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OutFront Minnesota has learned today that there is a strong possibility
that the proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit any form of legal
status for same-sex couples and their families (including, but not
limited to, marriage) may be discussed on the floor of the Minnesota
Senate on Thursday, June 30. In the past, the amendment has not had a
lot of traction in Senate committees, but its proponents continue to
push for a floor vote in the Senate to send the amendment to Minnesota
voters in 2006. It is critical that, once again, senators hear from
fair-minded Minnesotans who are appalled at this effort to give
discrimination legitimacy by cloaking it in the language of 'letting the
people vote.'
Take Action:
One more time - please act today! Please contact your state senator to
express your opposition to the amendment (SF 22) and ask your senator to
oppose the constitutional amendment to bar all marriage, civil unions
and all other forms of legal recognition for same-sex couples.
- Don't know who your senator is, or how to contact her/him? Use
our
district finder to identify
your Senate district.
- Or view a
list of the Minnesota Senate if you know your senator, but just
need the contact information.
Remember:
- This proposed constitutional amendment will not pave any
highways, provide any health care, educate any students, or benefit
a single Minnesotan in any way - but it will harm Minnesota
families, including families with children.
- Submitting a measure to popular vote that would withhold rights
from a minority is not an act of democracy; it is an abuse of the
democratic process that constitutions were written to prevent.
- Minnesota borders a nation whose parliament just this week voted
to legalize marriage equality for same-sex couples, based in part on
the same principles of equality Americans cherish, and in part on
the fact that experience shows that doing so harms nobody.
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