical Values
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League November 3, 2021 At Friday’s Stand up for America Rally on Halifax Mall in Raleigh, an estimated 5,000 people clapped, cheered and even let out a “holy roar” to back Biblical values and support leaders who hold them dear, not the least of whom is Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, […]
Pastors Should Be Alarmed at Attack on Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League October 14, 2021 Any pastor who holds biblical beliefs on sexual immorality should be alarmed at how Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has been condemned for his comments about the teaching of same-sex sexual relations in the public schools, says the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action […]
House ABC Committee Holds Hearing About ABC Woes: ‘Sincere Attempt to Remedy or Undermine?’
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League October 1, 2021 Less than two weeks after Zander Guy, chairman of the North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission, resigned his post amid liquor shortages, lawmakers on the House ABC Committee spent more than two hours Wednesday questioning others involved with the system about why alcohol is not getting […]
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. […]
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 […]
Bill That Pushes Back Against Critical Race Theory in Schools Wins Approval
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League August 26, 2021 “Teach the truth, teach it unabridged, but do not cross the line to tell children what to think” — that’s what Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says needs to happen in North Carolina public schools and the message that lawmakers are trying to get across with HB […]