By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 21, 2019 This week the Human Rights Campaign, which touts itself as the “nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization,” released their annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI), evaluating the LGBT-friendliness of 506 cities nationwide, 10 of which were in North Carolina. According […]
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Gov. Cooper Disparages People Who Stand Against Infanticide, Ensure Rights to Privacy and Religious Liberty
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League November 21, 2019 “North Carolina is an open and welcoming place for all kinds of people,” Gov. Roy Cooper told attendees at the NC IDEA Ecosystem Summit on Tuesday, while at the same time making clear his disdain for the kinds of people who stand up against infanticide or […]
Westboro Baptist Church and Counter Protestors Square Off: ‘Both Sides Wrong,’ says Creech
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League November 20, 2019 Protestors from Westboro Baptist Church — known across the nation for its inflammatory hate speech against Catholics, Jews, LGBT people, U.S. soldiers, politicians and others — showed up on four campuses in central North Carolina this week and found their message less than welcome. “Westboro Baptist of […]
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 […]
UNC-Chapel Hill, NCSU, and Pitt Release Study Highlighting Fluid Sexual Orientation among High Schoolers
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League November 8, 2019 A new study performed by researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and the University of Pittsburgh finds that one in five teens experience a change in their sexual orientation during high school. According to the Raleigh News and Observer, […]
Graham’s Tar Heel State Tour Points People to Christ, while also speaking to Politics
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League October 18, 2019 Evangelist and humanitarian Franklin Graham preached the Gospel to some 65,000 people during his two-week Decision America Tar Heel State Tour that kicked off Oct. 1. Steadily pointing the crowd toward his savior, Graham made it clear that he believes our nation is in trouble, and […]
Rabid Leftists Want to End Tax-Exempt Status for Churches
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League October 11, 2019 Thursday, at a CNN Townhall meeting hosted by Don Lemon, Lemon asked Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, “Do you think that religious institutions like colleges, churches, and charities should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage?” O’Rourke replied, “Yes. There can be no […]
‘Young Life’ Christian Club, Not Welcome at Duke University
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League September 18, 2019 The Christian student organization Young Life is not welcome on Duke University’s campus. The student government association at the school, which was founded by Methodists and Quakers in 1838, voted Sept. 11 not to recognize the club because it holds its leaders to the Biblical standard […]
Community Urged to ‘Fight Back’ Against Meeting Where Rev. Creech was Speaker
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League August 15, 2019 America’s founders were staunch defenders of free speech. “Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without free speech,” said Benjamin Franklin. George Washington noted, “If freedom of speech is taken away then dumb […]
Governor Cooper Bans Funds for ‘Conversion Therapy’ to Minors
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League August 8, 2019 Last Friday, August 2, Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order which bans the use of state and federal funds for “conversion therapy” to minors. The order states, “[I]t is the policy of the Office of the Governor and DHHS [Department of Health and Human Services] […]