Posted on 02/18/2014 2:14:51 PM PST by Welchie25
Deacon George Sisson jumped from issue to issue, trying to squeeze a stuffed folder’s worth of information into the short time he had his lawmakers’ attention.
He made a case for raising the state’s minimum wage and mandating paid sick leave, efforts to build immigrants’ trust of law enforcement, and banning abortions after a fetus can feel pain.
A permanent deacon at Holy Family in Middletown, Deacon Sisson, 67, was the clear leader of the four-person, Frederick County contingency at the annual Catholic Lobby Night, held Feb. 17 by the Maryland Catholic Conference. He spoke with confidence and ease; he and his wife, Dinah, are Lobby Night veterans with more than a decade of experience.
The six Frederick County lawmakers attending the meeting responded to the queries, stating support for some measures and, on others, explaining their opposing views.
Near the end of the conversation, Republican Del. Kathryn L. Afzali, a Methodist, praised Catholics for the church’s consistency in “standing for those without a voice.”
It was a message Deacon Sisson hoped to get across.
“We speak to Gospel values. We speak to what the church is teaching,” he said on the way to the Maryland General Assembly’s office buildings.
Three decades
This year marked Lobby Night’s 30th anniversary. The afternoon and evening event drew more than 325 people from the Archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington and the Diocese of Wilmington, Del. It included prayer and issue briefings at St. John Neumann Church before meetings with lawmakers.
The event’s milestone anniversary occasioned Archbishop Lori’s reflection on MCC’s legislative successes, including last year’s death penalty repeal, the passage of the DREAM Act and the securing of state funding for nonpublic school textbooks.
He cited the state’s permissive abortion laws and income inequality as challenges to be faced.
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...Deacon Sisson, 67, was the clear leader of the four-person, Frederick County contingency at the annual Catholic Lobby Night....
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Deacon Sisson is clearly a communist tool.
Pro-life socialists.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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