New Mexico Watchman

To accomplish the goal of changing our social norms, the homosexual agenda must dislodge familial relationships from their biological moorings. An example of this was seen in the UK in a Heinz Deli Mayo television ad in which a small boy and his little sister call a man “Mum”; the ad ends with two men kissing. (Click here to see the ad.)

Here in New Mexico, the Domestic Partnerships Bill (SB 183) attempts to bring about the same result more directly. This legislation will affect every aspect of family life in New Mexico. It will alter paternity, inheritance, the way the law treats familial relationships, and especially marriage and adoption.

According to the proposed legislation, there are three types of “fathers” in New Mexico law as it relates to adoption. There is the “Acknowledged Father,” the “Alleged Father,” and the “Presumed Father.”

The first two types of “fathers” - the “Acknowledged Father” and the “Alleged Father” - are not affected by the proposed Domestic Partnerships law.

An “Acknowledged Father” is one who acknowledges paternity and is named with his consent as the father of a child on the birth certificate.

An “Alleged Father” is one who has not acknowledged paternity but is identified by the biological mother as being the biological father.

According to the proposed legislation, Domestic Partnerships SB 183 the third type, the “Presumed Father,” can be either male or female.

“The Presumed Father.”
According to SB 183, the “Presumed Father” can be:

1. One of two people (possibly both women) who were attempting to create a Domestic Partnership while the other was pregnant with the child.
(32A-5-3 Definitions Paragraph V. (3) Page 308)

2. The Domestic Partner (possibly a woman) of the biological mother is the “Presumed Father” if the relationship exists when the child is born.
(Paragraph V. (1) Page 308)

3. A Domestic Partner (possibly a woman) is the “Presumed Father” if the other Partner is pregnant during the term of their relationship.
(Paragraph V. (2) Page 308)

4. A Domestic Partner (possibly a woman) is the “Presumed Father” if the child is born within 300 days after the domestic partnership has ended.
(Paragraph V. (2) Page 308)

The legislation states that if any of these conditions are met, only a court can declare the woman not to be the “presumed father.”

There was a major outcry following the airing of the Heinz commercial. It was almost immediately removed with the obligatory cries of “homophobe” come from the homosexual community. An interesting side note, however, is that following Heinz ad homosexual men no longer kiss in public. Instead the effort to change a biological edict is by judicial and legislative means.

We would encourage your prayers for both Senator Peter Wirth and Representative Mimi Stewart sponsors of the bill, as well as praying for the defeat of Domestic Partnerships legislation.

God bless you and thank you for your prayers.

Jose Vasquez

Last month an Associate Director from Duke University in Durham, NC pleaded guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. Mr. Frank M. Lombard, 43, and his partner Kenneth Shipp adopted a now five-year-old African American boy. A web cast of the boy being molested by his adopted father was sent along with an offer of sex to among others, an undercover police officer.

According to the police report Mr. Lombard bragged to the officer that, “the abuse of the child was easier when the child was too young to talk or know what was happening, but that he had drugged the child with Benadryl during the molestation.” Mr. Lombard will be sentenced March 30.

Studies such as the one conducted by Dr. Judith Reisman, Ph.D., suggest that homosexuals are 40 times more likely to than the general public to molest.

New Mexico’s Domestic Partnerships legislation, Senate Bill 183, was introduced by Santa Fe Senator Peter Wirth and Albuquerque Representative Mimi Stewart. The bill would make a “man and his boyfriend” eligible to adopt in the state of New Mexico. More on this tomorrow.

What’s In the “Domestic Partnerships” Bill?

The Domestic Partnerships Senate Bill 183 is legislation that gives people living together the same rights as persons who are married but, primarily because of opposition by the Catholic Church, the arrangement is not called a marriage.

The 816-page bill includes “domestic partnership” language wherever the following are mentioned:

“marriage, prior marriage, marital, not married, spouse, spousal, former spouse, prospective spouse, surviving spouse, legal spouse, deceased or former spouse, death of a spouse, member spouse, out-of-state spouse, beneficiary’s spouse, trustee’s spouse, personal representative of the spouse, wife, husband, widow, widower, divorced, family, survivor father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law , former domestic partners, married mother, born out of wedlock, spouse’s child, stepparent, stepparent’s marriage, guardian, custodian, ancestor, inmate’s legal spouse, child of the marriage, issue of the marriage, household member, beneficiary’s child, adult, parent, parent of the adoptee; deceased minor, childless, adoption of a child, premarital, born out of wedlock, parent’s parent, brother, sister, divorce, dissolution, annulment, [or] remarriage, premarital or post marital, prospective, existing or previous marital, participants or their beneficiaries, testator, testator’s surviving spouse, annulment, deaths of husband and wife, death of the decedent, incapacitated person, conservator, unmarried, alimony, common law, designated family member, legal separation, annulment”

Supporters of Domestic Partnerships such as Todd McElroy of Equality New Mexico want us to believe that people who live together deserve the same rights as those who marry. The above language, Equality New Mexico insists, is not equal to marriage. They maintain that marriage will not be the end result of this legislation, and that their efforts are only to allow for an equality of rights granted to people of any sexual orientation who cannot or will not marry.

Equality New Mexico has admitted privately that homosexual marriage is the expected result of their efforts. Other results would be that church teaching on homosexuality and homosexual behavior would be further targeted. Social services that do not recognize these relationships as valid would also end, and recruitment into these lifestyles would increase.

This legislation will be heard by the Senate Committees’ Committee.

