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Petition asking the church to make a statement about the use of aborted babies in vaccines

Saturday, February 6th, 2021

Around the world there is an increasing push to remove the ability for people to decline vaccines for themselves or their dependents for religious reasons. Why? Because no churches have statements objecting to vaccines for any reason.12

However, there are valid reasons why people would object to vaccines—the foremost of which is the use of aborted babies in vaccines. If churches would make statements about the use of aborted babies in vaccines it would empower those who would decline vaccines to do so. It would also provide assistance in the fight against government mandated or coerced vaccination and even to appeal to private businesses to rethink their coercive policies.3

Please consider taking these actions.

A.      Print, fill out, sign and give the petition to the leadership of your local church. 

B.      Send the petition to all your Christian contacts in the world asking them to do the same.

The petition is designed to be signed by individual Christians anywhere in the world and given to their local church. It asks their church to: one, make a statement opposing the use of fetal cell lines in vaccines and mandatory or coerced vaccination and two, communicate this opposition with the congregation and with the appropriate politicians. 

The petition is designed to accomplish these things:

1.       Raise awareness of the issue of the use of fetal cell lines in vaccines. 

2.       Alert people so that they are ready to fight against mandatory/coerced vaccines. 

3.       Create a ground swell of churches making statements on this issue (and posting them on their websites) to empower people to fight against mandatory/coerced vaccination. 

4.       Raise an objection to mandatory/coerced vaccines with the state pre-emptively. 

These four things will create a good foundation for if/when further appeals need to be made to the state not to force or coerce vaccination.

Petition for religious or conscientious reasons – re vaccines

Friday, January 29th, 2021

In links below are petitions asking the church to make a statement about the use of aborted babies in vaccines.

In Australia we recently lost the ability to decline vaccines for religious reasons. We lost this ability because no churches in Australia had a statement objecting to vaccines for any reason.

The USA is going down this track too with five states so far removing the ability to object for religious reasons and Biden wanting that to apply across the board for Covid-19 vaccines.

Kiwiland is pretty good about not forcing vaccines, but if they follow Australia, they might lose this ability too.

The petitions below have been put together particularly for New Zealanders and Australians.

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout is due to start in February in Australia and many quarters are talking about the need for government and/or employers to make it mandatory. Some airlines have said you won’t be able to fly internationally with them unless you take the vaccine. These coercive measures for an experimental vaccine are out of line. There will be many who will want to decline the vaccine for religious or conscientious reasons. It is hoped that if lots of churches make a statement about the use of aborted babies in vaccines, that this will help people who want to decline to be vaccinated, to do so. At any rate, it is a step closer to winning back the ability to object for religious or conscientious reasons.

Please read the links below and if you agree, take these actions:

  1. Fill it out with the name of your church and your name, sign, date and give to the leadership of your church.
  2. Forward the petition to all your Christian contacts in Australia and New Zealand. Ask them to do the same.

The numbers in the body of these petitions are not hyperlinks. They are just blue numbers pointing to the footnotes!

What To Do When CPS (CYPs) Knocks: A Must Read for All Homeschooling/Unschooling Parents!

Thursday, March 3rd, 2016

A Child Protective Services Whistle-blower explains what to do if CPS or CYPs comes after your family.

This was written with the States in mind but it is just as relevant for New Zealand and Australia

“Just one month after working for Child Protective Services, I began to learn that the agency was not in the business of helping stop child abuse. I went after parents who smoked pot, who homeschooled their kids, and let their children ride their bikes. In part because of this, I left the agency and began exposing the horrendous aspects of CPS and how parents can protect their children from the agency. What I will do in this article is to teach parents what to do if CPS comes after them.”

Read his advise here: http://thinkaboutnow.com/2016/03/cps-whistle-blower-what-to-do-when-cps-knocks/

International Home Schoolers’ Leadership Conference September 2011

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Dear Friends,

A very remarkable opportunity has come our way to further slow the advance of totalitarianism. The battle for retaining Section 59 in New Zealand did not go well. It seemed to me that most of New Zealand woke up to the reality of it way too late. In other countries the state actually prevents parents from more than smacking…parents cannot even choose the kind of education they give to their own children. That’s what this conference is Spain is all about The time frame is pretty tight and consequently, a bit of financial assistance to the Home Education Foundation is needed to make it happen. See what you think about it at this link: International Home Schoolers’ Leadership Conference

FI414-FAMILY FIRST – Please join our call

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

26 June 2008 – Family Integrity #414 — FAMILY FIRST – Please join our call

Dear Friends,
Let me encourage you to please join this call to get some MPs to force the referendum to go though at the same time as the election in November.
There are only 7 MPs to email. A sample letter of what to say and the email addresses are all reproduced below.
Thanks a million.
Regards,
Craig Smith
National Director
Family Integrity
Ph: (06) 357-4399
Fax: (06) 357-4389
Family.Integrity@xtra.co.nz
http://
www.FamilyIntegrity.org.nz

Our Home….Our Castle

25 Jun 2008

Would you consider joining our call…

Call for Majority of Parliament

To Demand Election Day Referendum

Family First Media Release 25 June 2008
Family First NZ has written to the leaders of National, Act, NZ First, United Future and the two independent MP’s asking that they form a majority and require the anti-smacking Referendum to be held on Election Day.

Under section 22AA (5) of the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993, a Referendum can be scheduled for polling day if the “House of Representatives passes a resolution requiring the indicative referendum to be held on the polling day for the general election.”

“That is an ordinary 50% majority vote,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ. “ We are therefore calling on National, Act, NZ First, United Future and the two independent MP’s to acknowledge the voice of over 350,000 people and require that the Referendum be held at the most obvious and cost-efficient time of the upcoming election.”

Any party that votes against this proposal should have the $10 million that it will cost to do a postal ballot charged against their election expenses ,” says Mr McCoskrie.

“If Sir Robert Muldoon could call a 1984 snap election just four weeks before polling day, and the-then National Government in 1999 take only a week to determine Norm Withers’ petition for a referendum on violent crime would be held on election day, it proves that the Prime Minister’s claim that there is not enough time is a cynical and desparate attempt to sweep the issue under the carpet and undermine democracy.”

If the Prime Minister goes ahead and forces the Governor-General to declare that it be held by postal voting, then the majority of Parliament can still require the voting period to close on the day of the general election – s22AB(6)(b)

“This is second best as it is a completely unnecessary waste of taxpayer money,” says Mr McCoskrie.

JOIN OUR CALL

Email
john.key@parliament.govt.nz
peter.dunne@parliament.govt.nz
rodney.hide@parliament.govt.nz
winston.peters@parliament.govt.nz
gordon.copeland@parliament.govt.nz
taito.phillip.field@parliament.govt.nz
pita.sharples@parliament.govt.nz

View the Act: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0101/latest/DLM318489.html

LETTER

We are asking that you form a majority in the House and require the anti-smacking Referendum to be held on Election Day.

Under section 22AA (5) of the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993, a Referendum can be scheduled for polling day if the “House of Representatives passes a resolution requiring the indicative referendum to be held on the polling day for the general election.”

That is a simple 50% majority vote.

We are asking you and your party to acknowledge the voice of over 350,000 people who have signed the petitions and require that the Referendum be held at the most obvious and cost-efficient time of the upcoming election.

If the Prime Minister goes ahead and forces the Governor-General to declare that it be held by postal voting, then the majority of Parliament can still require the voting period to close on the day of the general election – s22AB(6)(b). This is second best as it is a completely unnecessary waste of taxpayer money.

If Sir Robert Muldoon could call a 1984 snap election just four weeks before polling day, and the Government in 1999 could take only a week to determine Norm Withers’ petition for a referendum on violent crime would be held on election day, it proves that the Prime Minister’s claim that there is not enough time is an attempt to sweep the issue under the carpet and undermine democracy.

