Anti-gay marriage amendment much more likely to pass than people are admitting

[yesthattom]

People are saying that the anti-gay marriage constitutional amendement ("FMA) will not pass because it doesn't have enough votes in the house or senate. TODAY we don't have enough votes to stop it, but most of the votes on our side are conditional... and once the radical right starts flooding their phone lines with callers, those votes will switch. They're changing the language of the bill over and over to gather more votes. Soon the people that gave a conditional "no" will switch. "Oh, I was only against it because it prevented states from having civil unions too, but they removed that.", etc. etc.

This is why it is so important that everyone contact their elected officials right now. If you are in NJ, simply click here. Outside NJ please go to HRC's web site

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[rainbear.livejournal.com]

Done... But there's a slight bug in the software (I changed the signoff from Sincerely, to Thank you, and it put Sincerely above the Thank you...):

Dear [recipient name was inserted here],

Support Marriage Freedom! Don't ban same-sex marriage!

I'm writing to you to let you know that I support Marriage Freedom. Any ban of same-sex marriage or civil unions is a disheartening reduction in freedoms in this country.

Imagine having to stand by and let your wife's family make the medical
decisions for her when she's ill, because the hospital doesn't recognize your relationship? Imagine not being able to visit her in intensive care, again, because the hospital doesn't recognize your relationship.

Imagine being evicted from your apartment, because your spouse died, and the landlord doesn't legally have to recognize your spousal rights.

Now you start to see the problems your gay and lesbian constituents face every day.

Help me to ensure that I can visit my partner in the hospital. Help me to ensure my relationship is recognized.

Stop the constitutional amendement to ban same-sex marriages.
Support every state's right to legalize same-sex marriage.

Sincerely,

Thank you,


Glenn Sieb

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've fixed it!

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

I sent something from HRC's website. Didn't at first realize I was on the NJ site.

[cos]

Help MA: Romney has less than two months to stop gay marriage, and it's gonna be hard. If we hold it back that long, we'll get a flood of unquestionably legal gay marriages. Once that happens, any federal amendment that tries to bar state courts from making gay marriage legal, would have the effect of nullifying these legal marriages, and we can start tarring it as the "divorce amendment". I think when gay marriages are a fait accompli, an amendment like that will be harder to pass. (Might it be voted on before May 17th?)

Support MassEquality.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Federal.