I hope all of you out there can help with this issue....thanks for listening.... ================= Begin forwarded message ================= > > For those of you who aren't familiar with the acronym, the DOMA is > the Defense of Marriage act. IT would ensure that gay marriages, if > they're ever legal (which, currently, they're not) could remain illegal > from state to state. > The issue isn't just gay marriages. (although they're a great > idea, IMHO) It's also the precident-- an act which consigns gays, > lesbians, and bisexuals to a formally low class. It sends the idea that > certain citizens are dangerous, immoral, and un-American. > It's scary... and Bill Clinton should know better. > > > | President Bill Clinton has been taking way too much advice from his > | right-wing advisors like Dick Morris on the subject of DOMA. He needs to > | know that we will not sit back and allow him to score election year > | points by denying basic rights to lesbian or gay Americans. It is the > | most important battle of our political lives and no matter what we think > | about the timing or the politics behind this issue, we cannot afford to > | sit this one out. This is an experiment in using the net for grassroots > | politics. Your voice will make a difference. > | > | To participate in this experiment: > | > | 1. E-mail this message, exactly as it is, complete with this introduction > | to at least five of your friends. Add it to any mailing lists you are on. > | > | Please, distribute as widely as you can. > | > | 2. Copy the message below the line, without this introduction, to a new > | e-mail message. > | > | 3. Address that new message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | 4. Fill in your name, street address and the date in the appropriate > | places top and bottom. The White House tosses e-messages with no street > | address. > | > | 5. In the subject line, write VETO DOMA > | > | 6. Hit the send button and your copy of message will be on its way to > | The White House. > | > | If you follow all of these directions the President could receive a few > | hundred thousand messages titled VETO DOMA. It would be too much to > | ignore. > | > | We can and will make a difference in 1996! > | > | Jeff Harris Christine Du Bois > | Seattle, WA Redmond, WA > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | _____________________________________________________ > | > | >date > | > | President Bill Clinton > | The White House > | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue > | Washington, DC > | > | Dear Mr. President: > | > | Republicans in Congress, with the help of many Democrats will probably > | pass the so called Defense Of Marriage Act, or DOMA. They created the > | bill from ignorance, from hatred for gay Americans and out of the desire > | to embarrass you in an election year. You helped its progress when, to > | make yourself look good in a election year, you announced early that you > | would sign it. Now, you must change your mind and do the right thing. > | Veto DOMA! We will not allow you to make political gains by creating pain > | for of gay Americans. > | > | DOMA is a dangerous threat to the civil liberties of gay Americans and to > | the Constitution itself. As Jim Crow laws once did to African Americans > | in the South, DOMA would use the mighty power of the federal government > | to deny to one class of citizens, gay Americans: income tax benefits, > | pensions, social security survivor benefits, access to partners in > | federal hospitals, immigration rights, and so much more that we have not > | yet considered. DOMA would create for the first time under federal law > | two classes of citizenship with different rights for gay and straight > | Americans. This divisive law threatens one of our most important > | Constitutional principles, equal protection under the law. > | > | You must do the right thing Mr. President, speak out against the hatred, > | eschew the politics of division and rise above the political expedience. > | Do the right thing for your country and its citizens. Veto DOMA. Raise > | your voice against this monstrous injustice. Use the power of your veto > | pen to bring us together, instead of your signiture to divide our nation > | by creating a new federally ordered apartheid system of injustice. > | > | Sincerely, > | > | > | >your name > | >your street address > | >your city, state, & zip code > | > | > | > >
