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If eggs are a staple in your family’s diet and you’d like to keep it that way, now would be a good time to get a few laying hens. Next month, beginning January 1, 2015, the chicken-and-egg production in the United States is in for a big shock. That’s when California’s new regulations on egg-laying hens goes into effect. And the effects of those regs on eggs will be felt nationally, even globally. The incredible, edible, prolate spheroid-shaped poultry product, which has long been one of the most affordable sources of high-quality protein, is certain to become significantly more expensive.In...

Stephen Henderson supports unions and believes collective bargaining is good for workers. But the Detroit Free Press editorial page editor isn't going to be thrown under the bus by Proposal 2 backers who disagree with his opinion that Proposal 2 is bad for Michigan and doesn't belong in the state's constitution. The Detroit Free Press editorial page on Sunday said voters should vote "no" on Proposal 2. In response, the unions behind Proposal 2 called out Henderson and said they were not given a chance to meet with the Free Press editorial board, a claim Henderson vehemently denies. The disagreement...

After a bruising campaign last fall, Californians voted by a 27-point margin in favor of what was billed as an effective ban on cages for egg-laying hens. The Humane Society of the United States, which sponsored the measure, may have won that battle. But the war over Proposition 2, it seems, is just getting started. The egg industry says the proposition might allow it to use cages, and wants an interpretation from the state to support that idea. The Humane Society isn't budging. It says voters meant to enact a ban on cages, and that's what they should get. Meanwhile,...

Happy chickens equal happy consumers, say proponents of Proposition 2, a November ballot measure that calls for the humane treatment of farm animals. The initiative, proposed by the Humane Society of the United States, would ban farmers from raising egg-producing poultry, veal calves and pregnant pigs in small cages and crates by 2015. [snip] California is responsible for about 6 percent of all the nation's table eggs, a $330 million industry in 2007. [snip] The proposition has ignited a counterattack by large-scale conventional farmers and small, cage-free producers alike, who say if the proposition passes it will put them out...

Antelope Valley farmers believe passage of Proposition 2, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, would place greater financial burden on the state's egg industry and leave consumers shell-shocked. While members of the Los Angeles County Farm Bureau,and the California Farm Bureau Federation stand opposed to the ballot measure, the Humane Society of the United States and the Sierra Club are urging voters to support the proposition when they go to the polls on Nov. 4. The animal rights advocates contend "little, if any cost increase" would result from passage of Prop. 2, a conclusion reached by researchers at the...

Propositions that are on the November 4, 2008 General Election Ballot* Bond MeasureProposition 1 SB 1856 (Chapter 697, 2002). Costa. Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century.** **Note: The Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century was originally scheduled to appear on the November 2, 2004, General Election ballot. Subsequently, Senate Bill 1169, Chapter 71, Statutes of 2004, provided that it appear on the November 7, 2006, General Election ballot. However, most recently, Assembly Bill 713, Chapter 44, Statutes of 2006, provides for the submission of this Act on the November...

Texas voters Tuesday overwhelming approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, making their state the 19th to take that step. In Maine, however, a proposal to repeal a new gay-rights law was trailing in early returns. The contest in Texas was decided quickly _ the ban was receiving more than 74 percent of the votes in early returns. Like every other state except Massachusetts, Texas didn't permit same-sex marriages previously, but the constitutional amendment was touted as an extra guard against future court rulings. The campaign had been enlivened over the past week because of a controversial tactic by the...

On November 8, 2005 Texans will be asked to vote on an amendment to the Texas Constitution that will prohibit the legalization of same-sex unions in Texas. The Catholic Bishops of this state share the conviction with most Texans that marriage is a lifelong union between one man and one woman. This relationship is unique among creation in so far as it is established by God. This fundamental truth ought to be recognized as such in law. As Bishops, we have addressed this issue of marriage and same-sex unions in various documents at the national level. We have always appreciated...

VOTE FOR PROPOSITION 2 ON NOVEMBER 8, 2005 House Joint Resolution 6, is a proposed constitutional amendment which defines MARRIAGE as aunion between ONE man and ONE woman. It will appear as Proposition 2 on the November 8, 2005 ballot. Customarily, very few people vote in these off-year elections, thinking that it is unimportant sincethere are no major races for Senator, Representative, Governor, etc. on the ballot. Gay Activists are planning to storm this election to vote this amendment down because they think the MORAL majority will be complacent and fail to vote. The gay activists have taken extra stepsto...

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Ku Klux Klan plans to rally in Austin to support the gay marriage amendment set for the Nov. 8 ballot. The rally planned on the steps of city hall the Saturday before the election will urge voters to favor proposition 2. However, some who support proposition 2 don't welcome the KKK's assistance. One such person is Pastor Ryan Rush of Bannockburn Baptist Church. Rush said that a group that would come in that is characterized as hateful and bigoted is not welcome in this city. He said he doesn't want the Klan as a partner on...

This is OUTRAGEOUS! Pro-gay marriage groups are calling voters lying to them about Proposition 2, to try and get people to vote against it. Prop 2 would make any and all gay marriages illegal in Texas, PERIOD, and these liberal aclu funded groups are calling tens of thousands of voters, maybe more, especially the elderly who vote in support of traditional marriage in massive numbers, trying to deceive them about the proposition to get them to vote against it. PLEASE forward this to everyone you know, and encourage them to vote YES on Proposition 2, and to forward this to...

Ballot Language "The constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage."