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Tuesday Jul 28 2015, 03:42 PM
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William F. Buckley
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- Tuesday Jul 28 2015, 02:56 PM
That sounds nice! Could you also note that we are having presidential nominations as well, with Phydios and myself competing (Phydios is expected to win), and that I am the only candidate in the party leadership election? I would save coverage of the July/August election for the August newsletter.
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Tuesday Jul 28 2015, 04:13 PM
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- Culture of Life
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That sounds nice! Could you also note that we are having presidential nominations as well, with Phydios and myself competing (Phydios is expected to win), and that I am the only candidate in the party leadership election?
I would save coverage of the July/August election for the August newsletter. Other than that though does it look okay?
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I apologize for my lack of punctuation and poor spelling/writing in general it's bad, I'll get there someday 
Former President of Right to Life
"The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal." - C.S. Lewis (From the weight of glory)
"Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar." C.S. Lewis (From the Beginning of the Screwtape letters)
"As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy." - Christopher Dawson
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Tuesday Jul 28 2015, 04:29 PM
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William F. Buckley
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- Tuesday Jul 28 2015, 04:13 PM
- Culture of Life
- Tuesday Jul 28 2015, 03:42 PM
- Stellonia
- Tuesday Jul 28 2015, 02:56 PM
That sounds nice! Could you also note that we are having presidential nominations as well, with Phydios and myself competing (Phydios is expected to win), and that I am the only candidate in the party leadership election?
I would save coverage of the July/August election for the August newsletter.
Other than that though does it look okay? I plan to proofread the draft tomorrow and, then, publish it with instructions for our region's ambassadors to distribute it. At the same time, I'll open the new Office of Labor.
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Saturday Aug 1 2015, 06:21 AM
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A preliminary version of the newsletter has been published. Is somebody willing to give it one final proofread?
http://w11.zetaboards.com/NS_Right_to_Life/single/?p=8538898&t=8914497
It will be distributed later today. I decided to change the images so that their sizes don't have to be adjusted. I do not believe NationStates dispatches allow for the resizing of pictures posted unfortunately.
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Saturday Aug 1 2015, 05:35 PM
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Sometime today or tomorrow, will our ambassadors please distribute the July newsletter?
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[center][b][big][color=black]RIGHT TO LIFE NEWSLETTER[/color][/big]
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[color=black]Published August 1, 2015[/color] [url=http://www.nationstates.net/region=right_to_life]Regional Main Page[/url] | [url=http://w11.zetaboards.com/NS_Right_to_Life/index/]Offsite Regional Forums[/url][/b][/center] [big][b][u]Population Boom Continues[/u][/b] (By [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=aawia]Aawia[/url])[/big]
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Right to Life continues its staggering population growth as it consistently breaks regional population records. Numbers have slowed lately; but, with some much needed activity being brought to the offsite forums and the regional message board, the future looks bright. Right to Life is currently the 83rd largest region in NationStates with a population of 132 residents, including 26 World Assembly members and 34 citizens. Although these numbers are bound to fluctuate, it appears that Right to Life has secured for itself a place among the top 100 regions for the foreseeable future.
[big][b][u]Recent Regional Elections[/u][/b] (By [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=aawia]Aawia[/url])[/big]
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In April, regional Founder [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=culture_of_life]Culture of Life[/url] ([url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=christian_democrats]Christian Democrats[/url]) opened nominations for the regional presidency. During the seven-day nominations period, only [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=phydios]Phydios[/url] stepped forward to serve. Due to the lack of a second candidate, the victory was granted to Phydios without voting. So far, Phydios's presidency has seen a burst of activity on the offsite forums as well as the regional message board.
