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WERE
YOU COUNTED? The
United States Census for Year 2000 shows over 600,000 Heads of Household who indicated that
they live with an Unmarried Partner of the Same-Sex. View
the Numbers for Each State |
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Urge your
Senator
to oppose
S.J. Res. 26!
FROM HUMAN
RIGHTS CAMPAIGN:
Last night, two days
before Thanksgiving, five US Senators* introduced Senate Joint
Resolution 26, a harmful and divisive Senate counterpart to the
anti-gay "Federal Marriage Amendment" that has been
unfortunately gaining support in the House since May. This
resolution seeks to amend the U.S. Constitution to discriminate against
GLBT families by defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
*Wayne Allard, R-Colo.; Sam Brownback, R-Kan.; Jim Bunning, R-Ky.; James
Inhofe, R-Okla.; and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. introduced the resolution.
It is vital that you
contact your Senators at their district office and urge them to oppose
S.J. Res. 26! Your Senators need to hear from you while they're in
their district offices throughout the month of December!
To look up your Senators
and their district office phone numbers, click
here or visit: http://capwiz.com/hrc/dbq/officials/
The amendment seeks to
permanently deny the right to marry, as well as virtually all other
forms of legal recognition to same-sex couples, including the most basic
legal protections. It further seeks to circumvent the right of state
legislatures and courts to make decisions on basic
government-administered protections, thereby forever denying gay and
lesbian Americans fundamental rights and benefits such as hospital
visitation, Social Security, inheritance and health care benefits.
The opposition is gearing
up with phone calls and letters and we need to do the same. Please call
your Senators today!
Click
here or visit http://tinyurl.com/wo87
to read HRC’s full press release on S.J. Resolution 26.
The West Wing - The Complete First Season DVD
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HRC
Condemns Planned Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment That Gratuitously
Attacks Gay Families - Human Rights Campaign - July 2001
Text
of Federal Defense of Marriage Act - Public Law 104-199 - Enacted September
1996
Access
to Federal Congressional Record
FindLaw
LawCrawler
FindLaw
Sexual Orientation Section
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 Texas
- Supreme Court Overturns Sodomy Law
 Maine
- Question 6 FAILS (November 2000)
Question 6 - Do you favor
ratifying the action of the 119th Legislature whereby it passed an act
extending to all citizens regardless of their sexual orientation the
same basic rights to protection against discrimination now guaranteed to
citizens on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodation and credit and
where the act expressly states that nothing in the act confers
legislative approval of, or special rights to, any person or group of
persons?
Election
Results for Question 6 - Bangor Daily News
Secretary
of State's Voter Guide
Nebraska
- Initiative 416 PASSES - (November 2000)
Initiative 416 -
"Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to provide that only
marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in
Nebraska, and to provide further that the uniting of two persons of the
same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar
same-sex relationship shall not be valid or recognized in
Nebraska?"
Secretary
of State's Information Pamphlet - PDF Format - Requires Acrobat Reader
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Nevada
- Question No. 2 PASSES - (November 2000) Shall
the Nevada Constitution be amended to provide that: “Only a marriage
between a male and female person shall be recognized and given effect in
this state?”
Secretary
of State's Information Pamphlet - PDF Format - Requires Acrobat Reader
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Oregon
- Measure 9 FAILS - (November 2000)
This Measure, which
failed at the ballot box, sought to prohibit public schools
from instructing on behaviors relating to homosexuality and bisexuality
in a manner that encourages, promotes or sanctions such behaviors,
providing sanctions for noncompliance by any public elementary or
secondary school or by any community college, including loss of all or
part of state funding.
Secretary
of State - Full Text
Secretary
of State - Official Analysis
Oregon
PTA Opposes Measure
Report
of the Vermont Civil Union Review Commission - January 2002
 Vermont - April 2000 - Civil Unions Bill Signed into Law
Text
of Bill
Vermont
Legislative Bill Tracking System - Civil Unions
California - Davis
Signs Domestic Partner Bill - AP (Sep 19, 2003)
New
California Bill Revives Gay Marriage Battle - Yahoo! - Reuters - March
2001
CA
Lawmaker Backs Civil Unions - PlanetOut - March 2001
Bill
Would Allow Civil Unions for Gays, Lesbians - Los Angeles Times - March
2001
California - March 2000 - Limit on Marriage Initiative (Knight
Initiative) Passes
New Mexico - Feb
2000 - Legislature adjourned after rejecting anti-marriage bill that would
have respected all lawful out-of-state marriages except for those of
same-sex couples
Hawaii - Nov
1998 - Voters ratified constitutional amendment permitting legislature to restrict marriage to opposite-sex
couples
Alaska - Nov 1998 - Proposition 2
Vote Passed - Added to State Constitution that the only marriage valid or
recognized was that between a man and a woman |
