Hi friends, 

You know I'm getting desperate when I start with a headline like today's... but first things first: THANK YOU Kathleen & Richard for donating to MassEquality. Your $ has been doubled!
The battle TO KEEP marriage protections is in crisis mode, still an ever-growing percentage of supporters including the gay community itself have all but given up.  I try to keep this newsletter as brief as possible but there is a lot of info.  I've recently split the update into 5 pages in hope that it is easy to at least scan through. PLEASE re-consider the 3 recent requests that I have asked over the past two weeks. VERY FEW OF YOU HAVE RESPONDED. 

1) EVERYONE You don't need to be from MA Click on these 5 links:
       Send to all MA Senators  |  To all Reps A-G | To all Reps H-P | To all Reps P-Z | Confirm to Jerry
  .      More info located on PAGE 2 of this update

2) DONATE - Even the smallest amount to MassEquality and it will 
       automatically be doubled, by an anonymous donor! (just click here)

3) VOLUNTEER - Come To MA on November 7th (Details below)
(or at least click here to respond to this request one way or another - PLEASE!)

PLEASE VOLUNTEER TO HELP JERRY:

4 down and 6 more to go - I need 10 friends to volunteer.    THANK YOU SCOTT, DAVID, CATHRYN, and JOE for volunteering to help collect signatures in support of marriage protections on election day!   I need to get 10 people to help out in the specially targeted area of Mass, which just happens to include and surround my town of Quincy.  If we can get these 5 - 7 targeted legislators to vote down the petition, WE COULD WIN on NOVEMBER 9th!...  THIS TIRING FIGHT COULD BE OVER - ONCE AND FOR ALL. PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING ME OUT WITH THIS EFFORT!..   If you cannot get the time off from work to help out, during the day, or evening, please consider helping me out by asking your friends and family.