By L.A. Williams Christian Action League January 14, 2021 Spirited and harmonious — the words describe not only the 3 Heath Brothers’ rendition of the National Anthem performed in the Senate — but also the overall tone of Opening Day speeches delivered Wednesday in the N.C. General Assembly. Like the Thomasville-based trio, lawmakers seemed to […]
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NC Sheriffs Say Unable to Find Legal Support for Mixed Drinks To-Go
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League December 30, 2020 Last week, the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association sent a memo via email to all the state’s sheriffs saying that they could not find any legal grounds for Governor Cooper’s Executive Order No. 183. The governor’s order, which was issued December 21st, authorizes and instructs the ABC […]
Basnight Passes: Advocacy for the Lottery and Opposition to Marriage Amendment Stain Record
By Shelly Brown Christian Action League December 30, 2020 North Carolina’s longest-serving legislative leader, Marc Basnight, died Monday from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 73. “Anyone who knows anything about North Carolina politics knows the name Marc Basnight,” said the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. “I watched Basnight work his […]
House Version of COVID Relief Bill Includes Takeout Cocktails
Please Call Your State Senator to Oppose it By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueMay 1, 2020 State lawmakers are on a fast-track to approve bills that would bring relief to those negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. But if they aren’t careful, they could serve up a dose of harm along with the help, says the […]
Lawmakers Hash Out Funding to Deal with COVID-19
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueApril 29, 2020 Lawmakers — many in masks and keeping their distance from one another — gathered in Raleigh Tuesday to begin hashing out how best to help the state weather COVID-19, including exactly how to spend roughly half of the $6 billion in federal CARES Act funding headed to the […]
Governor Extends Orders: State Lawmakers Call for Fair Treatment of Churches
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueApril 24, 2020 As North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday extended his social distancing/stay-at-home order for at least another two weeks, it is clear that he and many Republican lawmakers remain more than six feet apart on the issue of how to treat churches during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I […]
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 […]
Consent Order: Transgender Individuals May Use Bathroom of Their Choice
By Thomas Hamilton Christian Action League July 26, 2019 RALEIGH – Federal Judge, Thomas D. Schroeder, approved a consent order on Tuesday that essentially grants transgender individuals the right to use the bathroom of their choice. The consent decree is the result of a lawsuit filed after the passage of HB 2 in 2016, commonly […]