Reblogged from freedombytheway:

This article is from the NRA-ILA (National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action).  Is it any wonder that the New York Times has seen a massive erosion of subscribers and advertisers and remains afloat because a benefactor gave it a bailout?    “It is certainly no surprise for gun owners to see the New York Times run a story belittling the United States Constitution. After all, the Times has worked for decades to devalue our founding document. “[I]ts influence is waning,” opines the …

When our leaders do not respect the Law of the land, our rights must inevitably be at risk.

theultimateoutcast says:
February 11, 2012 at 1:38 am

Interesting how few people with uterus’s are in support of this bill. Will the unborn get social security cards, too? What if there is an unborn person in a woman from Russia or Kenya who is visiting relatives? Would that make their unborn baby a U.S. citizen when she visits?

Tom, this argument is an over-reach by the extreme right. Why have this issue on your conscience anyway? I never understand it. This is about sexual/moral activities of women. Have you pulled out every time you have sex so that a pregnancy would not result? That’s probably the most personal question anyone on-line ever asked you. If it feels invasive, good. Now you know how if feels.

A woman can not deny her personal activity when she is pretty much “marked” when she becomes pregnant and it’s up to every Tom out there to have an opinion about it. Every person has a great plan for her baby…before it gets here.

If she does not want it, I don’t either. Life may not be as rosy as you dream it for someone growing up with a mother who does not want them. Plus, I have the belief that life is very fluid. The soul that may have come through that baby will come through another in a time, place and woman ready to receive it.

Have peace and respect for what god has already ordained: women govern the entrance to life.

Many women tend to see the abortion issue as a women’s rights issue. That is, anyone who does not approve and endorse a woman’s “right to choose” must hate women. So when a woman demands her “rights” as a woman, some men shrug their shoulders, and others react angrily. I do not think either reaction helpful.

To debate thoughtfully, we must set aside our personal viewpoint. In this case, we must view the issue of abortion from a broader perspective. If we are not willing to consider different points of view, we will oversimplify the issue.

The view of the unborn child. We do not know, and we cannot ask the unborn how they feel about being aborted or the prospect of being born. All we each can do is use our imagination. What if that unborn child had been you or someone you love?

The view of the mother. God made women the primary caretakers of young. God also gave each of us a free will. So a woman can consider the option of abortion. She can decide whether she wants to treat her unborn child as a human being or as merely a piece of property with the potential to become a human being.

The view of the father. Tradition and biology makes fathers the primary caretakers of their childbearing wives. Some men tend to approach this responsibility as if women were children or mere chattel, but the Bible commands men to love their wives as Jesus loved us. Why does God want a man to love his wife?

Malachi 2:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)

And did not God make [you and your wife] one [flesh]? Did not One make you and preserve your spirit alive? And why [did God make you two] one? Because He sought a godly offspring [from your union]. Therefore take heed to yourselves, and let no one deal treacherously and be faithless to the wife of his youth.

Nonetheless, men too have a free will. So a man can use a woman, or he can love a woman.

The view of government. What government exists to do is to protect our rights. That obligation to protect extends to the weak and unknowing. Can we allow the mere fact there are complex issues involved set aside this responsibility? Then whose rights and what rights will government protect?

Is an unborn child a human being? When? We do not know. If an unborn child is a human being, then that child’s neighbors have obligation to help the child’s mother provide a safe harbor in the womb. If not, then the mother should be able to do as she wishes. The problem? We have lots of speculation, but we don’t know The Truth.

What such moral difficulties should do is highlight the need for caution and care. Yet many in our society take the opposite tact; they insist they know The Truth, that either government or private entities should be required to pay for abortions. Such appalling arrogance should frighten us all. These people respect no one’s rights.

When a People becomes selfish and indifferent to each others rights — when each insists upon having his own way — pride has replaced love. Then we are reduced to The Law of the Jungle.

The view of God. To know the ways of God more than I might otherwise, I reference the Bible. Unfortunately, what the Bible says about the unborn is somewhat ambiguous. Even if that were not the case, I suspect many abortion rights advocates would discard most of what is said in the Bible as either hyperbole or superstition. Nonetheless, here is a verse that speaks a self-evident truth.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 King James Version (KJV)

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Each child is a gift from God. As parents, we conceive, give birth, and raise a child all unknowing. We provide care for that which God created. No father or mother makes a child. We can choose only to receive a His gift. To fully appreciate His blessing, each must unite and become as one.

