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Tuesday, March 9
Louise Lowry Davis Center
1232 De La Vina St, Santa Barbara
6:30pm - 8:30 pm
"More than 250,000 children in the United States are being raised by lesbian and gay parents, according to the 2000 Census."
There is power and strength in numbers so let's stand up and be counted!
S.A.M.E. invites you and your family to attend an LGBT Forum on the 2010 Census:
- What LGBT People need to know about the Census
- What we can learn from same-sex couple data
- What the Census can do for our community
Cookies & Milk provided! (& other snacks too)
To reduce confusion and to ensure our Constitution’s promise of religious freedom, Senator Mark Leno (D – San Francisco) introduced a bill today, sponsored by Equality California and co-sponsored by the California Coalition of Churches IMPACT, that clarifies the role of religious officials in marriage. The bill protects clergy from performing any marriage that is contrary to the tenants of his or her faith and protects their tax-exempt status.
Regardless of party or ideology, every California legislator should support religious freedom. Email your representative and ask them to become a co-author of the Civil Marriage Religious Freedom Act. When this bill is enacted, it will provide incontrovertible evidence that civil marriage for same-sex couples will not impact clergy or the freedom of religion. Take Action Now and ask your representative to co-author this bill!
The time has come for President Obama to stop talking and start acting. The President needs to stand with us and honor his pledge to oppose state constitutional amendments banning marriage equality.
President Jimmy Carter, Governor Jerry Brown and former Governor Ronald Reagan spoke up and stood with us when we fought the Briggs initiative in 1978. Now, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown are speaking out and standing with us by telling the Court that Prop. 8 cannot be defended under the United States Constitution.
Sign our petition urging President Obama to file a brief in the Prop. 8 case in support of equality and against discrimination.
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