Sue Ella Deadwyler
4168 Rue Antoinette
Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083

"She hath done what she could."
Mark 14:8a

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They Voted Against God!
Is your representative's name on this list?
Many are running for re-election.
Representatives that voted against putting "In God We Trust" on the state flag:
Representatives Ben Allen, Alberta Anderson, Kathy Ashe, Mike Barnes, Ken Birdsong, Tom Bordeaux, Tyrone Brooks, Gail Buckner, Douglas Dean, Ron Dodson, Karla Drenner, Winfred Dukes, Carl Von Epps, Johnny Floyd, Gerald Greene, Sally Harrell, Keith Heard, Joe Heckstall, Michele Henson, Roger Hines, Bob Holmes, Penny Houston, Henry Howard, Newt Hudson, Sistie Hudson, Carolyn Hugley, Lester Jackson, Lynmore James, Jeanette Jamieson, Jimmy Lord, David Lucas, George Maddox, Jim Martin, Jo Ann McClinton, Billy McKinney, Nan Orrock, Bobby Parham, Dorothy Pelote, Judy Poag, DuBose Porter, Arnold Ragas, Nikki Randall, Kasim Reed, Robert Reichert, Lawrence Roberts, Richard Royal, Ron Sailor, Austin Scott, Valencia Seay, Tom Shanahan, Wallace Sholar, Georganna Sinkfield, Jimmy Skipper, Charlie Smith, Calvin Smyre, Mary Squires, Tracy Stallings, Jim Stokes, Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, Maretta Taylor, Sharon Beasley-Teague, Doug Teper, E.C. Tillman, Henrietta Turnquest, Larry Walker, Stan Watson, and Jack West

Representatives that didn't vote: Pat Bell, Ron Borders, John Bulloch, Jack Connell, David Graves, Robert Ray, Carl Rogers, Jay Shaw, Tommy Smith, Tom Murphy (presiding), and Bill Hembree (excused)

"In God We Trust" & the Flag
Many were disturbed last session after the 67 legislators listed above voted against putting "In God We Trust" on the new state flag. Representative James Mills introduced the amendment. It did pass and it is on the new flag, but voters should ask candidates how they would've voted if they had been in the legislature last session. If an incumbent representative is running in your House district, check the above list to learn how he voted.

Ironically, the law that changed the flag, also, requires it to be flown over every state building, including all public schools - the same schools that continually censor all references to Christianity.

The flag is a serious campaign issue and voters are disturbed about the way it was railroaded through the legislature. The Southern Party is "flagging" candidates by carrying Confederate flags at campaign meetings of some prominent elected officials who had a part in replacing the Confederate flag. They've "flagged" meetings of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker, Senator Nathan Dean, Representative Stallings and several more in southeastern Georgia. They initiated the "flagging" campaign to remind officials and voters that the flag was changed after a year of secret meetings and a stampeded vote through the legislature.

You might like the new flag and you might be glad the Confederate flag was replaced, but the way it was done is disturbing. In our representative form of government, elected officials are supposed to represent voters, not bow to political blackmail or bypass the will of the people. All legislators take an oath to uphold the law and constitutions of the state and nation, but after they take the oath, some are reneging on their promise.

Ask new candidates how they would've voted on (a) putting the national motto on the flag and (b) a statewide referendum. Their answers are clues about how they'd vote on related matters if they win their elections.

Unchallenged Candidates in Both Parties
At the end of the June qualifying period, 91 candidates had no opposition. They were, actually, reelected. Eighteen of the already-elected candidates are in the Senate and 73 in the House of Representatives.
Of the eighteen senators, nine are Republicans and nine are Democrats. Seventeen are incumbents and the other is Republican Chuck Clay who served several terms in the Senate prior to this current term.
Of the 73 going into the House without opposition, 67 are incumbents - 30 Republicans, 43 Democrats.

