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Subject: Heritage Communications - Feb. 26, 2008 - Alert! - Update Bills Advancing
From: thaxton2@juno.com



DEAR FRIEND,
 
I ASK AND BEG YOU TO READ THIS  ALERT.  JOHN CAREY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING US INFORMED.    WEST VIRGINIANS HAVE ELECTED PEOPLE WHO APPARENTLY HATE GOD.  WE HAVE FOUGHT THIS HOMOSEXUAL GANG OF MILITANTS FOR YEARS. FLAUNTED HOMOSEXUALITY MARKS THE END OF GREAT CULTURES.   OUR  LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY  IS EITHER EXTREMELY IGNORANT OR EVIL OR BOTH.   PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR DELEGATES AND SENATORS AND VISIT THEM IN THEIR OFFICE IF POSSIBLE.  PUT SOME LEGS ON YOUR PRAYERS.  GOD HAVE MERCY UPON OUR STATE.  GET IN THE FIGHT.  YOU ARE NEEDED.
 
 SPONSORS OF SENATE BILL 600 ...McCABE, FOSTER, WELLS (ALL DEMS FROM KANAWHA), KESSLER,  (Dem., Marshall)  BAILEY (Dem, Wyoming), MINARD (Dem, Harrison), HUNTER (Dem, Monongalia , WHITE (Dem, Webster).
 
Sponsors of HB 3211Doyle (Dem, Jefferson), Brown (Dem, Kanawha), Carmichael (Rep, Jackson), Evans
(Rep, Grant), Fleischauer (Dem, Monongalia), Guthrie (Dem, Kanawha), Palumbo (Dem, Kanawha), Schadler (Rep,Mineral), Webster (Dem, Kanawha), Wells (Dem, Kanahwa). 
Henry L. Thaxton
 
jcarey@heritagecwv.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Heritage Communications - Feb. 26, 2008 - Alert! - Update Bills Advancing
Message-ID: <1101996359379.1101825906440.36.3.821815B3@scheduler>
 
 
Heritage Communications
 
Captive Audience Bill - SB 4132 - Introduced in the Senate today.
 
SB 600 - The Homosexual Non-discrimination Bill passed the Senate today.
State Capitol Confidential
Briefing
Feb. 26, 2008
 
 

Complete list of Delegate and Senator phone numbers at bottom of this page

Feb. 26th, 2008 - Update
Two bills are now working their way through the legislature that should be of great concern to many - but especially the Christian Business Owner!

Update Feb. 26th!
SB600 the Homosexual Non-discrimination Bill
Passed the Senate today, Feb. 26th - Will be introduced in the House tomorrow and referred to the House Judiciary Committee.  Focus Calls on your Delegate, the Judiciary Chairman Webster, and the Governor.
Bulletin Insert & Contact Info Now Available!
Complete List of House Members - PDF
Contact number for Governor Manchin: 1-888-438-2731

Update Feb 26th!
SB 4132 the Captive Audience Bill
Passed the House on Monday. Was introduced in the Senate today- Feb. 26th. Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. At this time the committee is not expected to take up the bill until Thursday at 10 AM - But this could change.
Focus Calls on your Senator the Judiciary Chairman Kessler, and the Governor.
Click here for a bulletin insert and contact information.
Complete List of Senate Members - PDF
Contact number for Governor Manchin: 1-888-438-2731

Captive Audience Bill - Background - HB 4132 is now in the Senate!
The Captive Audience Bill, HB 4132, passed the Full House on Feb. 25th, 2008. A move is now expected this week in the WV State Senate to re-insert provisions that will make it illegal for an employer, and many in the work place, to share their faith in Christ.

Supporters of this effort are saying that their "intention" is to prevent workers from being forced to hear the religious views of the employer and his/her representatives by allowing workers to sue their employer if they feel "required" to hear the employer's religious views and "compelled" to believe what the employer is saying.

Taking God out of Private Business!
While some lawmakers may be well intentioned, this bill will for the first time allow an employer to be sued by the employee if he/she feels they are being required to hear the political or religious views of the employer and feels they are being compelled to agree with those views.

The employer might not know how the employee feels about what he is saying until he receives an order to go before a judge and explain his expression of faith in God, or before the State Labor Commissioner, who also will have the right to determine what is and is not religious speech.

The fine for illegally talking about God in the work place is higher than that given for many felony convictions.

