By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League February 4, 2021 Plato said, “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” If this is true, it should be noted that the North Carolina General Assembly is off to an interesting start in 2021. In addition to working on measures having to do with COVID relief, […]
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Lt. Gov. Scheduled Out of State School Board Meeting about Curriculum Changes on Gender Identity, Systemic Racism
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League January 29, 2021 The State Board of Education has scheduled a meeting to discuss and vote on changes to the North Carolina social studies standards curriculum at the same time Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is slated to preside over the state Senate. Robinson, a voting member of the Board, […]
Cleveland County School Board Considers Display of Ten Commandments at Schools
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League January 22, 2021 The Cleveland County School Board is exploring a proposal that would place Ten Commandments displays near each of its schools’ entrances. The matter was first discussed during the School Board’s December 14th Board meeting. According to the Shelby Star, the issue was not on the agenda […]
Sen. Thom Tillis Joins Resolution in Defense of the Free Exercise of Religion
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League December 22, 2020 Last Friday, North Carolina’s U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R) joined a resolution, led by Florida’s U.S. Senator Rick Scott. The resolution defends the First Amendment, more specifically, the right to exercise one’s faith freely. “While this is a hard time for many, North Carolinians should still […]
Wake County School Board Adds ‘Transgender or Gender Identity’ To Non-Discrimination Policy
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League December 17, 2020 Tuesday, the Wake County School Board gave its initial approval for including “transgender or gender identity” as a part of its policies, which are meant to prohibit discrimination, harassment, or bullying of its students or employees. Wake, the largest public school system in the state, already […]
U.S. House Votes to Legalize Marijuana, But Senate Not Likely to Take it Up
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League December 10, 2020 The U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove marijuana from the federal list of controlled substances, Friday, December 4. The vote was historic in that this is the first time Congress has voted on the matter. The Senate is not expected to take up the legislation. […]
CAL Joins Letter Warning Local Officials about SOGI Laws
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League December 4, 2020 The Christian Action League joined five other Christian pro-family organizations (North Carolina Family Policy Council, North Carolina Values Coalition, Alliance Defending Freedom, North Carolina Faith and Freedom Coalition, and the North Carolina Chapter of Concerned Women for America) in sending a joint letter to public officials […]
Forty Year Member of the Board of Directors, and Vice President of the Christian Action League, J. Russell Capps, has Died
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League October 8, 2020 Former Rep. James Russell Capps (born February 26, 1931), who served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 1994 to 2006 (six terms), passed away Tuesday, October 6th, after a short battle with cancer. Capps represented the state’s 50th House District until […]
Police Bear ‘The Sword,’ N.C. Democrats Would ‘Replace’ or ‘Dull Its Edge’
By M.H. CavanaughChristian Action LeagueSeptember 18, 2020 In a time when America has moved far from its Christian heritage, blatantly evident today is the woeful illiteracy of government’s God-given purpose. Christian principles for the state require its primary objective should be to secure justice for all. Justice, according to the Scriptures, is the right of […]
Treatment of Charlotte Street Evangelist Foreshadows Troubles to Come
By M.H. CavanaughChristian Action LeagueSeptember 2, 2020 CHARLOTTE – Various reports say that Sam Bethea, a street evangelist in Charlotte, was in and out of jail twenty-nine times before giving his life to Christ. But since his conversion, which made all things new for him, Sam relishes every opportunity to share the Gospel, even when […]