Posts Tagged ‘initiative’
by Peter Grady – A local pro-life couple has had to go into seclusion after vandals threw a large rock through their window following a profile of their work in Newsweek. Keith and Jennifer Mason were profiled in an article for Newsweek magazine that was featured online in the Daily Beast. The piece [...]
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Pastor Cripe by Peter Grady – A church in Maine has announced it will be taking a special offering for a Political Action Committee; and, in what may surprise people, the action does not run afoul of IRS rules. The Waterville congregation at Faith Evangelical Free church will send its Father’s Day offering to Protect [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Following the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejection of an appeal that overturned California’s constitutional amendment declaring marriage to be between a man and woman, the issue finally appears to be headed for the United States Supreme Court. “It’s not surprising that only three of the 25 judges who could [...]
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by Jack Minor – New K-12 science standards have been introduced with an eye more on depth than breadth and that has caused some to be concerned. Organizers are hopeful that most, if not all, states will adopt these standards. But they admit from the start that the issues of global-warming and evolution will [...]
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by Jack Minor – Planned Parenthood’s attempt to stop Colorado from allowing a personhood amendment on the ballot in 2012 is part of a coordinated attack on similar initiatives across the country. Following the defeat of Amendment 26 in Mississippi, Planned Parenthood issued a statement crediting Mississippians for Healthy Families as being key to defeating the [...]
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by Peter Grady – Despite suffering defeats at the ballot, the Personhood movement will completely change the pro-life landscape during this presidential election by forcing candidates to take a strong stand on the issue one way or the other. The Personhood movement is an attempt to guarantee 14th Amendment protections to every human being regardless [...]
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Greeley pro-life leader says measure uses plain language to dispels opponent’s lies by Jack Minor – A local resident who is heavily involved in the pro-life movement says despite claims by abortion advocates, personhood is not dead and a new proposal addresses misinformation presented by opponents the last time around. Dennis Hoshiko, one of the [...]
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State refused to defend constitutional amendment passed by voters by Jack Minor – The California Supreme Court has ruled that sponsors of Proposition 8 and other ballot measures have the right to defend them in court if the state refuses to do so. Proposition 8 was a constitutional amendment that declared marriage to [...]
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Candidates offer new visions or status-quo By James Courant The current and future direction of our public schools has sparked much interest and not a little passion within our community in recent months. Now with the election of school board members fast approaching, voters have their choice of fourteen candidates vying for the four available [...]
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Activist group say initiative would not go far enough by Jack Minor – College students who attempted to place an amendment on next year’s ballot have abandoned the attempt after failing to get support for “gay” and lesbian organizations. One of the students, Mark Olmstead of Arvada, said he was giving up his attempt [...]
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Critics say plan allows federal government to plan curriculum by Jack Minor A Massachusetts school committee has petitioned their legislature to opt out of Federal education standards which most states have adopted in attempt to get federal funding during lean budget times. The Tantasqua Regional School Committee, the equivalent of our local Board [...]
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UPDATE: Denver District Judge Robert Hyatt dismissed the lawsuit. In his ruling he said writing the guide is a legislative function and he had no jurisdiction over the issue. Hyatt also said even if the courts could do something it was to late as the books have gone out in the mail already. “This court [...]
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Story by Jack Minor In our previous series on the ballot initiatives for this November we have discussed the amendments placed on the ballot by the legislature and Amendment 62. At the time of this article there are two amendments that are still awaiting approval for the ballot. They are the Health Care Amendment and [...]
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Story and Photo By Jack Minor Prior to the beginning of this school year the Colorado Department of Education passed a resolution adopting common education requirements that are more in line with the majority of other states hoping to compete for more federal funding. After hearing nearly four hours of public testimony which was mostly [...]
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Part 1: Legislative attempts to restrict citizen participation By Jack Minor This election year Colorado voters will have a variety of amendments that will reduce taxes and muzzle legislators’ ability to raise taxes. Several other issues will be decided as well, including whether an individual in the womb is a person. In many instances, voters [...]
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By Jack Minor A ballot initiative that would prohibit the State from requiring citizens to purchase medical insurance has been approved by the courts and given permission to gather signatures in an attempt to place it on the November ballot. The initiative says the State shall not “require any person directly or indirectly to participate [...]
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by Jack Minor, for The Greeley Gazette A constitutional amendment defining “babies in the womb as a person” has received enough signatures to be on the ballot in November, the Colorado secretary of State says. If passed, Amendment 62 would amend section 32 of the Colorado State Constitution by changing the definition of a person [...]
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