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Homosexual movement focusing on changing our laws in 2008. Plus, good bills filed to take back our rights.Major bills before the Legislature right now concerning pro-family issues: We've listed below the BAD BILLS IN RED (filed by the homosexual lobby) and the GOOD BILLS IN GREEN (filed by MassResistance) - click to scroll down & read more
As usual, many of these are couched in innocuous-sounding language, that to the layman often sounds relatively harmless. [Also note: In some cases there are multiple bills filed that are similar or even identical. This is done on purpose to try to sneak one of them in.] BILLS IN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
H1722 - "An Act Relative to Gender Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes" This "transgender rights and hate crimes" bill is one of the most dangerous
bills ever filed. Would protect and promote a range of bizarre and obscene behaviors in
schools, businesses, and public accommodations. It would criminalize any critical
response (real or perceived) to any sort of public or private undefined "gender identity
and expression" (including bizarre public sexual behaviors). This will change
society.
S1029, S800 - "An Act concerning marriage laws" Would overturn the 1913 law which blocks out-of-state homosexual couples from
"marrying" in Massachusetts. Currently, an out-of-state couple cannot be married
in Massachusetts if that marriage is not legal in their home state.
H1709, S905 -
"An Act relative to the reform of archaic laws." Would repeal the state's sodomy laws and also overturn several other sections of M.G.L. Ch. 272, "Crimes Against Chastity, Morality, Decency, and Good Order," including laws against "resorting to restaurants or taverns for immoral purposes" and committing "unnatural and lascivious acts". Being pushed by homosexual lobby.
H1710,
S918- "An Act to protect Massachusetts families through equal access to
civil marriage" Would legalize homosexual "marriage" in statute, which is still not legal in Massachusetts, as proven by the filing of this bill. The homosexual lobby is quietly trying to slip this bill through. The Goodridge court decision on same-sex marriage acknowledged that it couldn't change the law. (The Mass. Constitution is very specific that court decisions MAY NOT change laws. Only the Legislature can do that, and it hasn't - so far.)
S928 – “AN ACT removing undefined sexual terminology from the General Laws” The term “sexual orientation” is used throughout the laws but is never legally defined. It could include sexual proclivities to not only the same sex, but a huge range of bizarre behaviors, including an "orientation" to young children, spanking, various animals, leather, dead people, peoples’ feet, and dozens of others. For instance, the public accommodations statute in the General Laws bans discrimination on the basis of “sexual orientation which shall not include persons whose sexual orientation involves minor children as the sex object.” What about spanking, or animals? The homosexual movement is beginning to use this as a club to push more bizarre behaviors into the public schools and workplace. It’s time to stop this madness before it goes any further.
S925 – “An act protecting children in schools” [Text of bill] In recent years, public schools have disseminated some of the most graphic, offensive, and psychologically dangerous material to children – most of it unknown to parents. The Little Black Book, which was distributed at Brookline High School, is just the tip of the iceberg. But current law exempts schools, museums, and libraries from penalties for disseminating matter harmful to minors – largely because of the power of teachers' unions. It’s time to fight back. This law would make schools legally accountable for the damage they do to children. "SECTION 1. Section 28 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the word 'school'."
S926 – “An act clarifying the status of same-sex marriages performed under public authority in Massachusetts since may 17, 2004.” [Text of bill] The homosexual lobby recently filed Bill H1710 (above) to change the marriage laws to allow for same-sex marriage. That’s because the Massachusetts Constitution does not allow a court ruling to extend beyond the actual plaintiffs. (The courts have no power in Massachusetts to change laws, only to render decisions.) The marriage laws were never changed; the court suggested that the Legislature change the laws, but it never did. This would force the government to abide by the law as it is actually written. Same-sex “marriage” continues to be technically illegal. Same-sex "marriages" performed in Massachusetts since May 17, 2004 would be declared null & void.
