I haven't said much about the Montomgery County Board of Education elections that are also on November's ballot. They certainly are crucial as they'll set the direction and tone for the education of thousands of children in Montgomery County. I'm not aware of the elections of the school boards of other Maryland counties.
Montgomery County voters will recall being approached by poll workers handing some distinctive flyers out to them as they approach the polling places. These are the ubiquitous "Apple Ballots", put forth by the Montgomery County Education Association. They are the local chapter of the National Education Association. It only takes a precursory glance at the ballot to make plain that the MCEA, like its national parent, is unabashedly in the corner of the progressive elements of society. Notice the requests to vote "yes" for both the DREAM Act and for marriage distortion.
With that said, my inclination will be to use their "apple" guide and vote against their suggestions. I cannot but believe that they are endorsing only candidates who really don't understand that marriage is between one biological man and one biological woman (note I stressed "biological" to differentiate between them and those "transgendered" folks who are confused about such matters). As a taxpayer, I don't want those NEA puppets using my tax dollars to brainwash children with progressive propaganda.
Showing posts with label MD ballot questions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MD ballot questions. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Gallaudet University Wrongly Suspends MD Petition Signer
A few days ago I posted a video from some kindred spirits from the State of Washington alerting us all that if "gay marriage" becomes law, attempts would be made to stifle all voices that oppose this gross attack on the God-ordained institution. Well, the MD "gay marriage" bill has not even yet been brought to a vote and already supporters of real marriage are facing retribution for their opposition to this proposed law.
In July, I advised all that the Washington Blade made public 110,000 of the signers of the petition to put MD's "gay marriage" bill on the ballot. Among those names was Angela McCaskill. Until a few days ago, she was chief diversity officer of Gallaudet University. Another Gallaudet employee noticed her name on the petition and complained to University officials. Gallaudet President T. Alan Hurwitz suspended her while he considers future action.
In other words, he knows he's catching well-deserved flack. Even the gay-marriage proponents see this as an attack on Dr. McCaskill's rights as a citizen. But perhaps the flack isn't all that might be causing Hurwitz to consider the errors of his ways. Boys and girls, can we say "lawsuit"?
The legal discussion, plus relevant DC City Code can be found here. If Gallaudet doesn't do right by Dr. McCaskill, I hope she does indeed file suit against them.
In July, I advised all that the Washington Blade made public 110,000 of the signers of the petition to put MD's "gay marriage" bill on the ballot. Among those names was Angela McCaskill. Until a few days ago, she was chief diversity officer of Gallaudet University. Another Gallaudet employee noticed her name on the petition and complained to University officials. Gallaudet President T. Alan Hurwitz suspended her while he considers future action.
In other words, he knows he's catching well-deserved flack. Even the gay-marriage proponents see this as an attack on Dr. McCaskill's rights as a citizen. But perhaps the flack isn't all that might be causing Hurwitz to consider the errors of his ways. Boys and girls, can we say "lawsuit"?
The legal discussion, plus relevant DC City Code can be found here. If Gallaudet doesn't do right by Dr. McCaskill, I hope she does indeed file suit against them.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
MD Elections - Ballot Question 6
Last March Governor O'Malley signed into law a measure that would grant same-sex couples the legal right to regard their sinful relationships as "marriage". The law was not scheduled to go into effect until 2013. We have the chance, by voting NO on Question 6, to keep the institution of marriage from being contorted.
Led by Maryland Marriage Alliance, activists quickly collected more than twice the number of signatures required to petition the measure to the general election ballot. The Maryland Catholic Conference joined this effort, allowing us access to the lobbies of Catholic Churches. With the overwhelming number of signatures collected, the gay-marriage lobby saw the futility of challenging the signatures; they never could have found a sufficient number of invalid signatures to stymie the effort.
