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Resolution 23-05
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED: The Libertarian Party of Oregon opposes all efforts by the government to infringe upon our individual gun rights.
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board Resolution 23-04 Concerning Central Bank Digital Currencies
Whereas, we support the right of all people to use alternative monies, currencies, ledgers, and systems, either public or private, to the US Dollar in their transactions.
Whereas, we find the creation and use of Central Bank Digital Currencies by governments or corporations as a horrific threat to human liberty and prosperity due to their potential for surveillance, coercion, and theft by those who control it.
Whereas, individuals have a right to make exchanges anonymously and transact in any manner they wish if they are not violating the rights of others.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED: The Libertarian Party of Oregon opposes Central Bank Digital Currencies.
Adopted date: 05/03/2023
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LPO Resolution Concerning the Rage Against the War Machine Antiwar Rally
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/20/23
Sonja Feintech – LPO Public Policy Board Secretary
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
541-231-4293
sonja.feintech@lporegon.org
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
Resolution 23-02 Concerning the Rage Against the War Machine Anti-War Rally
Oregon: The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board announced Resolution 23-02 Concerning the Rage Against the War Machine Anti-War Rally, a resolution voted on by the elected Public Policy Board.
This resolution declares:
Further escalation in Ukraine risks the possibility of an all-out war between NATO, Russia, and Russia’s allies. Furthermore, The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board gives Will Hobson permission to act as representative of the Libertarian Party of Oregon in attending the Rage Against the War Machine Rally
“The Libertarian Party of Oregon is strongly opposed to this war,” says Sonja Feintech, Public Policy Board Secretary at the Libertarian Party of Oregon. “Our government is engaging in an undeclared war, illegally bypassing our congress and burdening citizens with unrepresented taxation.”
This resolution includes;
- Not One More Penny for War in Ukraine
- Negotiate Peace
- Stop the War Inflation
- Disband NATO
- Global Nuclear De-Escalation
- Slash the Pentagon Budget
- Abolish the CIA and Military-Industrial Deep State
- Abolish War and Empire
- Restore Civil Liberties
- Free Julian Assange
- Pardon Edward Snowden
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board supports the Rage Against the War Machine Protest being jointly held by the National Libertarian Party and The People’s Party being held on Feb 19 2023, and joins them in their demands.
This Resolution will be available starting 2/20/23, for public dissemination. For more
information on PPB resolutions, visit www.lporegon.org/category/public-policy/.
About the Libertarian Public Policy Board: The Public Policy Board is a newly created body of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and acts as the public outreach and policy creator branch of the Oregon Libertarian Party. Article 6, Section 2 of the Libertarian Party of Oregon’s Bylaws allows the Public Policy Board to, by three quarters vote, adopt positions on specific matters of public policy.
LP Oregon Resolution Concerning Childhood Sex Changes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/20/23
Sonja Feintech – LPO Public Policy Board Secretary
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
541-231-4293
sonja.feintech@lporegon.org
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
Resolution 23-01 Concerning Childhood Sex Changes and Transitional Hormone Therapy
The Libertarian Party Platform Planks 1.1, 1.5 and 2.13 encompass Parental Rights, Self-Ownership and Healthcare, adopted in 2016 as reaffirmed in Convention, May 2022.
Oregon: The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board announced Resolution 23-01 Concerning Childhood Sex Changes and Transitional Hormone Therapy, a resolution voted on by the elected Public Policy Board.
This resolution declares that whereas children are unable to consent, surgery and hormone therapy causes irreversible harm that is tantamount to child abuse.
“It is already illegal for parents and caretakers to abuse their own children,” says Sonja Feintech, Public Policy Board Secretary at the Libertarian Party of Oregon. “We have very strong laws already in place to criminalize the abuse of children and the level of harm that irreversible gender surgery and hormone therapy qualifies as abuse, one hundred percent.”
This resolution includes:
Whereas, children are not capable of consent; this is why we call them children (and not adults).
Whereas, Libertarians fully support the right of adults to transition or undergo any medical treatment they desire to. We support all members of the LGBT+ community to live their lives as they see fit. All individuals have the same rights.
Whereas, child abuse consists of any act of commission or omission that endangers or impairs a child’s physical or emotional health and development. Child abuse includes any damage done to a child which cannot be reasonably explained and which is often represented by an injury or series of injuries appearing to be non-accidental in nature.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, the Libertarian Party of Oregon considers both transitional hormone therapy and surgical gender re-assignment surgery on children to be child abuse.
This Resolution will be available starting 2/20/23, for public dissemination. For more
information on PPB resolutions, visit www.lporegon.org/category/public-policy/.
