Thirty Groups, Eighty-Nine Public Officials Oppose Marijuana Issue 6

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So far approximately 30 groups and 89 public officials have come out against “medical” marijuana proposal Issue 6. Opposition to the proposal is very widespread and cuts across party lines, professions, and industries. Opponents to the proposal range from policy experts to medical experts to child advocates.

Here are the 30 organizations opposing Issue 6:

  1. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
  2. Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators
  3. Arkansas Association of the Chiefs of Police
  4. Arkansas Baptist State Convention
  5. Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
  6. Arkansas Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  7. Arkansas Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates
  8. Arkansas Children’s Hospital
  9. Arkansas Committee for Ethics Policy
  10. Arkansas Department of Health
  11. Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
  12. Arkansas Fraternal Order of Police
  13. Arkansas Heart Hospital
  14. Arkansas Hospital Association
  15. Arkansas Medical Society
  16. Arkansas Pharmacists Association
  17. Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association
  18. Arkansas Realtors Association
  19. Arkansas School Nurses Association
  20. Arkansas Society of Human Resource Managers
  21. Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce
  22. Associated Industries of Arkansas
  23. Coalition for Safe Arkansas Communities
  24. Elks Lodge of Arkansas
  25. Families First Action Committee
  26. Family Council Action Committee
  27. Family Physician Association
  28. Human Resource Management Association of Arkansas
  29. Landlords Association of Arkansas
  30. University of Arkansas for Medical Science

Here are the 89 public officials opposing Issue 6:

  1. Governor Asa Hutchinson
  2. Governor Tim Griffin
  3. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
  4. Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Greg Bledsoe
  5. Arkansas Department of Health Director Dr. Nathaniel Smith
  6. Senator Alan Clark (R – Lonsdale)
  7. Senator Bart Hester (R – Cave Springs)
  8. Senator Blake Johnson (R – Corning)
  9. Senator Bruce Maloch (D –Magnolia)
  10. Senator Cecile Bledsoe (R – Rogers)
  11. Senator David Burnett (D- Osceola)
  12. Senator David Sanders (R – Little Rock)
  13. Senator Eddie Cheatham (D – Crossett)
  14. Senator Eddie Joe Williams (R – Cabot)
  15. Senator Gary Stubblefield (R – Branch)
  16. Senator Greg Standridge (R – Russellville)
  17. Senator Jake Files (R – Fort Smith)
  18. Senator Jane English (R – North Little Rock)
  19. Senator Jason Rapert (R – Conway)
  20. Senator Jeremy Hutchinson (R – Benton)
  21. Senator Jim Hendren (R – Gravette)
  22. Senator Jimmy Hickey (R – Texarkana)
  23. Senator John Cooper (R – Jonesboro)
  24. Senator Jonathan Dismang (R – Beebe)
  25. Senator Larry Teague (D – Nashville)
  26. Senator Linda Collins-Smith (R – Pocahontas)
  27. Senator Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View)
  28. Senator Ron Caldwell (R – Wynne)
  29. Senator Scott Flippo (R – Mountain Home)
  30. Senator Terry Rice (R – Waldron)
  31. Senator Uvalde Lindsey (D – Fayetteville)
  32. Andy Davis (R – Little Rock)
  33. Bob Ballinger (R – Hindsville)
  34. Brandt Smith (R – Jonesboro)
  35. Brent Talley (D – McCaskill)
  36. Bruce Cozart (R – Hot Springs)
  37. Charlene Fite (R – Van Buren)
  38. Charles Armstrong (D – Little Rock)
  39. Charlie Collins (R – Fayetteville)
  40. Charlotte Vining Douglas (R – Alma)
  41. Dan Douglas (R – Bentonville)
  42. Dan Sullivan (R – Jonesboro)
  43. Dave Wallace (R – Leachville)
  44. David Branscum (R – Marshall)
  45. David Meeks (D – Conway)
  46. Deborah Ferguson (D – West Memphis)
  47. Donnie Copeland (R – North Little Rock)
  48. Douglas House (R – North Little Rock)
  49. Gary Deffenbaugh (R – Van Buren)
  50. Grant Hodges (R – Rogers)
  51. James Ratliff (D – Imboden)
  52. James Sturch (R – Batesville)
  53. Jana Della Rosa (R – Rogers)
  54. Jeremy Gillam (R – Judsonia)
  55. Jim Dotson (R – Bentonville)
  56. Joe Farrer (R – Austin)
  57. Joe Jett (D – Success)
  58. John Baine (D – El Dorado)
  59. John Payton (R – Wilburn)
  60. Josh Miller (R – Heber Springs)
  61. Julie Mayberry (R – Hensley)
  62. Justin Gonzales (R – Okolona)
  63. Justin Harris (R – West Fork)
  64. Karilyn Brown (R – Sherwood)
  65. Ken Bragg (R – Sheridan)
  66. Kim Hammer (R – Benton)
  67. Kim Hendren (R – Gravette)
  68. Lance Eads (R – Springdale)
  69. Lane Jean (R – Magnolia)
  70. Lanny Fite (R – Benton)
  71. Laurie Rushing (R – Hot Springs)
  72. Les Eaves (R – Searcy)
  73. Marcus Richmond (R – Harvey)
  74. Mark Lowery (R – Maumelle)
  75. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville)
  76. Michelle Gray (R – Melbourne)
  77. Mickey Gates (R – Hot Springs)
  78. Monte Hodges (D – Blytheville)
  79. Nate Bell (I – Mena)
  80. Nelda Speaks (R – Mountain Home)
  81. Prissy Hickerson (R – Texarkana)
  82. Rebecca Petty (R – Rogers)
  83. Richard Womack (R – Arkadelphia)
  84. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale)
  85. Ron McNair (R – Alpena)
  86. Stephen Meeks (R – Greenbrier)
  87. Steve Magie, M.D. (D – Conway)
  88. Tim Lemons (R – Cabot)
  89. Rep. Trevor Drown (R – Dover)

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Highlights Magazine Yields to Homosexual Activists

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According to The American Conservative and Life Site News, Children’s magazine Highlights has decided to start portraying homosexual “families” in its stories and articles.

The company initially indicated it would not include content of this nature in its magazines in order to let parents discuss homosexuality with their children on their own terms, but reversed course after taking flak from homosexual activists.

You can’t make this stuff up. What’s next? Are people going to insist “Waldo” start wearing a red-and-white striped dress to be more gender-inclusive?

This simply further proves what we have said for years: Homosexual activists want to use children as pawns in their campaign to gain full acceptance of their lifestyles.

Photo Credit: Highlights for Children by Fuzzy Gerdes.

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U of A Polling Shows Arkansans Still Oppose Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage

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This week the University of Arkansas released its annual Arkansas Poll for 2016. The poll examines Arkansans’ social and political views as well as approval of elected officials.

This year’s poll found Arkansans’ views have changed very little on, among other things, abortion and same-sex marriage.

Since 2015, 46% of Arkansans have said it ought to be more difficult to get an abortion; only 13% said it ought to be easier.

This confirms polling from other sources that has consistently found Americans oppose late-term abortion and believe abortion ought to be illegal in some or all circumstances.

Even though the U.S. Supreme Court nullified state marriage laws nationwide with its Obergefell decision in 2015, 57% of Arkansans still think same-sex marriage should not be recognized.

The numbers go up when the responses are narrowed to likely voters, with 48% of likely voters opposing abortion and 60% opposing same-sex marriage.

You can read the poll summary here.

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