CITY ON THE HILL Conference 2009
Application Deadline is June 15th! This conference for Christian High School students is an experience you don't want them to miss! CITY is a great Christian atmosphere encouaging our young people to grow as a Christian and be the effective leader and responsible citizen that God called them to be. These young people will learn from current leaders in various fields on relevant topics to young Christian leaders. These students will also experience the process of policy-making in our mock legislative session (in the actual Senate Chamber).
If you are interested, please contact us 410.760.9166 or email rob@mdfamilies.org. Check our
website for more information and an application. www.mdfamilies.org/city/
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Session Ends –
Sine Die
(NO MORE
DAYS)
At midnight last night the 2009
General Assembly mercifully came to an end. It is sad to watch the party line
voting that passes for voter representation as many bills are voted on, not
because of their merit, logic, cost or future usefulness, but because of which
party presents them.
We will be summarizing some of the
major bills important to families in the next day or so. For now please check
our website for an updated BILL STATUS CHART.
We should be thankful to the
Republican minority, most of whom gave excellent, thoughtful and timely
testimony during the Session and especially yesterday in the closing hours of
debate.
Of course there are several Democrats
that are conservative and that vote across party lines on specific bills, but
too often the party line is followed to the detriment of the citizens of
Maryland.
One promising note was that several
of our City On The Hill alumni served this year as interns to Senators and
Delegates. Last night Jeff Reid,
Steven Gaines, Heather Boyer (Rob Warlick’s fiancé) and of course, Rob, my assistant. Now that the Session has ended we will
be opening registrations for this year’s City On The Hill program. Check our
website for more information and an application. www.mdfamilies.org/city/
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2009 March For Life was Great Success!
From Prolifeblogs.com - Pro-Life Unity was on-site at the Maryland March for Life yesterday,
March 9th, 2009. Our news wing, ProLifeNews.tv broadcasted live from St. Mary's
Church starting from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm. I got plenty of interviews with people
who showed up for this event, including Senator Andy Harris, Delegate Don Dwyer, Pastor Luke Robinson,
Bishop Harry Jackson, David Bereit, Doug Stiegler, and many more.
Pro-Life Unity was a sponsor for the event and of course endorsed and
promoted it. Click here to read more about
the other sponsors and the event.
At about 6:40 pm hundreds of people who were gathered at St. Mary's Church
started the march for the State House in Annapolis, Maryland. They gathered to
stand up for life and oppose abortion and human killing research. By the time
everybody got to the rally at the State House, some say there were as many as
1,500 people participating. I could hear the cheers of the people from a block
away as I made my way from my car. No, I couldn't march with everybody else, I
had too much equipment, & well, I have crutches, so the combination of the
two make things a little too difficult to march for very long!
When I got to the State House the event was well under way. Speakers were
there from different organizations, as were many Pro-Life representatives from
the Maryland government. With the help of Bill Simpson, I squeezed my way
through the crowd and set up the camera to film the speakers, and then I wiggled
out to do some more interviews with the other camera and get some footage from
the side.
Then it was back to St. Mary's for refreshments and to check out the booths
from the various Pro-Life organizations, like Rock for Life, American Life
League, National Pro-Life Radio, Defend Life and more. I spoke with and
interviewed Bishop Harry Jackson there along with a few others.
The crowd really was large this year. Was it the weather, which was around 65
degrees? I don't think so, but I'm sure it helped. I think people are seeing
Obama's policies of death and many people are ready to stand up for those who
cannot defend themselves.
How about you? Are you ready? www.marylandmarchforlife.org
