Author Topic: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment  (Read 5880 times)

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Senator Frist is planning a vote to amend the U.S. Consitution to forbid same-sex marriage.  The vote will occur the week of June 15.

If you a U.S. citizen, please sign this petition to oppose it:

http://www.giveemhellharry.com/page/petition/realissues/fdmkid

Thank you,

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Re: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2006, 10:13:02 am »
Done.  I sent it to several friends to sign, also.  Thanks for posting this.

For what it's worth, here's the "Comment" I added:

"Forbidding gay marriage does *not* strengthen the institutions of marriage and families.  It weakens them.  You are helping to force homosexual men to live a lie - and in some cases to marry women they do not love because it's "the right thing to do" and destroy their own lives and their wives' in the process.  We cannot help who we love.  We shouldn't be disallowed by the Constitution to build a life around the person we love.  I thought it was supposed to be about granting U.S. citizens rights, not taking them away.  Shame on you and everyone else who thinks the way you do on this issue."

I dunno - just felt inspired.  ;)
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Re: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2006, 10:21:31 am »
Done.  I sent it to several friends to sign, also.  Thanks for posting this.

For what it's worth, here's the "Comment" I added:

"Forbidding gay marriage does *not* strengthen the institutions of marriage and families.  It weakens them.  You are helping to force homosexual men to live a lie - and in some cases to marry women they do not love because it's "the right thing to do" and destroy their own lives and their wives' in the process.  We cannot help who we love.  We shouldn't be disallowed by the Constitution to build a life around the person we love.  I thought it was supposed to be about granting U.S. citizens rights, not taking them away.  Shame on you and everyone else who thinks the way you do on this issue."

I dunno - just felt inspired.  ;)
Hey all, I signed it too, and sent it off to twenty friends. I too posted a comment, and had to choose my language carefully, as this kind of unabashed hatred really raises my hackles. Homophobia--the last socially legitimated form of discrimination in the U.S. Sad...

Scott
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Re: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2006, 10:25:35 am »
Here is another way to go:

The human Rights Campaign makes it very easy to send a post card to Senators opposing a federal marriage amendment to write discrimination into the U.S. Constitution. Citizens of the U.S., please consider participating in this effort, as the vote will come up on June 5.

Thank you for signing the postcard to oppose the Federal
Marriage Amendment. We will hand-deliver the postcards to
Senators on June 5.

Please make sure to tell ten friends to sign the postcard as
well! Click here to tell ten friends:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/fma_postcards/forward

Sincerely,
Human Rights Campaign

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Re: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2006, 11:46:04 am »
Done, with comments and I sent it to everyone in my address book

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Re: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2006, 01:26:21 pm »
Can’t vote.  However, I offer my most passionate emotional support if that counts.

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Re: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2006, 02:14:33 pm »
Done!

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Re: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2006, 04:45:03 pm »
Done and added more than my 2 cents worth!
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Re: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2006, 07:00:11 pm »
I would if I could, but I can't so I shant! Sorry not US citizen but as Jenny said before, I offer my full support.  ;D
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Re: Sign This Petition Against the Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2006, 05:43:31 pm »
I would if I could, but I can't so I shant! Sorry not US citizen but as Jenny said before, I offer my full support.  ;D

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