AFA of PA ACTION ALERT
February 13, 2012
Issues
Effort to Repeal ‘Year of the Bible” Resolution!
Details
Ultra liberal State Representative Mark Cohen and his fellow Democrat Greg Vitali (this is the guy who in 2006 compared those supporting the PA Marriage Protection Amendment with “those who flew the planes into the World Trade Center on 911”) have introduced a motion for reconsideration of non-binding House Resolution 535 which declares 2012 “The Year of the Bible.” The resolution passed unanimously on January 28th — meaning Cohen also voted for it, but he says the resolution was, ” buried with a whole bunch of other resolutions at a time when legislators were focused on getting on the ballot and running for re-election.” Maybe he should read the bill before he votes on it!
Cohen says he has received much negative feedback since the resolution’s passage and that spurred him on to introduce the non-binding motion for reconsideration. He has actually started a petition in support of his motion which almost 20,000 have already signed. He acknowledges the signatories are not all Pennsylvanians.
Action Steps
1.) Contact your State House member and ask him or her to oppose the Cohen/Vitali motion for reconsideration of House Resolution 535. Click here to find your State House member via your county or address. The vote is expected this week.
2.) Additionally, the primary sponsor State Rep. Rick Saccone of Allegheny/Washington Counties is being targeted with protests. Contact him to thank him for introducing House Resolution 535 and let him know you fully support his efforts. His district office number is (412) 653-1025 and his Harrisburg number is (717) 260-6122 . Use this form to send him a message via the world wide web.
