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Alabama Constitutional Victory Caps Off Successful 2014 Legislative Effort
By Brigitte Gabriel |
On Tuesday, November 4, 2014, the people of the United States went to the polls and made their voices heard in elections across America.
But seemingly hidden away in one state was a special kind of election.
The people of Alabama took the extraordinary step of making American Laws for American Courts part of their state’s constitution.
The American Laws for American Courts amendment in Alabama passed the vote of the people with a decisive 72% of the electorate approving it!
The victory was the culmination of a 4 year battle led by State Senator Gerald Allen, recipient of ACT for America ’s National Security Eagle Award at our National Conference in Washington DC on September 11. In order to get on to the statewide ballot, American Laws for American Courts first had to pass through both chambers of the Alabama legislature. Thanks to the leadership of Senator Allen, it did so overwhelmingly with bipartisan support.
Of course, it couldn’t have been possible without the support of ACT for America ’s thousands of members in the state of Alabama, who voiced their support when American Laws for American Courts worked its way through the legislative process and then led their fellow citizens in voting the legislation into their state constitution.
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The Alabama success was the bookend of a series of legislative successes made possible by the support of ACT for America members across the nation that included:
• Anti-Female Genital Mutilation legislation authored by Senator Judy Burges in Arizona.
• State Level Counterterrorism Legislation—Andy’s Law—spearheaded by Representative Peggy Mast in Kansas.
• Overwhelming passage through the Oklahoma House and Senate of the Oklahoma Antiterrorism Act authored by Representative Dan Fisher.
• Legislation signed into law in Louisiana to ensure non-discriminatory practices by taxpayer supported charter schools, sponsored by Representative Valarie Hodges.
• Legislation similar to American Laws for American Courts to protect Floridians from foreign laws and foreign legal doctrines, authored by Senator Alan Hays.
In fact, 35 national security bills have been signed into law by nearly 2 dozen state Governors over the past 6 years!
The common denominator with each of these wins? ACT for America ’s investment to skillfully deliver rock solid messaging to legislative sponsors and ….to hundreds of thousands of local activists in our grassroots network.
With a Facebook post reach that exceeds 3 million readers on a regular basis, ACT has over 285,000 members and 875 local chapters, easily making us the largest national security grassroots movement in America.
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