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| Date: From: Subject: | 4/10/2007 4:03:21 PM Home School Legal Defense Association New Jersey--Tell the Politicians: Let the People Define Marriage |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== New Jersey--Tell the Politicians: Let the People Define Marriage Dear HSLDA members and friends: The definition of "marriage" is so important that it should be decided democratically, by the people, not by judges who are out of step with society. Concerned citizens in many states have already passed amendments to their state constitutions defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman, protecting and respecting over 2,000 years of tradition and common sense. In New Jersey, efforts to let the people speak on this core social issue have been blocked by political maneuvering. A bill has been introduced in both houses of the Legislature that would allow the people to vote to define marriage as being between one man and one woman by amending to the New Jersey Constitution. Unfortunately, the bill has been bottled up in Trenton. We need your help bring it to the next legislative step, a committee hearing in the Assembly and Senate. Give the people the power to decide how marriage should be defined! ACTION REQUESTED: 1. Send an email to Assemblyman Michael J. Doherty at AsmDoherty@njleg.org . Put "request for petitions" in your subject line. In the body of your email, ask Assemblyman Doherty to send you petitions and give him your physical mailing address. When the petitions arrive, take them to friends and acquaintances and ask them for their signature to support allowing the people to vote on how New Jersey should define marriage. You will receive additional instructions on each petition. 2. Call the assembly members and senators below. They have the power to bring the bill up for a hearing. Your message can be as simple as, "Let the people of New Jersey decide how marriage should be defined. Allow A.C.R 250 and S.C.R. 124 to have a public hearing, and support its passage so this core social issue can be decided by the citizens." Linda R. Greenstein - Chair, Assembly Judiciary Committee (609) 395-9911 Reed Gusciora - Vice-Chair, Assembly Judiciary Committee (609) 292-0500 Joseph J. Roberts, Jr, Assembly Speaker (856) 742-7600 Senator John H. Adler - Chair Senate Judiciary Committee (856) 489-3442 Senator John A. Girgenti - Vice-Chair Senate Judiciary Committee (973) 427-1229 Senate President Richard J. Codey (973) 731-6770 Background: 1. New Jersey Knights of Columbus, Focus on the Family, American Family Association, Family Research Council, Alliance Defense Fund, and many other organizations support letting the people decide. 2. Marriage as a union of one man and one woman has been the social and legal bedrock of Western Civilization for over 2,000 years. Marriage is important for multiple reasons, not the least of which is that many of our freedoms are based on the foundation of the mother-father-children family core. Current experiments in defining marriage in an alternative manner threaten foundational freedoms with unpredictable consequences. 3. More than 25 states have passed constitutional amendments defining marriage as being between one man and one woman. Many other states have statutes defining marriage, but mere statutes are not safe from judges whose agenda is to force social experimentation on America. 4. The experimentation with marriage has recently accelerated. Advocates for various forms of polygamy are pressing their cases hard. They are demanding recognition, and may succeed, unless the issue is clearly resolved by defining marriage in the New Jersey constitution. Thank you for standing with us for freedom. Scott A. 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