By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueAugust 20, 2020 His mother described him as having the most prominent eyes and smile. He “touched everybody he knew,” she said. She hopes his death will somehow change the world. These are the words of a grieving mother who lost her five-year old son, Cannon Hinnant, in a senseless […]
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Asheville City Council Votes to Pay Reparations for ‘Historic Role in Slavery’
By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueJuly 17, 2020 In what USA Today called an “extraordinary move,” this week, the Asheville City Council voted unanimously for a resolution to pay reparations to black residents for the city’s “historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial of basic liberties.” The resolution, which was signed by Mayor Esther Manheimer, apologizes […]
Bringing BLM into North Carolina Classrooms
By Graham McDowellChristian Action LeagueJuly 16, 2020 In light of the Governor’s much-anticipated announcement about reopening schools, pandemic-weary parents may be too focused on how and when their students will head back to class to consider precisely what they will learn there. In Wake County, their studies could include a significant dose of Marxist ideology, […]
The Disparagement of Christopher Columbus and an ‘Insidious Coup’
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueJuly 10, 2020 On July 1, a statue of Christopher Columbus is removed from Columbus City Hall in Ohio, where it had been for more than sixty years. July 4, a statue in Baltimore of the celebrated Italian explorer, which had stood for 36 years, is torn down by rioters […]
Is Violence the Way to Advance Racial Justice in America?
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueJune 26, 2020 There is violence throughout our land, and most of it in the name of eradicating racism. Any statue with the slightest perception of some racist association or history is either spray-painted with profane graffiti or pulled to the ground. Public buildings and businesses have been ransacked, looted, […]
The Systemic Racism Argument Ignores Free Will
By Anders KoskinenIntellectual TakeoutJune 26, 2020 In college I took a course on debating and argument. Well, to say I took the course may be a stretch; I dropped it after a few days after pushing back against the politics of my classmates and receiving this assertion from my instructor in response: “Institutional racism is […]
Slogans Matter and Sometimes Slogans Divide
An Academic Argument for why Christians Should Not Use the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Catchphrase By A. D. Powers, PhD. Professor of PhilosophyChristian Action LeagueJune 19, 2020 The struggle throughout the Reformation of the sixteenth century was caught up in a political and theological battle over the phrase, “This is my body.” The Reformers were united […]
Miscarriage of Justice: NC Supreme Court Revives Repealed RJA for Death Penalty Cases
By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueJune 12, 2020 Friday, June 5, the decidedly left-leaning North Carolina Supreme Court revived the Racial Justice Act in limited cases. Six out of seven justices said in a decision involving two cases that any prisoners on death row who applied for an appeal under the RJA before it was repealed, […]
Voter ID Law Thwarted Again
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League February 19, 2020 In 2018, North Carolinians went to the ballot box to add a voter ID law to their State Constitution. But as they head to the primary polls March 3, they will not be asked to show identification. And it appears they may once again approach the […]
A Toxic Plague in Public Schools
By J. Russell Capps Christian Action League February 12, 2020 Let me first be sure to say there are many good teachers in our public schools. However, it appears even good teachers have to support programs that are using schools to become successful instruments for leftist social reform. Teachers are overworked and should not be […]