Dan Savage: Decline to Sign
Decline to Sign
Dear Friend,
We need to take a stand for equality.
All of us. In Washington, committed same sex couples and their families now enjoy the same legal protections granted to married couples under state law. The radical right just filed a referendum - Referendum 71 - to repeal many of those protections and benefits.
In Washington today, we need everyone who believes in equality and civil rights to take a stand against this referendum. Especially straight people.
Everyone.
Opponents of equality need more than 120,000 signatures to place this referendum on the ballot. Please join thousands of people across Washington in saying no to discrimination by pledging: "I decline to sign!" Please put your name on our pledge not to sign this referendum. Then forward this email to your friends and ask them to sign as well.
Click this link to decline to sign:
http://www.fusewashington.
On a personal note, my family-my partner of 14 years, my eleven year-old son, D.J., and D.J.'s aunts, uncles and grandparents-would appreciate it if you declined to sign Referendum 71 and encouraged your families and friends to decline to sign as well. We want our son to grow up in a state that welcomes and supports his family.
Your pledge is powerful. Three years ago, these same folks tried to repeal a law that banned discrimination based on sexual orientation. That effort came up 6,000 signatures short and they never made it to the ballot.
We can do it again. The civil rights of a minority should not be subject to a popular vote. We are working with our friends at Equal Rights Washington and other partners to protect domestic partnerships. The fight to keep this referendum off the November ballot will be close. But we can stop it, if we work together. Please sign our pledge today and join the effort.
State law cannot extend the over 1,000 federal protections of marriage to families headed by same-sex couples - things like social security survivors' benefits and immigration rights. That's a battle we have to fight in Washington D.C. But in Washington State we have extended benefits like the right to collect a deceased partner's pension if the deceased was a public sector employee. We cannot afford to go backwards on our commitments to fairness and equal rights.
Put your name on the Yes! I Decline to Sign Pledge NOW!
http://www.fusewashington.
Thanks for your support,
Dan Savage
We need to take a stand for equality.
All of us. In Washington, committed same sex couples and their families now enjoy the same legal protections granted to married couples under state law. The radical right just filed a referendum - Referendum 71 - to repeal many of those protections and benefits.
In Washington today, we need everyone who believes in equality and civil rights to take a stand against this referendum. Especially straight people.
Everyone.
Opponents of equality need more than 120,000 signatures to place this referendum on the ballot. Please join thousands of people across Washington in saying no to discrimination by pledging: "I decline to sign!" Please put your name on our pledge not to sign this referendum. Then forward this email to your friends and ask them to sign as well.
Click this link to decline to sign:
http://www.fusewashington.
On a personal note, my family-my partner of 14 years, my eleven year-old son, D.J., and D.J.'s aunts, uncles and grandparents-would appreciate it if you declined to sign Referendum 71 and encouraged your families and friends to decline to sign as well. We want our son to grow up in a state that welcomes and supports his family.
Your pledge is powerful. Three years ago, these same folks tried to repeal a law that banned discrimination based on sexual orientation. That effort came up 6,000 signatures short and they never made it to the ballot.
We can do it again. The civil rights of a minority should not be subject to a popular vote. We are working with our friends at Equal Rights Washington and other partners to protect domestic partnerships. The fight to keep this referendum off the November ballot will be close. But we can stop it, if we work together. Please sign our pledge today and join the effort.
State law cannot extend the over 1,000 federal protections of marriage to families headed by same-sex couples - things like social security survivors' benefits and immigration rights. That's a battle we have to fight in Washington D.C. But in Washington State we have extended benefits like the right to collect a deceased partner's pension if the deceased was a public sector employee. We cannot afford to go backwards on our commitments to fairness and equal rights.
Put your name on the Yes! I Decline to Sign Pledge NOW!
http://www.fusewashington.
Thanks for your support,
Dan Savage