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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/24/2007 2:06:22 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 24, 2007 North Carolina--Calls Needed for Defense of Marriage Amendment Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Your calls are needed right now to get the North Carolina House of Representatives to pass a defense of marriage amendment to the North Carolina Constitution. Today is the last day of this legislative session that a bill may move from the House of Representatives to the Senate for further action. House Bill 493, introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly on March 5, 2007, 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." Speaker of the House Joe Hackney has stated that he will try to use his power to refer this bill to another committee, thereby killing it for this legislative session. Please let Speaker Hackney and your own state representative know that you want the House to vote on this bill today! ACTION REQUESTED: (1) Please call Speak Joe Hackney and your own state representative with this message: "Please vote for House Bill 493, 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 affects more than just the homeschooling community, there is no need to identify yourself as a homeschooler. You may call Speaker Joe Hackney at (919) 733-3451 or email him at Joeh@ncleg.net To find the name and contact information for your state representative, use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox. To view the text of House Bill 493, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4139 (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: 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. If you have any questions or concerns about what this bill would do, please do not hesitate to contact us for additional information. Sincerely, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What's the shortest distance between two homeschoolers? HSLDA's elert service! When threats to homeschool freedoms arise, you want to be able to respond. We make it possible. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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