Posted on 09/03/2014 1:01:47 PM PDT by massmike
Pastor Scott Lively, the internationally renowned pro-family activist, author, and spiritual leader of the Springfield, Mass. based Abiding Truth Ministries, has officially made the ballot for Governor of Massachusetts, as an Independent. He is joined on the ballot by his Lt. Governor running mate, Shelly Saunders.
In Massachusetts 10,000 valid signatures are needed to get on the ballot for Governor. In the days leading up to the July 29 deadline Dr. Lively’s statewide team of signature gatherers turned in approximately 16,000 signatures. Over 12,500 have now been validated by the local town clerks, well over the amount needed, from over 250 Massachusetts cities and towns.
Since he announced his candidacy earlier this year, Dr. Lively has been a wonderful breath of fresh air at gubernatorial candidate forums on pro-family issues, especially the ones involving Democratic and Independent candidates together. In particular, he has been completely unafraid to take on the radical homosexual agenda, which is a subject that other candidates either tend to support, or stay away from. But he’s also articulated a Biblical approach to a range of other issues, such as health care and tax reform. Needless to say, voters in Massachusetts are not used to seeing this!
As we reported back in March, Scott Lively was outstanding in a candidates’ forum for “LGBT issues” sponsored by WGBH and the homosexual lobby group MassEquality. He was the only one actually willing to tell the truth among a sea of politicians shamelessly pandering to that lobby!
Recently at a candidates’ health care forum in Roxbury on Aug. 20, Lively outlined the Biblical-oriented approach to health insurance that he uses for himself, as opposed to RomneyCare (now ObamaCare) which is standard in Massachusetts. It’s very interesting. The other candidates were not too pleased, to say the least.
Independent candidates for Governor do not go through a primary, but are directly on the ballot for the Nov. 4 General Election. Thus, the real “action “coming up is the Sept. 9 primary. There are three Democrat candidates for Governor and two Republican candidates for Governor in that primary. (There are also two other Independent candidates besides Lively who made the ballot for Governor.)
The Republican primary race features establishment RINO Charlie Baker against conservative Tea Party candidate businessman Mark Fisher. Fisher is good on all the issues. Because of his unabashed conservatism, the politically "moderate" State Massachusetts GOP has taken extraordinarily underhanded actions to destroy Fisher’s candidacy. Baker is leading in the polls but Fisher, with a big Tea Party and pro-family effort, is making a strong surge for conservative voters to go to the polls on Sept. 9.
Thus, Lively has released the following statement encouraging his supporters to vote for Mark Fisher in the Republican primary on Sept. 9:
I am asking my supporters to vote for Mark Fisher, a genuine conservative, in the Republican Primary on September 9th. If Mark can win the primary, I have promised to defer to his candidacy and bow out of the race should he make a strong showing approaching the general election. I will not be the reason an authentic conservative Republican would lose the governor's seat.
Should Fisher lose, Lively’s campaign will go forward at full speed and he will definitely be a presence. The Boston mainstream media has a history of including the independent candidates in their televised gubernatorial debates. This may be because the independents have traditionally been hardcore liberals. And except for Lively, that’s the case this year.
In addition to the formal campaign, Dr. Lively has continued his cutting-edge activism and religious pursuits as head of Abiding Truth Ministries, taking on many of the larger issues of the culture war. For example:
"Not Just Another Sin." In response to what he (and others) see as a “tidal wave of gay theology” coming to Christian churches, he has published a pamphlet for pastors and others titled “Not Just Another Sin. ” It has already been highly acclaimed and he and others are preparing to distribute it across the country!
Debating Vicky Beeching. Lively did an excellent interview on British television debating Christian performer Vicky Beeching who recently “came out” as a lesbian and was celebrated in the mainstream media.
Anti-genocide organization. Dr. Lively is in the process of forming an organization in Springfield called “Christian Genocide Rescue” to address the horrors of the mass murders of Christians happening in Muslim countries right now. He recently held a “Rally Against Christian Genocide” that included a march through Springfield, MA. However, he has curtailed much of his international traveling because of the campaign for Governor and other constraints. This month he had been scheduled to be in England for two weeks, and he recently canceled a trip to Russia scheduled for October.
As we’ve been reporting, back in March 2012, a radical Soros-funded organization based in New York began a high-profile lawsuit against Pastor Lively, filed in federal court in Springfield. They are making the absurd and ridiculous accusation that Lively is guilty of international “crimes against humanity,” based on a few pro-family speeches he made in Uganda several years ago. This bizarre lawsuit is largely meant to intimidate Lively and anyone else from speaking out internationally on the homosexual issue.
Quite a bit has happened in that case this year, and we have a full update coming up.
Currently, the case is in the midst of the “discovery” process. Dr. Lively has been required to find and submit over 4000 documents to the court and to the Soros-funded group, and he is still in the process of submitting more. His lawyers have also submitted lists of documents for the plaintiffs to submit.
The preliminary activities in the case will continue for several months. The trial itself would probably not start until early 2016 -– if it’s allowed by the judge to continue.
Lively is standing up boldly in this. The belief is still that the judge -– as left-wing as he is –- will eventually be forced to conclude that this lawsuit has no legal basis and dismiss it before it goes to trial. But in this insane world, anything is possible. We will keep you informed.
You are so wrong about MA politics.
Governors in that state have little to no power. The power lies with the legislature which is 90% Democratic and to a lesser extent the supreme court and and entrenched union/dem populace. And then there is the Irish Mofia and the other Mofia based in Providence.
Governors are moved by the people there. In no way they move the state anywhere.
So why are you interested in how liberals vote in a liberal state 750 miles from you?
because the fieldmarshal is as the fieldmarshal does ...
or is it:
“without direction, the field wanders.”
or:
“That is no way to run an army.”
But if he loses, I'll vote for Charlie in November.
Nope. But do try again. You know, like legitimate arguments instead of red herrings.
"Governors in that state have little to no power."
Thank you, dear. I'm aware of that. Are you going to tell me where the State House is next ?
"The power lies with the legislature which is 90% Democratic and to a lesser extent the supreme court and and entrenched union/dem populace."
And pray tell how did the General Court get to be 90% Democrat ? It happened on the watch of the RINOs.
"And then there is the Irish Mofia and the other Mofia based in Providence."
Hmm. So Providence is to blame. And the Providence-Irish "Mofia" (sic).
"Governors are moved by the people there. In no way they move the state anywhere."
Madam, I suggest a correction in your meds. This is the most incoherent horse manure I've read in a long time.
"So why are you interested in how liberals vote in a liberal state 750 miles from you?"
Actually, I'm 1,100 miles from Boston. But please, don't stop. Please tell me more about the Providence "Mofia" and how it controls RINO Governors and forces the state to vote 90% Dem in the legislature and...
We must yield to the superior knowledge of the headless lady of the blank FReeper page. She knows all about the Providence “Mofia” controlling “Bacon Hill.”
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