I just received the following in an email from Kate Kendell, the Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Kendell points to this online petition at Equality California, which readers should promptly visit to conveniently remind our fierce advocate what fierce advocacy is all about.
Tell President Obama to Take Action
and Overturn Prop. 8Dear Friend of NCLR,
It’s been over a year since California voters took away the right to marry from same-sex couples. Since then, we lost marriage in another state, Maine.The vote in Maine demonstrates what we’re up against. We always knew winning true equality and acceptance wouldn’t be easy.
But the truth is, people’s lives should never be put up for a popular vote. Civil rights for minority groups should be decided by the sound reason of the legislature and the courts — not by the will and whims of the majority.
Federal courts are considering a challenge to Prop. 8 on the grounds that it violates the United States Constitution.
Urge President Obama to file a brief in the federal court challenge to Prop. 8 and ask the court to rule that it is unconstitutional to allow a majority to take away the rights of a minority.
The Obama administration needs to join the effort to stop the use of the initiative process to take away a minority group’s rights. The administration can do this without taking a position on marriage, even though Obama’s continued opposition to equality for same-sex couples remains extremely troubling.
Sign the petition to President Obama and his administration. Urge him to join the federal legal challenge to Prop 8. Stand up for equality and the rights of our families. Then, ask everyone you know who supports marriage equality to do the same.
In Solidarity,
Kate Kendell, Esq.
Executive Director
Geoff Kors, the Executive Director of Equality California, just blasted out a similar request:
Dear Mike,
Thank you for signing the petition to our President Obama, urging him to file a brief in the Prop 8 federal court challenge arguing that no group’s rights should be up for popular vote.
Millions of dollars are being wasted and millions of lives damaged, and it is time for our leaders to stand with us.
The people who ran the hateful campaigns in Maine and California will continue to spread their lies to take away every right we’ve gained.
Urge your friends and family members to join us in signing this petition at http://www.eqca.org/enough.
Warmly,
Geoff Kors
Executive Director
Equality California
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