Attached please find the New Mexico Citizen Stewardship Election Guide. The guide has been made available by the Hispanic Action Network.
Please note this elections guide is has been approved for use in all churches.
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New Mexico Politics from a Christian Perspective
Attached please find the New Mexico Citizen Stewardship Election Guide. The guide has been made available by the Hispanic Action Network.
Please note this elections guide is has been approved for use in all churches.
The New Mexico State Legislature is expected to hear proposed legislation entitled “Medical Aid in Dying (MAID)” during the 2019 legislative session that begins in January in Santa Fe, NM.
Medical Aid in Dying, also known as Death with Dignity, Physician Assisted Suicide and End of Life Options, allows a physician to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to a patient with the understanding that the medication is to be used to cause the death of the patient as the result of suicide. The legislation declares the physician free of any legal consequences as the result of participating in the death.
The rationale for Medical Aid in Dying is that it is a compassionate alternative for those suffering from a terminal illness. The prescription is intended to bring a life to an end, thus hastening the inevitable death. The reasoning behind Medical Aid in Dying is the same as for euthanasia: the desire for a compassionate end of life and the avoidance of suffering.
“Safeguards” are prescribed in the legislation in an attempt to avoid the exploitation of the death. The patient must initiate the suicide by requesting his or her own death. The patient must self-administer a lethal dose of prescribed medication. The physician must concur and prescribe the lethal dose. A consulting physician must concur. And a single family member must agree. The result is irreversible: the patient dies.
The following are concerns surrounding this legislation.
New Mexico Watchman
www.nmwatchman.com
A resolution to endorse Medical Assistance in Dying is being proposed by Santa Fe City Council Woman Carol Romero-Wirth. Mrs. Romero-Wirth is asking the City Council to endorse allowing physicians to prescribe lethal doses of medication to those deemed terminally ill.
The Medical Assistance in Dying legislation (formerly titled Physician Assisted Suicide, Death with Dignity and End of Life Option) has been addressed by the New Mexico State Legislature and will again in the January 2019 session. The Santa Fe City Council resolution endorses and encourages passage of the state legislation.
Public comment will not be taken on the issue this evening, Monday, July 16, 2018, but may be open during next week’s City Council session. We encourage all Santa Feans to contact their Councilors and encourage them to vote “No” on Medical Assistance in Dying.
Alan Webber
Mayor
(505) 955-6590
mayor@santafenm.gov
SANTA FE CITY COUNCILORS
Renee Villarreal
District 1 Councilor
(505) 955-2345
rdvillarreal@santafenm.gov
Signe I. Lindell
District 1 Councilor
(505) 955-6812
silindell@santafenm.gov
Peter Ives
District 2 Councilor
(505) 955-6816
pnives@santafenm.gov
Carol Romero-Wirth
District 2 Councilor
(505) 955-6815
cromero-wirth@santafenm.gov
Chris Rivera
District 3 Councilor
(505) 955-6818
cmrivera@santafenm.gov
Roman “Tiger” Abeyta
District 3 Councilor
(505) 955-6814
rrabeyta@santafenm.gov
Michael Harris
District 4 Councilor
(505) 955-6817
maharris@santafenm.gov
JoAnne Vigil Coppler
District 4 Councilor
(505) 955-6811
jvcoppler@santafenm.gov
Carol Romero-Wirth
District 2 Councilor
(505) 955-6815
cromero-wirth@santafenm.gov
We are praising God today, Monday, June 4, 2018. The United States Supreme Court decided in favor of Mr. Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker who was sued by two homosexuals for not baking a wedding cake for them.
Had Mr. Phillips lost the case, freedom to practice Christianity in the market place would have severely damaged if not ended. Seven justices voted in favor of Mr. Phillips and two against.
We are in an era in which silencing Christianity and traditional values is being forced upon us. For example, California Assembly Bill 2943 “Unlawful business practices: sexual orientation change efforts” if passed, will make it illegal to counsel anyone regarding changing their sexual orientation or publishing anything suggesting reorientation to heterosexuality might occur.
