Citizen Christians, please take action before it’s too late By Peyton Majors Christian Action League March 24, 2023 A bill that would legalize sports betting in North Carolina sailed through three House committees this week over objections by a leading Democrat that legalization would increase addiction and ruin lives. The bill, H.B. 347, passed the […]
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LGBTQ Candidates Get Elected, as do Folks Like Desantis, Abbott, and Ivey. Obergfell Trounced in Ohio Race
By L.A. Williams, M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League November 11, 2022 A rainbow wave — that’s what the LGBTQ Victory Fund is calling the mid-term elections, touting that a record number of LGBTQ candidates won their races (400 or so this year as opposed to 334 in 2020). Even so, many incumbents who refused to […]
Sports Gambling Bill Narrowly Defeated in the North Carolina House
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League June 24, 2022 The North Carolina House handed supporters of sports betting a major loss Wednesday when socially conservative Republicans teamed up with liberal Democrats to narrowly defeat a bill that would have dramatically expanded gambling across the state. Numerous media accounts of the vote say the margin was […]
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 […]
Democrats Cry Foul, Pitch a Fit, But Have No Moral High-Ground
Long List of Rules Broken When Lawmakers Pushed Lottery Through By L.A. Williams Christian Action League September 16, 2019 If you plan to cry foul, point fingers and insist that you’ve been wronged, you’d best find some moral high-ground to do it from. That wasn’t the case last week when House Democrats pitched a fit. […]