At a busy legislative moment, foes of the Defense of Marriage Act are re-starting the campaign against it. Rep. Jerry Nadler is, I'm told, expected to introduce a bill that would repeal the legislation next week, and today Human Rights Campaign is delivering a survey of 50,000 gay and lesbian members and supporters to Congress, intended to convey the concrete harm the bill does them.
The survey results stress the mundane benefits of marriage -- first among them, Social Security survivor benefits. HRC also officially launched their DOMA Repeal push by delivering the surveys results of 50,000 LGBT people on DOMA to Congress. In their announcement, they also confirmed timing of the DOMA Repeal bill, to be introduced by Nadler.
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DOMA Repeal Bill to be introduced next week
Posted by
OurHero-Tan 987 days ago
(http://gayimmigration.blogspot.com)
United by Love divided by Law Week 18
Posted by
Fight4theRight 1059 days ago
(http://fairunion.blogspot.com)
Every week, Out4Immigration targets members of Congress who we think understand and supports our issue, but hasn't signed on to co-sponsor the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) yet. We have now increased our efforts by writing to 4 Congress people and their staffers. We are encourage in knowing that several of the Congress people we have written to signed on as co-sponsors soon after we wrote to them!...
United by Love divided by Law Week 16
Posted by
Fight4theRight 1062 days ago
(http://fairunion.blogspot.com)
Every week, Out4Immigration (O4I) selects members of Congress
who we think understand and supports our issue, but hasn’t
signed on to co-sponsor the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) yet.
We have now increased our efforts by writing to 4 Congress people and their staffers
each week. We are encouraged in knowing that several of the Congress people we have written to
signed on as co-sponsors soon after we wrote to them!
Please join us in our weekly efforts! The more people that do this each
week, the more co-sponsors we will have for UAFA. If ...
who we think understand and supports our issue, but hasn’t
signed on to co-sponsor the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) yet.
We have now increased our efforts by writing to 4 Congress people and their staffers
each week. We are encouraged in knowing that several of the Congress people we have written to
signed on as co-sponsors soon after we wrote to them!
Please join us in our weekly efforts! The more people that do this each
week, the more co-sponsors we will have for UAFA. If ...
United by Love divided by Law Please call congress Week 1
Posted by
UnitedByLove 1071 days ago
(http://fairunion.blogspot.com)
Today is the first day of what I hope will be our weekly
‘Call Congress’ days. In addition to coordinated e-mails,
faxes, and letters to the members we are targeting, getting
a large number of people to call specific members on the
same day could help bring us more co-sponsors.
It is also a way for us to ‘circle back’ to those members we
had targeted that still have not signed on, to remind them how
important this is to us and that we’re not going away.
‘Call Congress’ days. In addition to coordinated e-mails,
faxes, and letters to the members we are targeting, getting
a large number of people to call specific members on the
same day could help bring us more co-sponsors.
It is also a way for us to ‘circle back’ to those members we
had targeted that still have not signed on, to remind them how
important this is to us and that we’re not going away.
United by Love Divided by Law Week Fourteen
Posted by
Fight4theRight 1089 days ago
(http://fairunion.blogspot.com)
Every week, Out4Immigration targets a member of the House
AND the Senate who we think understands and supports our issues but hasn't
signed on to co-sponsor
the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) yet.
This week we will be writing to:
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D - MN)
Senator Dick Durbin (D - IL)
We are also increasing our efforts by emailing/faxing letters to staffers of
this week's Congress people.
We have revised the letter so that it can be universally emailed, faxed and/or
snail mailed to staffers
as well as to the Senators.
The addresses and a draft letter – which you can edit, if you like – are listed
below.
AND the Senate who we think understands and supports our issues but hasn't
signed on to co-sponsor
the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) yet.
This week we will be writing to:
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D - MN)
Senator Dick Durbin (D - IL)
We are also increasing our efforts by emailing/faxing letters to staffers of
this week's Congress people.
We have revised the letter so that it can be universally emailed, faxed and/or
snail mailed to staffers
as well as to the Senators.
The addresses and a draft letter – which you can edit, if you like – are listed
below.
United by Love, divided by Law Week Twelve
Posted by
Fight4theRight 1103 days ago
(http://fairunion.blogspot.com)
lesbian U.S. citizens and permanent residents the right to sponsor their partners for immigration. It includes the same process and penalties as applied in heterosexual sponsorship applications. By co-sponsoring the UAFA you are showing ...
Uniting All Families Act Introduced Next Week
Posted by
Fight4theRight 1145 days ago
(http://buckmire.blogspot.com)
Joe.My.God has pointed out that Immigration Equality's signature legislation which would bestow immigration sponsorship rights to lesbian and gay people in binational relationshipswill be introduced in Congress ...
Freedom to Marry Week: Some/thing Old
Posted by
NLXile 1147 days ago
(http://twochicksnest.blogspot.com)
We would do anything to stay together. Now we join the growing number of "love exiles" who have left the U.S. in order remain together.
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