Originally founded in 2002 as the Iraq Pledge of Resistance, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance models its actions on the campaigns of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We Call Upon Gov. Martin O'Malley to Uphold the Constitution
Keep the Maryland Guard Home
Over 1,300 Maryland Army National Guard and 250 Maryland Air National Guard personnel were deployed to Iraq last year; altogether, 5,900 Maryland National Guard members have been called up since Sept. 2001. These deployments caused financial and emotional suffering and disruption to many Maryland families and impaired our state's ability to respond to emergencies.
Moreover, these deployments are illegal.
It is past time to end them. We ask Gov. Martin O'Malley to review the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, the legal justification for sending our National Guard members to Iraq, and then to refuse to federalize any more Maryland Guard members.
We ask Gov. O'Malley to uphold the law of our land.
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A statewide network of activists and organizations committed to keeping the Maryland Guard at home by enforcing the law
Maryland Campaign to Keep the Guard Home
