March
12th 2009
Posted under Politics
The New Line has learned from multiple sources that Delegate Don Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel) has left the Republican caucus. The news was confirmed by Delegate Wayne Norman (R-Harford).
Delegate Dwyer, one of the General Assembly’s most conservative members, was apparently upset when the caucus refused to support his “personhood” amendment to the Maryland constitution. The bill would “define anything from a fertilized egg through a full-term fetus as a person,” widely viewed as “a strategy for effectively outlawing abortion.”
You can read the text of the legislation here.
A request by the New Line for comment from Mr. Dwyer was not immediately returned.
Stay tuned for more details.
3 Responses to “BREAKING: Delegate Don Dwyer Leaves Republican Caucus”
arensb on 12 Mar 2009 at 8:58 pm #
Wow. I guess the GOP’s not conservative enough for him?
Maybe he can join Alan Keyes’s party.
Epsilon Clue » Blog Archive » GOP Not Reactionary Enough for Dwyer on 12 Mar 2009 at 9:21 pm #
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Steve Schulin on 13 Mar 2009 at 2:26 pm #
America’s Independent Party is indeed a good match for conservatives who find their current party to be steered by those who don’t seem willing or able to fight for God-fearing, liberty-loving, sovereignty-conserving principles. Marylander Alan Keyes was our national nominee for President last year, and our VP nominee was Brian Rohrbough of Colorado, a leader in the personhood movement .
We are circulating petition to be recognized by the state as a political party, and one of the goals I’m proposing for our party is to ensure that every legislative race in the state in 2010 includes a candidate who supports amending the state constitution to explicitly recognize the personhood of all humans, from the beginning of their biological development.
Where the Democrats or Republicans field such a candidate, we will support them. Where no such candidate is running, we want to run our own candidate on our own ballot line.
Around Thanksgiving, a reporter from the Gazette here in Montgomery County called some state legislators for comment about our personhood amendment. I was tickled to see her report that Del. Dwyer said he could support such an amendment and that he might even sponsor a bill in the legislature to put personhood amendment before the voters. He did introduce such a bill, and had over 30 co-sponsors, including two Democrats, when it was put in the hopper.
The personhood bill was scheduled for a hearing this afternoon before House Health and Government Operations Committee.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/hb0925.htm
If you’d like to help our new party get on the ballot here in Maryland, the petition form and instructions are available at http://www.MarylandIndependentParty.org
AIP hosts electronic town hall meetings at state and national level, and local caucuses too. You can dial-in by phone to all the town halls (and some of the caucuses) and participate via conference call. Dates, times and dial-in numbers are listed on the calendar at http://www.MarylandIndependentParty.org — the national town halls are Tuesday and Thursday nights. The state calls are Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings.