Delay to bring "Federal Marriage Amendment" to the House floor Today! 9-30

[G_j]

Take Action Now:
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=13773


House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX) now says that he will bring the so-called "Federal Marriage Amendment" (FMA) to the House floor on Thursday, September 30. A critical stretch in our fight for fairness is right around the corner, and, with your help, we believe we are in a good position defeat the right’s wedge politics again.

Because the FMA was defeated in the Senate earlier this year, right-wing groups are redoubling their efforts to sway House members on the upcoming vote and to distract voters from issues like jobs, health care, education, and the war in Iraq. Fax your Member of Congress today and urge him or her to reject discrimination and vote no on the "Federal Marriage Amendment."

In July:
The Federal Marriage Amendment - having fallen prey to intra-party GOP squabbling - could not even get enough support in the Senate to shut off debate and be voted upon. But while the victory for those who would keep discrimination from being enshrined in our Constitution was celebrated, the Right's anti-gay election-year strategy continued, unabated.

Save Our Constitution: Information and Action Ideas for Fighting the FMA

In February, President Bush officially endorsed a federal constitutional amendment that would require discrimination against same-sex couples and their families. The proposed amendment threatened to prevent same-sex couples from ever gaining equal access to the institution of marriage. That proposed “Federal Marriage Amendment” read:


“Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the Constitution of any State, nor State or Federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.”
PFAW strongly opposed passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment. Not only would it have unfairly excluded gay and lesbian couples from the institution of marriage - and the more than 1,000 federal rights, protections, and responsibilities that come with it - but it would also have undermined the integrity of our founding document by writing discrimination into it for the first time.

[terrya]

1. I've talked to my congresswoman, Jan Schkowsky's office.

There's no way in hell she'll vote for this hateful piece of filth (Rep. Schkowsky has a impeccable record on gay issues) but I contacted her office about the anti-gay FMA.

Thank you for reminding everyone, though.

Terry

[G_j]

4. my Congressman

Charles "Chainsaw" Taylor (NC) brags of his support of the amendment in his TV ads and is an all around RWingnut. He is hopeless. :-(

[jean]

2. this thug needs to go - I've donated to Morrison, DeLay's opponent

(I live in MN)

Surely, if we all focus on DeLay, he can be taken down!

The Dailykos community supports Morrison at the Kos Dozen page:
http://actblue.com/list/dkos

Kos says:
"When I originally announced these endorsements, I gave three criteria I looked at -- two of which where essential for a candidate to get a nod: 1) Whether the district was in a swing state; 2) Whether the district was competitive; and 3) whether the Republican incumbent was a major fundraiser that we'd rather pin at home, rather than fundraising for at risk Republicans in other competitive districts.

No Republican House member raises as much money as Tom DeLay, and he had not bothered to campaign for reelection to his House seat for over a decade, lacking any significant opposition. That meant all his campaigning and fundraising was directed at other candidates.

Enter Richard Morrison. Here was a candidate with no money, going up against the House Majority Leader. People laughed at his chances. But he raised a fair amount of money online, and parlayed that into strong fundraising via traditional means. Poll results proved DeLay was beatable, and the DCCC is now considering putting resources into the race.

This is still an uphill race, but consider that DeLay is now pinned down in his own district until election day. And given a potential criminal indictment, lingering anger over his heavy-handed redistricting coup, a district made more Democratic by the arrogant DeLay during that redistricting, and a fired up Texas Democratic Party, and this David v. Goliath battle has the potential of going our way."


Here's Howard Dean's Democracy for American profile on Richard Morrison:
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/candidates/candidate.php?district_id=4822

And here is Richard's site:

http://www.richardmorrisonfordistrict22.com/

A blurb from Morrison:

"The third fiscal quarter ends on Thursday. Richard is on track to raise $250,000 this quarter if we can pull in a little more this week. With the overflowing coffers of "The Hammer," the Morrison Campaign needs every dime it can get.

But the recent indictments have got Tom DeLay over the coals. We need to keep it going! You can help turn the heat up on Tom by donating whatever you can to the 3rd Quarter goal."

[nostamj]

3. GUTTER politics

and a huge waste of taxpayer's time and money

this is ONLY being done to force Dems to make a political vote in a campaign year. they KNOW they can't pass the amendment. they JUST want Dems on the record so repuke can use it against them

republicans are not a political party, they are a parasitic lifeform

[AlCzervik]

5. It's all about diversion and trying to make democrats look

bad. !st overturning the ban on handguns in D.C. and now this.

[G_j]

6. semi automatics would be ok for kids under 18

to have ready and loaded in their place of dwelling.
pretty cool eh?

[bloom]

7. Unfortunately - it seems to be working for them

In my local paper today was a letter by a woman saying - that basically Democrats and Republicans could run the country as well as the other - so it came down to morals - the abortions issue, the gay marriage issue and that she didn't like Tereas Heinz Kerry.

:crazy: :eyes: :crazy: