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Friday, March 4
Gay Marriage Ban Moves Forward in Iowa
by
Linda Thieman
on Fri 04 Mar 2005 06:38 PM CST
 Gay Marriage Ban Moves Forward in Iowa
The Advocate
An Iowa
house committee has approved a proposed amendment to the Iowa
constitution banning same-sex marriage. Critics said state law already
bans same-sex marriage and saw the proposed constitutional amendment as
political grandstanding. Supporters said they are worried about
"activist judges" who could potentially strike down the law.
"If you
follow the news at all, it's not unusual for courts to rule those laws
unconstitutional," Republican representative Danny Carroll, the main
supporter of the measure, said Thursday. "The institution of marriage
is serious."
[Is
it just me, or is the world turned upside down? If a court might
rule an anti-gay marriage law unconstitutional because it violates our
rights, let's just change the constitution so we don't have any rights
to begin with. Problem solved!]
The
house judiciary committee approved the proposed amendment 13-6,
clearing the way for debate in the full house. Republican leaders said
they have the votes to approve the measure in the house, but its future
in the current legislature is cloudy. The senate is tied at 25-25, and
a similar proposed amendment was rejected last year when Republicans
held firm control of the chamber. Republicans tend to favor the ban on
gay marriage in greater numbers than Democrats.
[Yeah,
Republicans are good at getting their knickers in a twist and avoiding
ACTUAL problems. Distract the constituents with hot-button issues
so they won't notice the state has fallen into the toilet.]
Democratic
representative Vicki Lensing said she was worried the proposed
constitutional amendment would overturn decisions by some local
governments to recognize domestic-partnership arrangements for issues
such as health care. "I don't want to undermine that," Lensing said.
The outcome of the debate won't be clear for years, regardless of the
outcome of this year's debate.
A
proposed constitutional amendment would have to be approved during the
current two-year general assembly, and an identical measure would have
to be approved by the legislature elected next year. If the proposal
wins that approval, it would then go on the ballot during the general
election of 2008, timing that has heavy political overtones because
that's a presidential election year.
(Click here to read the complete article.)
Your Right to Buy Supplements is at Risk!
by
Linda Thieman
on Fri 04 Mar 2005 11:05 AM CST
  
Your Right to Buy Supplements is at Risk!
Nutritional Health Alliance
Pending Bills in Congress Could Take Away Your Health Care Rights to Buy Vitamins and Herbs
Our Health Freedoms are Under Siege!
Legislators and the FDA continue their relentless assault.
Why are vitamins under siege?
Natural supplements seem to be warding off attacks from all angles
lately. Of course, the most vicious assault, threatening to revoke our
right to take safe, natural vitamins, is coming from legislators
working to impose adverse event reporting (AER) on nutritional
supplements. If these legislators succeed, you’ll need a prescription to get your daily multivitamin - because all vitamins will be regarded as drugs. Absurd? It gets even more bizarre.
Recent
media reports warning that vitamin E may have side effects have
completely dominated headlines, poisoning the mind of the public.
In truth, legitimate studies have proven that vitamin E is not only
essential for overall health, but possesses amazing cardiovascular
health-enhancing properties.
With
the recent smear campaign against vitamin E, to go along with the
ongoing AER threat against all vitamins, it appears that powerful
forces are successfully orchestrating multi-pronged attacks to prevent
Americans from taking health-enhancing supplements. Their
impending victory, and the subsequent decline of America’s health, will
funnel billions of additional dollars into the pharmaceutical and
health-care industries.
At the
heart of this maelstrom is the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), which
may ultimately have supreme power over all pharmaceutical drugs and
nutritional supplements. But do we really want the FDA controlling our
vitamins?
Dishonest FDA
What on
earth is the FDA doing? The agency’s mission statement reads, in part:
“The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring
the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs,
biological products...[and] our nation’s food supply...”
This is
the very same FDA that dropped the ball on at least two painkillers,
Vioxx and Celebrex, and countless other synthetic drugs. The same FDA
that banned L-tryptophan, a serotonin-producing amino acid nutritional
supplement that showed incredible promise in treating both anxiety and
depression. The same FDA regulating a food supply that has made obesity
an American epidemic. The very same FDA that is now trying to take away
your vitamins.
The FDA
mission statement continues: “The FDA is also responsible for...helping
the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use
medicines and foods to improve their health.” So where is the FDA
statement refuting the recent media stories on vitamin E, which were
inaccurate and based on flawed scientific method? Is the FDA protecting
our health or dooming us to sickness?
We the People Demand Vitamins!
Fight back! America is about people having the power. When we see our rights as free Americans compromised, we must fight.
Write to
your U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative today before it’s too
late! No time to write? You can still join the fight.
Visit www.NHA2004.com
and take advantage of the revolutionary new technology that enables
online visitors to rapidly and easily compose letters, e-mails and
faxes to Congress. Don’t let the FDA take away your vitamins and health
care rights! For health, freedom and liberty, join the NHA today!
The
NHA online technology for letter writing lets YOU CHOOSE between
several openings, text options, and closings. A really nifty
tool! Go here!
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