About the Libertarian Public Policy Board: The Public Policy Board is a newly created body of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and acts as the public outreach and policy creator branch of the Oregon Libertarian Party. Article 6, Section 2 of the Libertarian Party of Oregon’s Bylaws allows the Public Policy Board to, by three quarters vote, adopt positions on specific matters of public policy.
LPO Resolution Concerning Corona Vaccine and Injection Mandates
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/20/23
Sonja Feintech – LPO Public Policy Board Secretary
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
541-231-4293
sonja.feintech@lporegon.org
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
Resolution 22-06 Concerning Corona Vaccine and Injection Mandates
Libertarian Platform Plank 1.1 on Self Ownership states:
“Individuals own their bodies and have rights over them that other individuals, groups, and governments may not violate. Individuals have the freedom and responsibility to decide what they knowingly and voluntarily consume, and what risks they accept to their own health, finances, safety, or life;”
Oregon: The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board announced Resolution 22-06 Concerning Corona Vaccine and Injection Mandates, a resolution voted on by the elected Public Policy Board.
This resolution declares:
- The currently available scientific evidence does not support a public health benefit of mandated corona injections for children and adults and raises serious potential such policies will cause net harm to the individual and public health of Oregonians,
- The Constitution of Oregon delegates lawmaking authority to elected representatives of the People of Oregon, not unelected technocrats subject to regulatory capture at the Oregon Health Authority rubber-stamping the recommendations of industry insiders at OIPAT,
- The Oregon Immunization Policy Advisory Team lacks true diversity, including input from vaccine critics, health freedom/libertarian organizations, organizations for the support of vaccine-injured Oregonians, and alternative medicine/naturopathic practitioners,
- Principles of good government include the adoption of sunset clauses with new administrative rules, including new vaccine mandates in order to force their periodic review post-adoption, and
- The adoption of a public school mandate policy runs counter to the Oregon Health Authority’s stated equity goals, as only parents capable of affording private school tuition can escape the Oregon Health Authority’s harmful policy;
“The government has a very poor track record of making decisions for the public good when given unrestrained power, ” says Sonja Feintech, Public Policy Board Secretary at the Libertarian Party of Oregon. “The creation and reign of OHA in particular is a great example of unelected officials making health requirements and mandates that have long term repercussions with zero recourse for Oregon citizens. ”
This resolution includes:
Oregon has a long history with harmful health mandates often targeting vulnerable communities, including forced physical and chemical castration of homosexuals, mandated prefrontal lobotomies, mandated sterilization of the “feeble minded,” mandated electroshock therapy, forced psychiatric medicating of schoolchildren with Adderall and Ritalin, forced administration of AZT to babies born from HIV positive mothers, and involuntary fluoridation of water supplies.
Corona injection manufacturers, including Pfizer, have made generous political contributions to Oregon politicians, creating a conflict of interest in the administration of public policy contrary to the benefit of the People of Oregon.
As of November 11, 2022, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System lists 32,200 corona injection associated deaths and 183,165 corona injection associated hospitalizations
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED the Libertarian Party of Oregon opposes all vaccine and injection mandates – both public and private – including proposals to add corona injections to OAR 333-050-0050;
This Resolution will be available starting 2/20/23, for public dissemination. For more
information on PPB resolutions, visit www.lporegon.org/category/public-policy/.
About the Libertarian Public Policy Board: The Public Policy Board is a newly created body of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and acts as the public outreach and policy creator branch of the Oregon Libertarian Party. Article 6, Section 2 of the Libertarian Party of Oregon’s Bylaws allows the Public Policy Board to, by three quarters vote, adopt positions on specific matters of public policy.
LPO Resolution Concerning Oregon Measure 114
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/20/23
Sonja Feintech – LPO Public Policy Board Secretary
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
541-231-4293
sonja.feintech@lporegon.org
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
Resolution 22-05 Concerning Oregon Measure 114
Oregon: The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board announced Resolution 22-05 Concerning Oregon Measure 114, a resolution voted on by the elected Public Policy Board.
This resolution declares:
Measure 114 is incompatible with the Constitution of Oregon, Article 1, Section 27 and the Constitution of the United States, Amendment 2; and
Measure 114 is poor public policy and runs contrary to Libertarian Principles; and
Measure 114 is poorly written, unfunded, and was unfairly presented to the voters.
“The Oregon constitution in particular is very clear on gun ownership and our constitutional rights as Americans but also as Oregonians, ” says Sonja Feintech, Public Policy Board Secretary at the Libertarian Party of Oregon. “The Libertarian Party of Oregon supports legal actions against what is clearly a gun grab, antithetical to the cause of liberty.”
