Jerry's Weekly Update on the Fight for Marriage Equality
 
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October 28, 2006

                   

12 days left, until another sleepless night 
I'm constantly trying to reformat my updates so friends are not overwhelmed. This week I'll just start with bullets...

  Thank you Joe, Dave, Anne and Tallessyn for taking action
       last week, I just wish my efforts had more than 4 responses

  Most know why I am fighting so hard.  To all my friends,
       please consider helping your friend Jerry,  just 2 weeks left

  Everyone, please help me out...  Please email the MA 
       legislators once a week until 11/9 - Just click below:

   
      This week's email title:
Please protect gay families, PLEASE VOTE "NO" on Nov 9th

            1) CLICK HERE: to eMAIL all MA Reps (A-G)

            2) CLICK HERE: to eMAIL all MA Reps (H-P) 

           
3.) CLICK HERE: To eMAIL all MA Reps (P-Z)

           
4.) CLICK HERE: to eMAIL ALL MA SENATORS

            If shortcut links above don't work please see the info located on PAGE 2 of this update

  Please start sending letters to the editor:
       This letter from last week is in need of your response:
       READER'S VIEW: Let citizens vote on marriage amendment
       SEND IN A REPLY HERE: editpage@ledger.com
       Find helpful info on your local papers

       ALRIGHT JOE!!!Discrimination alive,letter reminds us all  

  Here is highlighted news that I've collected through the week

Hi friends, 

Thank you to those who read my update and took action last week.  I've added bullet # 2 to my update this week, to remind friends "why Jerry just wont give up."  Please bear with me, I need your support.  I already said it last week but I have to THANK Kathleen & Richard again, for donating to MassEquality.  I need to ask other friends to consider giving or re-giving again too. Every dollar that you contribute before November 9th, will be doubled by an anonymous donor.  

I have called my legislators and learned that the "Vote on Marriage" group really is slamming the State House with phone calls, letters and email.  They have nation-wide people calling, in an effort to scare our representatives into allowing the general public to take away civil marriage protections.  I have also heard their new, very upsetting, radio commercial for myself.  Please consider clicking on the email links above to send just one email a week for my protection.  If we lose marriage protections in MA, we can potentially be set back years of effort for equal protection...  I will lose my marriage protections which I really need.

New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled this past week in favor for EQUAL PROTECTIONS for all state residents.  Its important to note that they did not necessarily rule in favor of the term MARRIAGE, just the protections associated with marriage.  If we can maintain marriage protections here in MA, the rest of the nation, including New Jersey can see that equal support of all citizens, gay or straight threatens no one... We can be THE factor of this country moving forward... But first things first, this damn petition effort... ("excuse my French") I'm really getting stressed out over this.  

Your friend,
 
Jerry

   
 

 
Ed and Jerry are featured In MassEquality's current mailing.
DESPERATE NEED OF DONATIONS! 

Ed and I have offered our story for MassEquality to use in their next mailing.  We hope that it can help stir some kind of action from our complacent community.
(click here to see the mailing)  

I'm sharing it again, with you all with a special request.  Friends, Please send in a donation to MassEquality.  If you send one in right away it will be doubled by an anonymous resource in MA. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.  

"Astonishingly, our side is dangerously complacent. Attendance at our events is down across the state. 

While 20 or 30 supporters came to local meetings a year ago, only the same five or six show up now. Half of our past donors have contributed nothing this year. And many of our advocates don’t even know there is a vote.

Meanwhile, the Right has become incredibly organized and energized to defeat us:

• Family Research Council president Tony Perkins is hosting a live broadcast from Tremont Street in Boston to 80 million people nationwide, mobilizing the Right to overturn marriage equality in Massachusetts; local pastors heavily involved

• Legislators are now receiving more postcards from the other side than from ours

- Marc Solomon, Director, MassEquality