Conservative Candidates
Proof #RNCpowergrab Floor Vote was Scripted – Boehner Read from Teleprompter [video]
September 1, 2012 | Author robot
The corruption in the Republican Party can no longer be ignored. I recieved a message today and a link to the video evidence from Heidi Thiess concerning the Republican Rules Committee fight that occurred during the first days of the recent RNC convention:
Calling all Conservatives: watch this UPDATE ON REPUBLICAN FLOOR FIGHT. The real story is getting out. Please help spread the word. Have you seen this video of Boehner’s SCRIPTED response to the floor vote? Unfettered, incontrovertible corruption! Please help share his video everywhere because folks still don’t understand the impact of these changes nor the corruption that the RNC and top Republican officials engaged in to shove this down our throats.
The bottom line: these rules would have crushed Reagan in ’76 and if left unchanged mean we’ll never get a conservative choice (like a Reagan) again. We must fight back!
Watch the TelePrompter that PROVES corruption:
Thanks to Heidi and to Ben Swann for following this story.
Background –
and: RNC power grab: the aftermath
Freedomworks: Romney’s “RNC Power Grab”: What Really Happened
Right Scoop: Mark Levin explains the RNC rules change and why we must defeat it
Texas Conservative News: Thoughts on the #RNCpowergrab
Heidi Thiess is a Constitutional Conservative candidate for City Council in League City, Texas.
Crossposted at Texas Conservative News: Proof #RNCpowergrab Floor Vote was Scripted
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Let’s do the Math: Romney + Ryan = 2012 WIN!
August 11, 2012 | Author robot
This morning, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced what some are calling a bold choice in his pick of House Budget Committee Chair, Representative Paul Ryan (R – WI) as his Vice Presidential running mate. Rep. Ryan, you may recall from 2008 and again in 2010, proposed the comprehensive Roadmap for America’s Future, as it became clearer the Obama administration’s intentions were to tax and spend our way into debt oblivion.
After being chosen to chair the Budget Committee, Rep. Ryan introduced the Path to Prosperity, which further solidified his position as the person who could articulate the problems facing our nation and offer common sense solutions to fix them. Here is a playlist of the three short videos laying out that plan.
AS one can imagine, there is no shortage of commentary on the internet. Here’s a sampling:
Professor William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection
This was a bold choice, far more bold than I expected. My first reaction when I heard the news was one of deep ambivalence, drawn naturally from knowing how the Obama campaign and media would distort Ryan and his budget proposals.
The nation now is faced with a stark choice, economic freedom and solvency or creeping socialism. It’s a choice we are not often willing to put to the electorate in such stark contrasts, but it was the choice long before Ryan was selected.
Ryan puts the national debt front and center in the election, on par with or maybe even ahead of jobs. This is a winner of an issue, it’s what motivated people in 2010, and it will cause huge turnout for Romney-Ryan. Fear not.
More and video @ » Romney-Ryan 2012 – Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
David Burge, aka: Iowahawk astutely points out the contrast Romney establishes with his choice of Paul Ryan:
IOWAHAWK: “Paul Ryan represent Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: math.”
H/T Instapundit
Steve at Motor City Times has a few videos of Rep. Ryan in action and asks:
I wonder how “Plugs” Biden is feeling this morning, with the October 11th VP debate looming?
Heh, good question, Steve.
Right Hand Man at Sentry Journal says:
YES!
…Ryan is going to be attacked like he’s never been attacked before. For the democrats, this is just adding a granny killer to the already wife-killing Romney ticket. For this reason, I feel for Ryan and his family.
If there is someone who is able to rise above the nonsense, however, it is Ryan. He talks numbers like a savant but is able to do it eloquently and with charm, never embellishing in distractions and insults. He’s forceful but not overbearing, he’s willing to challenge the President and he’s equipped to do so…
Romney shuns “safe” Portman pick and goes with Rep. Paul Ryan – Conservative Hideout 2.0.
I think Paul Ryan is a great choice, it will allow Romney to have Ryan tackle the budget process while he focuses on job-creation for the remainder of the campaign.
Rightly said, Matt. I think it also sets Ryan up to be a great choice for president should Romney win the election and serve two terms. We’re going to need a steady hand at the wheel for many years to steer US out of the fiscal maelstrom that years of gross over-spending has brought us into.