Express your opposition to this Domestic Partnership legislation by calling the Governor and committee members. They can be reached by calling the following:

Governor Bill Richardson (D) (505) 476-2200

Senate Committees’ Committee Members are:

Chair Senator Timothy Z. Jennings (D) (505) 986-4733

Vice Chair Senator Michael S. Sanchez (D) (505) 986-4727

Senator Carlos R. Cisneros (D) (505) 986-4365

Member Senator Mary Jane M. Garcia (D) (505) 986-4726

Member Senator Stuart Ingle (R) (505) 986-4702

Member Senator Timothy M. Keller (D) (505) 986-4260

Member Senator George K. Munoz (D) (505) 986-4387

Member Senator Cynthia Nava (D) (505) 986-4834

Member Senator William H. Payne (R) (505) 986-4703

Member Senator William E. Sharer (R) (505) 986-4381

Member Senator John Arthur Smith (D) (505) 986-4363

For on going alerts, SUBSCRIBE to the New Mexico Traditional Values Action Committee at WWW.TVACNM.COM.

We are most grateful for the number of homosexual activists who monitor our site and from whom we receive comments. We would like to take point out how the issue of Obama Care will affect their community.

Because Obama has framed his program as cost cutting (give grandma a pill rather than the surgery) we would caution this community from embracing such care.

We offer the following considerations.

1. Despite the rhetoric and the activism the homosexual community is a small group with households composing less than 2% of the population. Any small minority is vulnerable to manipulation in this system.
2. As a whole, the promiscuity of this group leaves them infection prone, AIDS not withstanding.
3. Once infected “quality of life” issues are enormously impacted – an item not lost on Obama Care.
4. The homosexual community is non-reproductive which is a double-edged sword. Monies that are usually spent on family can be used on substantial health insurance that Obama plans to tax.
5. The community tends to abandon its older members when they are no longer sexually active often leaving them isolated which further eroding their quality of life. The result will be a dependency on a governmental system whose track record in providing care is not good - to put it mildly. Consider for example the now encumbered VA system.

In our estimation, a sexually active homosexual male would be better off with the current system of insurance and care.

May the Lord bless this community and bring them into HIS care.

Jose Vasquez

Dear Friends,

We would like to invite you to a WEEK-OF-PRAYER for the New Mexico State Legislature. We will be meeting Monday, January 11 to Saturday, January 16 noon to 1:00 p.m. at Hotel Santa Fe (Paseo de Peralta and Cerrillos).

Last year’s legislative session brought proposals calling for the harvesting of human life for research purposes (stem cell research), steps toward same-sex marriage (domestic partnerships), and euthanasia of the elderly (death with dignity).

We will be praying for a godly 30-Day legislative session. Please join us in Santa Fe.

Jose Vasquez
Week-of-Prayer
New Mexico State Legislature
Noon: January 11- 16
Hotel Santa Fe
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Week-of-Prayer Information
(505) 438-0437

Last year’s legislative session brought proposals calling for the harvesting of human life for research purposes (stem cell research), steps toward same-sex marriage (domestic partnerships), and euthanasia of the elderly (death with dignity).

The time has come to send a strong message about the moral values held by most New Mexicans. On Friday, January 22, the 36th anniversary of Roe v Wade, a pro-life, pro-family march, rally and conference, will be held in Santa Fe. Project Defending Life and the New Mexico Council of Bishops are the sponsors of Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day.

If you can attend only part of the day’s events, please join us for the procession and the rally. The information below addresses that part of day, followed by all other activities.

Procession and Rally
Gathering: 1:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Assemble in front of Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
(E. Alameda and Paseo de Peralta, behind the Cathedral)

Procession to the Round House Rally:
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
San Francisco Street to the Plaza to the State Capitol (Old Santa Fe Trail and Paseo de Peralta)
Conference, Services and Other Events

Youth Rally,
8:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at Saint Anne Catholic Church
All Night Adoration: Following Youth Rally, at Saint Anne Catholic Church

Breakfast:
8:00 - 11:00 am on Friday, Jan. 22, at Cathedral School Cafeteria (free will offering)

Conference: Exhibits and Speakers (To Be Announced):
8:30-11:30
St. Francis School Auditorium (E. Alameda and Paseo de Peralta, behind the Cathedral)

Bishops Mass:
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Celebrants will be New Mexico’s three Catholic Bishops, Most Reverend Michael J. Sheehan, Most Reverend James S. Wall, Most Reverend Ricardo Ramirez. At Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (E. Alameda and Paseo de Peralta, behind the Cathedral)

Prayer Service and Vigil:
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. This Protestant service will be led by Congressman Bill Redmond and Lt. Governor Walter Bradley at St. Francis School Auditorium (E. Alameda and Paseo de Peralta, behind the Cathedral)
Additional Events

Tour:
9:00 a.m. Santa Fe Holy Site Tour will meet at the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe (417 Agua Fria and Sandoval)

Baby Goods Collection:
Collection the morning of the event at St. Francis School Auditorium (E. Alameda and Paseo de Peralta, behind the Cathedral)

Fasting:
Fasting (and / or abstain) in some way from Wednesday January 20, 3:00 pm to the end of the event Friday January 22, 3:00 p.m. is also recommended.

For more information please contact Project Defending Life.
The telephone number is 505-266-4100. The email address is frstephen@defendinglife.org.

Please pray for the success of this effort. We are looking forward to seeing you in Santa Fe.

Jose Vasquez

Please note: The chair of the Senate Rules Committee is Linda Lopez, not Linda Chavez.

We apologize for the error.

Jose Vasquez