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Small-Group Quickly Mobilizes to Push Back Proposed ‘Gaming Establishment’ and Succeeds

By Hunter Hines Christian Action League May 12, 2022 Friday, April 6, Rev. Curtis Norris, pastor of Calvary Church in Olivia, received an urgent phone call from Belinda McGugan about an application for a gaming establishment in their community. A retiree and resident of Olivia, McGugan was deeply concerned that gambling would bring the wrong […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Calvary Church, Chan Ho, Gaming, Harnett County, Harnett County Sheriff, HUnter Hines, Lt. J. Christensen, Olivia, Rachel Webb, Rev. Curtis Norris, Rev. Mark Creech, Rev. Russell Blackmon, Sen. Jim Burgin, Swanns Station Baptist Church, sweepstakes

State Supreme Court Makes It Clear: Sweepstakes Gaming is Illegal in North Carolina

By L.A. Williams Christian Action League February 16, 2022 It appears to be “game over” for some electronic sweepstakes operators in North Carolina, as the state Supreme Court ruled Feb. 11 that their games are predominantly about chance rather than skill and are banned in the Tar Heel state. “This proves beyond a shadow of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: DA Ted Bell, Director Bob Schurmeier, Gift Surplus LLC, Gov. Roy Cooper, Justice Robin Hudson, L.A. Williams, Rev. Mark Creech, SAndhill Amusements, State v. Lipkin, sweepstakes

Davidson County Sheriff Does His Job – Shuts Down 34 Sweepstakes Parlors

By L.A. Williams Christian Action League December 1, 2021 Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons is putting operators of sweepstakes parlors on notice: the businesses are illegal in North Carolina and not welcome in his jurisdiction. After investigating for over a year to verify what was happening in these places of business, his officers recently shut […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Davidson County Sheriff, L.A. Williams, Rev. Mark Creech, Sheriff Richie Simmons, sweepstakes, WGHP

Sweepstakes Gaming Proposal to Clarify Illegality of the Industry Had Opposite Effect

By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueJune 26, 2020 Although the North Carolina General Assembly has passed numerous laws banning video sweepstakes parlors, they still operate in some places.   The problem for their continued existence seems twofold. Once a law is passed, the sweepstakes industry is adept at adjusting their software for the games and asserts […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Gaming, House Rules Committee, HUnter Hines, Rev. Mark Creech, SB 380, Sen. Andy Wells, State Court of Appeals, sweepstakes, video sweepstakes

One Excuse is as Good as Another

By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 3, 2019 Back during the early 1980s, I pastored the First Baptist Church of LaGrange, North Carolina. The late Ed Denmark was a prominent individual in both the church and community, and he was markedly good-humored. He was Chairman of the Board of Deacons and Lenoir County […]

Filed Under: Featured, More from CAL, Rev. Creech's Commentary Tagged With: abstinence sex-education, Benjamin Franklin, excuse, First Baptist Church of LaGrange, giving Tuesday, human trafficking, In God We Trust license plate, marriage amendment, no excuses, Pro-Life, Rev. Mark Creech, Safe Haven law, sweepstakes, video poker

For N.C. Christians Wanting to Be Informed, Engaged and Prayerful about Social Issues: No Better Resource than The CAL Insider

Christian Action League Staff Christian Action League November 19, 2019 For Christians who want to pray for their state and nation, for Christians who wish to stay abreast of the latest news about social issues, for Christians who desire to be educated about the issues from a strong Christian worldview, for Christians who want to […]

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