Right to Life also held relatively quiet elections in early June. On May 25, Culture of Life opened nominations for two Senate seats and for the region's representative to [url=http://www.nationstates.net/region=pro_life_international]Pro-Life International[/url] (PLI). The number of nominees, again, matched the number of open offices. There was one unusual event however. Culture of Life, as founder, is traditionally a none of the above voter due to his position; but he cast a ballot for [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=xinxian]Xinxian[/url] for Senate, citing that Xinxian had used the regional currency (the lifemark) to purchase eight days of advertising on the offsite forums. Presumably, he wants to encourage more citizens to purchase campaign advertisements in the future to boost revenues for the Right to Life Bank. Senate voting finished with three votes for Xinxian, two votes for [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=stellonia]Stellonia[/url], and no votes for none of the above. PLI voting ended with five votes for Stellonia and zero for none of the above.
Unfortunately, due to uncommunicated vacation time, Xinxian was later removed from office by President Phydios and replaced with [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=horatius_cocles]Horatius Cocles[/url] shortly before his return. Both Cocles and Xinxian have proven highly capable members of the region, serving in various government positions. Xinxian, after his return, made note of his intentions to better communicate to regional officials planned time away from NationStates in the future.
[big][b][u]Life Party Emerges and Becomes Dominant[/u][/b] (By [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=aawia]Aawia[/url])[/big]
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Right to Life's newest political party has quickly grown to become the largest in the region. Approved by the government on May 27, the Life Party is a self-described right-wing, national sovereigntist organization. Its early political dominance comes on the back of defections from the formerly hegemonic center-right Conservative Federalist Party and on the joining of regional citizens who were previously registered as independents. The Life Party, which is led by [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=stellonia]Stellonia[/url], now holds all three seats in the Senate, including the regional presidency. The Conservative Federalists are attempting to make a comeback while the center-left Progressive Party struggles to attract new members in Right to Life's largely conservative culture.
[big][b][u]Senate Keeps Legislation Moving[/u][/b] (By [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=aawia]Aawia[/url] and [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=culture_of_life]Culture of Life[/url])[/big]
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Right to Life's government, despite low turnout in elections, has been busy this year. The Senate has considered numerous proposals, and it has enacted three major pieces of legislation.
In January, the Senate unanimously added a direct democracy amendment to the regional constitution, motivated by a regional poll that showed 77% of residents wanted the right to initiate and vote in referendums. The amendment gives citizens the ability to bypass the government by petitioning the Founder to open public votes on their own proposed policies; and it gives citizens the power to recall public servants, including legislative, executive, and judicial officials, who are performing their duties poorly.
On July 1, the Senate updated the region's bill of rights, first enacted in February 2012. The new version of the law gives judges guidelines for interpreting and applying rights; and it clarifies that a regional court has the authority to invalidate a policy that abridges a fundamental right, unless the government "demonstrates that the abridgement significantly promotes an important regional interest." The basic liberties of individuals in Right to Life include freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of association, freedom of contract, freedom from aggression, the right to fair treatment, and freedom from cruel or unusual punishment. There is also a section in the amended law penalizing private citizens who "intimidate or prevent others from freely and peacefully exercising their fundamental rights."
On July 18, the Senate added a new section to the first article of Right to Life's constitution, prompted by a debate on the regional message board. [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=ovybia]Ovybia[/url], a new resident, claimed that exceptions in regional citizenship requirements constituted an endorsement of legalized abortion in cases of maternal health, sexual assault, and fetal defects (altogether, less than one-tenth of abortion procedures). Others contended that tolerance of such views did not mean that region members necessarily agreed with them. To settle the controversy and clarify the region's official stance, the following text was approved: "Right to Life, as a community, does not advocate induced abortion in any case. Aware of the incalculable worth of each and every human life, the region promotes the abolition of abortion on request, especially abortions that are performed merely or primarily for social or economic reasons, as well as the elimination of the underlying causes of abortion." The three aforementioned exceptions in regional citizenship regulations remain.
[big][b][u]Misandry and Nazism: Justice Court Decisions[/u][/b] (By [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=culture_of_life]Culture of Life[/url])[/big]
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Right to Life's court of first instance, this year, has seen two major cases so far: [i]Phydios v. Feminepolis[/i] (16 April 2015) and [i]Right to Life v. Catholic34[/i] (18 May 2015). Justice of the Peace [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=new_dolgaria]New Dolgaria[/url], whom the Senate unanimously confirmed in March, presided and delivered decisions in both cases.
