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July 09, 2004
Rather than take up legislative issues that protect our country, balance our budget and insure the uninsured, Senate Republicans are beginning debate today on a discriminatory amendment to the United States Constitution.
When it comes to reflecting the values Bush/Cheney fraudulently sold to the American people in 2000, the Republican controlled Congress has the exact opposite in mind. Rather than uniting the American people, changing the tone in Washington, demonstrating fiscal responsibility, and handling the causes for committing American troops to war with the highest level of scrutiny, Republicans are demonstrating their true vision of America is divisive and views America's higher founding principles as the enemy to their radical partisan agenda.
Today, the debate over equal marriage rights begins in Congress, but supporters of the proposed Constitutional amendment have openly stated they don't have the votes and aren't hearing from their districts at all over the issue. Despite the will of the people, their divisive agenda moves forward.
It is time for America to speak now, or forever hold their peace on the issue of equal marriage rights.
Spend this cost of a postage stamp and make the long distance call right now to your representatives in Congress. Tell them who you are, where you live and that you oppose an amendment to the United States Constitution denying equal marriage rights to gay and lesbian Americans. Then tell them you don't appreciate them wasting your time with such nonesense when we are at war, have a budget to balance and can use real leadership in Washington.
To quickly figure out who your representatives are and their phone numbers using your zipcode, visit: http://capwiz.com/hrc/dbq/officials/
Congress to Take Up Proposals to Ban Gay Marriage
By Charles Babington and Helen Dewar
Washington Post
July 9, 2004
Senate Braces Itself for Fight on Gay Marriage
By CARL HULSE and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
New York Times
July 9, 2004
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