By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 28, 2023 Purveyors of video sweepstakes are celebrating a win this week, as the state’s second-highest court has denied a request from Governor Roy Cooper, the Department of Public Safety and the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division to temporarily block a controversial ruling issued by a Forsyth County trial […]
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Say No to Expanded Gambling: Your Urgent Action Needed
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 21, 2023 A massive expansion of gambling in the form of multiple new casinos and the legalization of video lottery terminals — it’s the last thing North Carolina needs, but it may be what we get unless lawmakers hear from you today! The Rev. Mark Creech, executive director […]
Fight to Save Women’s Sports: A Spiritual Battle and a Call to Action
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 21, 2023 “This is a spiritual battle. It’s no longer right versus wrong, good versus bad. This is moral versus evil.” That’s how former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines Barker recently described the fight to keep women’s sports fair and free from biological males competing as “transwomen.” Barker, who […]
Efforts to Legalize Marijuana as Medicine Faces Setback in the State Legislature
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 13, 2023 Efforts to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes may be up in smoke for this session of the N.C. Legislature, according to a statement issued by House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) on Tuesday. Although the upper chamber passed Senate Bill 3, euphemistically dubbed the Compassionate Care Act, […]
Gov. Cooper’s Vetoes of Common-Sense Bills Sparks Outcry
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 6, 2023 North Carolinians who are discouraged by Gov. Roy Cooper’s recent vetoes of three common-sense bills should encourage their lawmakers to override the vetoes, says the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. “Every person with any common sense who is uninfluenced by the […]
Controversial Tactic: Senate Ties Medical Marijuana to Unrelated Bill
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 5, 2023 Senate lawmakers’ intent on legalizing medical marijuana via Senate Bill 3 this session are holding a totally unrelated measure (House Bill 75) hostage until they get their way. On June 28, the Senate voted 36-8 to amend House Bill 75, a popular proposal to expand the […]
Lowering the Alcohol Limit for Safer Roads: The Push for House Bill 148 in North Carolina
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 5, 2023 If you had the ability to make North Carolina roads safer for everyone, how quickly would you do it? Arguably, that power now lies in the hands of lawmakers who may soon be entertaining House Bill 148. The legislation would reduce the legal alcohol limit for […]
Bill Will Open ABC Stores on Sundays, Allow for Curbside Cocktails, Mobile Bars, Establish ‘Happy Hour’ and Much More…
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 29, 2023 Sunday ABC sales, curbside cocktails, happy hours, discount liquor, and a host of other alcohol-pushing provisions are on the table at the N.C. Legislature. The House Committee on Alcohol Beverage Control took up a 36-page omnibus bill on Tuesday. The Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of […]
NCGA Protects Minors from Gender Transition Surgeries: ‘Let Children Be Children, Not Miniature Adults with Full Sized Problems’
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 20, 2023 A bill protecting minors from mutilating surgeries, puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones passed the House Wednesday and is headed to the Governor’s Office. House Bill 808, titled “An Act to Prohibit Gender Transition Procedures for Minors,” had passed the Senate on Tuesday, 29-16. Wednesday’s House vote […]
NCGA Advances Bills to Ensure Parental Rights and Protect Children from Transgender Surgeries
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 23, 2023 Bills designed to expand parental rights and to protect children from transgender surgeries advanced in the N.C. Legislature this week and could become law by the end of the session. The Christian Action League supports both measures. Parents’ Bill of Rights Senate Bill 49, which passed […]