The ability to get 390,000 signatures on a petition is a major feat in itself. Please help us uphold democracy in New Zealand.

www.familyfirst.org.nz

FI407-PM Desparate to Shut Down Smacking Referendum

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
24 June 2008 Family Integrity #407 — PM wants to shut down referendum

The PM has said she reckons there’s not enough time to organise a referendum to occur at the same time as the next general election. What rot. Why is she afraid of the referendum results? Because she knows she’ll be drowned and overwhelmed by opposition to this so-called “anti-smacking” law which in fact makes it a crime for parents to correct their own children.

TAKE ACTION: Email the Prime Minister and John Key demanding that a Referendum be held at the upcoming Election

pm@ministers.govt.nz john.key@parliament.govt.nz

MEDIA RELEASE

23 June 2008

Family First NZ is shocked and angry that the Prime Minister is willing to consider spending over $10 million of taxpayers’ money on the anti-smacking Referendum to be held separately from the upcoming election rather than holding it during the upcoming election, which is the most natural timing for it.

“Helen Clark says that Parliament had spoken on the issue with a near “unanimous mind”. What she fails to say is that both the major parties were ‘whipped’ to vote for the bill, which is highly ironic considering it is the anti-smacking bill,” says Mr McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ. “The bill would have been dead and buried otherwise, as NZ’ers wanted.”

“She also fails to hear the voice of over 390,000 signatories who oppose the law change and are demanding a Referendum, and the 80%-plus who want the law changed according to latest polls.”

“Unless the PM is holding the election before 23 September, the perfect and most economical time to hold the Referendum is Election day in October or November, and any later timing is simply a cynical attempt to try and prevent the voice of NZ’ers being heard.”

“It would be a sad day for democracy and fairness if that happened.”

ENDS

For More Information and Media Interviews, contact Family First:

Bob McCoskrie JP – National Director

Tel. 09 261 2426 | Mob. 027 55 555 42

TAKE ACTION: Email the Prime Minister and John Key demanding that a Referendum be held at the upcoming Election
pm@ministers.govt.nz john.key@parliament.govt.nz

Rules for Members Bills – Section 59

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Members’ bills

Members of Parliament who are not Government Ministers can put forward bills that are not part of the Government’s programme. These are called Members’ bills, and are debated in the House every second Wednesday when the House is sitting.

Do Members’ bills ever become law?

The Government has its own policy programme and priorities, and most Government bills become law because it obtains support from the majority in the House. In comparison, few Members’ bills are passed. In 2004, for example, five Members’ bills became law. Since the 2005 general election no Members’ bill have yet been passed.

However, if a Member’s bill does not progress but does attract significant support, it may influence some of the Government’s legislation. For example, the Government may decide to introduce its own bill with similar policy aims to a Member’s bill. Occasionally, with the consent of the member, the Government will formally take over a Member’s bill and convert it into a Government bill.

Members’ bills

Members who are not Government Ministers can put forward bills that are not part of the Government’s programme. These are called Members’ bills.

The House allocates its sitting time to Members’ bills every second Wednesday when the House is sitting. Because there are always more Members’ bills proposed than time to consider them, a ballot system is used to choose the bills that are introduced. The ballot may contain around 40 drafted bills, but only four may be available for first reading at any one time.

Few Members’ bills become laws though they may affect the Government’s lawmaking priorities if they attract sufficient support. For example the Government may decide to introduce its own more extensive bill with similar policy aims to a Member’s bill.

Where to Now – 23 November 2006:

Second reading

A bill can be read a second time no sooner than the third sitting day after the select committee reports to the House. For Bradford’s Bill on Section 59 it looks like this: the Select Committee’s report was tabled in Parliament on 20 November 2006. The first sitting, that is, the first day Parliament sits to consider Private Members’ Bills such as the one to repeal Section 59, is Wednesday 22 November 2006. Parliament sits to consider Private Members’ Bills on every second Wednesday, that is, fortnightly. It is therefore probable that the second sitting day will be Wednesday 13 December 2006. So the probable third sitting, and the earliest that the Bill could be debated again in Parliament, is Wednesday 21 February 2007. So it appears that the next time Parliament addresses this Bill will be no sooner than Wednesday 21 February or possibly into March. Members can then debate the main principles of a bill, and any changes recommended by the select committee in its report.

