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Find your State & Local Officials at
PFLAG.org
Hey Y'all!
Approximately three months ago, PFLAG began a new system of action alerts
where members can click a button and have pre-written messages sent directly
to their Senators and Representatives (the same system that groups like HRC
use.) One button action alerts has been something PFLAGers have requested for
a long time and we are excited to be able to bring it to you.
Unfortunately, very few members from the Southern region are taking advantage
of our system. This is a big problem for two reasons. First, opposition forces
send thousands of emails a day and it is difficult for our legislators to vote
for us when all they hear from constituents are pleas to vote against us.
Second, the PFLAG voice is a unique voice and goes a long way with our
Senators and Representatives. We have heard that almost nothing is more
compelling that a request to vote a certain way on a GLBT bill than from an
ally organization. Our talking points express the family perspective which is
something that other GLBT groups do not do. It is important that our
legislators hear the family voice/ally voice and not just the GLBT voice on
these issues.
What can you do?
1. Let us know any barriers you may have to answering our action alerts. We
would like to make this as easy as possible and will do what we can to take
your suggestions. You may email Elizabeth Brown at ebrown@pflag.org with
suggestions.
2. Respond to the alerts! You
can respond to alerts from more than one organization. If you are a member of
HRC and PFLAG respond to both alerts, they send very different but equally
valid messages to congress and our congress people need to hear from both
groups.
3. Sign-up for the alerts! If
you are not receiving our alerts you may sign-up at http://capwiz.com/pflag/mlm/signup/?ignore_cookie=1
Thank you for taking the time to take action for PFLAG. To see a list of our
most recent action alerts visit http://capwiz.com/pflag/home/
-Charlie
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| Help Put the Transgender
Community Back Into ENDA! |
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We have an opportunity to
repair ENDA. Without your voices, our families may not be
protected.
Over the past few weeks,
lawmakers' offices have been flooded with calls, e-mails, and
visits from PFLAGers asking them to ensure that all our GLBT
family members are protected in the workplace. This week, a
non-transgender-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act
(H.R. 3685) was passed out of committee, but we still
have a chance to make sure our families are protected.
Representative Tammy Baldwin is now planning on offering a
gender identity amendment to the non-inclusive version of ENDA
when the bill reaches the floor next week.
The only reason
this amendment is even an option is because of the grassroots
pressure of the last few weeks. You can help make sure this
amendment is a success.
Contact your representative today and urge
them to support the Baldwin Amendment. We only have a few days
to insure that all our families are protected from workplace
discrimination.
Click the Take Action
button on the top of the page and send an e-mail to your
representative expressing your support for the Baldwin
Amendment to H.R. 3685, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
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| Call Congress NOW
and tell them that no member of our PFLAG family can be left
behind!
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| Contact
your U.S. Representative today to keep the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) transgender inclusive!
Reports say that some members of
Congress have misguidedly decided to move forward with a version
of ENDA that does not include gender identity. Our families have
worked hard to make sure that all of our loved ones are protected
by this legislation. It is critical that your representatives hear
from you now urging them to keep both sexual orientation and
gender identity in the bill.
Call and urge them to support an ENDA that is fully inclusive.
Let your representative know that you don’t want any member of the
gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender community left behind.
Click the Take Action button to enter your zip code. You will be
directed to a page with your representative’s phone number as well
as a phone script. The exclusionary version of the bill will be
introduced early next week and will go to a vote as soon as
Thursday. Your Representative needs to hear your voice today.
Please make the call TODAY!
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| Make Your Voices Heard On Hate Crimes Legislation! |
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We expect that in the upcoming weeks Senators Ted Kennedy
(D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) will file
the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes
Prevention Act.
Groups that oppose equality for our gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender (GLBT) are already sending action alerts encouraging
their members to call and email to oppose this important
legislation. This means that Senate offices are being bombarded with
lies about this legislation.
We need your help to counteract their misleading
information now!
Please take the time this week and next to call your senator’s
offices and let them know that that your family is counting on them
to support hate crime protections for GLBT Americans. To guarantee
this legislation becomes law and our voices are not drowned out by
there calls you must act now!
