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Heads-up

A quick note for the people who might read this in the next two hours or so:

According to the Human Rights Campaign, Congress is set to vote on the Marriage Protection Act today between 1:00 and 2:30. More info here, with a handy e-mail petition thingie. Here's a directory of Congresspeople, which also lists their office phone numbers. Here, edited to take out my personal representative info, is what HRC e-mailed to me:

The House will vote TODAY sometime between 1 - 2:30pm, Thursday July 22, on H.R. 3313, the so-called "Marriage Protection Act." This is a sneak attack on the GLBT community - proponents of the bill think that nobody is paying attention, since the Federal Marriage Amendment failed so spectacularly last week in the Senate.

It is crucial that we show Representatives that we ARE paying attention to their vote. PLEASE call your representative RIGHT NOW, before you do anything else today - and then send this message to others in your community.

Here's what you should say:
"My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a constituent of [Your Representative]. I am calling to urge him/her to vote AGAINST H.R. 3313, the Marriage Protection Act. This bill would undermine the Supreme Court as well as other federal courts - it's simply un-American to try to deny an entire group of citizens their day in court. Can you tell me how my representative will vote?"

I disavow the excessive capitalization and hand-holding, but applaud the effort. Calling would probably be better, unless you are one of the many people I know who have been embrokened by the "economic upswing" that we are told is happening. But, oh, that's right--we have more important things to worry about, like what will happen when The Gays get The Marriage! AAAAAAAAAAH!

Posted by hilatron at July 22, 2004 10:15 AM | TrackBack