[dc-zaps] Student Lobby Day - Lobby For Love

LOBBY FOR LOVE

Oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment

Don't let ultra right wing conservatives write discrimination into our constitution!!!

Did you know that the Federal Marriage Amendment (S.J. Res. 1), also mis-named the Marriage Protection Act, would be the first Amendment to put discrimination into our Constitution? On June 5, 2006, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn) plans to bring this anti-equality amendment to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote.

We cannot and will not let this happen.

WHAT: Youth and Student Lobby Day Against the Federal Marriage Amendment

WHO: National Organization for Women, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Human Rights Campaign, Feminist Majority Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Campus Progress

WHEN: Tuesday, May 23, 8am-5pm

WHERE: Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave. NE, Washington D.C.

RSVP: To Emily Reynolds, Coordinator of Young Feminist Programs (email or call 202-628-8669 x144) by May 17, 2006

A Federal Marriage Amendment flies in the face of our nation's commitment to diversity, tolerance and justice. Amending the Constitution of the United States to specifically limit marriage to a man and a woman will undermine marriages and civil unions in many cities and states and will only serve to deepen and perpetuate discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons and their families. It also establishes a very unsettling precedent for all of the civil rights issues we care so deeply about.

Students and young people must speak out for equality and our futures.

Join with us on May 23, 2006 as NOW and other progressive organizations coordinate a young people's lobby day against this horrific amendment. The day will start with a briefing about the issue and on "how to" lobby, and end with a late afternoon reception where we share lobbying experiences and get to know each other.

More information about Equal Marriage and the Federal Marriage Amendment

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