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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/23/2006 3:18:09 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Iowa--Calls Needed to Support Marriage Protection Amendment |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 23, 2006 Iowa--Calls Needed to Support Marriage Protection Amendment Dear HSLDA members and friends: House Joint Resolution 1 would propose an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa to define marriage as between one man and one woman and prohibit any other unions. The bill has passed the House and is now stuck in the Senate State Government Committee. It must be out of the committee by tomorrow, Friday, March 24, 2006 or it will die. Please join in this fight to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and family in Iowa. Contact members of the Senate State Government Committee today! ACTION REQUESTED: (1) Please call and email as many members of the Senate State Government Committee as possible with this message: "Please support House Joint Resolution 1 which would protect and preserve traditional marriage between one man and one woman." The members of the Senate State Government Committee may be reached via the Senate Switchboard: (515) 281-3371 Wally E. Horn (D, District 17), Co-Chair Larry McKibben (R, District 22), Co-Chair Dennis H. Black (D, District 21) Bob Brunkhorst (R, District 9) Michael Connolly (D, District 14) Jeff Danielson (D, District 10) Tom Hancock (D, District 16) Jack Hatch (D, District 33) Steve Kettering (R, District 26) John P. "Jack" Kibbie (D, District 4) David Miller (R, District 45) Maggie Tinsman (R, District 41) Pat Ward (R, District 30) Ron Wieck (R, District 27) Frank Wood (D, District 42) Mark Zieman (R, District 8) To find the name and contact information for your state senator, use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox. (2) Please forward this email to other homeschooling families who are not members of HSLDA and ask them to contact these legislators as well. BACKGROUND We must act now to permanently protect marriage in Iowa. Since 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. The marriage amendment states: "Only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in the State of Iowa. The State of Iowa and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals." 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 Iowa 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 Iowa. Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff HSLDA Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many acorns can a chipmunk hold in its cheeks? We don't know! 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