Legislative Perspective

According to a recent poll from the Pew Research Center, 43 percent of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society. That’s up from 34 percent in 2022. Sparrow said another strategy is for states that haven’t approved online sports betting…

As the latest installment of the ALCAP Issue Series, we highlight the sanctity of life and how Christmas and the birth of Christ point us to the importance of protecting the unborn. Merry Christmas!

Religious liberty is the bedrock of a truly free nation. As the latest installment of the ALCAP Issues Series, we look into the religious liberty heritage of our nation, going back to the Mayflower and the Pilgrims. Happy Thanksgiving!

How do Christians respond to the attacks on marriage, gender, and sexuality? As the latest installment of the ALCAP Issues Series, we look into this question and what Alabama can do to help preserve Christian, family values.

On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed a funding package to end the government shutdown but the bill also includes a long-needed fix to the 2018 Farm Bill’s hemp loophole. This provision would finally prohibit the sale of unregulated, intoxicating hemp-derived products such as Delta-8 THC that are now being sold in gas stations and convenience…

Abortion has almost always been an act done in the shadows. Whether behind the closed doors of an abortion clinic, or in a quiet apartment as a young woman takes an abortion pill, millions of innocent lives have been quietly snuffed out. In the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, this scenario of abortion…

Most people in Alabama could probably tell you what a woman is. As a state with a culture that values a deep faith and common sense, the radical transgender ideology has not impacted our state as much as some others. However, that has not stopped transgender activists from attempting to take advantage of the fact…

In our society, we sometimes have a tendency to assume that a product is at least somewhat safe if it is freely available for purchase. After all, we have the Food and Drug Administration, state-level food and product safety agencies, online reviews, and a myriad of other safeguards to help highlight harmful products.  Yet, that…

Pornography has had a devastating effect across our state and nation. It destroys marriages, promotes exploitation, shackles people with addiction, damages mental health, and has every single hallmark of a destructive behavior. According to a study conducted by Common Sense Media, the average age of first exposure to pornography is just 12 years old. The widespread…

Alabama’s Secretary of State, Wes Allen, recently called into Priority Talk Radio to talk with ALCAP President Greg Davis about the passing of his bipartisan legislation (SB142) codifying his Alabama Voter Integrity Database (AVID) into law and providing for measures ensuring that only those individuals who should be allowed to vote are able to vote.…

While ALCAP and other conservative organizations strongly advocated for a ban on dangerous psychoactive products being sold (even to minors) in Alabama, the State Legislature did not go that route. Instead, HB445 strongly regulates these “gas station weed” THC products widely available in the form of gummies and even canned drinks. For more information, you can…

ALCAP President Greg Davis was joined by Melea Stephens (LPC, MMFT) on Priority Talk Radio to discuss two bills: SB186 (a cellphone adult content filter bill for minors) and SB187 (an age-verification bill for app stores). Stephens, a Licensed Counselor with Wellspring Christian Clinic and a Board Member for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation,…