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Harold Vangilder |
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2014 Republican candidate for
District 8 of the Arizona State Senate.
Irene
Littleton defeated Alan Pease and Harold Vangilder
in the Republican primary. |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
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2014
Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought:
State
Senate LD-8 |
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9: Arizona’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage should be defended to the fullest extent legally possible. |
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| Candidates'
Position: Support |
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11: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law. |
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Position: Oppose |
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15: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.* |
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Position: Support |
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Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" laws. |
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Vangilder Reluctantly Takes Down Ten Commandments |
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Sierra Vista Herald |
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First Posted: May 28, 1999 |
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Diane Saunders |
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"SIERRA VISTA - City
Councilman Harold Vangilder has
voluntarily removed the Ten
Commandments from the front of his
seat at City Hall, but not
because he was wrong to display
them, he said Thursday. |
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resolution reaffirming the councils
commitment to following the advice
of the city attorney was removed
from the agenda after Vangilder said
he has removed the Ten Commandments
from public display. The resolution
also stated no public funds would be
spent to defend any public official
or employee who disregarded the
advice of the city attorney. |
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Two weeks ago,
Vangilder hung a copy of the Ten
Commandments in front of his council
chamber seat. Several days later,
City Attorney Stuart Fauver said it
was illegal for the councilman to
display the Ten Commandments in City
Hall. Vangilder said he disagreed
and planned to continue displaying
the commandments in front of his
seat. |
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However, during Thursdays meeting,
Vangilder said he has removed the
Ten Commandments but still believes
it is lawful to display them. The
councilman then pointed to an easel
next to his seat at the public
library, where the meeting was held
Thursday. The easel held a board
displaying a dollar bill with the In
God We Trust phrase showing, copies
of George Washingtons and Abraham
Lincolns Thanksgiving proclamations
with references to God, and a copy
of one of Thomas Jeffersons writings
that also references God. |
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Vangilder then read the Ten
Commandments. He said he intends to
read them at each council meeting." |
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