When I discussed the matter of Question 4 a few days ago, I pointed out that it was a matter of prudential judgment as to whether or not one could oppose it. The DREAM Act does not deal with matters of intrinsic evil. On the other hand, Question 6 most certainly does deal with the mortal sin of homosexual conduct. A Catholic cannot, in good conscience, vote "yes" on Question 6 to support the destruction of marriage, a relationship instituted by God Himself. I think it most possible that since a vote for Question 6 would be formal cooperation with mortal sin (not certain of the "material" aspect), meaning that a vote for Question 6 might be mortally sinful.
So now, fellow Catholics and others of good will, it is up to us to spread the word and get our people to the polls. Yes, that means YOU. We don't have George-Soros types pouring untold scads of money our way (if anything, he'd be helping the perpetrators of perversion push through question 6).
Maryland is one of several states with such measures on their ballots. Another state is the State of Washington. Our colleagues in that state put an excellent video together that explains why so-called "gay marriage" is harmful to us all. Please click here if you can't see embedded video. To get active in preserving marriage in Maryland, please click on the the link in the second paragraph.
Led by Maryland Marriage Alliance, activists quickly collected more than twice the number of signatures required to petition the measure to the general election ballot. The Maryland Catholic Conference joined this effort, allowing us access to the lobbies of Catholic Churches. With the overwhelming number of signatures collected, the gay-marriage lobby saw the futility of challenging the signatures; they never could have found a sufficient number of invalid signatures to stymie the effort.
When I discussed the matter of Question 4 a few days ago, I pointed out that it was a matter of prudential judgment as to whether or not one could oppose it. The DREAM Act does not deal with matters of intrinsic evil. On the other hand, Question 6 most certainly does deal with the mortal sin of homosexual conduct. A Catholic cannot, in good conscience, vote "yes" on Question 6 to support the destruction of marriage, a relationship instituted by God Himself. I think it most possible that since a vote for Question 6 would be formal cooperation with mortal sin (not certain of the "material" aspect), meaning that a vote for Question 6 might be mortally sinful.
So now, fellow Catholics and others of good will, it is up to us to spread the word and get our people to the polls. Yes, that means YOU. We don't have George-Soros types pouring untold scads of money our way (if anything, he'd be helping the perpetrators of perversion push through question 6).
Maryland is one of several states with such measures on their ballots. Another state is the State of Washington. Our colleagues in that state put an excellent video together that explains why so-called "gay marriage" is harmful to us all. Please click here if you can't see embedded video. To get active in preserving marriage in Maryland, please click on the the link in the second paragraph.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
MD Elections - Ballot Question 5
The Democrats, who have for many decades controlled the Maryland legislatures, have no qualms whatsoever about doing what it takes to advance the Party of Death on both the state levels and federal levels. That includes gerrymandering the legislative district boundaries. My first recollection of that was in 1994, when they had split MD district 15 into two districts: 15 & 39. One of the not-so-secret reasons was to give MD representative Gene Counihan his chance to be a state senator without displacing Larry Leventhal. Well, that was 1994, when the GOP had a massive nationwide victory, owing to Clinton's abject failures. The MD plan backfired and both Counihan and Leventhal lost to Republicans. I had been in district 15 until I was "remapped" into 39.
For many decades I was also in Maryland's Congressional District 8, misrepresented by pro-abortion Connie Morella. Indeed, she had voted like a Democrat more than a Republican; she was officially Republican. The MD Democrats remapped the Congressional lines, essentially stabbing their ally in the back; the lines were redrawn to limit District 8 to areas of large Democratic registration; areas of less Democrat populations were plopped either in District 6 or 4. I found myself in District 4; that stretched from Montgomery Village south into Oxon Hill. On a map it looked like an earthworm. This time their plan worked; Morella lost that election to Chris Van Hollen. Morella was such a pro-abortion RINO that I didn't shed too many tears over that election outcome.
But now the federal boundaries have been redrawn again. Let's face it; they're now targeting Roscoe Bartlett, the long-time real Republican who has been representing western Maryland quite well for some time now. The courts have upheld the maps, so we petitioned the scheme to the ballot.