It is not the "good intentions" of lawmakers that govern our lives, but the laws they create. This bill is an insult to Christian business owners. There already are  federal and state laws that protect workers from hostile work environments.

Talking Points:
  • Please protect my free speech rights by voting NO! to HB 4132, the
    Captive Audience Bill. Please put your energies into protecting my free speech rights, especially in the areas of political and religious speech
    - the foundational freedoms of America!
  • West Virginia does not need HB 4132. Workers are already protected from hostile work environments. Vote NO! to HB 4132, the Captive Audience Bill.
Contact number for Governor Manchin: 1-888-438-2731

SB 600 - The Homosexual Non-discrimination Bill
Complete List of House Members - PDF
Bulletin Insert & Contact Info Now Available
SB 600 would include sexual orientation as a protected or preferred class in The Human Rights Commission statute. This bill is in the House of Delegates!

Private businesses and landlords can get sued if they are not able to prove that they did not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.

Bill excerpt:
"...sexual orientation" means heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality or gender identity or expression, whether actual or perceived."

In the case of an alleged act of discrimination by an employer, it would shift the burden of proof from the employee to the employer in demonstrating that discrimination did not take place.

It would do the same for those who rent property, whether in an apartment complex or a room in their private residence.

A New State Goal - Mandating acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle
The Human Rights Commission's purpose is to create acceptance and appreciation for the groups it seeks to protect. With the enactment of this legislation, it would begin to promote appreciation and acceptance on the basis of sexual orientation, such as those who are bisexual, homosexual, or transsexual in all places of public accommodation, including state government, private businesses, and public schools.

The purpose of this bill is to reshape the culture of West Virginia and encourage the acceptance and appreciation of the gay lifestyle.

While churches and non-profit groups seem to be excluded from this bill, it can be expected that in order to achieve its over-arching goal of preventing discrimination, religious organizations will eventually not be excluded from the human rights provisions.

Since the Supreme Court has already ruled that a non-profit, private institution can lose its tax-exempt status if it violates the spirit of the national policy against racial discrimination, why would this not eventually extend to sexual protection as well?

Call your Delegate and the Governor and ask them to oppose SB 600. Let them know that you do not want sexual orientation elevated to a protected class in the Human Rights Commission Statute!

West Virginia Delegates Capitol Phone Numbers - 2008

Delegate's Name - Districts - Counties - Capitol Phone Number
 
DeLong, Joe 1 Hancock (304) 340-3220
 
Swartzmiller, Randy 1 Hancock (304) 340-3138

Ennis, Timothy R. 2 Brooke, Ohio (304) 340-3126

Yost, Jack 2 Brooke, Ohio (304) 340-3392

Hutchins, Tal 3 Ohio (304) 340-3270

Klempa, Orphy 3 Ohio (304) 340-3378

Tucker, Kenneth G. 4 Marshall (304) 340-3123

Varner, Scott G. 4 Marshall (304) 340-3187

Pethel, Dave 5 Wetzel, Monongalia (304) 340-3158

Romine, Roger 6 Tyler, Dodderidge (304) 340-3226

Ireland, Lynwood "Woody" 7 Pleasants, Ritchie (304) 340-3195

Anderson, William 8 Wood (304) 340-3168

Border, Larry 9 Wood, Wirt (304) 340-3136

Azinger, Tom 10 Wood (304) 340-3202

Ellem, John 10 Wood (304) 340-3394

Poling, Daniel 10 Wood (304) 340-3137

Ashley, Bob 11 Roane, Jackson (304) 340-3185

Carmichael, Mitch 12 Jackson (304) 340-3115

Martin, Dale 13 Jackson, Mason, Putnam (304) 340-3130

Paxton, Brady 13 Jackson, Mason, Putnam (304) 340-3337

Andes, Troy 14 Mason, Putnam (304) 340-3121

Schoen, Patti Eagloski 14 Mason, Putnam (304) 340-3141

Craig, Kevin J. 15 Cabell, Lincoln (304) 340-3350

Miller, Carol 15 Cabell, Lincoln (304) 340-3176

Morgan, James 15 Cabell, Lincoln (304) 340-3192

Reynolds, Doug 16 Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne (304) 340-3199