Perhaps one of the most misunderstood and maligned passages in the Scriptures is Genesis 1:28.

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” -Genesis 1:28

Environmentalists like to point to these verses and say, “see, Christianity supports the destruction of the Earth!” Dominion certainly does sound like a harsh word, doesn’t it? Christians are regularly embarrassed by the word, going to all sorts of lengths, including abandoning a literal reading of the Scriptures, or saying the Scriptures really haven’t been accurately transmitted, or some other such nonsense, in order to “work around,” or “apologize” for the Biblical text.

On the other hand, we have those within the Christian community who like to point to this passage and say, “see, Christians are supposed to take over the world, control its governments, and build the Kingdom of God on the Earth.” Here we have the liberal Christian who finds Biblical warrant to build a theocracy. (continued here)

Opt Out of Mandatory Text Messages from Barack Obama

Friends, 

My HB 109 will be heard tomorrow, February 9, 2012 in the Commerce & Labor Committee 1/2 hour after the adjournment of the House.  HB 109 requires all providers of wireless service electing to transmit emergency alerts through the federal Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN) to offer its Virginia subscribers the capability of opting out of the receipt of Presidential Alerts on their mobile devices. Federal law requires wireless carriers to give subscribers the option to block Child Abduction Emergency/AMBER Alerts or Imminent Threat Alerts, but does not allow Presidential Alerts to be blocked. The President wants to send to all cell phones in the U.S. text messages warning of impending danger. One recent test in December of 2011 in New Jersey sent cell phone users scrambling to learn more of a non-existent threat. Additional tests will follow in 2012. The texts will override all other texts and all major wireless carriers have agreed to participate. Minors could receive unsolicited alerts which could frighten them. My bill will require Virginia cell phone companies to provide an opt out for presidential messages.

Please contact the members of the Commerce & Labor Committee (see bottom) and ask them to vote for HB 109.

Transparency for College & University Foundations

I have 4 bills coming up tomorrow in the General Laws Committee which will prohibit state universities from using Foundation funds to defend against Freedom of Information Act lawsuits or require disclosure of how the Foundation funds are received.  HB815, HB816, HB817 and HB818  will be heard either tomorrow or Friday in the General Laws Committee.

I introduced these bills because the University of Virginia first denied me documents I requested under FOIA, saying they did not exist. Later the University admitted in court that the documents did exist but they fought against turning them over. When I asked for the documents after learning they did in fact exist, I was told I would need to pay around $8000 and the University subsequently sued, refusing to turn over the documents. All the papers involved research by global warming scientist, Michael Mann, of now debunked hockey stick graph fame. Since Foundation funding can be used by a university to sue against turning over public documents, I thought the public had a right to know the sources of Foundation money. There are disclosure laws allowing the public to know the sources of lobbyist’s funds, campaign donations, etc. In the interest of improving such transparency, I believe citizens should also have a right to know the sources of university Foundation money, especially if engaged in political and legal battles.

Please contact the General Laws Committee members listed below and ask them to support HB815, HB816, HB817 and HB818 to provide for increased transparency and accountability in government.

Thank you so much for your support!

Delegate Bob Marshall

General Laws-HB 815, 816, 817 & 818 

Chairman Chris Jones                804-698-1076                delcjones@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Dave Albo                804-698-1042                deldalbo@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Tommy Wright        804-698-1061                deltwright@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Sal Iaquinto                804-698-1084                delsiaquinto@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Todd Gilbert                804-698-1015                deltgilbert@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Chris Peace                804-698-1097                delcpeace@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Rich Anderson        804-698-1051                delranderson@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Tag Greason                804-698-1032                deltgreason@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Barry Knight                804-698-1081                delbknight@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Jim LeMunyon        804-698-1067                deljlemunyon@house.virginia.gov

Delegate John Cox                804-698-1055                deljcox@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Gordon Helsel        804-698-1091                delghelsel@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Peter Farrell                804-698-1056                delpfarrell@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Michael Watson        804-698-1093                delmwatson@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Larry Rush                804-698-1007                dellrush@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Jeion Ward                804-698-1092                deljward@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Rosalyn Dance        804-698-1063                delrdance@house.virginia.gov

