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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/18/2006 3:05:03 PM Home School Legal Defense Association North Carolina--Calls Needed for Defense of Marriage Amendment |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== May 18, 2006 North Carolina--Calls Needed for Defense of Marriage Amendment Dear HSLDA members and friends: Senate Bill 1228 introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly on May 10, 2006, is legislation which proposes a constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage. It would define marriage as "The union of one woman and one man at one time. The uniting of two persons of the same sex or the uniting of more than two persons of any sex in a marriage, civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar relationship would not be recognized in North Carolina." Members of the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives need to know that homeschooling families support this legislation. Your calls, emails, and letters to your state senator and representative will greatly encourage them to pass this important legislation. Your right to homeschool rests on another freedom: the freedom to direct the education and upbringing of your children. Underlying your right to homeschool are parental rights, which are supported by the sanctity of marriage. Anything that undermines marriage may ultimately undermine parental rights and therefore threaten your freedom to homeschool. Amending the North Carolina constitution will protect marriage from activist state judges. Without this amendment, an activist judge, out of step with the citizens, will one day redefine marriage for everyone. At this time Senate Bill 1228 is in the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. Please join in this fight to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and family in North Carolina by contacting members of the committee and your own state senator and representative today! Action Requested: (1) Please call or write (both would be better) members of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate and your own state senator and representative with this message: "Please support Senate Bill 1228, the Defense of Marriage Amendment, which would preserve traditional marriage by defining it as between one man and one woman at one time." Since this issue effects more than just the homeschooling community, there is no need to identify yourself as a homeschooler. The contact information for members of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate is as follows: Sen. Tony Rand--Chairman, (D) 300-C Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 (919) 733-9892 Tonyr@ncleg.net Sen. Walter Dalton--Vice Chairman, (D) 523 Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 (919) 715-3038 Walterd@ncleg.net Sen. Tom Apodaca--Ranking Minority Member, (R) 1127 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 (919) 733-5745 Toma@ncleg.net Sen. Charles Albertson, (D) 525 Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 (919) 733-5705 Charliea@ncleg.net Sen. Phil Berger, (R) 1026 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 (919) 733-5708 philbe@ncleg.net Sen. C.W. Bland, (D) 313 Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 (919)733-6275 peteb@ncleg.net Sen. Andrew Brock, (R) 1119 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 (919) 715-0690 Andrewb@ncleg.net Sen. Daniel Clodfelter, (D) 408 Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 (919) 715-8331 Danielc@ncleg.net Sen. Katie Dorsett, (D) 2106 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 (919) 715-3042 Katied@ncleg.net Sen. James Forrester, (R) 1129 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 (919) 715-3050 Jamesf@ncleg.net Sen. David Hoyle, (D) 300-A Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 (919) 733-5734 Davidh@ncleg.net Sen. Eleanor Kinnaird, (D) 2115 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 (919) 733-5804 Elliek@ncleg.net Sen. William Miller, (R) 1117 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 (919) 733-7850 Williammi@ncleg.net Sen. Martin Nesbitt, Jr., (D) 300-B Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 (919) 715-3001 martinn@ncleg.net Sen. Robert Pittenger, (R) 521 Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 (919) 733-5655 Robertp@ncleg.net Sen. R. C. Soles, Jr., (D) 2022 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 (919) 733-5963 Rcsoles@ncleg.net Sen. A. B. Swindell, (D) 629 Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27603-5925 (919) 715-3030 abs@ncleg.net To find the name and contact information for your state senator and state representative, use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox. To view the text of Senate Bill 1228, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3053 (2) Please forward this e-mail to other homeschooling families who are not members of HSLDA and ask them to contact these legislators as well. If you have any questions or concerns about what this bill would do, please do not hesitate to contact us for additional information. Sincerely, Christopher J. Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> There may be no such thing as a free lunch... ...but there is a way to get a free membership! Through our Three-for-Free program, you can get a free one-year renewal for simply referring three of your homeschooling friends into membership with HSLDA. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=2078 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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