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May 23, 2007
New Hampshire--More Calls Needed to Defend
Parents from Increased Governmental Intrusion
Dear HSLDA members and friends,
Last week, the New Hampshire House voted to pass Senate Bill 18 by a
slim margin of 183 to 170. The bill then went to the House Finance
Committee for review. It will likely return to the full House for
another vote next Wednesday, May 30.
Homeschool leaders in New Hampshire have analyzed last week's vote and
identified 21 representatives who either did not vote or who might be
persuaded to change their vote. If 13 of these representatives can be
persuaded to show up next week and vote "no," then Senate Bill 18 can
still be defeated.
Despite amended language, Senate Bill 18 will remove authority from
parents and assign it to school bureaucrats. Furthermore, the bill
gives the Department of Education the power to create additional home
education regulations.
Please take a moment to contact the representatives listed below and
ask them to either change their vote or to show up next Wednesday to
vote against Senate Bill 18. If you live in the district of one of
these legislators, please make it a priority to contact him or her. If
not, please follow the suggested rule of contact (below) and attempt
to communicate with as many representatives as possible.
If your last name begins with the letter A-I, please contact members
1-7; if J-T, contact members 7-14; if U-Z, contact members 15-21.
The following representatives were not present for last week's vote:
1. Rep. Lyle E. Bulis
603-444-5024
2. Rep. Dudley D. Dumaine
603-622-2293
603-622-0041
buppadan@comcast.net
3. Rep. Robert W. Forsing
603-895-9451
forsing@comcast.net
4. Rep. Carolyn M. Gargasz
603-465-7463
603-465-7463
cgargasz@cs.com
5. Rep. Peter R. Goyette
603-598-4744
603-889-0684
603-880-0995
6. Rep. Bruce F. Hunter
603-622-7123
603-622-7123
603-622-7123
zippobfh27@verizon.net
7. Rep. Edward P. Moran
603-472-5912
603-889-1763
603-883-9797
epmoran@comcast.net
8. Rep. Ronald J. Nowe
603-679-9885
603-679-9886
ronald.nowe@leg.state.nh.us
9. Rep. Sandra J. Reeves
603-623-1252
603-623-1252
603-627-8079
sandrajreeves@aol.com
10. Rep. Norman L. Major
603-382-5429
603-382-8117
nlbem@verizon.net
11. Rep. Eric G. Stohl
603-237-4206
603-237-4206
eric.stohl@leg.state.nh.us
The following representatives are Republicans who voted against their
party's majority:
12. Rep. Julie M. Brown
603-332-1084
13. Rep. James E. Devine
603-887-3569
603-887-4923
14. Rep. Elizabeth S. Hager
603-224-2060
603-224-2595
elizabeth.hager@leg.state.nh.us
15. Rep. Mark A. Pearson
603-890-3673
603-234-3830
mark.pearson@leg.state.nh.us
16. Rep. Andy Peterson
603-924-7817
603-924-3321
603-924-8563
17. Rep. James P. Pilliod
603-524-3047
603-528-1935
jimp3047@metrocast.net
18. Rep. William J. Remick
603-788-2444
wremick@ne.rr.com
19. Rep. Nancy F. Stiles
603-926-6467
nancy.stiles@leg.state.nh.us
20. Rep. Carl G. Robertson
603-778-7111
CGRobertson@comcast.net
21. Rep. George D. Winchell
603-362-4249
gdwinchell@yahoo.com
Thank you!
Michael P. Donnelly, Esq.
HSLDA Staff AttorneyLEGISLATIVE ALERT On Wednesday , April 4th, the NH House will consider HB 437 which promotes the equivalency of marriage between homosexuals. With deliberate intent it requires that 'spousal' unions of same-sex couples be recognized on the same level as marriage. The brief bill is reproduced below. It is urgent that you contact your State Representatives immediately to lodge your protest against this and any other attempts to malign and interrupt God's divine plan for men and women. Any suggestion that the NH Constitution allows the Legislature to act in this arena is completely without foundation. Call your representatives and ask their position on this. Remind them that human history has clearly defined marriage according to God's original intent. Ask them to demonstrate the constitutionality of this bill. For a list of your Representatives go to http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/whosmyleg/ For more information contact Denis Salvail dsalvail@verizon.net or Lee Button cutedge11@verizon.net This is just one of several such bills in circulation. HB 905 is even more offense and detailed. It may be that the battle has just begun. We must be ever vigilant.
LEGISLATIVE ALERT HOUSE BILL 685 is an act prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in a national identification system.
