Help Maine’s “No on 1″ Campaign
I linked to this in another blog entry, but I feel it is important enough that I want to draw some more direct attention to this opportunity to help protect GLBTQ rights, by supporting the No on 1 campaign in Maine. No on 1 would allow Maine to keep the recently passed same-sex marriage law, where if Maine voters, vote Yes on 1, this right to marry will be taken away.
Maine is a particularly important state because of the way marriage equality was arrived at there, and in my opinion, there is no battle for any GLBTQ rights issue that is as important as Maine’s in this November’s election. Truthfully, marriage equality is not often on the top of my priority list. I tend to believe we need to fight for Hate Crimes legislation, and nondiscrimination in housing/workplace/public accommodations, well before we worry about marriage rights. But on one level, my thinking s flawed. Equality for all, and these civil rights issues don’t fit into a simply hierarchy with some as more important and some less so. Each of these rights impacts many and for those individuals a specific area, like marriage equality may be the most important. While nondiscrimination protections may impact more people, we can not think that losing the right to marry isn’t just as devastating to the children and families of same-sex couples.
After a big and momentous win in California, we are now looking at battles in Washington state, Maine, and potentially battles in Iowa, and Washington DC. Wins in any of these locations would bolster the anti-gay groups and cripple progress on any GLBTQ issue everywhere. Any combination of wins in these areas, will suggest that the country as a whole is not for full equality, and our battle will be harder than ever. We, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people everywhere must work to keep marriage equality in Maine, as well as win these other battles, because to fail, on any of these fronts will set our movement back on any issue we raise anywhere in the next 10 years.
**All you need is a phone and a computer with an internet connection. No long distance fees, no dialing- the web-based software does it all.**
With 500 people ACROSS AMERICA, donating 2.5 hours of time, we can accomplish 1250 volunteer hours!
This is a VIRTUAL PHONE BANK on Sunday, September 27th to SAVE MAINE FROM RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS, and pave the way for a repeal of Proposition 8 in California!
Sign up and you will get all the information you need to be a part of the Sept 27th Maine Day of Action. IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MUST PROCEED TO THE FOLLOWING URL AND FILL OUT THE FORM:
Follow this link to help save marriage equality in Maine!
Help Maine’s “No on 1″ Campaign (Gay Rights – Change.org).
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