Changes not supported by every committee member are subject to a single vote at the end of the second reading debate.

Changes that are supported by every committee member are automatically included in the bill if the second reading is agreed.

If the vote is lost, that is the end of the bill. If the second reading is agreed, the bill is ready for debate by a committee of the whole House.

If it passes a second reading, this can be viewed as a commitment to the final passage of the bill, subject to any further amendments. This stage is a debate of up to two hours led off by the member in charge.

Committee of the whole House

Any member of the House can participate when a committee of the whole House debates a bill. The members sit in the Chamber but the Speaker does not take the chair. The debate is less formal than other debates, but is no less important.

Members have many chances to make short speeches and debate the provisions of a bill. These debates are a chance to examine the bill in detail – clause by clause and make further amendments members may propose in writing. Ministers and members can propose changes. These changes may be published before the debate in a supplementary order paper (SOP). If these have significant policy implications, they can be considered by a select committee to ensure the changes have adequate scrutiny. Otherwise the use of this mechanism to introduce major policy changes may be viewed as a device to avoid such scrutiny.

There is no time limit on these debates and members have opportunities for five-minute speeches on each provision.. Large or controversial bills may be before a committee of the whole House for several days (by several days they mean “members days” which are every two weeks – so it could be drawn out for months).

Once the final form of a bill is agreed, it returns to the House, it is reprinted to show any changes that have been made. The bill is then ready for third reading.

Third reading

This is usually a summing-up debate on a bill in its final form in the House.
It is the last opportunity to debate and decide whether the bill should be passed in the form in which it has emerged from the committee of the whole House. It is more of a debate for summing up than on the provisions in detail. The debate can last up to two hours. The vote at the end of the debate is the final vote in the House to either pass the bill or reject it. Bills are rarely rejected at this stage. If the bill is passed there is one final step before it becomes law – Royal assent.

Royal assent

The last step illustrates the difference between the House of Representatives and Parliament. (See Parliament Brief, ‘What is Parliament?’) This is that the Sovereign (The Queen, represented in New Zealand by the Governor-General) forms part of Parliament but is completely separate from the House. It is the Sovereign’s role to sign a bill into law by giving it the ‘Royal assent’. Assent is given on the advice of the Prime Minister or the most senior Minister available.

Access to Bills and Acts of Parliament

Bills and Acts (also known as statutes) are available from most major public libraries and at
www.legislation.govt.nz/ . They can also be purchased from Bennetts Government Bookshops, or from Legislation Direct (Phone: 04 495 2882), PO Box 12-418, Thorndon, Wellington.

Delegated legislation

The terms ‘delegated legislation’, ‘subordinate legislation’, and ‘regulations’ are used synonymously to refer to legal instruments, often technical in nature, made under powers delegated by Parliament when passing legislation. An example would be a regulation to set fees for a cost-recoverable service provided by a public organisation. While Parliament is not involved in making these legal instruments, specific procedures have been put in place in Standing Orders to ensure they are all subject to the scrutiny of Parliament and, if necessary, they can be disallowed as a result. A select committee – the Regulations Review Committee – carries out the detailed scrutiny.

Another function of the Regulations Review Committee is to examine all bills for regulation-making powers that appear, for example, to delegate too much power to the Government. In such cases that committee reports to the committee considering the bill, highlighting the issue. By convention (accepted practice), the Regulations Review Committee is chaired by an opposition member to ensure this process is seen to work beyond the interest of the Government.

Each year a Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Bill is passed to confirm certain regulations that would otherwise expire.

