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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/16/2007 9:57:56 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Nebraska--Your Voice Crucial in Preserving Traditional Family |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 16, 2007 Nebraska--Your Voice Crucial in Preserving Traditional Family Dear HSLDA members and friends, Legislative Bill 571, which would allow any two adults to jointly adopt children, has been scheduled for a public hearing on Tuesday, March 20, 2007. The hearing will be held in Room 1113 on the first floor of the Capitol Building at 1:30 p.m. If passed, this law would allow unmarried heterosexual or even homosexual "couples" to jointly adopt children. This law could create a situation where a child could possibly end up having more than two legal parents. Allowing unmarried couples to jointly adopt children puts these adopted children at risk by making them the only legal strand in divisive custody battles when these unmarried couples decide to go their separate ways. Statistics show that unmarried or co-habiting "families" are less stable than married families. We are urging all Nebraska residents to contact members of the Judiciary Committee (listed below), and, if possible, attend the hearing to oppose this problematic bill. You can read more about the bill at http://www.hslda.org/Legislation/State/ne/2007/NELB571/default.asp ACTION REQUESTED: 1) Please attend the hearing on March 20, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. with other pro-family representatives who will be presenting testimony in opposition to these bills. 2) Please call and/or email members of the Judiciary Committee and give them this message: "Please vote against Legislative Bill 571 to protect the historical understanding of the adoption process, to preserve the traditional structure of the family, and to protect parental rights." You do not need to identify yourself as a homeschooler. Though this bill does affect homeschoolers, it also affects every family in Nebraska. Judiciary Committee Phone: (402) 471-2622 Judiciary Committee Members: Sen. Brad Ashford, Chair Phone: (402) 471-2622 Email: bashford@leg.ne.gov Sen. Steve Lathrop, Vice Chair Phone: (402) 471-2623 Email: slathrop@leg.ne.gov Sen. Ernie Chambers Phone: (402) 471-2612 Sen. Vickie D. McDonald Phone: (402) 471-2631 Email: vmcdonald@leg.ne.gov Sen. Amanda McGill Phone: (402) 471-2610 Email: amcgill@leg.ne.gov Sen. Dwite Pedersen Phone: (402) 471-2885 Email: dpedersen@leg.ne.gov Sen. Pete Pirsch Phone: (402) 471-2621 Email: ppirsch@leg.ne.gov Sen. DiAnna Schimek Phone: (402) 471-2632 Email: dschimek@leg.ne.gov Thank you on behalf of all Nebraska parents! Sincerely, Michael P. Donnelly, Esq. HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your friends stand by you in trouble? They will if you're an HSLDA member and your homeschool is threatened. HSLDA is ready to stand by your side along with 80,000 other homeschool families. 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