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Grex Glb Item 61: Petition (the Republicans are at it again)
Entered by keesan on Thu Apr 24 20:16:26 UTC 2003:

From a friend:

> >There is a Constitutional Amendment being proposed that will ultimately ban
> >homosexual marriages/civil unions and possibly domestic partner benefits in
> >the future.
> >It is being pushed through Congress quickly so as to make as little noise  
> >as possible. If you think that this issue does not belong in the 
> >constitution, then please go to this site and sign the petition in order to
> >make your opinion known:

http://www.petitiononline.com/0712t001/petition.html

> >This petition is being organized (it's not an "add your name to the bottom 
> >and forward" kind of thing). Go to the site itself in order to sign the 
> >petition.
> >And please pass this along to your friends and family (gay & straight 
> >allies) so that we can all, together, convey the message that the 
> >Constitution is about human rights, not just religious rights. If you have 
> >problems getting to the petition with the link above, go to 
> >www.petitiononline.com, select the Top 10 Petitions and choose the Oppose 
> >the Federal Marriage Amendment.

4 responses total.

#1 of 4 by jazz on Sat Apr 26 15:52:41 2003:

        I only wish online petitions really worked.

#2 of 4 by dcat on Fri Jun 20 06:22:19 2003:

To paraphrase Dr Johnson, online petitions aren't worth the paper
they're printed on.

#3 of 4 by i on Fri Jun 27 00:40:06 2003:

Nice news from the Supreme Court today!

Is there any way that we could use the 9/11 hysteria to get a ban on
religion-based hate groups into the Constitution?  'Twould be *soooo*
nice...

#4 of 4 by jazz on Fri Jun 27 04:50:03 2003:

        Or at least a clause that they had to agree with Federal laws about
discrimination if they wanted Federal dollars ...

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