August/September 2002
Have you asked your candidates about these issues?
Drivers' Licenses for Illegal Aliens. Currently in Georgia, drivers' licenses are issued only to U.S. citizens and people with permission to live here. But several bills were introduced in the Georgia General Assembly last session to change that. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Utah already license illegal immigrants. Some 9-11 hijackers had fake driver's licenses and fake state IDs in Florida, Virginia and New Jersey and used fake documents to blend into society, open bank accounts, rent cars/apartments, drive, etc.

New Georgia commission focuses on licenses to illegal aliens. In late 2001 the governor created and appointed a Georgia Commission on Hispanic Affairs that, at its first meeting, decided to study the possibilities of giving drivers' licenses to illegal aliens. Representative Mary Squires, a member of that commission, pre-filed H.B. 983 but never introduced it during the 2002 session. She wanted any person with a valid driver's license from a state or country bordering Georgia or the United States to be issued a Georgia driver's license.

Also introduced in 2002 was Representative Mobley's H.B. 851 to allow drivers' licenses to be issued to anyone living here with or without legal authorization from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Those bills died but the issue is not dead! H.R. 975 that passed the last day of the session authorized the creation of a House committee to study H.B. 851 for possible legislation in 2003. The resolution cites highway safety and automobile insurance as reasons for giving licenses to illegal aliens.

Representative Mobley, who introduced H.B. 851, is returning to the House with no opposition and we know she wants to give drivers' licenses to illegal aliens. If the Speaker appoints the committee, she will be a part of it. Ask candidates how they will vote on giving drivers' licenses to illegal aliens.

Homosexual Influence on Students. Homosexual activists are working to blur differences between heterosexuality and alternate lifestyles by removing all opposition to homosexuality. To accomplish that, they persuaded educators to teach younger and younger children to accept homosexuality as normal and desirable.

Ø Years ago I pleaded with the Department of Education to require schools to teach only that which upholds the law. It didn't happen. In fact, one of my legislators strenuously disagreed with me and said that, if educators taught students only that which upholds the law, they couldn't teach them about homosexuality.

Ø Many parents don't know how serious this problem is. They know sex education is taught k - 12, but not all parents know that even the youngest children are, specifically, taught to affirm that alternate lifestyles ? homosexuality, bisexuality, transgender, etc. ? are as acceptable and normal as heterosexuality.

Ø Just before the 2002 session, I learned that gay/straight alliance clubs were forming in Georgia public schools and parents were unaware of them. As a result, Senator Marable, a public school teacher himself, introduced S.B. 4261 to require schools to notify parents of all clubs and activities available to their children. Senator David Scott, siding with homosexuals against parents, personally, killed the bill in his committee.

Ø "Out-of-the-closet" students qualify for scholarships. Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) sent scholarship applications to school counselors in 1995. That year they awarded their first scholarships to three Georgia high school students who would affirm they (a) are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and (b) are involved in leadership in gay-related activities. This year on June 23rd, seven students from this state were awarded $3,000 each from Georgia PFLAG in a ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Philip.

Ø Stealth tactics promote alternate lifestyles. On April 10th some schools and colleges observed a day of silence to support alternate lifestyles ? lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. Participating teachers and students were asked not to speak during that school day and attend related after-school activities. The day of silence was promoted over the Internet and several Georgia schools were listed as participants.

