Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is charting a new course and bringing fiscal discipline and conservative principles back to Maryland.
More than a celebrity, Hogan is a statesman who is thinking big, moving forward, and opening Maryland for business.
Check out what he's doing in the Old Line State.
But first, let's talk about the right stances Hogan took early on.
Just after his election, he presented the following values on abortion. LifeNews.com reports:
pushback by the
abortions by the Maryland Catholic Conference by saying:
reasonable restrictions to that effect on third trimester abortions past the
point of fetal viability I would sign it.
Only the most extreme (and extremely perverse) abortionists would support killing a baby at any time. With the release of those terrible videos within Planned Murderhood, even pro-choice elements in the country want to cut funding to the agency.
Stopping abortion at the third-trimester is a good start in a state where partial-birth abortions were on the rise.
How did Hogan handle other hot-button issues, like homosexual marriage? The Washington Blade reported:
Friday said his position on marriage rights for same-sex couples has “evolved.”
Hogan said on News Talk with Bruce DePuyt on News Channel 8 in response to a
question about whether he voted for the state’s same-sex marriage law in a 2012
referendum on it that he was “originally for civil unions.”
of traditional marriage,” he told DePuyt. “It’s an issue that I fully
understand. The voters have made their decision. I support their decision and
will uphold the law. I’ve evolved I guess on the issue.”
rights for same-sex couples, extending in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants
and other social issues “are really decided in Maryland.” “They have no part in
this campaign whatsoever,” he said. “We’ve been completely focused on the
issues that all Marylanders are focused on right now, and that’s economic
issues.”
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would have banned Medicaid providers in the state from discriminating on the basis
of sexual orientation and gender identity, according to state officials. The
provision was proposed in recent months under the administration of Hogan's
predecessor, Martin O'Malley, at the urging of LGBT groups.
prevent a mass shooting in California or a spate of violence in Baltimore, and
he suggested that public officials need to look elsewhere for answers.
Bernadino, California this week was an "outrage" and terrible
tragedy, but that gun control was "not the only solution."
Republican said outside a Baltimore diner.
He's making the best of a difficult situation for most Republicans in blue states: how best to governor for the better interests of all residents, while dealing with a progressive-leftist political part bent on business as usual statism and corruption?
His latest measures against the Maryland state legislature should encourage more conservatives in the minority. The state legislature wants to re-enfranchise convicted felons. Hogan vetoed the bill, citing that those felons must pay back their debt to society first.
Right. Instead of just using his pen and phone to say no, Hogan appealed to all Marylanders to call their state reps and sustain the governor's veto.
#HoganStrong is showing real muscle!