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Trade Your Signature for EqualityTomorrow, our friends over at Join the Impact are having another national event to support LGBT equality. They’re calling it the “Nationwide DOMA Protest,” but it’s actually much more than that. Tomorrow’s event is a day of action, with people in cities across the country taking to the streets to gather signatures on an open letter to President-elect Barack Obama, asking him to follow through on the promises he made to LGBT people during the campaign. Last February, Barack Obama’s campaign released an open letter to the LGBT community. In it, he said that, if elected President, he would work to:
The open letter Join the Impact is asking people to sign tomorrow reminds President-elect Obama of his promises to the LGBT community and gently reminds him that we’re counting on him to make good on those promises. I have to say, if his administration is willing and able to follow through on this list, it would have a dramatic positive impact on gay lives, all across the country. I hope you’ll take part in this national day of action tomorrow. You can even get started today! There’s more information about what activities are going on in your community here. Whether you stand on a street corner, bring the letter to a party, or circulate it among friends, co-workers and neighbors (as I’m doing), the signatures you collect will help ensure that the next administration does as much to forward LGBT rights as the last one did to hurt them.
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Jan 9th, 2009 at 9:51pm
Bad link (404) to Obama's letter. There remains a problem with our incoming President. Civil unions are without "full faith and credit." Therefore, the repeal of DOMA without gay marriage remains somewhat irrelevant. I remain cautiously optimistic about Mr. Obama in that he is introspective and a critical thinker. Nevertheless, we NEED gay marriage for full equal protection under the law AND the repeal of DOMA.
David Hart
http://www.tips-Q.com
Jan 11th, 2009 at 6:24am
"I have to say, if his administration is willing and able to follow through on this list, it would have a dramatic positive impact on gay lives, all across the country."
All across the world!
I am currently living in the UK with my partner where we are civil partners with all the rights and responsibilities of married couples, including immigration rights. Within two months of moving here, we had an official civil partnership ceremony in front of our family and friends and I was given permission to work. In a month, I'll be eligible for national health care. While it is fantastic to feel so much respect in this country, it breaks my heart that we do not have the choice to live in the US and be closer to my family and the city I love.
Please participate in this and help many binational LGBT couples achieve the same rights as their straight counterparts.
Jan 12th, 2009 at 4:41pm
MODERATOR: Please get someone to fix the link to "open letter to the LGBT community." The URL is broken ( http://gbge.aclu.org/obama.3cdn.net/36ddd2f5daac41cb21_rym6bxaax.pdf ). I used your contact form to no avail