To understand what I'm talking about, you'll have to see it for yourself - so here it is from the MD Dept of Planning site. Isn't it a mess? I'll point out some of the more ludicrous highlights. The lavender thing is District 8. It is literally running from the DC border to the PA border. They've taken most of Frederic County and some of Carroll County, both conservative areas from Bartlett and coupled them with the southern half of Montgomery County, a very populated and uber-liberal area of the state. That southern area is joined to the northern area by a strip that can't be more than a few miles wide. To complete the effect of removing conservative voters from District 6, they extended it down to the western part of Montgomery County to diffuse the conservative votes that remain to Bartlett. So once again I've been remapped to another district. The bright side is that for once I don't have to be ashamed of my Congressional representative, but I digress.
Looking at Prince George's and Anne Arundel Counties we see stranger configurations. That pink are is District 5. The northern part of that district is surrounded by District 4 which is depicted in blue. Now look in the Baltimore area. See how four districts twist and wind and interweave with each other. I fail to discern any rhyme or reason there; not being up on Baltimore-area politics, I don't know what the goal of that is. The light green area is District 3. It starts in eastern Montgomery County and contorts its way to southern Harford County. That is beyond weird.
Important caveat: What you thought your district was may no longer be the case. Use the "find district by address" feature in the MD Planning website to ascertain your Congressional district.
We will get rid of this convoluted mess only by voting against Question 5. We need districts drawn using sane geographical boundaries, regardless of the political party registration of the residents of the various districts.
For many decades I was also in Maryland's Congressional District 8, misrepresented by pro-abortion Connie Morella. Indeed, she had voted like a Democrat more than a Republican; she was officially Republican. The MD Democrats remapped the Congressional lines, essentially stabbing their ally in the back; the lines were redrawn to limit District 8 to areas of large Democratic registration; areas of less Democrat populations were plopped either in District 6 or 4. I found myself in District 4; that stretched from Montgomery Village south into Oxon Hill. On a map it looked like an earthworm. This time their plan worked; Morella lost that election to Chris Van Hollen. Morella was such a pro-abortion RINO that I didn't shed too many tears over that election outcome.
But now the federal boundaries have been redrawn again. Let's face it; they're now targeting Roscoe Bartlett, the long-time real Republican who has been representing western Maryland quite well for some time now. The courts have upheld the maps, so we petitioned the scheme to the ballot.
To understand what I'm talking about, you'll have to see it for yourself - so here it is from the MD Dept of Planning site. Isn't it a mess? I'll point out some of the more ludicrous highlights. The lavender thing is District 8. It is literally running from the DC border to the PA border. They've taken most of Frederic County and some of Carroll County, both conservative areas from Bartlett and coupled them with the southern half of Montgomery County, a very populated and uber-liberal area of the state. That southern area is joined to the northern area by a strip that can't be more than a few miles wide. To complete the effect of removing conservative voters from District 6, they extended it down to the western part of Montgomery County to diffuse the conservative votes that remain to Bartlett. So once again I've been remapped to another district. The bright side is that for once I don't have to be ashamed of my Congressional representative, but I digress.
Looking at Prince George's and Anne Arundel Counties we see stranger configurations. That pink are is District 5. The northern part of that district is surrounded by District 4 which is depicted in blue. Now look in the Baltimore area. See how four districts twist and wind and interweave with each other. I fail to discern any rhyme or reason there; not being up on Baltimore-area politics, I don't know what the goal of that is. The light green area is District 3. It starts in eastern Montgomery County and contorts its way to southern Harford County. That is beyond weird.
Important caveat: What you thought your district was may no longer be the case. Use the "find district by address" feature in the MD Planning website to ascertain your Congressional district.
We will get rid of this convoluted mess only by voting against Question 5. We need districts drawn using sane geographical boundaries, regardless of the political party registration of the residents of the various districts.
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