Nevertheless we thank God for Mr. Phillip’s victory. Thank God for this day.
New Mexico Watchman
Law in New Mexico comes by way of an elongated process sometimes taking years of persistent effort. During a 30-Day Session, social issues take a back seat to financial concerns. For a bill to be heard, first the Governor must “send a message,” allowing the bill to move forward. Secondly, the Floor Leadership must assign the bill to a Committee. Thirdly, the Chair of Committee must schedule the bill for a hearing.
The only legislation we are following that is approved by Governor Martinez is HB 56 Parental Notification of an Abortion. The Speaker of the House, Rep. Brian Egolf, has assigned the bill to the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliseo Alcon, Chair. Mr. Alcon has not scheduled the bill for a hearing.
(Mr. Alcon may be embarrassed by the fact the last year he purposely call a committee hearing on Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m., assuming most persons interested in the legislation would be in church. A church service was held in the Rotunda of the Capitol and a record number of testimonies in support of the bill was heard.)
Hearing HB 56 Parental Notification of an Abortion should move forward this legislative session and should be heard.
Please call Mr. Alcon at his capitol office at (505) 986-4425 and ask him to schedule HB 56 Parental Notification of an Abortion for a hearing.
Also, please pray for our New Mexico State Legislature, Mr. Alcon and the legislators that represent you.
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Since the Supreme Court sanctioned homosexual “marriage,” there have been endless attacks on individuals and organizations that advocate a Christian worldview. Guidestar is the latest organization to adopt an anti-Christian stance.
Guidestar is largest organization that provides information on the country’s nonprofits. Nonprofits rely on donations, and philanthropic organizations rely on Guidestar for information about them.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a pro-homosexual organization that began in the early ‘70s with a civil rights focus. The law office became active suing the Ku Klux Klan for example. More recently the organization has focused on supporting homosexual activism, immigration and the separation of church and state. The Southern Poverty Law Center targets conservative Christian organizations, labeling them “hate groups.”
This month, June 2017, Guidestar partnered with the Southern Poverty Law Center. The result is that 46 Christian organizations have been labeled “hate groups” by Guidestar. Groups such as Focus on the Family and Family Research Council have been so labeled. Guidestar has temporarily removed the labeling.
Guidestar does not appear interested in hearing from the Christian community, claiming that input in defense of a Christian worldview had turned into “harassment and threats” against their staff.
Nevertheless, if you would like to contact Guidestar with your concern, you can email edu@guidestar.org, outreach@guidestar.org or fax (757) 229-8912.
The Guidestar slogan is “Better data. Better decisions. Better world.” Please let Guidestar know there is nothing better in labeling Christian organization as “hate groups.
Lastly, please pray for Guidestar and its founder, Arthur “Buzz” Schmidt.
Thank you and God bless you.
New Mexico Watchman
Prior to Santa Fe’s vote on the Sugar Tax, Mayor Javier Gonzales, held a meeting at the United Universal Church with Santa Fe’s liberal clergy.
The purpose of the meeting was to justify taking 3 year olds into a government run day-care program and taxing sugar. That position was addressed in a resent article in the Santa Fe New Mexican by columnist Milan Simonich. The column can be seen at the following link.
I thank Mr. Simonich for his his position, writing on this subject in a lucid and cogent way, exposing the hypocrisy and manipulation of our current Mayor.
JD Vasquez
nmwatchman@comcast.net
The question facing Santa Feans in the city’s proposed Sugar Tax is, “Can government be a better parent than Mom and Dad?” The tax increases government by hiring an administration to pay for day-care from providers without training, who then assumes the role of parent. Rather than helping families economically, the Sugar Tax takes more of the family’s resources, then and hires pseudo-mom and dads in their place.
Also, the long-term value of pre-K programs diminishes and disappears by the 3rd grade. “Fade out,” the phenomenon of non-pre-K children catching up academically with those enrolled in pre K, has been researched and documented.
Let’s avoid government intrusion and keep New Mexico families and their resources in their homes where they belong. The government is not a good sugar daddy and the Sugar Tax is not a good idea.