The Daily Caller found a Best of Ryan video.
Video and Text of Paul Ryan’s First Speech as Nominee for Vice President:
Ryan- “IF you have a small Business, You Did Build That!!”
H/T VideoTruffle
GatorDoug @ The Daley Gator.
Somehow I take great pleasure in linking MSNBS and their announcement. Mainly be cause, let’s face it, the heads of Maddow, Schultz, Sahrpton, O’Donnell, Matthews, and the rest will be exploding. I can see them now, hyperventilating, possibly foaming at the mouth, as they look for ways to demonize Ryan.
Smear campaign? The Other McCain isn’t surprised. New Democrat Campaign Message: Grandma, Cliff, Some Assembly Required
Members of the Democrat-Media Complex like Charles Pierce of Esquire and James Fallows of the Atlantic are already registering their disdain of Paul Ryan, and the Democrats are busy e-mailing their massive oppo-research PDF dossier to reporters, so the media attacks on Ryan are pre-scripted dictation from the DNC research department.
This is predictable, and is the best argument for picking a conservative like Ryan: No matter whom Romney had chosen, the Democrats would have demonized the GOP running mate as a Jekyll-and-Hyde combination of Dick Cheney and Martin Bormann.
WyBlog — Liberals are cryin’ because Romney picked Ryan.
Paul Ryan, granny-starver:
Make no mistake. In his decision to make Paul Ryan, the zombie-eyed granny-starver from Wisconsin, his running mate, Romney finally surrendered the tattered remnants of his soul not only to the extreme base of his party, but also to extremist economic policies, and to an extremist view of the country he seeks to lead.
Representative Ryan has stood athwart Obama’s ill-conceived plans time and again, weathering all manner of slander and malignment from our president and his surrogates without falter. In the opinion of this commentator, Chairman Ryan is an excellent choice for Vice President and acknowledges the difficult decisions facing our nation. With the Ryan pick, Romney makes a clear statement that he will tackle those decisions head on and he’s chosen a man notably well equipped to handle the challenge.
Cross posted @ Texas Conservative News: LET’S DO THE MATH: ROMNEY + RYAN = 2012 WIN!
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Ted Cruz FreePAC Speech — #Repeal!
July 28, 2012 | Author robot
Senatorial Candidate Ted Cruz speaks at FreePAC.
“We need leaders who will stand up and fight to repeal every single word of Obamacare.” – Ted Cruz
“God bless Freedomworks. God bless Texas, and God bless the TEA Party.”
God bless America.
God bless Ted Cruz.
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Texas Primary Review and Runoff Roundup
June 14, 2012 | Author robot
In his latest report, Peter Morrison offers his review of the recent Texas primary and offers some insight into the strategery employed by the RINO’s in the state congress to thwart true conservative candidates.
Summary of this report:
The Texas primary has come and gone, and it brought both good news and bad news to Texas conservatives. Joe Straus survived a primary challenge for his own seat, but many of his cronies went down to defeat. Unfortunately, we lost a few staunch conservatives, and the new redistricting maps drawn up by Straus and his moderates played a big part in that. Several races are still undecided, and are headed for runoffs in July, giving us another opportunity to elect strong conservative leaders. We also have a challenger for Speaker of the House.
Full report:
After being delayed by lawsuits, the Texas primary finally took place on May 29th. Texas conservatives had high hopes that the passion and energy that were unleashed a few years ago had not diminished, and that the results of the GOP primary would be a clear message to the GOP about what kind of candidates we’re looking for. Unfortunately, the results weren’t that clear cut, but were more of a mixed bag. There was some bad news, but there was a lot of reason for hope, too.
We’ll start with the bad news, which is that some very good people were defeated in their bids for re-election. Three candidates whose defeats will have the most impact were Gail Lowe, Leo Berman, and Wayne Christian. Gail Lowe, who fought so valiantly to make sure that schoolchildren in Texas get a real education based on the actual facts of history, instead of left-wing PC fantasies, lost her seat on the Texas State Board of Education. Leo Berman and Wayne Christian, two of the finest conservatives in Austin, both lost House re-election bids to GOP challengers.
