DISSENT
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Feb. 11th, 2004 - Linda
Holden petitions Judge Sweeney to change our daughters last name from my
name "FORCHION" to her's "HOLDEN".
CITING:
"MY PUBLIC POLITICAL VIEWS"
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On May 11th,
2004 Judge Sweeney grants LINDA's petition to change my daughters name.
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DISSENT ESSAY
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DISSENT – NJ JUDGES DON’T BELIEVE IN IT! "The first amendment is clearly under attack"
DISSENT, once an ideal cherished in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment, now invites media attacks, hate Web sites, threats, job loss and now the changing of one's child's name! Across the
Yet, on As surprised as I was at Judge
Sweeney's ruling I shouldn't have been, my experience with several New Jersey
Judge's is they don't believe the RIGHT to "free speech" applies to "non-Christian
African-Americans" like myself. I'm Just a Nigger to them, because
I'm a follower of the "RASTAFARIAN faith" which accepts the "herb" marijuana
as a religious sacrament. In general here in America African religions aren't
respected by most Christians as religions. I consistently "proselytize" about
my faith, but these Judge's refuse to acknowledge my Right to freedom of
religion or to talk about an aspect of my faith "marijuana".
I speak of my faith and my faith is the genesis of my championing the "political
issue" of marijuana legalization. As it is now, to practice my faith is as
illegal here in This country was founded on
freedom of Religion by Quakers fleeing religious persecution. My born-again
ex, (now a Pentecostal Christian) is repulsed with my choice of faiths and
has consistently used the Burlington County Family court Judge's (religious
intolerance) as a weapon to keep my child from me and now has used this same
bias to gain a favorable name-change ruling based on my "political views".
These Judge’s are HYPOCRITES! (I've attached
a copy of Judge's ruling.) EXAMPLE: Last year (2003) Jewish
Judge Lihotz and Christian Judge Morley both ordered that I not talk to my
daughter about marijuana, even though everyday I see “ONCDP” or “the Partnership
for a drug free ANOTHER EXAMPLE: In 1998 Burlington
County Judge Bell took my visitation after my ex-(Linda Holden) came to court
with newspaper stories and quotes of me saying, "LEGALIZE MARIJUANA". When
I ran for Congress under the "Legalize Marijuana Party- (HOUSE NIGGER BELL)", it took
me 5 years (2003) to re-gain every other weekend visitation! (With the above restrictions on my speech). This year
I announced I'm again running for Congress here in the 3rd district
under the slogan: U.S. Marijuana Party. Thus my
ex's Feb. petition to change my daughters name! On June 3rd, 2002 I protested
a family court ruling by Burlington County Family Court Judge Almeida (I asked to have my visitation restored,
he only asked me if I still believed in "legalization" when I answered in
the affirmative he denied visitation) by standing outside the
Courthouse with a big
sign criticizing him. The Burlington County Times and the Trentonian
reported on my protest. Which was perfectly legal under the "right to petition
for redress” clause of the 1st Amendment. Yet, three days later on June
6th, 2003 Ocean County Judge Giovine signed an arrest warrant
and I was jailed in the Burlington County court for 4 days because I was
previously “illegally ordered” by state ISP officials (Intensive Supervision
Program) not to talk about "marijuana" or to the press. To protest Judge Giovines illegal arrest, I decided to make three free
speech "political ad's" calling for the end of the "WAR on DRUGS" and attempted
to air them on Comcast Cable. For this legal exercise in "free speech" on
In my ad’s I said nothing illegal;
I didn't advocate doing anything illegal I simply questioned the "WAR on
DRUGS". You can see the political ad's yourself at: www.njweedman.com/censorship.
For this I sat in the "The First Amendment
exists so as to promote debate on issues of public importance. In this case,
the advocacy of the legalization of marijuana is a legitimate political position
in this country. The Libertarian Party, whose presidential candidate received
over 380,000 votes in the 2000 election, advocates the legalization of drugs.
Libertarian Party website at http://www.lp.org/issues/relegalize.html
and http://www.lp.org/campaigns/pres/.
Many elected public officials have called for a liberalization
of the nation's drug laws. Simply put, Plaintiff's place in this debate will
do nothing to harm a public that is already itself debating the current state
of our nation's drug laws". FORCHION Vs STATE of NEW Now, Judge Sweeney is perfectly aware of this ruling
and my "religious belief's" yet he's granted the petition to change my daughters
name inviolation of my Constitutional Rights because he obviously just doesn't
agree with my "POLITICAL EXPRESSION” or respect my RIGHT to “FREEDOM of RELIGION”
nor my right to publicly espouse my religious belief's. Even thou this clearly
is a crime Judge Sweeney knows he’s immune for
any crime he commits from the bench. BTW- While it is clear to some people (me included) that
the "War on Drugs" violates basic Constitutional and human rights, it is
also obvious to me that the view of those who are vested in law enforcement
(or with the power to make laws and interpret rights) consider it a foregone
conclusion that the drug laws are constitutional. To even bring up the topic
of rights in regards to "drug issues" many times harden the resolve of lawmakers
and judges because it implies that they have failed
to understand the true meaning of the Constitution. So despite the principal
of free speech it clearly is dangerous to publicly question the drug laws.
Some say I should be glad, 50 years ago these good Christians would have
had me lynched or 300 years ago I'd been burned at the stake for heresy. I understand that many Americans could careless
if "marijuana" is legal or not, yet every American should be outraged at
the persecution and abuse I've suffered for saying, "end the racist war on
drugs" and proselytizing about my faith. Many times I pray that one day I'll get a New Jersey
Judge who understands "FREE SPEECH" and recognizes that I know the risks
of these "public" arguments. Instead I consistently find myself persecuted
another Christian New Jersey Judge, law enforcement and the justice system
for exercising my RIGHT to "FREE SPEECH" by espousing my religious belief's.
I've prayed that the judges courageously adhere to the natural law of justice--tempered
perhaps by the radiant glow of a little kindness, tolerance, understanding
and mercy but consistently instead I'm met with distain and the denial of
the basic right to "FREE SPEECH". Currently, even though I’m a legally qualified candidate
for Congress and Burlington County Freeholder Comcast is refusing to air
my "POLITICAL AD's" again and so far even Federal Judge Wolfson has declined to issue an injunction ordering
Comcast to allow my Political ad's to be aired. So much for “fair elections” Robert Edward Forchion, Jr AKA- “NJWEEDMAN.COM” 3rd district candidate for Congress (609)893-3983 |
The most recent example of this is Burlington County Judge Sweeney ordering
my child’s surname changed from mine "FORCHION" to my ex-fiancé’s surname
"HOLDEN". On Feb 12th, Linda Holden the mother of my 9 year old daughter AJANEA
filed a petition before Judge Sweeney to change our daughters surname citing
my "PUBLIC POLITICAL VIEWS"
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BURLINTON COUNTY TIMES
Primary votes formalize top 3 county races By JOHN REITMEYER MOUNT HOLLY - There are three seats up for grabs this year in Burlington County's government, and yesterday's primary merely formalized the already heated contests. The race for a three-year seat on the county Board of Freeholders has been the hottest so far. Democratic challenger Chris Fifis is several weeks into what has been an aggressive campaign against incumbent Republican Vince Farias. Both men ran unopposed in yesterday's primary. Fifis, a Lumberton resident, received 8,617 votes. Farias, who lives in Edgewater Park, collected 10,178 votes. The freeholder race should become even more interesting heading into November thanks to the candidacy of marijuana activist Ed "NJWeedman" Forchion of Pemberton Township. Forchion filed petitions to qualify as a third-party candidate for the freeholder race yesterday, the deadline to submit petitions for public office. Forchion said he would use the bid for county office to campaign against laws that ban marijuana use and to protest judges in Burlington County. "That's all I'm going to do," said Forchion, who also ran for freeholder in 2000. "It's my way of exercising free speech." The race for the five-year county clerk position also heated up early this year. Kristin Walker, the Democratic candidate, has challenged incumbent Republican Phil Haines several times since April, but she has also drawn counterattacks from Haines. Walker, who lives in Moorestown, and Haines, a Springfield resident, both ran unopposed yesterday. Walker and Haines received 8,750 and 10,420 votes respectively. The third countywide race this year pits incumbent Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield against former Lum-berton Mayor Preston Taylor. Stanfield, a Republican from Westampton, ran unopposed in yesterday's primary and picked up 10,291 votes. Taylor, a Democrat, also ran unopposed, collecting 8,838 votes. A three-year term is at stake in November. Overall, voter turnout was light throughout the county yesterday. Burlington County has 51,934 registered Democrats, 51,363 registered Republicans and 138,195 voters registered as unaffiliated. The primary drew 22,583 participants, or just over 9 percent of the total registered voting base. However, high turnout numbers were reported in Lumber-ton, Moorestown, New Hanover and Southampton, the towns that had contested local primaries. Countywide turnout is expected to surge by November because there is a presidential race and 30 municipal contests on the ballot this year. Email: jreitmeyer@phillyBurbs.com June 9, 2004 6:03 AM |
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