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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/8/2006 2:29:38 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Illinois--Stand With Us to Defend Marriage |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 8, 2006 Illinois--Stand With Us to Defend Marriage Dear HSLDA members and friends: To all of you who have signed the marriage petition, thank you! However, we still need more signatures. March 21 is Primary Election day and millions of citizens will be coming out to vote. It is a wonderful opportunity to collect more than 100,000 signatures of known registered voters, on this one day alone. All we need is for you to donate about 2 or 3 hours of your time on Primary Election day to help us gather signatures to defend marriage. ACTION REQUESTED: 1. Register to help us on March 21 at http://www.protectmarriageillinois.org/volunteer.htm . You can also register to help by calling toll-free 1-877-787-8011. 2. Download a Protect Marriage Illinois petition sheet and instructions at http://www.protectmarriageillinois.org/MarriageReferendumPetition.pdf . BACKGROUND: We must act now to permanently protect marriage in Illinois. Since the forced legalization of same-sex "marriage" in Massachusetts in 2004, 15 states have adopted constitutional amendments preserving traditional marriage through ballot initiatives, averaging a winning percentage of over 70 percent. That brings the total to 19 states that have added marriage amendments to their state constitutions. Another 11 states are currently pursuing similar measures. Illinois does not want to become another Massachusetts. We simply cannot afford to sit on the sidelines while other states move quickly to defend marriage. Illinois citizens who want to permanently protect marriage have until April 20, 2006 to gather 283,111 valid signatures. This would put an Advisory Referendum on the ballot calling on political leaders in Springfield to pass a state constitutional amendment protecting marriage as one man and one woman. If we do not push for an Amendment to the Illinois State Constitution, liberal activist judges will redefine marriage forever. If we allow that to happen, what would prevent further redefinition of marriage to include polygamy, group marriages, etc.? If marriage is redefined it loses all meaning. The marriage amendment states: "Only marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized in Illinois. The uniting of persons of the same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar same sex relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Illinois." Your right to homeschool rests on another freedom: the freedom to direct the education and upbringing of your children. Your parental rights, in turn are supported by the sanctity of marriage. Anything that undermines marriage may ultimately undermine parental rights. Amending the Illinois constitution will protect the concept of marriage from activist state judges. Without this amendment, an activist judge out of step with the citizens will one day redefine marriage for us. Thank you in advance for your commitment to the protection of marriage in Illinois. Sincerely, Christopher J. Klicka, Esq. HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What do you look like when you get out of bed? It's hard to look our best all the time. HSLDA works to present homeschooling in an engaging, dynamic, and informative light to the public news media. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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