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Marriage for One, Marriage for All

Fight For Freedom, Justice and the American Way…

Stop the Constitutional Amendment to Ban Same-Sex Marriage

Equal Rights & Protections For All Under the Law!

No More Gender Based Discrimination!

Marriage is a Human Right - NOT a Heterosexual Privilege

The debate is finally coming to the forefront of American society. San Francisco is doing it. A small town in New Mexico joined in. And Chicago is beginning to considers the options of gay marriage. Within a few short weeks, Massachuesetts could become the first state as a whole where gay marriage is completely legalized. What a day it will be.

Please, everyone, visit DearMary.com and submit your letter to Mary Cheney, daughter of the Vice-President Dick Cheney.

Some things you can do to help out:

1. Visit DontAmend.com and sign the petition pledging not to elect any official who supports the Federal Marriage Amendment regardless of party affiliation.

2. Hold a rally. Action Kits and information are available online at many places.

3. Contact your local Senators and Representatives via e-mail, fax, phone, etc. Let them know that you are against this Amendment to the Constitution.

4. Visit the HRC‘s website Million for Marriage and sign their petition as well. We need to let our collective voices be heard.

And last, but not least… Some selective Conservative quotes. Just for laughs.

CONSERVATIVE QUOTES:

“I am dedicating my talents, time and energies over the next few years to the passage of an amendment to the US Constitution that will protect the traditional family.” - Jerry Falwell

“If this amendment is pursued by this administration, it’s the end of any relationship between the gay community and the Republican party.” - Andrew Sullivan

“I think the fact of the matter, of course, is that . . . different states are likely to come to different conclusions, and that’s appropriate. I don’t think there should necessarily be a federal policy in this area.” - Vice President Dick Cheney

“That’s Dick Cheney’s view, I happen to share that view, and many in the party share that view as well… this is not going to be the debate of this campaign.” - Mary Matalin, former Bush White House strategist.

“Leave it up to the states.” - John McLaughlin, conservative commentator, The McLaughlin Group

“The conservative course is not to banish gay people from making such commitments. It is to expect that they make such commitments. We shouldn’t just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage.” - David Brooks, conservative commentator on The News Hour, quoted in the NYT.

“The idea of amending the Constitution to resolve a political issue of the culture war is (no pun intended) to court disaster.... This movement will only deepen the fault lines in our fractured civic culture and weaken its underpinnings. To do this in peacetime would be unwise; to prosecute it in the midst of war is reckless.” - David Horowitz, conservative writer and activist.

That is all for now.

.: The Poet :.

Posted by rtkenmore on 02/22 at 02:42 AM