Today, after three years serving as Executive Director of Cornerstone Action and Cornerstone Policy Research, Kevin Smith announced that he will be resigning from the organization effective November 1, 2011. Both Executive Director, Kevin Smith, and Cornerstone Chairman, Shannon McGinley, released the following statements: Executive Director, Kevin Smith: “For the past three years it has [...]

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Today, Cornerstone Executive Director, Kevin Smith, echoed the recent calls for the Republican Presidential candidates to ‘boycott Nevada’ as it seeks to infringe on New Hampshire’s traditional role as the First-in-the-Nation Primary: “I commend those candidates who have already pledged to skip the Nevada primary in deference to New Hampshire’s traditional role as the First-in-the-Nation Primary,” said Smith.  “Likewise, I join the [...]

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Today, by a vote of 3-1, a Judiciary sub-committee voted to recommend passage of HB437, which would repeal same-sex marriage in the state and restore the definition of marriage to one-man and one-woman.  The amended bill also provides a civil unions provision for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples, as well as allows any existing same-sex [...]

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This week, it was reported that legislative leaders in Massachusetts along with Governor Deval Patrick have reached an agreement to allow the construction of three new casino resorts and one ‘racino’ located throughout the state – including one just south of the New Hampshire boarder.   Legislative passage of the new casino facilities at this point is [...]

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Yesterday, at the Governor and Council meeting, Governor Lynch chose to replace (to the Adult Parole Board) two outspoken critics of the severely flawed SB500 law, which allowed for the mandatory early release of violent and sexual offenders. Last year, the controversial SB500 law came under fire when it was revealed that sexual and violent [...]

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Cornerstone Action, in conjunction with the Washington-based, Susan B. Anthony-List, will hold a rally with press availability this Friday, July 15, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. EDT to show support for the recent Executive Council vote to strip public dollars from Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. Speakers at the event will include former US House of Representatives member [...]

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To a Press Conference in Support of defunding Planned Parenthood in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Executive Council recently rejected the renewal of a $1.8 million state contract with Planned Parenthood. Now, America’s abortion giant is fighting back, mobilizing pro-abortion activists across the state to bully the councilors in an effort to get their taxpayer funding restored. We can’t let Planned Parenthood win this fight. The Executive Council needs to hear from us NOW.

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Criticizes “out of state interests” while ignoring over $100,000 in campaign contributions he received from out-of-state gay marriage advocates… Cornerstone Action Executive Director, Kevin Smith, today offered the following comments, blasting Governor John Lynch for his recent statement on Sunday’s Close Up New Hampshire on WMUR regarding the job-growing Right-to-Work legislation.  On the show, Lynch [...]

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Governor has Demonstrated No Problems with Pandering to his Base…Today, Governor Lynch continued his display of partisan ideology by vetoing another common-sense piece of legislation, SB129, requiring a valid photo-ID upon voting on election day.  Despite this piece of legislation having wide public support, the Governor concocted a slew of red-herring excuses to justify his veto. Commenting [...]

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