Of course, there are many factors that come into play in every election, but there’s no getting around the fact that one of the biggest factors in some of these losses was the redistricting plan created by Joe Strauss and his team of RINOs. It’s difficult to avoid the conclusion that one of the purposes of the new redistricting map was to punish certain strong conservatives. It seems clear that the RINOs deliberately forced candidates like Wayne Christian and Gail Lowe into these new, artificial districts filled with people who don’t know them, and whose voting patterns would make it much more difficult for them to be re-elected. Here’s what Michael Quinn Sullivan said about the Wayne Christian loss:
“A dark spot on the night was the loss of State Rep. Wayne Christian. But even there, the Straus team had to radically re-draw Christian’s district and spend heavily from the Austin lobby.”
The good news is that most conservative Republicans won their primaries and that several Straus supporters went down to defeat, including three of his closest cronies (Vicki Truitt, Rob Eissler, and Mike Hamilton). In addition, two more of Straus’s pals (Chuck Hopson and Sid Miller) didn’t win their contests; they only managed to qualify for a runoff election on July 31st. Other contests resulted in runoffs, too. This means that there are still several opportunities for conservatives to make a difference when it comes to deciding who will represent us in November.
In fact, there’s no reason conservatives can’t be the deciding factor in every one of the upcoming runoff races. That’s because turnout will probably be very low. According to official government figures, only 1.4 million registered Republicans came out to vote in the primary on May 29th. That’s an 11% turnout. Numbers for runoff elections are usually even lower than that. One political expert is predicting that between 6% and 8% of GOP voters will come out on July 31st. Compare that to a general election, when about half of all registered voters generally come out to vote.
A low turnout is great news for committed conservatives. The lower the turnout, the more impact each vote has, which means that if we all take a little time out of our schedules and go to the polling place on July 31st, while most other voters are too apathetic to bother, we can dominate the runoff races, elect people who will stand for our principles, and send another strong message to Joe Straus and the RINOs in the Republican establishment. We can’t let up now; it’s imperative that we keep letting the GOP establishment know that we expect our elected leaders to fight for true conservative values, instead of going along to get along. It might take a while, but if we refuse to give up, eventually they’ll get the message.
On that note, Rep. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) has filed paperwork with the Texas Ethics Commission declaring that he will mount a run for Speaker of the House, opposing Joe Straus. This is excellent news. It takes real courage to oppose a sitting Speaker, because there are consequences when you go up against the man who calls all the shots. Rep. Hughes has already proven that he’s not afraid to challenge the status quo. He vocally withdrew his support for Straus in 2010, after he received word that GOP members who didn’t support Straus would be punished by having their districts redrawn unfavorably. He never wavered even as he endured a firestorm of criticism after his announcement. Many lesser men would have apologized or said “my remarks were taken out of context.” Bryan Hughes is a true conservative with a lot of character, and he deserves our full support in his challenge to Straus.
Here are the runoff races to be decided on July 31st. I’ve marked candidates that I’m endorsing with an asterisk. (I’m not offering an endorsement in every race.)
Railroad Commissioner – Full Term: Christi Craddick vs Warren Chisum
Railroad Commissioner – Unexpired Term: Barry Smitherman vs Greg ParkerState Board of Education:
*Gail Spurlock vs Tincy Miller
*Tom Maynard vs Rebecca OsborneSupreme Court Justice, Place 4 – *John Devine vs David Medina
State Senator, District 25 *Donna Campbell vs Jeff Wentworth
Texas House:
*JD Sheffield vs Sid Miller
*Travis Clardy vs Chuck Hopson
*Jon Cole vs Jeff Leach HD
*Jim Landtroop vs Ken King HD
*Stephanie Klick vs Kenneth SappUS Senate – *Ted Cruz vs David Dewhurst
US House
District 14 – Randy Weber vs Felicia Harris
District 15 – Eddie Zamora vs Dale A. Brueggemann
District 25 – *Wes Riddle vs Roger Williams
District 34 – Adela Garza vs Jessica Puente Bradshaw
District 36 – *Steve Stockman vs Stephen TakachSo make sure to vote on July 31st, and let’s do everything we can to support Bryan Hughes in his run for Speaker of the House.
The Peter Morrison Report
http://www.PeterMorrisonReport.com
http://www.facebook.com/morrisonreportSources:
http://libertylinked.com/posts/9898/the-loss-of-texas-conservative/View.aspx
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/18659323/texas-primary-turnout-was-low-runoff-may-be-lower
http://www.empowertexans.com/features/texas-voters-repudiate-team-straus/
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/politics/straus-faces-hughes-in-speaker-race
“Are We Electing A Chairman of Our Frat, or Are We Electing A State Representative?” – Daniel Miller
June 2, 2012 | Author robot
Daniel Miller, candidate for TX HD21 speaks at the SETX TEA Party forum which, not incidentally, was originally intended as a debate between Rep. Allan Ritter and Mr. Miller (D21) along with Rep. Mike Hamilton and Rep. James White (D19). Rather than a debate, the event evolved into a forum due to Ritter and Hamilton chickening backing out at the last minute. Shame on ’em.
It remains to be seen whether the people of Southeast Texas will abide this kind of behavior from their supposed servants.
“Southeast Texas has a chance, for once, to have a seat at the table when Conservatives take over the Texas Legislature.”~ Daniel Miller
A vote for Daniel Miller helps Orange and Jefferson Counties put a Constitutional Conservative in that seat.
Blog note: Originally posted on 5-18-12.
BREAKING: Rep. Ritter Wimps-Out on Debate – Daniel Miller Endorsed by TEA Party 911.com
June 2, 2012 | Author robot
A couple of news items pertaining to the Miller campaign:
“TEAParty911.com founder, Michael Kinzie, today announced his endorsement of Daniel Miller in his bid for the Texas House of Representatives in HD-21. Kinzie said of Miller, “Daniel Miller IS what Texas needs more of. Anyone who would tell his moderate opponent, Allan Ritter, to ‘put up or shut up’ about his record is my kind of politician.”
Read the rest here:
http://www.teaparty911.com/candidates/daniel_miller_for_texas_representative_district_21.htm
In other news, Allan Ritter renounced his agreement to participate in the TEA Party hosted May 15 debate.
So, I guess Ritter chose to shut up. What is he afraid of, a RINO hunter?
The obvious conclusion is that Rep. Ritter is ashamed of his voting record and will attempt to stand on rhetoric alone. Like his liberal
friends in Washington, and the RINO House Speaker Joe Straus, he underestimates the fervor of the new TEA Party brand of Conservative and the enthusiasm they bring to personal investigation, information gathering and sharing.
My friends, it’s crunch time. If you want to elect a true Constitutional Conservative to the Texas House to represent Orange and Jefferson Counties, please pass this on to your friends. As far as war chests go, it doesn’t get more ‘David and Goliath’ than this, but we have the one thing our opponent’s campaign doesn’t.
A Proven Conservative.
On behalf of Daniel and the campaign team, Thanks for your help and support.
‘bot
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Daniel’s recent endorsements include:
Michael Kinzie – Founder of Tea Party 911,
Apostle Claver – Founder of Raging Elephants. org, StampedeTX2012.com
and Constitutional Conservative activist,
Cathie Adams – Former state Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
and current Texas Eagle Forum president
Gary P. Nunn – Texas Country Music Legend
Miller Receives ‘A’ Rating From NRA & TSRA
Learn more at:
http://texansformiller.com
Blog note: Originally posted on 5-11-12.
Apostle Claver Endorses Daniel Miller in TXD21, Miller Calls for Incumbent to Defend Liberal Record
June 2, 2012 | Author robot
The gloves are coming off in the race for Texas Representative D21 between incumbent Allan Ritter and challenger Daniel Miller. Candidate Miller has called on Rep. Ritter to “Put up or shut up” and defend his record.
Good luck with that Rep. Ritter. In my robotic opinion, your record is impossible to describe as conservative. It simply isn’t.
And I’m not the lone wolf in my assessment.
Yesterday, Apostle Claver, founder of RagingElephants.org, Stampede!TX 2012 and Conservative activist extraordinaire spoke at a luncheon hosted by the Jefferson County Republican Women. In an impassioned speech, Claver shared his reasons for personally asking Daniel Miller to enter the race for State Representative.
Come to think of it, asking Daniel to run goes a bit farther than an endorsement, don’t you think?
Here’s the video:
Daniel Miller followed up with an email and post on his website TexansforMiller.com with a challenge to Rep. Ritter to defend his record.