Click on
Take Action to find your senators’
phone numbers and to access hate crimes talking points. Urge your
senator to support the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement
Hate Crimes Prevention amendment to the Department of
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Officials at
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| PFLAG Action Alert: Last Chance to Call Your Rep. on Hate
Crimes |
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This Thursday, May 2, the Local Law Enforcement Hate
Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (LLEHCPA) is expected on the floor
of the House of Representatives!
With your help we can get this
important hate crimes legislation passed!
In the past
several weeks, opposition forces have generated thousands of calls
and e-mails to Representative offices opposing this bill. We can
not allow their voices to be the only ones heard. Before this
Thursday please take the time to call and email your
Representative and urge him/her to support the Local Law
Enforcement Hate Crime Prevention Act without amendment
and oppose any motion to recommit on the legislation.
Your action on
this important piece of legislation is desperately needed! Call
and e-mail your Representative today!
Follow
PFLAG’s Good, Better, Best strategies for action!
GOOD: Call you Representative now!
Don't know
your representative? Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202)
224-3121 to be connected.
Phone script: As a voting constituent and member of
Parents, Families and Friend of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) I am
call to urge the Representative to support the Local Law
Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act without amendment and
oppose any motion to recommit on the legislation. My friends and
family deserve the protection and support that this law will
provide and I again urge the Representative to support the
legislation.
BETTER: Send an e-mail to your
legislator right now and forward this email on to you friends and
family to do the same!
Press the take
action link at the top of the page.
BEST: Call and e-mail!!!
We only have
until Thursday to generate as many contacts as possible, and our
policy opponents are flooding offices with calls and e-mails as we
speak! We urge you to take this week to make as many calls and
send as many e-mails as possible to move equality forward!
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URGE YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SUPPORT HATE CRIMES
LEGISLATION!
Monday March 12, 2007
For more than 10 years, PFLAG has been fighting to expand
existing hate crimes protections to cover our gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender loved ones. We’re thrilled to recognize
that this year we have an excellent chance of seeing our hard work
become a reality with the passage of federal hate crimes
legislation.
But we’re not there
yet – and to make this happen, we need your help.
The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes
Prevention Act (LLEHCPA) would expand current federal law to
cover crimes motivated by hatred for one’s gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity or disability. LLEHCPA would also
expand federal jurisdiction over hate crimes by providing state
and local law enforcement with training and federal assistance to
prosecute hate crimes.
Our policy opposition has already
sent out action alerts and has generated thousands of calls each
day opposing this legislation which could protect our families.
Don’t let them be the only voices heard!
Our senators and
representatives must hear from us! Your calls, e-mails and visits
are desperately needed in this time before the hate crimes bill is
introduced.
Contact your representative and senators
today and urge them to become a cosponsor or support this
important piece of legislation that will ensure that the entire
GLBT community is protected!
TAKE ACTION NOW ON HATE
CRIMES LEGISLATION!
Making a Call is Good. Sending an Email is Better!
Follow our GOOD, BETTER, BEST strategies for
action!
The following are tactics for
contacting your legislator in support of LLEHCPA. You may find
your legislator’s phone, e-mail and in-district office addresses
at www.house.gov
or www.senate.gov.
GOOD: Call you
legislators.
Sample phone script:
Hello, my
name is [insert your name here] and I live in [insert
city here].
As a voting constituent and a member of
PFLAG – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, I am
calling to urge the senator/representative to support the Local
Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007.
Please
let Senator/Representative [fill in name] know that our
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender loved ones deserve the
training, assistance and inclusion in federal hate crimes
legislation that this hate crimes bill will provide.
I
urge the senator/representative to co-sponsor or support the Local
Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. Thank You.
BETTER: Write a
personal email in support of LLEHCPA.
You may find
talking points to use in your email
here.
BEST: Conduct a
drop-in or scheduled in-district meeting with your legislator.
Each senator or representative has in-district offices
across their state. You may find these locations by visiting their
website at either
www.senate.gov
or
www.house.gov.
For instructions on how to conduct and in-district meeting see
PFLAG’s guide to lobbing
Bringing
the Message Home.
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