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The title of this note says The Aftermath and The New Movement. It may not necessarily be a "new" movement but it certainly is a revitalization of a long running movement. It's time again for accountability regarding our elected officials. It Has Begun!
Charlie... Here is the letter.
PS... Are you registered to Vote? You can register online HERE You can also check your "status" HERE. It's easy, I just checked mine.
Hi,
I wanted to copy and send to you the letter I wrote to the House after hearing the outcome of the civil unions vote. It apalls me that rights of those in love are still denied. I am the proud mother of a twenty year old son that is gay and never fully understood just how many rights have been denied the gay and lesbian community. The following is the copy of the letter sent to the House:
Colorado House GOP:
Many people today suffer from the economy and gas prices, as the House web site speaks of, but, many more suffer each day not being able to make the love they have for each other official. Civil unions are allowing people who love one another to enjoy the same rights and privileges as anyone else that is married has. I would imagine that no one stops to think how they may feel if "laws" kept them from being with the one they love.
Can anyone imagine being told that they cannot sit by the bedside of a husband or wife, in a heterosexual relationship, while the person we love passes on, well that happens to couples everyday in the gay and lesbian community.
Or that we have no rights to call ourselves a couple and make it official?
Or be provided health care because we are of the same sex and cannot be listed as a couple?
This is the United States of America, land of the free, and yet many cannot enjoy simply being in love and making that love official.
Our household has always been Republican, until today. I felt someone should take the time to write and let the Republican party know that many "conservatives" as well as many other Republican voters, I have spoken with feel that civil unions should be a right in today's day and age.
We, as a family, have decided to remove our affiliation with the Republican party for the first time in our lives and have decided to follow candidates who support rights of those who have been denied the simple pleasure of being a couple for far too long. I am sure our small family will not make one bit of difference to the party but I also feel there are many within our state that feel the same way we do and just haven't taken the time to write and tell the Republican party how they feel.
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Sincerely,
xxx xxxxxxxx
(withheld from public view due to security & privacy concerns)
I would like to find out more about any meetings or anything that our family can do to support the Pride community in Colorado Springs?
New Poll Finds Half Of U.S. Adults Back Marriage Equality
A new Gallup poll finds 50% of U.S. adults support legal marriage for same-sex couples, while 48% oppose it. Marriage equality is supported by the majority of Democrats and Independents, but by 22% of Republicans, the poll found. Politico (Washington, D.C.) (5/8)
Poll: Sharp Split Over Gay Marriage
By MACKENZIE WEINGER | 5/8/12 6:32 AM EDT
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Amid renewed pressure on President Barack Obama to publicly back gay marriage, a new poll on Tuesday shows the country remains deeply divided on the contentious issue.
Half of all Americans, or 50 percent, believe same-sex marriage should be legally recognized in the United States, the latest Gallup poll found. That’s a slight drop from last year’s 53 percent, but it still marks just the second time that at least half have supported gay marriage in Gallup’s history.
Meanwhile, 48 percent told pollsters they oppose same-sex marriage.
(Also on POLITICO: 10 memorable gay marriage quotes)
Along party lines, 65 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of independents support recognizing gay marriages by law, while just 22 percent of Republicans agree. Nearly three-fourths of Republicans, or 74 percent, say gay marriage should not be legal, along with 34 percent of Democrats and 40 percent of independents.
This week, members of Obama’s cabinet have come out in support of gay marriage — on Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden said he was “absolutely comfortable” with gay marriage and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan yesterday also voiced his personal support for legalizing same-sex marriage.
Meanwhile, in North Carolina on Tuesday, voters head to the polls to cast their ballots on the state’s proposed same-sex marriage ban. If the constitutional amendment passes, marriage would be defined as solely between a man and a woman.
Pollsters noted that “the trend on Americans’ attitudes on same-sex marriage has not followed an entirely consistent trajectory. While the percentage in favor increased to 46 people in 2007, it slipped to 40 people in the following two years. In somewhat similar fashion, last year’s increase to 53 people support has edged back down slightly this year to 50 people — not a statistically significant change, but not a continued increase, either.”
The poll surveyed 1,024 adults May 3-6. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
