Dr. Astrid Sarvis has recorded and released her appeal for a reconsideration of the decision that excluded her husband, Rob Sarvis, from the October 24 Virginia gubernatorial debate. The 15-minute self-made video can be watched at this link from the Sarvis campaign web page.
Dr. Sarvis relates how she grew up in the Delta region of western Mississippi, and how her mother experienced the struggle for an end to public school segregation. The video explains that even today in that region, the overwhelming majority of white students attend private schools, and the region’s public schools are of poor quality. Nevertheless, Dr. Sarvis became a pediatrician. She also makes it very clear that the rules for debate inclusion were never clearly explained, before the decision was made. She asks that Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe, and the debate sponsors, reconsider their decision not to allow a three-candidate debate. Read Darcy Richardson’s commentary about the video here. Thanks to UncoveredPolitics for the link.
Calling Dr. Chomsky to Call Gov. Perry:
I just asked Dr. Chomsky to contact Gov. Rick Perry via phone and letter on the issue in the post below.
This is About You and Your Ability to Opt Out of Government Control of You
PLEASE CALL GOV. RICK PERRY OF TEXAS NOW AND DEMAND HE CALL A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO END RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY AGAINST GANDHIANS IN BALLOT ACCESS!!!
TELEPHONE
Information and Referral Hotline [for Texas callers] :
(800) 843-5789
Information and Referral and Opinion Hotline [for Austin, Texas and out-of-state callers] :
(512) 463-1782
Office of the Governor Main Switchboard [office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST] :
(512) 463-2000
Citizen’s Assistance Telecommunications Device
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call 711 to reach Relay Texas
MAILING ADDRESS
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
DELIVERY ADDRESS
Office of the Governor
State Insurance Building
1100 San Jacinto
Austin, Texas 78701
Gene Chapman
ChapmanForTexasGovernor2014.com
(Endorsed by Dr. Noam Chomsky, Intellectual of the Age)
P. O. Box 295545
Lewisville, Texas 75029
October 13, 2013
Governor Rick Perry
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Re: Demand for Special Session of the Texas Legislature to Address Religious Bigotry in Ballot Access
Dear Governor Perry:
For the past weeks and months, I have been in dialogue with the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, the Office of the Texas Attorney General and Texas Senator Jane Nelson’s office, concerning my need for access to the Texas gubernatorial ballot in 2014, being a Gandhian (one who worships God as Truth Only). As you know, Gandhians are some of the most respected political and economic minds on earth, central to the development of peace and prosperity for the people they serve.
We Gandhians do not willfully place ourselves under the temporal laws of man, for man’s laws are violence, and violence is illegitimate to Truth Only, who is God. This means that we neither willfully swear nor affirm anything, but serve Truth Only.
I am required to violate my religion and either “swear” or “affirm” to have access to the Texas ballot in 2014, according to the current read of the Texas Constitution, based on my last exchange with Senator Nelson’s office this past week. It will require I miss the 2014 election cycle in order to have the Texas Constitution changed to respect my religion in 2015.
Therefore, I am demanding you call the Texas Legislature into Special Session to make a provision for Gandhians to have ballot access under Texas law. Let us not continue this violence against the 1st Amendment rights of Gandhians, who seek to be both servants of Truth Only (God) and the people.
Most respectfully,
Gene Chapman
ChapmanForTexasGovernor2014.com
(Endorsed by Dr. Noam Chomsky, Intellectual of the Age)
gkchapman2012@hotmail.com
214-770-8053