“The Republican Party has traditionally stood for limited government, I am not a ‘Big Government’ Republican. I am an independent-minded conservative"

From Eric Dondero:

Meet Paul Curtman. He's a two-term State Representative from the southwest suburbs (Cedar Hill) of St. Louis. He is a US Marine, and Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. He is a graduate of the Univ. of Missouri and a Martial Arts instructor.

Curtman describes himself as a strict Constitutionalist. He has attended numerous Tea Party rallies in the St. Louis area. He is a friend and colleague of super-Tea Party conservative and radio talk show host Dana Loesch (The Dana Show).

He was described as a "Liberty candidate" and backed by Ron Paul supporters at the Daily Paul.

He was an endorsed candidate of the Republican Liberty Caucus in 2010, and is listed on the RLC page of libertarian-leaning Republican elected officials for Missouri.

Yesterday, Rep. Curtman had his first major legislative victory, "Missouri House votes to ban Sharia law":

From STLToday:

A bill prohibiting state courts from using or recognizing Sharia law passed the Missouri House Wednesday on a 102-51 vote.

The legislation, which was sponsored by state Rep. Paul Curtman, R-Pacific, bans Missouri courts from utilizing foreign law or legal code in any ruling. Although it never specifically mentions the words “Sharia” or “Islam," Wednesday’s debate focused almost exclusively on Sharia law, which is the religious law of Islam.

A description of the legislation by Curtman from his website:

This bill would prevent our judges from using foreign law to render their decision if that law would deny our citizens fro their constitutionally protected liberties.

The purpose of government is to do one thing and one thing only: protect the rights of citizens and even then, the government can only do that if and only if they have the consent of the citizens. This is why our leadership is elected, it is why our legislature is elected; so the laws that we use to protect us are also representative of the people. I really do not understand how it is that anyone who takes an oath to the United States and Missouri Constitutions would ever vote against a bill that would ensure that our citizens are protected by our constitutions. This really baffles me.

Curtman has already been talked about for higher office, even US Senate. (See Reboot Congress).