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[...] against Same-sex relationships is nothing new. Last year, in the State Senate a similar bill was tabled in committee (SB 707), and similar bills had been raised in past years as well, but something has changed from [...]

By: HS

HS — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:59:53 +0000

Hi Tom, We sent letters to everyone above, sent them out yesterday. Hope others will too! Thanks for the advocacy coaching. H

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By: HS

HS — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:23:18 +0000

Hi Tom,
Thanks for this. Should we send letters to their local or Harrisburg offices? Is there any particular argument that you see as central at this point? Thanks. H

By: tcwaters

tcwaters — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:37:44 +0000

Good questions!
1) The Senators will be in their home districts over the weekend, and some will not go back to Harrisburg until late Monday, others may be sooner. Some it isn’t clear which is the better address. No matter which address you use, the letters will get read and reported to the Senator (if s/he doesn’t read them directly. I would just work hard to get them off into the mail ASAP. Anything you can do to make sure they get delivered ASAP.

If you can’t get all the letters out at the same time, these are folks to send to first:
Mary Jo White
Stewart Greenleaf
Jane Earle
Jay Costa
Wayne Fontana
Jane Orie

In terms of points, there are several that you can focus on, but I would emphasize how this will impact you and your loved ones. Other good points to address:
1) Bill is not necessary. PA already prohibits same-sex marriage.
2) Discriminatory practice that treats some Pennsylvanians as second class citizens.
3) More important issues facing PA at this time, ask them to work on a budget that helps the state instead of trying to discriminate against some of us.