Ask candidates for school superintendent2 what they will do about teaching homosexuality as normal and acceptable. Will they require schools to notify parents about clubs and extracurricular activities children might join at school? Would they ask the school board to pass such a policy or continue the status quo?
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1 Senator David Scott, candidate for U.S. Congress in District 13, single-handedly killed S.B. 426 to require schools to notify parents of all school-related clubs and extracurricular activities available for their children to join. S.B. 426 was a parental rights bill that went to Senator Scott's Rules Committee. He, personally and arbitrarily, put it on his "section 4" list of bills requiring a two-thirds majority vote to pass out of his committee. Since S.B. 426 died at the hand of Senator Scott, many parents may never know about those clubs.
2 July 13th Southern Voice quoted a Georgia Equality executive as saying, "The superintendent sets the tone for the entire school system....It's an extremely important pulpit for our community." NOTE: homosexual activists call superintendent's office their "pulpit".
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State School Superintendent Race
News Flash! Democrat & Republican Candidates on Opposite Sides of Homosexual Issue
Southern Voice1 asked candidates for state school superintendent whether they would agree to adopt a statewide sexual orientation non-discrimination policy that includes anti-bullying. Activists want educators to use the anti-bullying law as a gag order to prohibit negative speech and different opinions about homosexuality.
Ø Both Democratic run-off candidates, Barbara Christmas and Joe Martin, agree with Southern Voice.
1. (a) Both agreed with Southern Voice that Georgia needs a sexual orientation anti-discrimination policy.
(b) They both told Southern Voice they oppose requiring parental permission for students to join clubs.
2. Martin says sex education classes should include discussion on sexual orientation.
Ø Republican Kathy Cox, candidate for state school superintendent, disagrees, and said, (a)"I basically don't think we should ever have categories of special protection for people based on sexual orientation."
(b) Cox supports requiring parental permission for students to join clubs and (c) opposes gay/straight alliance clubs in schools, stating, "I don't think you need a club proclaiming sexual prowess."

Minority Status for Sexual Orientation. Liberals want to give civil rights status based on sexual orientation. If that happens, employers (including churches and religious institutions) would have to hire applicants living in alternate lifestyles unless the job itself is directly religion-related. Since the state hate crimes law failed to make sexual orientation a protected class, activists continue working toward that status.

On June 30th The Washington Post reported Representative Drenner's plan to accomplish another of her goals. In 2003 she'll allow a more senior legislator to carry a non-discrimination jobs bill to protect homosexuals.
Ask candidates how they will vote on civil rights status and affirmative action based on sexual orientation.

Boy Scouts and Equal Treatment. During the last two sessions, some powerful people who want to mainstream homosexuality killed bills upholding the constitutional rights of Boy Scouts to limit membership.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Scouts' constitutional rights to expressive association to determine who joins or leads the organization. After that decision, Scouts have been persecuted and some troops lost meeting places and grant money. Ask candidates how they would vote on assuring equal protection for Boy Scouts.

Same-sex Marriage and Adoption. Running without opposition, Karla Drenner will represent House District 57 in 2003-4. Her female "spouse" she listed in the 2001 General Assembly directory was removed before the 2002 directory was printed, but one of her goals continues to be legalization of same-sex marriages.

A related issue on her agenda is adoptions by same-sex cohabitants. The son adopted by Drenner and her female cohabitant in St. Louis is evidence of her interest in adoption privileges for same-sex cohabitants.

August 15th the New York City Council approved domestic partnership rights to legally sanctioned same-sex couples visiting there. In September, The New York Times begins publishing announcements of same-sex commitments. When approached by homosexual supporters, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution said it had always been open to publishing same-sex commitment announcements. The AJC price of each announcement is $125. Ask how candidates will vote on same-sex marriage and adoption to same-sex cohabitants.

Sex Crimes Laws. One of Georgia's most ignored laws is the law against fornication that prohibits sexual intercourse (same-sex or opposite sex) outside of marriage, regardless of age or consent. Enacted in 1865-66, it says, "An unmarried person2 commits the offense of fornication when he voluntarily has sexual intercourse with another person and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor."

If fornication laws were enforced, teenage pregnancy, abortion, AIDS and other STDs would be dramatically reduced. Ask candidates whether they'll uphold the law against fornication and other sex crimes.

Assisted Suicide & Mercy Killing. Several years ago a bill prohibiting assisted suicide sailed through the House with little opposition but, after languishing in the Senate until the next year, it barely passed. In the year between those votes, publicity had so conditioned legislators that the bill was almost defeated.

Expect mercy killing and assisted suicide to be issues in 2003 since a Georgia mother killed her sons who had an incurable disease. Ask candidates how they would vote on legalizing mercy killing and assisted suicide.

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1 Southern Voice is the homosexual weekly newspaper available free of charge in Atlanta and New Orleans.
2 Since the word "person" includes homosexuals as well as heterosexuals, homosexuals are challenging the law. See p. 4.

