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Co-founder of GraniteGrok, my concern is around Individual Liberty and Freedom and how the Government is taking that away. As an evangelical Christian and Conservative with small "L" libertarian leanings, my fight is with Progressives forcing a collectivized, secular humanistic future upon us. As a TEA Party activist, citizen journalist, and pundit!, my goal is to use the New Media to advance the radical notions of America's Founders back into our culture.

Data Point – Importance: First Amendment Right or Free Contraceptives?

Gallup has the latest on the views concerning those who believe that the enumerated First Amendment Right to Religious Freedom should reign supreme, or Obamacare forcing religious institutions to provide “free” contraceptives, abortifacients, sterilization, or abortion services to those they cover.  First chart is broken out by sex:

Gallup: American Sympathies In Contraception Healthcare - Religious Freedom DebateNext is support shown by the religious vs non-religious:

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Letter Doodlings – a rebuttal to Meg Jenkins

It is now Town Meeting / Deliberative Session time here in NH where town budgets are being proposed and voted upon by town citizens (no, not just City Councilors, select boards, Town Councils, aldermen, and the like – I really do mean ALL the registered taxpayers in a given town).  My hamlet just did their Deliberative Sessions (Town and School Board) where each Warrant Article on the ballot is discussed, perhaps amended, and voted upon to put it on the official ballot for March’s actual vote.  Apparently, Ms. Jenkins was none too happy with my actions to vote on these Articles in a secret ballot as opposed a voice vote, a hand raised vote, or a stand up vote.  Nor is she all that keen that some of us want to start spending less in town (that’s considered to be “not supportive”).  Of COURSE, I had a response that I sent in as a Letter to the Editor:

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Data Point – Federal spending per household

Look at the rate of increase that Federal Govt spending took starting in 2009: It is bad enough that spending, percentage wise, rose 52% in 8 years.  Let me put it this way: I don’t know about you, but my family income is sufficient to pay for my family’s needs (and some wants) but is … Read more

GrokTV Special Interview: Cliff Hurst running for NH GOP Vice-Chair (Question 5)

As with Diane, we have a couple more questions for Cliff Hurst as he seeks the Vice-Chair position at the upcoming Annual NH GOP meeting.  Given the current controversy that Obama’s Administration unleashed (the unconstitutional mandate, from the ‘Grok’s perspective, that a simple HHS regulation trumps the First Amendment protected and specifically enumerated Freedom of … Read more

For my Gilford readers – a request for your vote!

Checkmark RedOne of the things that I am proud about the folks that opine here at GraniteGrok is not just that they spend their free time writing here, not just that when they write but that they write well, but that they all DO and not just write.  Each of the authors here get off their butts and go and actively do the politics that they advocate for here on the ‘Grok.  I am no different, as I actively engage at my local level.  For those of you living in Gilford, I ask that you would please vote for Barbara Aichinger, Stuart Savage, and me when you vote next month in our SB-2 sanctioned secret ballot vote.

The following is the Letter that I have submitted to local media outlets:

My name is Skip Murphy and I am running for re-election for the Gilford Budget Committee. I am also endorsing Barbara Aichinger and Stuart Savage for the BudComm and for the following reasons.

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