Editorial

Termination of Sandy Rios at CWA Was Not Our Story

We did not originate yesterday’s story about the termination of Sandy Rios at CWA; we were merely reporting what everyone in Washington is saying. It’s common knowledge there.

The story has great meaning for Massachusetts.

We’re not saying that CWA does not deserve your support. To the contrary, they deserve all the support possible because these are perilous financial times for all such organizations since 9/11.

We are saying that Focus on the Family is causing great mischief in the political arena. They have done a wonderful job for years in advising husbands and wives to stay together and grow strong families, but they are not politicians. When James Dobson went to Washington in 1998, to demand that Congress change its ways, the pressure was great and he had his stroke.

Then he intervened in his home state of California in 1990 and helped win a referendum which protected traditional marriage by a law, not an Amendment. In addition, it said nothing about civil unions. Within months, the legislature was creating civil unions and now the state is just like Vermont. We’ve seen what is happening in San Francisco. There’s nothing to stop that Supreme Court from imposing homosexual marriage.

When he got back into homosexual marriage again, this time on the federal level, he divided all the family organizations in the country, with him on one side and everyone else on the other. We first started hearing about this a year ago because the division was common knowledge. Even the Washington Post and the New York Times have written about it. (Yvonne Abraham from the Globe called us yesterday, but we told her we were not saying any more on the subject.)

It’s important to Massachusetts because Dobson’s Amendment here would permit civil unions, the same as California, and won’t take effect until 2006, even if it does pass. The politicians on Beacon Hill are having fun playing with us while the clock runs out. Soon the game will be over.

We must move immediately to remove the judges (NOT impeach them) under Article 98 of the state Constitution.

There is no reason for us be in conflict. If Dobson can get his Amendment passed in Massachusetts (he lives in Colorado), fine. But we must not exhaust everybody here on that one effort. It really does not mean that much. What we must do is remove Margaret Marshall and her three cohorts from the bench before May. If we do, we win, because the remaining judges are all on our side.

It’s much easier than passing an Amendment.

Think about it!

Statement from Concerned Women for America Regarding Sandy Rios Washington, D.C. - Concerned Women for America (CWA) announced that Sandy Rios would no longer serve as President of CWA as of March 1st.  Both parties parted amicably over irreconcilable differences concerning the administration of the organization. CWA's stands on issues of importance have not changed and will not change. "We are sad to have lost a valued leader today," said Beverly LaHaye, CWA's founder and chairman of the Board of Directors. "I wish Sandy well as she pursues her next step, knowing that God will surely use her many gifts, especially of communicating timeless values. CWA, too, remains committed to those timeless values as an active voice for truth in the public square. CWA will continue to be that voice in the battles over life and liberty that challenge us today, especially on the critical issues of marriage." CWA's Board of Trustees is currently engaged in an active search for a successor. This statement was originally issued by CWA last Friday, March 12. They have requested that we print it here.