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01-05-2008, 09:30 AM
E-Mail Alert from the American Family Association of Indiana
From: "Micah Clark" <micah@afain.net>
To: "tibbs1973@yahoo.com" <tibbs1973@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:34:30 -0600
Subject: AFA of Ind. Weekly e-mail
The 2008 Indiana General Assembly begins next week on January 8th. Most of the media attention surrounding the legislature has, and will continue to be focused on the property tax problem. However, this does not mean that other issues will be ignored or set aside. Unfortunately, there are those in the legislature and activist groups who want to use the attention on our "property tax crisis" (which is a government created problem) as an excuse for not addressing other important matters.
House Speaker Patrick Bauer has already tried to say that the House will be too busy to allow a vote on the Marriage Protection Amendment which would allow Hoosiers to vote on the definition of marriage in November as a majority of states have already done.
It is tempting to ridicule a politician who claims that he can't "walk and chew gum." Any person familiar with the legislature knows that they can deal with multiple issues whenever they want. In fact, at the end of the session, there will be dozens, if not hundreds of bills passed this year on all sorts of topics.
It is worth noting that the state Senate is hearing three different Constitutional amendments in three separate committees in the first 24 hours of the session. On the 8th, the Rules Committee will consider SJR 8, the amendment to repeal property taxes: the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee will hear a Constitutional Amendment on various property tax exemptions with SJR 1; On Wednesday the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear SJR 2 which is a Constitutional amendment to prohibit property taxation of Churches. During this same time other Senate committees are considering bills on topics such as teacher licensing, prison sentences for sex offenders, and environmental matters in the Great Lakes. It is obvious that the legislature can address any topic it desires in the midst of dealing with tax matters.
From: "Micah Clark" <micah@afain.net>
To: "tibbs1973@yahoo.com" <tibbs1973@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:34:30 -0600
Subject: AFA of Ind. Weekly e-mail
The 2008 Indiana General Assembly begins next week on January 8th. Most of the media attention surrounding the legislature has, and will continue to be focused on the property tax problem. However, this does not mean that other issues will be ignored or set aside. Unfortunately, there are those in the legislature and activist groups who want to use the attention on our "property tax crisis" (which is a government created problem) as an excuse for not addressing other important matters.
House Speaker Patrick Bauer has already tried to say that the House will be too busy to allow a vote on the Marriage Protection Amendment which would allow Hoosiers to vote on the definition of marriage in November as a majority of states have already done.
It is tempting to ridicule a politician who claims that he can't "walk and chew gum." Any person familiar with the legislature knows that they can deal with multiple issues whenever they want. In fact, at the end of the session, there will be dozens, if not hundreds of bills passed this year on all sorts of topics.
It is worth noting that the state Senate is hearing three different Constitutional amendments in three separate committees in the first 24 hours of the session. On the 8th, the Rules Committee will consider SJR 8, the amendment to repeal property taxes: the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee will hear a Constitutional Amendment on various property tax exemptions with SJR 1; On Wednesday the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear SJR 2 which is a Constitutional amendment to prohibit property taxation of Churches. During this same time other Senate committees are considering bills on topics such as teacher licensing, prison sentences for sex offenders, and environmental matters in the Great Lakes. It is obvious that the legislature can address any topic it desires in the midst of dealing with tax matters.