By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League July 9, 2015 RALEIGH – According to the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), 14 of the state’s 672 magistrates have recused themselves from performing marriages, while the North Carolina Association of Register of Deeds states 5 register of deeds out of 100 counties have opted out […]
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Religious Liberty Experiences a Revival in North Carolina
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League June 12, 2015 RALEIGH – Thursday, lawmakers in the North Carolina House overrode Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of SB 2- Magistrates Recusal from Civil Ceremonies by a vote of 69-41. The state Senate overrode the Governor’s veto Monday, June 1st, 32-16. The new law allows magistrates and registers of […]
GOOD NEWS ALERT: N.C. House Overrides Governor’s Veto on Religious Liberty Bill
Christian Action League June 11, 2015 Dear Friend and Supporter of the Christian Action League, I just wanted to take a moment to share with you the good news. Recently, the Christian Action League sought to stir grassroots citizen Christians to contact their representatives in the North Carolina House and urge them to override the […]
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Pastors Needed to Help Sustain Religious Liberty in North Carolina
Christian Action League of North Carolina, Inc. June 9, 2015 Alice Mary Baldwin was a historian and educator, who served as the Dean of Women’s College of Duke University from 1923 until her retirement in 1947. In her book, The New England Pulpit and the American Revolution, Baldwin demonstrates how pastors of the early American […]
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Religious Liberty at a Tipping Point in North Carolina
Your help needed in overriding the Governor’s Veto on Senate Bill 2 Christian Action League June 8, 2015 Religious liberty is at a tipping point in North Carolina. Since same-sex marriage was forced upon our state by the egregious rulings of federal courts, the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) sent a directive to […]
Wanted: True Friends of Religious Liberty
By Dr. Mark Creech William Penn once said, “A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.” People of faith that have sincere religious objections to same-sex marriage have every reason to question whether they have a friend in the Governor’s office, and, perhaps […]
Urgent Action Alert: Life and Religious Liberty Need Your Help
Christian Action League June 2, 2015 Our nation’s Declaration of Independence declares: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are […]
The Blessings of Religious Liberty and the Positives of Persecution
By Dr. Mark Creech I once knew a pastor who has since passed away, who was always concerned his parishioners understood and appreciated the privileges of religious liberty. One Sunday, during the celebration of a July 4th weekend, he totally surprised his congregation with a living illustration. During his sermon, two Sheriff’s Deputies suddenly appeared […]
NC Attorney General, Roy Cooper Says He Would Veto Religious Liberty Bills
Executive Director says Cooper and McCrory are playing politics with our religious freedoms at our expense By Hunter Hines Christian Action League April 10, 2015 RALEIGH – North Carolina’s Attorney General, Roy Cooper, announced Wednesday that if he were Governor of the state he would veto two Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bills waiting in […]
The Passion of Religious Liberty
By Dr. Mark Creech I’m always amazed at God’s timing, his providential allowance of events at certain times and the way they can speak to us. As we approached the Easter holiday this year, religious liberty was betrayed for the paltry silver of corporate interests by those who were supposed to be its disciples, unjustly […]