Georgia Insight 2 August/September 2002
ACLU Says Fornication Law is Unfair to Homosexuals
To challenge the fornication law, homosexual advocates are using the Fayette County case of a Clayton County boy and girl. Both were 16 when the girl's mother caught them in a sexual act in the girl's bedroom September 16, 2001. The girl's probation officer charged the boy with fornication and on March 15, 2002 he was convicted. At the boy's June 15th appeal, the ACLU argued that the fornication law should be overturned.

ACLU's attorney says, "On its face, the [fornication] law only differentiates between married and unmarried persons. But since the Georgia legislature passed [a law banning gay marriage] ... if this law stands, gay people can never legally express their intimacy in a sexual act. While heterosexual couples can marry to have sex without breaking the law, gays would have to remain 'permanent virgins'."

This case will be decided by the Georgia Supreme Court, but don't be surprised if legislation is introduced to overturn the fornication law. Ask candidates how they will vote if faced with repeal of the fornication law.

Internet Filters for Porn. A federal court ruled May 31st that libraries don't have to install pornography filters on computers. But, schools and school libraries are still under the Children's Internet Protection Act.

In the 2002 legislative session Senator Cheeks introduced S.B. 387, the Children's Internet Safety Policy, to cut off tax funding of computers in elementary and secondary schools and public libraries unless they have Internet filter systems to protect minors. Filters could be removed when adults use the computers. S.B. 387 passed the Senate but failed in the House. Ask how candidates will vote on Internet filters for minors.

Complete Information for Females Seeking Abortions. In our life times abortion has become so common that in 1998, 32,349 known abortions were performed in Georgia alone. It was the second abortion for 28 percent of the females, the third for nine percent and the fourth for five percent.

Girls1 under 15 had one percent of the abortions, teenagers 15 ? 19 had 18 percent and women 20 ? 24 had 31 percent of all abortions in Georgia. Some 3,111 females came from outside of Georgia to have their babies aborted. Fulton County with over 5,700 and DeKalb with 5,000 led the state in abortions to residents.

In 1973 abortion was legalized and 744,600 were reported nationwide. By 1990 there were 1,608,600 and over a million every year since. Why are they aborting? (a) Three-fourths say a baby would interfere with work, school, or other responsibilities. (b) Two-thirds say they can't afford to have a baby and (c) half don't want to be a single parent or antagonize the baby's father, whether he's their husband or boy friend.

For years, bills have been introduced requiring females to be informed of the name of the doctor performing the abortion, its dangers and alternatives, assistance available for mother and baby, responsibilities of the baby's father, baby's gestational age and other facts. But, those bills are always killed in committee.
Ask candidates how they would vote on bills requiring informed consent for abortions. Ask how they would vote to put abortion clinics under the same standards required of other medical facilities.

Privacy in Health Care. In the 2002 session, the governor passed a bill giving himself and the director of public health power over medical care during emergencies, real or perceived, caused by terrorism or natural forces. Although the governor is elected, the hired public health director does not answer to voters.

As she contradicted a suggestion to allow a doctor's certificate to opt-out patients with compromised immune systems, the director of public health said, "I think it's a mistake to confine public health too much." When citizens asked for limited extraordinary powers during a declared health emergency, members of the House Judiciary Committee always deferred to the wishes of the public health director and did not limit her power.

Georgia law states: "The General Assembly recognizes the right of the individual to control all aspects of his or her personal care and medical treatment, including the right to decline medical treatment or to direct that it be withdrawn." This and other laws will be ignored in a health emergency. If you refuse public health treatment and appeal to the court, the judge, not your doctor, decides what happens to you. Also, you won't be allowed to decide what medical treatment your children get. Ask candidates how they'll modify this law if elected.

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1 I categorize under 15 as "girls", 15?19 as "teens", 20 and older as "women". Abortionists call all females "women" to blur the facts.

Important! Vote in the Primary September 10th. Know how candidates stand on issues before you vote.

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