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Urge your representatives to support the Respect for Marriage Act
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    Martele Banks
    Columbia, SC
About this Petition Petition Letter

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/09/15-14

WASHINGTON - September 15 - Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO), along with Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), with a total of 91 original co-sponsors to date, introduced the Respect for Marriage Act in the House of Representatives.  This legislation would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a 1996 law which discriminates against lawfully married same-sex couples.

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Support the Respect for Marriage Act

Dear Representative

I'm writing today to strongly urge you to support and pass the Respect for Marriage Act, introduced by your colleagues Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.), along with Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.), John Lewis (D-Ga.), Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.).

The time has come for the repeal of the discriminatory and immoral so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a bill that denies same-sex married couples more than 1,100 federal protections and responsibilities that otherwise apply to married couples.

This isn't about politics -- this is about equality and justice and standing up for the ideals of democracy upon which our country is built. Our entire nation benefits when everyone is allowed to live their lives free from discrimination. That's why I am urging you to fully support and help pass the Respect for Marriage Act.

I appreciate your attention to this matter and I look forward to your response.

[Your name]

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