Delegate David Bulova                804-698-1037                deldbulova@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Matthew James        804-698-1080                delmjames@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Betsy Carr                804-698-1069                delbcarr@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Luke Torian                804-698-1052                delltorian@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Delores McQuinn        804-698-1070                deldmcquinn@house.virginia.gov

Commerce & Labor-HB 109

Chairman Terry Kilgore        804-698-1001                deltkilgore@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Harry Purkey                804-698-1082                delhpurkey@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Kathy Byron                804-698-1022                delkbyron@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Lee Ware                804-698-1065                dellware@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Tim Hugo                804-698-1040                delthugo@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Tom Rust                804-698-1086                deltrust@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Danny Marshall        804-698-1014                deldmarshall@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Ben Cline                804-698-1024                delbcline@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Jackson Miller        804-698-1050                deljmiller@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Don Merricks                804-698-1016                deldmerricks@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Manoli Loupassi        804-698-1068                delmloupassi@house.virginia.gov

Delegate John Cosgrove        804-698-1078                deljcosgrove@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Rob Bell                804-698-1058                delrbell@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Barbara Comstock        804-698-1034                delbcomstock@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Gregory Habeeb        804-698-1008                delghabeeb@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Joe Johnson                804-698-1004                deljjohnson@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Johnny Joannou        804-698-1079                none

Delegate Kenny Alexander        804-698-1089                delkalexander@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Jennifer McClellan        804-698-1071                deljmcclellan@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Jeion Ward                804-698-1092                deljward@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Lynwood Lewis        804-698-1000                delllewis@house.virginia.gov

Delegate Roslyn Tyler                804-698-1075                delrtyler@house.virginia.gov

Friends,

My HB 1, known as the “Inalienable Right to Life Act” will be heard later this week in the House Courts of Justice Committee.  HB 1recognizes that human life begins at conception and also declares that unborn children and their parents have protectable legal interests.

The immediate effect of HB 1 will be to create a civil cause of action for the wrongful death of an unborn child to enable parents to sue a third party for damages if he or she wrongfully causes the death of their unborn baby either through assault or negligence.

Such legal protection exists in many states.  But Virginia does not allow civil legal recourse if the baby is not “born alive.” My bill will correct this, while acknowledging the humanity of the preborn child.

Those who oppose my bill have said the bill will allow prosecutions for abortionists, miscarriages, and oral contraception, but an almost identical law has been on the books in Missouri for more than 25 years and was left standing by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1989 decision, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services.  None of these circumstances have come to pass in all these years.

Since HB 1 is not a criminal law, it will not affect the current practice of abortion but it will in fact recognize that unborn children are human beings. Ultimately this will lead to the question of how and why our laws can justly sanction the destruction of preborn children. Remember that pro-abortion  Justice Blackmun  in 1973 said that should the legal personhood of the unborn child be established, then Roe v. Wade which struck down all criminal laws banning abortion, would be reversed.

Please contact the members of the House Courts of Justice Committee below and ask them to support HB 1.

Thank you so much for your support!
Delegate Bob Marshall

PS:   Please join me and pro-lifers from around Virginia in a “Rally for Life” on the Richmond Capitol Grounds in support of HB 1 and other pro-life bills on Wednesday, February 15, at 10:45 AM – 12:00 NOON. Here is a flyer with more information.

Courts of Justice Committee Members:

• Chairman Dave Albo - deldalbo@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1042
• Delegate Terry Kilgore - deltkilgore@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1001
• Delegate Robert Bell - delrbell@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1058
• Delegate Ben Cline - delbcline@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1024
• Delegate Sal Iaquinto - delsiaquinto@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1084
• Delegate Todd Gilbert - deltgilbert@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1015
• Delegate Jackson Miller - deljmiller@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1050
• Delegate Manoli Loupassi - delmloupassi@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1068
• Delegate Ronald Villanueva - delrvillanueva@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1021
• Delegate Gregory Habeeb - delghabeeb@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1008
• Delegate Peter Farrell - delpfarrell@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1056
• Delegate Randy Minchew - delrminchew@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1010
• Delegate Richard Morris - delrmorris@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1064
• Delegate Joe Johnson - deljjohnson@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1004
• Delegate Vivian Watts - delvwatts@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1039
• Delegate David Toscano - deldtoscano@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1057
• Delegate Charniele Herring - delcherring@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1046

Delegate Jennifer McClellan - deljmcclellan@house.virginia.gov - 804-698-1071