An excerpt:
As you have spent countless dollars on trying to convince the people of Southeast Texas that you are a conservative, it is time that you prove it. Not with your usual tactic of taking credit for the work of actual conservatives in the Legislature, but by justifying the votes that you have taken during your tenure.
When legislation has been introduced in the Texas Legislature, you were forced to either vote for it, vote against it or “sit on the bench”. Any of these choices that you have made have been recorded in the journals of the Texas Legislature.
You need to come clean with the people of Southeast Texas and prove to us where you did not:
- Vote FOR giving unsupervised state money to paroled felons (81 Leg., HB 3226)
- Vote AGAINST the amendment that defunded Planned Parenthood (82 Leg., SB 23, RV#1172)
- Vote FOR allowing judges to reduce punishments for child sex offenders (80 Leg., HB 8, Amendment 16)
- Vote FOR allowing illegal aliens to receive in-state college tuition rates (77 Leg., HB 1403)
- Vote AGAINST Voter ID in the 79th & 80th Legislative session (79 Leg., SB 89, RV#842; 80 Leg., HB 218, Amendments 7, 11, 13, 15 & Passage to Engrossment)
- Vote FOR giving drivers licenses to illegal aliens in the 77th Legislative session (77 Leg., HB 396)
- Vote FOR raiding the Rainy Day Fund in the 82nd Legislative session (82 Leg., SB 2, RV#58)
Again, your votes were pulled directly from the journals of the Texas Legislature and, unless the Legislature is operating its journals like it “balances” a budget, then you will not be able to show that you voted like a conservative on any of these bills and amendments cited.
These votes, among many others, were noted by leading Conservative watchdog groups EmpowerTexans, Heritage Alliance, Young Conservatives of Texas and the Texas Eagle Forum and were just a few that led to your FAILING SCORES during your entire tenure in the Texas Legislature.
Just in case you missed it at the GTRW meeting, here they are:
- Heritage Alliance 2009 – 30%
- Heritage Alliance 2011 – 57%
- Empower Texans 2009 – 42%
- Empower Texans 2011 – F
- Young Conservatives of Texas 2009 – 32%
- Young Conservatives of Texas 2011 – 55%
- Young Conservatives of Texas Career – 40%
- Eagle Forum 2011 – 28%
Given these scores it is difficult for you to make the case that you are a “conservative leader” and, at best, the most that you can claim from the last session is a “Participation Ribbon”.
Some things just speak for themselves, like an incumbent’s record.
Please click here to read the whole thing.
On a semi-side note, if you’re in the mood for a little lighthearted spoof on Representative Ritter and his recent “Conservative Conversion,” I’ve been playing around with a new camera and some video editing software lately. Feel free to hammer on politely critique my editing skillz in the comments.
After you view that last video, be sure to hit the 1836 Money Bomb banner so we can afford to hire better video guys and hopefully even get the commercials aired. We are the very epitome of grass-roots around here, folks. Kind-of like the Beverly Hillbillies, but without the oil, mansion or movie set.
I believe the only way to save Texas and America is to support grass-roots, Constitutional, Conservative, Christian candidates. That’s why I got involved at the campaign level, and why I support Texas Patriots like Daniel Miller, Tammy Blair, Robert Gonzales, Col. Jim Engstrand, James White, Heidi Thiess and Ted Cruz.
UPDATE: How did I omit Matt Beebe? Doh!
Blog Update: Originally posted on 5-9-12
Constitutional Conservative Daniel Miller (@texans4miller) Speaks at JCRP
June 1, 2012 | Author robot
Jefferson County, Texas is turning conservative and it shows in the new crop of candidates vying for positions in the JCRP.
Good on ya.
Daniel Miller, candidate for TX State Rep. D21, speaks at Jefferson County, TX Republican Party Convention:
The Republican Primary is May 29. Early voting starts May 14.
I think the choice is clear.
Turn and fight.
Please visit http://texansformiller.com to donate time or contribute to the campaign.
Thank you.
Let’s take back Texas from the RINO’s!
Blog note: Originally posted on 4-25-12.
If Half the Democrats in Congress are Communists, Then the Other 50% are…
June 1, 2012 | Author robot
…in denial?
I think that is a conservative estimate. I also wonder about the secrecy of it. After all, most democrats openly support the Progressive agenda and Progressive is just a friendly name for Communist.
Anyone who doesn’t see the similarities between the 10 tenets of the Communist Manifesto and the objectives of the modern Democrat Party is most assuredly ignoring the facts or lying.
Hat tip – Weasel Zippers
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Marxists in our Congress? How does this happen?
Here’s a recent example:
Portland State University Offering ‘Revolutionary Marxism’ Course
Need further proof?
Yuri Bezmenov (ex KGB Agent) Discusses Psychological Warfare Techniques. Subversion & Control of Western Society in 1983 Lecture:
Blog note: Originally posted on 4-11-12.
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Daniel Miller @texans4miller at #SETX #TeaParty Forum 4-3-12 [video]
June 1, 2012 | Author robot
Southeast Texans have been misrepresented for years.
Constitutional Conservative Daniel Miller lays out the facts.
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Vote out the RINO incumbent in the Republican Primary on May 29, 2012. (Early voting May 14 thru May 25.) You must vote in the Republican primary to do it. There is no Democrat challenger running in the November election.
Why?
Allan Ritter switched parties after running unopposed in the 2010 elections.
Please share this video and companion information with your friends from SETX and donate to Daniel Miller’s campaign if you can.
Thank you.
See also: http://www.texansformiller.com/How-Would-You-Vote.pdf
Note: Texas House District 21 now includes Orange County as well as a large portion of Jefferson County.
Blog note: Originally posted on 4-9-12.
1836 Money Bomb – Daniel Miller for TX State Rep.
March 20, 2012 | Author robot
This battle cry fueled the Texans victory against tyranny at San Jacinto.
The spirit of the Alamo lives on as we fight against a modern day government growing ever larger and hindering our freedom and prosperity. ~ Daniel Miller – Conservative candidate for Texas House of Representatives, D21
In 1836 a small number of Texicans and their like minded brethren drew a line in the sand around an old mission. They defiantly dared Santa Anna to cross it, and as a result, gave their lives so that Texas might be born. Â Those Texas heroes refused to back down to tyrannical rule.
It’s our turn to honor their sacrifice.
Like Santa Anna, our federal government is lobbing liberty killing mortars across the mission walls and like Colonel Travis and the Texicans defending the Alamo, we need to load our cannons with that unexploded ordinance.
We also need reinforcements, lots and lots of reinforcements, thus the reason for the 1836 MoneyBomb: To help Conservative Republican Daniel Miller unseat an entrenched Liberal incumbent.
Many Americans take for granted Texas is a Republican state. I’m here to warn you that, like the 
national Republican Party, the Progressive termites have also been busy in the Texas legislature and they are both in dire need of fumigation. For proof, one need look no further than the Progressive States Network or The Texas Truth Team or our own RINO Republican TX House Speaker, Joe Straus.
In order to remove Straus as Texas Speaker and regain an effective conservative majority, we need more conservatives fighting in the trenches. It’s that simple.
One such man is Daniel Miller. A Constitutional Conservative and true lover of Texas who will defend the rights of Texans in honor of the Texicans before him.
We need your help to get him there.
Your contribution of $18.36 could provide us with the powder and shot needed to repel the attacks on our personal freedoms and the sovereignty of Texas.
Of course, all donations of any amount are welcome.
Please consider our earnest plea for assistance and come to our aid with all haste.
Donate to the 1836 Money bomb today!
I encourage all to take the short questionnaire “How Would You Vote?” to see how your views rate vs. Daniel’s and his Liberal opponent.
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TX Representatives Deny Texans Opportunity to Strengthen Religious Freedom
February 13, 2012 | Author robot
“Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.” ~ Ronald Reagan
If one of the duties of government is to safeguard the individual liberty of it’s citizens, then a number of our Texas State Representatives missed a golden opportunity with regard to (82) HJR 135, and in doing so, thumbed their noses at religious freedom and individual sovereignty.
The decision not to offer the amendment for a public vote is unfortunate in light of Obama’s recent dictatorial demands that religious affiliated hospitals or their insurance companies provide birth control or abortion pills. Indeed, a House Research Organization committee reported that the opposition to the amendment voiced concerns that the amendment would in fact, work as intended to protect a religiously affiliated hospital or institution from being required to perform procedures or provide services against their religiously held beliefs!
