S.B. 304 & H.B. 582 Under Fire from Conservatives

Bills Decriminalizing “Kiddie” Prostitution Would Turn Morality Upside Down

The author promised to have a new version of S.B. 304 available February 8th. Hopefully, the new bill will not include the decriminalization of juvenile prostitution. If it does, the opposition will proceed. The following facts explain the persistent opposition to her original version.

S.B. 304 decriminalizing juvenile prostitution would drastically affect the law as follows:

• Minors under age 16 could not be charged with the offense of prostitution even when caught soliciting or committing the act. They could engage in and practice the full spectrum of sex acts, including but not limited to sexual intercourse or sodomy, and receive payment for it.

• Minors under age 16 could not be charged with the offense of masturbation, whether as a masseur, masseuse or “sex worker.” They could commit the offense of masturbation for hire (exclusive of sexual intercourse) and receive payment in money or other items.

During a press conference at the State Capitol, February 1, 2010 conservatives announced their opposition to a proposed legal change they never dreamed could occur in Georgia – the decriminalization of “kiddie prostitution2.” If S.B. 304 passes, juvenile prostitution would not be a crime in Georgia and law enforcement officers would have no jurisdiction over it.

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Senate Passed Bill to Prevent Forced Micro-chipping

Radio Commentary, WMVV 90.7 New Life FM, February 5, 2010
By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. Right now we’re facing the threat of mandatory microchip implants for human beings. Before you say that can’t happen here, I assure you, it is on the horizon. On August 21, 2006 an online article stated that the VeriChip Corporation boasted of talking with the Pentagon about implanting RFID tags in our military. Think about it! Wouldn’t our enemies be thrilled to capture American soldiers embedded with microchips full of their personal information?

Then, think about this. During the September 2005 Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Justice John Roberts, Senator Joseph Biden (the current Vice-President) said, “Can a microscopic tag be implanted in a person’s body to track his every movement? There’s actual discussion about that. You will rule on that – mark my words – before your tenure is over.”
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Bill Requiring Permission for Microchip Implant
Passes Senate Committee

S.B. 235 was introduced March 4, 2009 by Senator Chip Pearson to require personal permission before a microchip can be implanted in an individual’s body. The Senate Judiciary Committee, unanimously, passed it by committee substitute on January 28th, and the next hurdle is the Senate Rules Committee, chaired by Senator Don Balfour.

Forced microchip implants is being discussed across the country and a few Georgia legislators see nothing wrong with mandating implants for some folks. That attitude stopped the passage of several bills to regulate microchip use and prohibit mandatory implants in humans.

Already, forced implants have been out-lawed in other states, such as California, Wisconsin and North Dakota. Oklahoma, Ohio, Colorado and Florida are studying the issue. But Georgia has not been so successful. Such bills died in 2007 and 2008; and H.B. 38 was tabled in 2009, when Representative Lindsey listed five groups he wants chipped – law enforcement; selected senior citizens; prisoner flight-risks; probated pedophiles; and mentally handicapped persons.

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Will Teasing Be Classified As Bullying?

Radio Commentary, WMVV 90.7 New Life FM, January 29, 2010
By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. Will childish playing around and teasing become a crime in Georgia schools? It will, if a bill passes to expand the definition of bullying. For the last decade various special interest activists have latched onto the safe-school program as an under-the-radar way to expand the acceptance of alternate lifestyles, without which they believe no school is safe.

Last year’s tragic suicide of an 11-year-old school boy is being used to expand the legal definition of bullying. H.B. 882 was pre-filed in November and H.B. 940 was introduced January 14th. Both require over-broad definitions of bullying and, if either passes, most teasing of children by children could be interpreted as intimidation, harassment or bullying. So, should every child be muzzled? Should children lose their constitutional freedom of speech when they enter the school or attend an extra-curricular event?
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Unbelievable: Two Georgia Bills Decriminalize
Juvenile Prostitution

See H.B. 582 of 2009 and S.B. 304 of 2010
Want to protect juveniles? Enforce prostitution laws. Don’t decriminalize it.

H.B. 582, introduced on February 26, 2009 by Representative Wendell Willard, remains in his Judiciary Committee for action this session. With eight words, “who is 18 years of age or older,” he wants to amend Title 16, Chapter 6 of the Official Code of Georgia to eliminate all penalties for prostitution for anyone under age 18. Result: with no pesky law to restrict them, minors caught for prostitution could prostitute themselves with impunity.
ACTION – Oppose. Call Representative Willard at 404 656-5125 and ask him to keep H.B. 582 in his committee.