Sobonya, Kelli 16 Cabell, Lincoln (304) 340-3175

Stephens, Dale 16 Cabell, Lincoln (304) 340-3395

Perdue, Don 17 Wayne (304) 340-3269

Thompson, Richard 17 Wayne (304) 340-3210

Barker, Larry 18 Boone (304) 340-3125

Eldridge, Jeff 19 Logan, Lincoln, Boone (304) 340-3174

Ellis, Ted 19 Logan, Lincoln, Boone (304) 340-3139

Hrutkay, Lidella Wilson 19 Logan, Lincoln, Boone (304) 340-3134

Rodighiero, Ralph 19 Logan, Lincoln, Boone (304) 340-3154

Kominar, K. Steven 20 Wayne, Mingo (304) 340-3117

White, Harry Keith 21 Mingo, McDowell (304) 340-3230

Browning, Richard 22 McDowell, Wyoming, Mercer (304) 340-3113

Burdiss, Mike 22 McDowell, Wyoming, Mercer (304) 340-3111

Moore, Cliff 23 McDowell (304) 340-3189

Frederick, Eustace 24 Mercer (304) 340-3164

Long, Marshall 25 Mercer (304) 340-3120

Porter, Thomas 25 Mercer (304) 340-3172

Crosier, Gerald 26 Monroe, Summers (304) 340-3188

Gall, Louis 27 Summers, Raleigh (304) 340-3183

Kessler, Melvin 27 Summers, Raleigh (304) 340-3163

Mahan, Virginia 27 Summers, Raleigh (304) 340-3102

Moye, Ricky 27 Summers, Raleigh (304) 340-3162

Sumner, Linda 27 Summers, Raleigh (304) 340-3180

Campbell, Thomas 28 Greenbrier (304) 340-3129

Canterbury, Ray 28 Greenbrier (304) 340-3131

Perry, David G. 29 Fayette, Nicholas, Clay (304) 340-3155

Pino, John 29 Fayette, Nicholas, Clay (304) 340-3170

Staggers, Margaret Anne 29 Fayette, Nicholas, Clay (304) 340-3197

Brown, Bonnie 30 Kanawha (304) 340-3106

Guthrie, Nancy Peoples 30 Kanawha (304) 340-3156

Hatfield, Barbara 30 Kanawha (304) 340-3140

Higgins, Dave 30 Kanawha (304) 340-3152

Palumbo, Corey L. 30 Kanawha (304) 340-3119

Spencer, Sharon 30 Kanawha (304) 340-3218

Wells, Danny 30 Kanawha (304) 340-3287

Webster, Carrie 31 Kanawha (304) 340-3252

Armstead, Tim 32 Kanawha (304) 340-3240

Lane, Patrick 32 Kanawha (304) 340-3275

Walters, Ron 32 Kanawha (304) 340-3194

Stemple, William 33 Calhoun, Gilmer (304) 340-3112

Boggs, Brent 34 Gilmer, Braxton (304) 340-3280

Argento, Sam 35 Nicholas (304) 340-3143

Talbott, Joe 36 Nicholas, Webster (304) 340-3116

Hartman, William G. 37 Randolph, Pocahontas (304) 340-3178

Proudfoot, Bill 37 Randolph, Pocahontas (304) 340-3248

Stalnaker, Douglas K. 38 Upshur, Lewis (304) 340-3396

Hamilton, Bill 39 Upshur (304) 340-3167

Poling, Mary M. 40 Upshur, Barbour (304) 340-3265

Cann, Samuel J. 41 Harrison, Marion (304) 340-3118

Fragale, Ron 41 Harrison, Marion (304) 340-3114

Iaquinta, Richard J. 41 Harrison, Marion (304) 340-3161

Miley, Tim 41 Harrison, Marion (304) 340-3145

Tansill, Jeffery 42 Marion, Taylor, Monongalia (304) 340-3179

Caputo, Mike 43 Marion, Monongalia (304) 340-3249

Longstreth, Linda 43 Marion, Monongalia (304) 340-3124

Manchin, Tim 43 Marion, Monongalia (304) 340-3166

Beach, Robert 44 Monongalia (304) 340-3153

Fleischauer, Barbara Evans 44 Monongalia (304) 340-3169

Marshall, Charlene 44 Monongalia (304) 340-3186

Shook, Alex J. 44 Monongalia (304) 340-3173

Williams, Larry 45 Preston (304) 340-3160

Shaver, Stan 46 Preston, Tucker (304) 340-3146

Michael, Harold 47 Pendleton, Hardy (304) 340-3340

Evans, Allen 48 Pendleton, Grant, Mineral (304) 340-3399

