This week in Iraq, 21 teenage students were dragged from their cars and executed. Today another 50 people were kidnapped by militants. Almost everyday another young soldier is killed fighting somewhere around the world.

All of this going on and President Bush is spending his time trying to ban gay marriage. I think it’s pretty disturbing.

Please consider taking action. The information below is re-posted from the Human Rights Campaign:

"This week, the Senate begins debate on the Marriage Protection Amendment [Federal Marriage Amendment]. And I call on the Congress to pass this amendment …" - June 5^th, 2006, 1:45 p.m. EST, White House Press Conference

Just minutes ago, President Bush addressed the nation and issued a slap in the face of every GLBT citizen in this country. Only hours before tomorrow’s scheduled Senate debate, he called a press conference to demand the passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) - an outrageously discriminatory constitutional ban on marriage and other relationships for same-sex couples.

His motivations are clear: With his administration on the ropes and far-right, anti-gay groups threatening revolt, President Bush is willing and eager to make GLBT Americans into second-class citizens if it will bring him political gain.

We must not take this attack sitting down - we need your help to fight back.

This week’s vote could to be closer than the FMA vote in 2004, so it’s even more critical that we act now. In the hours remaining before tomorrow’s FMA debate and the Senate vote likely on Wednesday, we need your help to send a strong, overwhelming message to the Senate…

Here’s what we need your help to do in the remaining hours:

• Make an emergency gift. Help us generate opposition to the FMA and the anti-GLBT extremists behind this outrageous ban. The fight isn’t over with this week’s vote — we must continue to generate opposition to this extraordinary assault on the Constitution and on the rights of GLBT citizens across America. The vote goes to the House of Representatives next and with President Bush using the White House as a bully pulpit, your support is even more critical to the future fight. Click here.
• Overwhelm your Senators with email. Even if you’ve already written, write your Senators again to let them know you strongly oppose the FMA. Click here to flood their inboxes with email!
• Get everyone you know involved. We need as many people as possible to contact their Senators before the vote. Click here to spread the word to your pro-equality friends and family, and urge them to contact their senators as well!

We must leave no doubt in the minds of our leaders: The Federal Marriage Amendment would undermine the Constitution, which in more than 200 years has never once been amended to deny rights to a group of Americans. We will not stand for that legacy to be desecrated now, or ever.

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