S927 – “An act updating outdated legislation” [Text of bill] The current Massachusetts Wiretap Law, written decades ago to deal with organized crime and the technology of the day, is unwieldy, outdated, and extremely broad. It can be selectively enforced to harrass citizens tape-recording public events. Technically, if a person turns on a video camera at a public event, he can go to prison. In 2000, this law was used by homosexual activists to threaten parents who exposed the infamous “Fistgate” incident. The current federal law – which would take its place – is more sensible and constitutional. "Chapter 272, Section 99 of the General Laws is hereby repealed." JOINT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION:
S321 – “An Act regarding parental notification and consent.” This is a desperately needed update to the current notification law, Ch. 71, Sec. 32A. In recent years there has been an enormous increase in aggressive and graphic sexual and homosexual-related programs, literature, assemblies, etc., brought into the public schools. They are being presented more aggressively and in grades as low as kindergarten – without parents’ knowledge or consent. Because of loopholes and weaknesses in the current law, schools are able to ignore parents’ demands for notification and opt-out requests. This new bill also gives parents new rights regarding sexually intrusive surveys, which have long been a problem. The David Parker case is a classic example of the need for this bill. A federal judge agreed that schools currently may present homosexual material to children without parents’ knowledge or consent. As expected, this is being viciously fought by the homosexual lobby and Planned Parenthood.
H597,
S288 - "An Act to provide health education in schools" This Planned Parenthood bill writes into law "reproduction and sexuality, mental health, family life, and interpersonal relations" as required subjects. And it states that the infamous "Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework" shall be used as a guide. Having this written into state law, rather than left to individual school districts to decide, is exactly what Planned Parenthood wants. This is their springboard to push much deeper into the public schools. This bill is part of Planned Parenthood's 5-year plan to extend sex ed, abortion counseling, and normalization of homosexuality (and even transsexuality) in the public schools. We stopped their similar bill last session, and this time they're back with less offensive sounding version, but it's still very dangerous. Planned Parenthood has worked hard for this, getting dozens of co-sponsors! They cleverly reference the current parental notification law in the bill, knowing that they can take advantage of the current law's weaknesses to circumvent it.
H587,
H540,
H454,
H453,
S275 - "An Act relative to bullying" Local school districts will be required to implement "anti-bullying" programs and procedures, even in schools where "bullying" has never been identified as a problem. The homosexual lobby has been introducing these "anti-bullying" bills across the country. This innocuous sounding plan is really a ploy by the homosexual/transgender movement. They easily use these programs as an entrée for their propaganda and mini-"hate crimes" agenda. With the force of state law, schools are forced to let them in. (Not surprisingly, in the end, they have little actual effect on the alleged problems they are supposed to solve.) HEALTH CARE FINANCING COMMITTEE:
S102
- "An act requiring immunization of children against human pampilloma virus" This is another very dangerous bill. Would require all 6th-grade girls in Massachusetts be given controversial vaccination for Human Papilloma Virus, a sexually transmitted disease, even if parents object. Being pushed across the country by Merck drug company, in cooperation with various sex-ed groups. Many doctors are extremely concerned that the vaccine's long-term effects on the reproductive system and immune system are still unknown, and it's not adequately tested yet. Merck has put a lot of money and effort into getting this passed here. They've had very slick lobbying events with all kinds of "experts" singing the praises of this bill. We're also seeing Merck-sponsored radio ads to soften up the public. At the public hearing, we were very outspoken about the dangers of this, and we also brought testimony from an extremely qualified medical authority, Dr. John Diggs. We think the committee was affected by what we had to say; they clearly hadn't heard it before. They may be trying to re-structure the bill to make it more palatable. Committee testimony by Dr. John Diggs (Adobe Acrobat format)
S96 - "An Act to promote healthy behaviors" Would use taxpayer dollars to promote Planned Parenthood and abortion services: The Dept. of Public Health "shall establish a program of community based health and sexuality education services provided by comprehensive family planning agencies" to "promote healthy behaviors among adolescents." Another vehicle to use your money to fund Planned Parenthood and help spread their message to vulnerable people in the community. Also used as vehicle for various homosexual programs, to normalize that behavior. ETHICS AND RULES COMMITTEE
S2147 – “AN ACT to provide public access to House and Senate deliberations.” Last year the House stopped televising its proceedings, and the Senate has never done so. Since then, the House has been doing some Internet videocasting of its session. The trend is for complete public access to all the proceedings, but our Legislature is reluctant to do that. And they make the absurd claim that the video is owned by the Legislature, not the people. Video of the sessions should be accessible to the public and not restricted. Also, committees often give only a day or two notice for their public hearings, and sometimes only on a sheet of paper posted at the State House. That makes it very difficult for people to attend. Years ago, most committees gave two weeks notice. This would require 10 days, which is reasonable. Finally, it’s reasonable to require the Legislature to post their roll call votes within one business day. | |||||||||||
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