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The national identification system was sneaked through without debate, hidden in another bill. Our CCL information is available by running our drivers' licenses, in spite of our being told that it would not be. Our Social Security numbers were never, ever to be used for ID purposes, but they are...
Every time we allow a government to exercise authority that does not come from the People, it oppresses them.
Make no mistake: this National ID will be a de facto national firearms owner registration and the end to privacy. Your ID # will be tied to every firearm purchase, hunting and CC license Every detail of your life from birth will be available through this card, and it will be less than a day before the wholesale ID thefts begin, using $100 machines anyone can buy. The Live Free or Die state should proudly stand against compliance with this wretched Act, and HB685 does just that.
HB685 is a very good bill and is scheduled for a House vote within the next week. Please call, write, e-mail or FAX your Representatives and ask them to support this bill.
To find out who your Representative is, go to: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/whosmyleg/default.asp
You will then get a list of names, each of which you can click on to get the contact information.
We have been told that telephone calls, personal letters, FAXes, e-mails, and postcards are very effective, in that order. Be sure to identify yourself as a constituent, because you are who they are in the General Court to represent.
To read the bill in its entirety (and you should), go to: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0685.html
MAKE THIS COUNTRY A
UN-FREE ZONESAMPLE LEGISLATION:
Introduced in the House of Representatives/Senate
A Bill
To declare the State of _____________ sovereign of the United Nations
Be it enacted
Section 1. - Short title
The State of __________ Sovereignty Protection Act
Section 2 - Purpose
To maintain and preserve the State of ___________ as a Free and Independent State, as provided in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this State, and as preserved in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States;
To reject any claim that the United Nations Charter has any lawful or constitutional authority in or over this State, under either the Charter of the United Nations or the Constitution of the United States.
To recognize the power of symbols and flags, and their proper legal function when flown over official State property - which is to proclaim dominion over territory, and to demonstrate allegiance to a given authority.
Section 3 - Findings
Every elected official of this State, and all its political subdivisions, has taken an exclusive oath of allegiance to support the Constitution of the United States. No elected official has taken an oath to the United Nations, and cannot do so by law.
The United Nations Charter is not, by definition or in practice, a treaty "made under the Authority of the United States," as set forth in Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, but is rather a constitution for a world government.
While the Preamble of the United Nations Charter states that it was made in the name of "the Peoples of the United Nations," in fact, the Charter was never initiated by the People of the United States, nor ratified by the People of the Several States of the United States.
Having never been constituted by the People of the United States, nor ratified by the People of the Several States, any claim of governing authority of the United Nations Charter over any State of this Union is wholly illegitimate and unconstitutional.
Under Article I, Section 10 of, and the Tenth Amendment to, the United States Constitution this State has retained the power to repel unlawful and unconstitutional invasions by foreign powers, including the United Nations, by whatever means necessary.
The display of any government flag over any government property indicates dominion and authority over said territory, and allegiance on behalf of the people of that territory to said authority.
Section 4 - Prohibitions
No United Nations Flags or Symbols
No flag or other symbol representing the United Nations shall be flown or otherwise displayed from any official mast, building, or other property of the State of ____________, including but not limited to a county, municipal corporation, township, or school property financed with state funds. PROVIDED HOWEVER, this prohibition does not apply to the display of such flags or symbols for historical and educational purposes, nor to the display of flags on private property.
No United Nations Financial Support.
No legislative body of this State, or of any of its political subdivisions, may authorize from the public treasury, payment of any funds to support any program or other activity carried on under the authority of, in cooperation with, or in relation to the United Nations.
No Enforcement of International Court Actions
No judicial decree, judgment, order, or other action entered by any international court or other judicial body acting under the authority of, in cooperation with, or in relation to the United Nations shall be enforceable in any court of law in the State; nor shall any citizen of this State, or person lawfully on or within the geographic boundaries of this State, shall be subject to any subpoena, warrant, extradition or other process issued by any such court or other judicial body.
Section 5 - Penalties
Violations of any Prohibition set forth in Section 4 shall be duly punishable as a Class A Misdemeanor. Each violation shall be deemed a separate offense. Upon conviction of four or more violations, the convicted person shall be guilt of a Class C Felony, and shall be punished accordingly.
Section 6 - Severability
If any section, subsection, paragraph or word of this act shall be found to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the unconstitutionality or invalidity of that section, subsection or paragraph shall not affect any other section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or word of this statute.
Section 7 - Effective Date
This act shall become effective ________________________.E-Mail your State Representative and Senators urging them to Sponsor the SAMPLE LEGISLATION above