Further reading

McGee, David, Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand, 3rd edition, Wellington, 2005.

How Parliament Makes a Law

Bill introduced:
*No debate

1st reading***:
*Initial debate

Select committee:
*Hears public submissions.
*Recommends amendments.
*Reports to the House explaining recommendations.

2nd reading*:
*Main debate on the principles of the bill as it emerged from the select committee.
*Select committee amendments adopted.

Committee of the whole House:
*Detailed consideration of each clause or part.
*Further amendments can be made.

3rd reading***:
*Final debate on whether it should be passed in the form emerging from committee of the whole House.

Royal assent
*Governor-General assents to the bill becoming an Act of Parliament.

*** At any of these steps, a vote in the House can result in the bill being defeated.

Information taken from:

http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/c/5/f/c5fb1a264d8d48d9b9910855d78354a8.htm

http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/HowPWorks/Laws/b/a/b/bab4f58d09e143adb06e1751e688ab5c.htm

http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/HowPWorks/Laws/7/5/6/75639197bdff4a15b57eaaade358509e.htm

http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PubRes/About/FactSheets/6/1/5/61548724d96f4a5e849c2546ffc7202a.htm#_Toc143945577

Four Brilliant Lobbying Tools

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Emails to MPs

Click the link below to send an email to any or to all MPs!

Come here often to lobby the MPs on various issues.

Start by telling them to dump the current Bill to repeal Section 59. The Bill’s title is: “Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill”.

http://www.familyfirst.org.nz/files/MP%20Address%20List.xls
OR

http://starstuddedsuperstep.com/s59/
OR

http://www.betterdemocracy.co.nz/email_mps.php – THIS LINK IS WORKING AGAIN

OR A List of all the MPs

All MPs phone numbers

All MPs phone numbers… Please spread this around

Letters to Editors

Click on one of the links below for good information to help with sending letters to the editor and ringing talk back shows.

http://www.maxim.org.nz

or

http://www.betterdemocracy.co.nz/email_editors.php

Large Newspapers are not likely to print from this mass distribution. Send individual emails to the larger Newspapers:
The Dominion Post
*email letters@dompost.co.nz
*Fax (04) 474-0350



“Making a Submission to a Parliamentary Select Committee”

Have Your Say ….. on the Crimes(Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill

Call for submissions from the Justice & Electoral Committee re Bill

Select Committee Office Tel 04-471-9999
and see publication “Making a Submission to a Parliamentary Select Committee” on website:

www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/publications/other

Action Station

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Did you know that Parliament is thinking of removing from parents their legitimate and necessary authority to discipline with a smack, or with any other method requiring reasonable force?

Join hundreds of thousands of ordinary New Zealanders in opposing this Bill to repeal section 59.

What to do:
1. Write to your MP
2. Email your MP
3. Phone your MP
4. Purchase and promote our new DVD ‘For the Love of Our Children’ (featuring Ruby Harrold-Claesson)

Consider also writing to all MPs and visiting your own.

Tell them to keep Section 59, that it is good law, essential for the maintenance of parental authority, and for the preservation of effective discipline and training of children.

Make your email letters short, polite, and to the point.

Full email contact details and letter addresses are available by clicking on the link above to Four Brilliant Lobbying Tools.

For DVDs, send $10 per copy, and address details to:

Family Integrity
PO Box 9064
Palmerston North 4414

Fax: 06 357 4389
email: family.integrity@xtra.co.nz
http://www.FamilyIntegrity.org.nz

Don’t let the MPs criminalise smacking.
Act now to protect your own future.

Family Integrity needs your support:
**Financial
**Practical (distribution of literature)

To become a member/sponsor, please contact:

Craig Smith, BA
National Director
Family Integrity
PO Box 9064
Palmerston North
Family.Integrity@xtra.co.nz

Join us in voting to keep Section 59 of the Crimes Act.
Click on “Join Us” in left hand column of web page to show that there are thousands of New Zealands who support keeping Section 59 of the Crimes Act.