We the people of Texas were not allowed to vote on this amendment because even 
though the committee voted unanimously to send the bill for a vote, it did not gain the 2/3 majority required to present it to the people. Sadly, some of our Representatives failed to protect religious freedom from the growing federal leviathan.
I received news of this dereliction of duty from Daniel Miller, a small businessman running in a local Republican primary in Texas who gave a brief synopsis of the bill and provided a handy list of the representatives who voted to deny your opportunity to vote on the amendment.
Handy indeed.
Here is Daniel’s take on the issue:
ObamaCare, Texas & Religious Liberty
In the waning hours of the 82nd session of the Texas Legislature, a bill quietly wound its way through the political machine in Austin that was, perhaps, one of the most important bills in the session.
Introduced by Representative Larry Phillips, HJR135 was a proposed constitutional amendment that seemed like a “no-brainer” and under a Texas House of Representatives with a supermajority of Republicans, should have passed with no problems.
The bill would have corrected what has been a glaring oversight in the Bill of Rights in our state constitution – the mandate of protection of religious liberty.
It would have amended the Article 1 Section 6 of the Texas Constitution that currently reads:
“All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences. No man shall be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent. No human authority ought, in any case whatever, to control or interfere with the rights of conscience in matters of religion, and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious society or mode of worship.”
However, with continual attacks from the Federal Government on the religious liberties of Texans, HJR135 would have placed before the voters an opportunity to strengthen the protection by adding the following language to Section 6:
“The government may not, directly, indirectly, or incidentally, substantially burden an individual’s or a religious organization’s conduct that is based on a sincerely held religious belief, unless the government is: acting to further a compelling governmental interest, and using the least restrictive available means to do so. But it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such laws as may be necessary to protect equally every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship.”
However, this proposed amendment did not appear on the ballot for Constitutional amendments this past November. With a Republican supermajority in the House, it failed to receive the support of 2/3rds of the members necessary to be placed on the ballot and, therefore, Texans did not get a chance to vote for it.
The session closed and this bill to protect your religious liberty died a quiet death.
However, this bill, its death and the responsibility of purported “conservatives” who voted to kill it are all roaring back to the surface.
The consequences of the death of this bill are now being felt at this very moment by Catholics, Baptists, Methodists and virtually all other religious denominations throughout Texas.
As Texans everywhere prepare for the disastrous implementation of ObamaCare, Christians and all people of faith are now at a decision point. “Do we obey God or government?”
A provision of ObamaCare mandates that all health-care plans in the United States cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including “Plan B” and others that cause abortions.
Religious hospitals, universities and charitable organizations would not be exempt from the regulation, nor would individual Christians, business owners, or insurers.
This ObamaCare provision forces those who are opposed to abortion to violate their conscience and participate in support of those actions.
However, had every Republican in the Texas House voted for HJR135 then the Legislature would have been forced to take action against this Federal attack on religious liberty and the Attorney General would have firm, unambiguous Constitutional grounds to fight for the rights of Christians in Texas.
We teach our children that actions have consequences. This is why. The actions of those who killed HJR135 will have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences.
Rather than standing for religious liberty their lack of courage opened the door for those who would seek to take it away. Rather than allowing the people of Texas to raise their voices in support of religious liberty, they robbed us of that right. Rather than giving us concrete protection of our “natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of our own consciences”, they force us to answer the question, “Do I obey God or government?”
Here is a list of State Representatives who voted against religious liberty in Texas:
Nays — Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson, C.; Burnam; Davis, Y.; Farias; Gallego; Geren; Giddings; Gonzales, V.; Gonzalez; Hernandez Luna; Hopson; Howard, D.; Johnson; King, T.; Lucio; Lyne; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; McClendon; Pickett; Quintanilla; Raymond; Reynolds; Ritter; Rodriguez; Sheffield; Smith, W.; Strama; Walle.
This is just one example of why local and State elections have large consequences.
Vote wisely, my friends.
Daniel Miller is a true Conservative running in the Texas D21 Republican primary against a former Democrat with one of the most liberal voting records in the state (who incidentally changed party affiliation to Republican just after the 2010 election).
Please consider donating to Daniel’s campaign to unseat a life-long liberal and certified RINO. We need to remind Austin of Texas’ duty to protect it’s people from the intrusion of the federal government into decisions which aught to be entirely personal.
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Daniel Miller’s website: TexansforMiller.com
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