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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/13/2007 10:52:32 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Indiana: Please Help Support Traditional Marriage in Indiana! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 13, 2007 Indiana: Please Help Support Traditional Marriage in Indiana! Dear HSLDA members and friends: As we told you earlier this year, Senate Joint Resolution 7 would amend the Indiana Constitution to state that marriage is between one man and one woman. This resolution has passed the Senate 39 to 10 and is now in the House. Senate Joint Resolution 7 is currently in the House Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee. If the resolution is passed by the House, the marriage amendment will go to the voters in 2008. The proposed amendment states, "Marriage in Indiana consists only of the union of one man and one woman. This Constitution or any other Indiana law may not be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups." Nothing in this amendment takes away a person's rights. Instead, it reaffirms that marriage is between a man and woman only and that the benefits that come with marriage can only be given to those who marry. Please call and email your state representative today and urge him or her to support Senate Joint Resolution 7. If you are able, attend a Citizen's Rally at the Indiana Statehouse at noon on Tuesday, March 27. Advance America is putting on this rally to support Senate Joint Resolution 7 and repealing property taxes. More information about this rally can be found here: http://www.advanceamerica.com/ . ACTION REQUESTED: Please call your state representative and give him or her this message: "Please vote for S.J.R. 7. Give citizens an opportunity to have their voices heard in support of preserving traditional marriage." You do not need to identify yourself as a homeschooler. You can call the Indiana House hotline toll-free at (800) 382-9842. To find the name of your state representative, use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox . To email your state representative you can also go to http://www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact.pl#house . BACKGROUND: 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 Indiana 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. Thank you for standing with us for freedom. Sincerely, Thomas J. 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