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Herbert Vetoes Abstinence
By GoJo Staff on March 17, 2012
Utah Governor Gary Herbert(R) has vetoed a bill that would have severely restricted sex education in public schools. The bill would have required educators to teach abstinence only and would forbid instruction on contraception and other matters related to human sexuality. Herbert said the bill went too far and denied parents the right to choose [...]
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NY GOP Fine With Cuomo
By GoJo Staff on March 17, 2012
It’s not that they wouldn’t like to see him replaced with one of their own, but New York Republicans are focused this weekend on other targets and don’t have much to say about Governor Andrew Cuomo(D). At their state convention, many in the GOP – including former Governor George Pataki(R) – said overall they are [...]
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O’Malley: Dignity Will Win
By GoJo Staff on March 17, 2012
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley(D) spoke Friday at a conference in Baltimore on homosexuality and the Catholic church. Having recently signed a gay marriage bill into law, O’Malley said he expects opponents of the measure to force a referendum in November, but he also said he expects the new law to survive. In the end, O’Malley [...]
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Not A Fair Fight
By Dean Pagani on March 11, 2012
(Charleston, WV) – In many ways, West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin(D) simply has an unfair advantage. Turning sixty years old on Thursday, he has been in West Virginia politics nearly two-thirds of his life. He was first elected to the state House of Delegates in 1974 at the age of 22 and went to [...]
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The Culture Of Real Life
By Dean Pagani on March 11, 2012
(Richmond, VA) – If nothing else, the new Virginia law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion makes you think. It can be argued that those who oppose the law are unwilling to face the truth. The truth being that a fetus, even at its earliest stages, is the beginning of a [...]
Posted in Only on GoJo | Tagged abortion, bob mcdonnell, ultrasound, virginia
The Courage Of His Convictions
By Dean Pagani on March 11, 2012
(Annapolis, MD) – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley(D) was sitting on the floor of the conservatory in Government House in Annapolis one morning last fall, surrounded by heaps of the political capital he had stored away during his first five years as governor and said, to no one in particular, “Let’s spend it.” Or so it [...]
Posted in Only on GoJo | Tagged bob mcdonnell, governor, martin omalley, maryland, national governors association
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