Posted on 04/18/2012 3:48:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The organization that helped spread Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law across the country is halting its push for gun rights in the wake of the national outcry over Trayvon Martin’s shooting death.
The American Legislative Exchange Council said Tuesday that it would shift focus from social to economic issues, abandoning causes like gun rights and voter identification laws.
“Today we are redoubling our efforts on the economic front, a priority that has been the hallmark of our organization for decades,” ALEC national chairman and Indiana state lawmaker David Frizzell said in a statement. “We are eliminating the ALEC Public Safety and Elections task force that dealt with non-economic issues, and reinvesting these resources in the task forces that focus on the economy.”
Sparked by several defections by a number of large companies in recent weeks, ALEC’s announcement signaled a major about-face for an organization that wielded considerable sway in changing the way 25 states deal with deadly encounters and self-defense.
ALEC, an organization of hundreds of state legislators and private companies, also supported the recent wave of voting law changes that critics decry as voter suppression...
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Mitt Romney is all the evidence you need that the left has already won.
If these cowards are funded by donations, any right-thinking conservative should immediately withdraw any contribution he intends to make and give it to FR instead.
The day of sunshine conservatism is over. If you're not willing to go to the wall, you're of no use to the cause anymore.
No, DUMB ALEC.
If ALEC is taking this materialistic coward’s way out, it was rotting from within already. Actual conservative legislators should withdraw immediately. Ditto all pro-lifers, family issue folks, and gun rights folks. Boycott any remaining corporate sponsors. Finally, create a new organization with a backbone to replace ALEC which has, by its treason and cowardice on these issues forfeited its right to exist. Don’t allow it to merely wither. Kill ALEC and replace it.
BLOAT
Ha ha!
“Mitt Romney is all the evidence you need that the left has already won.”
The boy stood on the burning deck,
his feet were burnt to blisters,
he burnt the only pants he had,
so he had to wear his sister’s.
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