In the first case, [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=phydios]Phydios[/url], as a private citizen, filed a complaint against Feminepolis, also a citizen, for making "incoherent, illogical, and very questionably pro-life" statements on the regional message board. Feminepolis had condemned the abortion of female children but said that she understood and even tolerated the termination of male fetuses. At the conclusion of a nine-day trial, in which Feminepolis represented herself, the Justice Court ruled in favor of Phydios. New Dolgaria determined that Feminepolis condoned sex selection and, thus, stripped her of citizenship and her 100-lifemark citizen's allowance.
The second case was initiated by the regional government. In the course of doing a background check on citizen and army applicant Catholic34, regional Founder [url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=culture_of_life]Culture of Life[/url] ([url=http://www.nationstates.net/nation=christian_democrats]Christian Democrats[/url]) discovered that Catholic34 was concealing membership in the region [url=http://www.nationstates.net/region=nazi_europa]Nazi Europa[/url]. While the government was preparing its case against Catholic34 for lying on an official application, he was permanently deleted from NationStates (delete on sight). Culture of Life then requested an immediate court order to ban him from the regional forums, and the order was granted without a trial. The Justice Court ruled that regional law implicitly incorporates the rules of NationStates. "When members violate game rules," New Dolgaria wrote, "they are also violating Right to Life law." Nobody who is permanently banned from NationStates is permitted to hold forum membership in Right to Life.
Catholic ............................................ Culture of Life Coalition of Catholic States ........................ Culture of Life The East Pacific .................................... Prussia League of Christian Nations ......................... Aawia The Rejected Realms ................................. Culture of Life The United Defenders League ......................... Prussia The Universal Allegiance ............................ Texoma NationStates Forum Embassy .......................... Culture of Life
If the regional forums are active, post them on the regional forums. If the regional forums are inactive or nonexistent, please tell me here; and I'll send them a copy of our newsletter on their RMB.
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Saturday Aug 1 2015, 08:27 PM
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William F. Buckley
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I almost forgot.
Bank of Right to Life ............... ₤261 - ₤80 = ₤181 Aawia ............................... ₤583 + ₤80 = ₤663
http://w11.zetaboards.com/NS_Right_to_Life/pages/bank/
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Sunday Aug 2 2015, 03:09 AM
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William F. Buckley
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- Culture of Life
- Saturday Aug 1 2015, 05:35 PM
Catholic ............................................ Culture of Life
Coalition of Catholic States ........................ Culture of Life The East Pacific .................................... Prussia League of Christian Nations ......................... Aawia
The Rejected Realms ................................. Culture of Life The United Defenders League ......................... Prussia The Universal Allegiance ............................ Texoma
NationStates Forum Embassy .......................... Culture of Life
Done with my regions.
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Sunday Aug 2 2015, 08:14 PM
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I really like the recent newsletter but I must point out that COL did write an article on RTL vs Catholic 34. If I remember correctly, Aawia told me that a non-partisan party should write the articles on the subject and COL represented the government in that case. Just a minor note because I know the next newsletter with Ovybia vs RTL is going to be very controversial and we need to make sure that the article is totally non-biased which is going to be very hard to do.
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Monday Aug 3 2015, 08:35 PM
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- Sunday Aug 2 2015, 08:14 PM
I really like the recent newsletter  but I must point out that COL did write an article on RTL vs Catholic 34. If I remember correctly, Aawia told me that a non-partisan party should write the articles on the subject and COL represented the government in that case. Just a minor note because I know the next newsletter with Ovybia vs RTL is going to be very controversial and we need to make sure that the article is totally non-biased which is going to be very hard to do. Yeah implementing ideas is always tough early on. Next newsletter I'm going to try to work it out once we decide who is writing what.
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I apologize for my lack of punctuation and poor spelling/writing in general it's bad, I'll get there someday 
Former President of Right to Life
"The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal." - C.S. Lewis (From the weight of glory)
"Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar." C.S. Lewis (From the Beginning of the Screwtape letters)
"As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy." - Christopher Dawson
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