S.B. 304, introduced by Senator Renee Unterman on January 12, 2010 for action this session, also decriminalizes prostitution for minors, but she chooses the cut-off age of under 16, since 16 is the legal age of consent in Georgia.
Legalized and decriminalized are not identical terms. Government is involved in a legalized entity. Decriminalizing prostitution means removal of governmental interest, restrictions, and penalties. Double standard: prostitutes under 16 would be outside the law, not penalized, not arrested. However, prostitution for ages 16 and up would continue to be illegal and penalized.
Also, S.B. 304 amends three other laws – Code Sections 19-7-5 concerning domestic relations,
19-15-1 about child abuse and 49-5-40 relating to social services – to avoid their being used to
bring prostitution charges against offenders under 16.
ACTION – Oppose. Call Judiciary Committee Senators listed at the bottom of page 4.

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Do Georgians Want More and Younger Prostitutes?

Radio Commentary, WMVV 90.7 New Life FM, January 22, 2010
By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. On February 26th, 2009 House Judiciary Chairman Wendell Willard introduced H.B. 582 to drastically change the prostitution law to prosecute offenses of prostitution and sexual offenses for adults only. If that were to pass, anyone under 18 could legally engage in the oldest profession without being charged as a prostitute. Then, on the first day of this session, Senator Renee Unterman introduced S.B. 304 to repeal the prostitution law for anyone under 16. Both are attempts to remove the stigma of prostitution from minors.
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987 Bills and Resolutions Carried Into 2010
from 2009 Session

Radio Commentary, WMVV 90.7 New Life FM, January 15, 2010
By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. Last session, 3,036 bills and resolutions were introduced and 2,022 passed. Only 8 lost, leaving 987 to die in committee or for handling this year. One leftover bill is H.B. 33 that I told you about a year ago. It’s Representative Rice’s “Religious Viewpoints Anti-discrimination Act” that would require school systems to protect students’ right to religious expression.
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Act, While Congress is in Recess for Two Weeks

The Government Health Care Bill Can Be Defeated

H.R. 3590 In A Nutshell: “Cash for Cloture” Deals Bought Critical Senate Votes

One version of the health care bill passed the House. Another version passed the Senate. Both are horrible. Both are unacceptable. Both would destroy the world’s best health care system. Both over-tax the population and put one-sixth of the U.S. economy under federal control.
Normally, both bills would go to a conference committee, where a compromise bill would be finalized. However, there’s nothing normal about this plan or its railroaded passage.

Pelosi and Reid are skipping the normal conference committee process and are working behind closed doors to make both bills into one image – their own. Representatives and senators outside the “in-crowd” don’t know what’s in the bill and unrest in Congress is escalating.

Republican representatives and senators, as well as some Democrats, have consistently opposed the entire concept of socialized health care and, now, unhappy over-burdened governors are complaining about “sweetheart deals” several hold-out senators got for agreeing to vote YES.

Now, more Democrats are squabbling over the Senate’s “cash for cloture” shenanigans and Republican Schwarzenegger has had enough, too. Although he’s a Republican, Governor Schwarzenegger supported the Democrat health care reform … until senators from Nebraska, Louisiana and other states got huge perks for their senator’s YES vote. Schwarzenegger said, among other things, “Health care reform … has become a trough of bribes, deals and loopholes…. You’ve heard of the bridge to nowhere…. This is health care to nowhere….”

This week, addressing the Downtown Kiwanis Club meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat Senator Blanche Lincoln expressed dismay that her state got the “short end of the [sweetheart deal] stick”. She said, “The people of Arkansas did not send me to Washington to be a horse trader. They sent me there to work hard to get good policy.” So, she wants the Nelson Medicaid provision dropped from any House/Senate compromise bill.

ACTION – 1. Attend local town hall meetings at every opportunity.
2. Call your (a) U.S. Congressman and (b) Senator Chambliss and Senator Isakson.
3. Call often during this recess – at least once in D.C. and at least once in their local office.
Call toll-free in D.C., 1 877 851-6437 and ask for their office.
Local libraries can give you their local office numbers. Please call NOW and OFTEN.

This can be stopped if Congress gets enough pressure from constituents.

“Cash for Cloture” for Senate Bill
Causes Democrat Squabble

Radio Commentary, WMVV 90.7 New Life FM, January 8, 2010
By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. Recently, the focus has been on Washington and the planned socialized medicine that would drastically change healthcare. Rather than being treated for our individual needs, healthcare would be provided according to age, productivity, physical condition and quality of life, as defined by politicians and there would be total control of doctors, hospitals, medication, treatment and patients. Those and other provisions in the proposed health care plan contradict freedoms granted in the Constitution of the United States.
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