Schadler, Robert A. 49 Mineral (304) 340-3191

Rowan, Ruth 50 Mineral, Hampshire (304) 340-3157

Cowles, Daryl E. 51 Hampshire, Morgan (304) 340-3177

Blair, Craig P. 52 Morgan, Berkeley (304) 340-3122

Miller, Jonathan 53 Berkeley (304) 340-3147

Duke, Walter E. 54 Berkeley (304) 340-3151

Overington, John 55 Berkeley (304) 340-3148

Tabb, Robert C. 56 Jefferson, Berkeley (304) 340-3274

Doyle, John 57 Jefferson (304) 340-3184

Wysong, Locke 58 Jefferson (304) 340-3135

Members of the West Virginia State Senate - 2008

Name - District - Counties  - Capitol Phone Number

McKenzie, Andy 1 Hancock, Brooke, Ohio (304) 357-7984

Bowman, Edwin J. 1 Hancock, Brooke, Ohio (304) 357-7918

Kessler, Jeffery V. 2 Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler, Monongalia, Doddridge, Ritchie, Calhoun, Marion (304) 357-7880

Edgell, Larry J. 2 Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler, Monongalia, Doddridge, Ritchie, Calhoun, Marion (304) 357-7827

Deem, J. Frank 3 Wood, Pleasants, Wirt, Roane (304) 357-7970

Boley, Donna J. 3 Wood, Pleasants, Wirt, Roane (304) 357-7905

Hall, Mike 4 Jackson, Roane, Mason, Putnam (304) 357-7843

Facemyer, Karen Lynn 4 Jackson, Roane, Mason, Putnam (304) 357-7855

Jenkins, Evan 5 Cabell (304) 357-7956

Plymale, Robert H. 5 Cabell (304) 357-7937

Chafin, H. Truman 6 Wayne, Mingo, McDowell, Wyoming, Mercer (304) 357-7808

Fanning, John Pat 6 Wayne, Mingo, McDowell, Wyoming, Mercer (304) 357-7867

Stollings, Ron 7 Wayne, Boone, Lincoln, Logan (304) 357-7939

Tomblin, Earl Ray 7 Wayne, Boone, Lincoln, Logan (304) 357-7801

Wells, Erik 8 Kanawha (304) 357-7841

Sprouse, Vic 8 Kanawha (304) 357-7854

Green, Mike 9 Wyoming, Raleigh (304) 357-7831

Bailey, Billy Wayne 9 Wyoming, Raleigh (304) 357-7807

Caruth, Donald T. 10 Mercer, Fayette, Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier (304) 357-7901

Guills, Jesse O. 10 Mercer, Fayette, Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier (304) 357-7959

White, C. Randy 11 Fayette, Clay, Nicholas, Webster, Upshur (304) 357-7906

Love, Shirley C. 11 Fayette, Clay, Nicholas, Webster, Upshur (304) 357-7849

Minard, Joseph 12 Lewis, Gilmer, Braxton, Harrison (304) 357-7904

Sharpe, Jr., William R. 12 Lewis, Gilmer, Braxton, Harrison (304) 357-7845

Oliverio, II, Michael A. 13 Monongalia, Marion (304) 357-7919

Prezioso, Roman W. 13 Monongalia, Marion (304) 357-7961

Hunter, Jon Blair 14 Preston, Monongalia, Tucker, Taylor, Barbour, Grant, Mineral (304) 357-7995

Sypolt, Dave 14 Preston, Monongalia, Tucker, Taylor, Barbour, Grant, Mineral (304) 357-7914

Barnes, Clark 15 Uphsur, Randolph, Pocahontas, Pendelton, Grant, Hardy, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley (304) 357-7973

Helmick, Walt 15 Uphshur,Randolph, Pocahontas, Pendelton, Grant, Hardy, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley (304) 357-7980

Yoder, John 16 Berkeley, Jefferson (304) 357-7957

Unger, II, John R. 16 Berkeley, Jefferson (304) 357-7933

Foster, Dan 17 Kanawha (304) 357-7866

McCabe, Brooks F. 17 Kanawha (304) 357-7990
 
 
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