This resolution includes:
The Libertarian Party of Oregon supports the legal action of the Oregon Firearm Federation and the Sherman County Sheriff against Measure 114 and the Libertarian Party of Oregon is authorized to submit an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED the chair of the Public Policy Board may designate individuals to speak for the Libertarian Party of Oregon to the contents of this resolution in the administrative rulemaking process for Measure 114 and before legislative committees considering revision, modification, or repeal of all or parts of Measure 114.
This Resolution will be available starting 2/20/23, for public dissemination. For more
information on PPB resolutions, visit www.lporegon.org/category/public-policy/.
About the Libertarian Public Policy Board: The Public Policy Board is a newly created body of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and acts as the public outreach and policy creator branch of the Oregon Libertarian Party. Article 6, Section 2 of the Libertarian Party of Oregon’s Bylaws allows the Public Policy Board to, by three quarters vote, adopt positions on specific matters of public policy.
Press Release: LPO Resolution Concerning Defending the Guard
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/22/22
Sonja Feintech – LPO Public Policy Board Secretary
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
541-231-4293
sonja.feintech@lporegon.org
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
Resolution 22-03 Concerning Defending the Guard
“Considering that Congress alone is constitutionally invested with the power of changing our condition from peace to war, I have thought it my duty to await their authority for using force in any degree which could be avoided”- Thomas Jefferson
Oregon: The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board announced Resolution 22-03 Concerning Defending the Guard, a resolution voted on by the elected Public Policy Board.
“This resolution addresses the immediate need for action to protect our National Guard and calls on the state of Oregon to prohibit the release of our National Guard into federal service without the permission of the U.S Congress.” says Sonja Feintech, Public Policy Board Secretary at the Libertarian Party of Oregon. “The Libertarian Party of Oregon believes the federal government’s unauthorized war powers can and should be superseded by state rights.”
This resolution declares:
The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board calls upon the Governor of Oregon not to comply with any order from the federal government to release the Oregon National Guard into federal service unless the U.S. Congress has declared war pursuant to Article I, § 8, Clause 15 of the U.S. Constitution, and only for the express and explicit purposes enumerated in the Constitution: to “execute the Laws of the Union,” repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection; and
Further, calls upon the State to bring home said National Guard troops already so deployed to foreign conflicts immediately.
This Resolution will be available starting 10/22/22, for public dissemination. For more
information on PPB resolutions, visit www.lporegon.org/category/public-policy/.
About the Libertarian Public Policy Board: The Public Policy Board is a newly created body of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and acts as the public outreach and policy creator branch of the Oregon Libertarian Party. Article 6, Section 2 of the Libertarian Party of Oregon’s Bylaws allows the Public Policy Board to, by three quarters vote, adopt positions on specific matters of public policy.
LPO Resolution Concerning the Death Penalty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/22/22
Sonja Feintech – LPO Public Policy Board Secretary
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
541-231-4293
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
Resolution 22-04 Concerning the Death Penalty
The Libertarian Party Platform, Plank 1.8 adopted in 2016 as reaffirmed in Convention, May 2022, states, “We oppose the administration of the Death Penalty by the state.”
Oregon: The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board announced Resolution 22-04 Concerning the Death Penalty, a resolution voted on by the elected Public Policy Board.
This resolution is declaring that in accordance with the non-aggression principle we hold that killing a human being when there is no clear and present danger is unjust; and litigation will tie up Oregon death penalty appeals in costly taxpayer-funded appeals at a time when the state is experiencing a crisis in public defense.
“Oregon has set a precedent since Governor Kitzhaber declared a moratorium on executions in 2011.” says Sonja Feintech, Public Policy Board Secretary at the Libertarian Party of Oregon. “The Libertarian Party of Oregon opposes state funded and sanctioned executions of our citizens.”
This resolution includes;
The Oregon Dept. of Corrections dismantled death row in Summer 2020.
Oregon houses 22 individuals sentenced to execution, in Oregon the current average length of time on death row is 19.6 years.
Litigation will tie up Oregon death penalty appeals in costly taxpayer-funded appeals at a time when the state is experiencing a crisis in public defense.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED the Public Policy of the Libertarian Party of Oregon is to appeal to Governor Brown to commute all current death sentences before the end of her term of office.
This Resolution will be available starting 10/22/22, for public dissemination. For more
information on PPB resolutions, visit www.lporegon.org/category/public-policy/.
About the Libertarian Public Policy Board: The Public Policy Board is a newly created body of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and acts as the public outreach and policy creator branch of the Oregon Libertarian Party. Article 6, Section 2 of the Libertarian Party of Oregon’s Bylaws allows the Public Policy Board to, by three quarters vote, adopt positions on specific matters of public policy.
