By M.H. CavanaughChristian Action LeagueMay 3, 2019 RALEIGH – It might be illegal already, but cockfighting and dogfighting contests are still being held across North Carolina. Children attend too. State lawmakers say that’s unacceptable and passed a bill this week which makes it a felony to bring a minor to a dog or cock fight. […]
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NC House Bill Requires the Holocaust and Genocide are taught in Public Schools
By L.A. Williams & M.H. CavanaughChristian Action LeagueApril 5, 2019 Two-thirds of American millennials surveyed last year had no idea what Auschwitz was; 22 percent said they had not heard of the Holocaust or were not sure if they had. Consider those poll results in light of philosopher George Santayana’s contention that “those who cannot […]
Democrats in North Carolina Want to Repeal the Death Penalty
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueApril 5, 2019 According to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, since 1910 when the state assumed responsibility for executing criminals, the number of people sent to death row total more than 1000. Male death row inmates are sent to Central Prison. Women death row inmates go to the […]
Conservative Named To Federal Court of Appeals Serving NC
By Traci Devette GriggsNorth Carolina Family Policy CouncilMarch 8, 2019 The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Allison Jones Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which covers North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. The court, which has 15 active circuit judges, hears appeals of cases from […]
The Alleged ‘Biblical’ Values of Ocasio-Cortez’s Democratic Socialism
By Gary DeMarGaryDeMar.com The folks at Sojourners have been ushing socialism in the name of Jesus and the Bible for decades. Claiming that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s economic policies are biblical is the height of absurdity. She does not know anything about economics. Her claim that a $3 billion tax break can be spent is prima facie evidence of her […]
Stop Using the Bible as an Excuse Not to Be Politically Involved
By Gary DeMar GaryDeMar.com Does the Bible forbid Christians from being involved in politics? It would be a hard case to prove since there are numerous books of the Bible that are filled with politics — from Joshua, Judges, and 1 and 2 Samuel to 1 and 2 Kings and the Old Testament Prophets. King […]
Land, Creech, and Jeffrees on the Border Wall
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action League Amid the impasse over border security that has left parts of the nation’s government shut down for five weeks, many evangelical leaders are urging the president to stay the course. “Many people in my faith community strongly support your efforts as our president to stem the deadly flow of addictive […]
What Might Have Been
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action League There is a youngster I know who is a beautiful human being. He’s getting taller with each passing day as he grows into a fine young man. Still in his early teens, he’s a good student and remarkably intelligent. A lover of sports, he can tell you about every team and […]
Transgender Sexually Assaulted in Bathroom by 2 Women in North Carolina
By David Jolly Barbwire.com Remember when North Carolina passed their bathroom bill a couple of years ago? On March 23, 2016, Republican Governor Pat McCrory signed HB 2, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, into law. HB 2 stated that individuals using any of the restrooms, changing facilities, in any government buildings, including public […]
He Created All Things and Rules Over All Things
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action League B.H. Carroll, who founded Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and served as its first president, wrote: “’In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1) “‘Beginning’ means the commencement of time, and shows that the matter of the universe had a definite origin. “Matter is not eternal…Matter […]