It's the first full day of the new Congress. Anti-equality leaders now control the U.S. House. Our next challenge begins.
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Hateful Leaders Take Over Congress
Remember all those anti-gay candidates who ran for office this year? As of yesterday, dozens of them are now members of Congress and the House of Representatives is under their control. And starting now, the voices of people like you are more important than ever because if right-wing leaders know how many Americans support equality, they'll understand the political consequences of their hate.
To ensure they get the message, we're launching a huge effort in Congress and across the country to stop discriminatory federal legislation and local anti-marriage efforts through grassroots pressure, rapid-response media, and public education and to make sure our kids don't think it's wrong or evil to be who they are, just because a bigoted member of Congress might say so.
To do it, we need 2,011 people like you to join HRC for 2011 in the next three weeks. That's just 37 from New Jersey. Join today and we won't send you any more notices for the remainder of our membership drive. This is the civil rights battle of our generation. Be one of 2,011 new members to join HRC for 2011 and we'll get right to work instead of contacting you again.
We closed last year with a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal victory 17 years in the making. 2011 opens with a new, more conservative, more deeply anti-gay House leadership helmed by right-wingers John Boehner and Eric Cantor. Together, they tried to stop us from repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." They've opposed legislation on hate crimes, employment non-discrimination, responsible HIV/AIDS policy, and relationship recognition. And they just became very powerful.
But we don't intend to just play defense.
We can't and won't stop fighting to make sure all people get to marry the person they love, raise kids together, and have a family that's protected by the same laws as everyone else. That's why we're working to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, fight for marriage equality in the states, and ensure the freedom to marry for ALL Americans, gay or straight
Let's fight together,
Joe Solmonese
President
http://www.hrc.org/
To ensure they get the message, we're launching a huge effort in Congress and across the country to stop discriminatory federal legislation and local anti-marriage efforts through grassroots pressure, rapid-response media, and public education and to make sure our kids don't think it's wrong or evil to be who they are, just because a bigoted member of Congress might say so.
To do it, we need 2,011 people like you to join HRC for 2011 in the next three weeks. That's just 37 from New Jersey. Join today and we won't send you any more notices for the remainder of our membership drive. This is the civil rights battle of our generation. Be one of 2,011 new members to join HRC for 2011 and we'll get right to work instead of contacting you again.
We closed last year with a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal victory 17 years in the making. 2011 opens with a new, more conservative, more deeply anti-gay House leadership helmed by right-wingers John Boehner and Eric Cantor. Together, they tried to stop us from repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." They've opposed legislation on hate crimes, employment non-discrimination, responsible HIV/AIDS policy, and relationship recognition. And they just became very powerful.
But we don't intend to just play defense.
We can't and won't stop fighting to make sure all people get to marry the person they love, raise kids together, and have a family that's protected by the same laws as everyone else. That's why we're working to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, fight for marriage equality in the states, and ensure the freedom to marry for ALL Americans, gay or straight
Let's fight together,
Joe Solmonese
President
http://www.hrc.org/
I absoutely agree with you, but the new Congress doesn't think they are hate filled but are people who are trying to make the country the way it was before. Warped, eh?