Press Release: LPO Yemen Resolution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/22/22
Sonja Feintech – LPO Public Policy Board Secretary
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
541-231-4293
The Libertarian Party of Oregon calls for the end of all US Support for Saudi Arabia’s horrific war in Yemen
Statement of the Public Policy Board:
We, the Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board, hereby support H.J. Res. 87 and S.J. Res. 56 to end all US support for Saudi Arabia’s horrific war in Yemen.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/56/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/56
Writing for Just Security, Priyanka Motaparthy, director of the Counterterrorism, Armed Conflict, and Human Rights Project at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute, and SFM’s Tony Wilson noted Saturday (06/04/2022) “during seven years of war, coalition airstrikes have killed nearly 9,000 civilians in Yemen.”
“Human rights groups and the United Nations-mandated Group of Eminent Experts have documented more than 300 airstrikes that are likely war crimes or violations of the laws of war,” they continued. “These strikes have hit hospitals and other medical facilities, markets, a school bus filled with children, and a funeral hall filled with mourners.”
According to The Washington Post – which along with the Security Force Monitor (SFM) at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute analyzed thousands of news reports and images to identify warplanes from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that have attacked Yemen – “a substantial portion of the air raids were carried out by jets developed, maintained, and sold by US companies, and by pilots who were trained by the US military.”
This, despite a February 2021 pledge by President Joe Biden to end US support for “offensive operations” in the Saudi-led war – a promise that has been repeatedly sidestepped via arms sales and a $500 million maintenance contract.
None of this is to comment on the still unknown but much higher number of people who have died from Cholera, malnutrition, or outright starvation due to the Saudi-led blockade of the country that has existed for most of the war. Unicef reports that, “Yemen remains one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world, with around 23.7 million people in need of assistance, including almost 13 million children. Since the conflict escalated in March 2015, the country has become a living hell for the country’s children. Less than half of health facilities are functioning, and many that remain operational lack basic equipment. Many health workers have not received a regular salary in several years.”
https://www.unicef.org/emergencies/yemen-crisis
This Resolution will be available starting 10/22/22, for public dissemination. For more
information on PPB resolutions, visit www.lporegon.org/category/public-policy/.
About the Libertarian Public Policy Board: The Public Policy Board is a newly created body of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and acts as the public outreach and policy creator branch of the Oregon Libertarian Party. Article 6, Section 2 of the Libertarian Party of Oregon’s Bylaws allows the Public Policy Board to, by three quarters vote, adopt positions on specific matters of public policy.
Press Release: LPO Resolution Concerning Oregon Medical Board
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/22/22
Sonja Feintech – LPO Public Policy Board Secretary
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
541-231-4293
sonja.feintech@lporegon.org
Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board
Resolution 22-02 Concerning the Oregon Medical Board
Libertarians support the right of every person to earn an honest and peaceful living through the free and voluntary exchange of goods and services.
Oregon: The Libertarian Party of Oregon Public Policy Board announced Resolution 22-02 Concerning the Oregon Medical Board, a resolution voted on by the elected Public Policy Board. This Resolution is a declaration opposing occupational and other licensing laws that infringe on this right or treat it as a state-granted privilege. This resolution specifically highlights the Oregon Medical Boards campaign of harassment and defamation of top family doctor Dr. Paul Thomas in the State of Oregon.
“This resolution is a great step forward in addressing the gross overreach of government entities regarding healthcare workers and their ability to conduct free trade,” says Sonja Feintech, Public Policy Board Secretary at the Libertarian Party of Oregon.
This resolution regards declarations including;
Whereas, the Hippocratic Oath holds, “First do no harm;”
Whereas, Medicine is “practiced” wherein a physician’s experience and lifetime learning informs his/her practice;
Whereas, Libertarian National Committee Plank 1.1 holds, “Individuals own their bodies and have rights over them that other individuals, groups, and governments may not violate. Individuals have the freedom and responsibility to decide what they knowingly and voluntarily consume, and what risks they accept to their own health, finances, safety, or life;
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, the Libertarian Party of Oregon has NO CONFIDENCE in the Oregon Medical Board and its authorizing statute;
This Resolution will be available starting 10/22/22, for public dissemination. For more
information on PPB resolutions, visit www.lporegon.org/category/public-policy/.
About the Libertarian Public Policy Board: The Public Policy Board is a newly created body of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and acts as the public outreach and policy creator branch of the Oregon Libertarian Party. Article 6, Section 2 of the Libertarian Party of Oregon’s Bylaws allows the Public Policy Board to, by three quarters vote, adopt positions on specific matters of public policy.