Dear Marriage Supporter,
Ever since the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, an all-out war over marriage has broken out in Washington.
The Human Rights Campaign — the deep-pocketed anti-marriage lobbying group that is determined to force same-sex marriage on every state in the nation — delivered thousands of anti-DOMA petitions to the Senate, and are urging their same-sex marriage activists to call their elected officials in droves.
Thanks to our generous supporters like you, NOM has taken the fight right back to our opponents, but now is no time to quit.
That's why I am asking you to please take two immediate actions:
First, if you haven't already, contact the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to speak with your Senator. Demand that your Senators vote against repealing DOMA (Senate Bill 598). Tell them you are paying attention, and you expect them to protect marriage. Then, you can email them here:
Second, make one urgent, generous gift to NOM using our secure credit card donation form.
Both actions are important, because the anti-marriage crusaders are using a slick, well-funded lobbying and publicity campaign to repeal DOMA, which is the only federal statute protecting states against radical lawsuits challenging marriage.
Your generous donations and your grassroots energy are our only way of fighting back!
This is the first time in history that a Senate Committee has passed anti-DOMA legislation. And if they succeed in sending this bill to President Obama's desk, he will sign it.
If that happens, it will be the absolute destruction of marriage in America...in your state, in my state, in all 50 states!
Your two U.S. Senators can put a stop to this madness, so make sure they hear from you, TODAY.
And please make one urgent financial gift to help NOM lead this fight in Washington.
Thank you in advance.
Keep fighting the good fight!
Sincerely,
Brian S. Brown
President
National Organization for Marriage
19 Comments
No worries, with conservatives in control of Congress, this bill will never see the the light of day.
"Section 3 of DOMA merely clarifies that federal policy is to make certain benefits available only to those persons united in heterosexual marriage, as opposed to any other possible relationship defined by law, family, or affection. As a result, gay and lesbian individuals who unite in matrimony are denied no federal benefits to which they were entitled prior to their marriage; they remain eligible for every benefit they enjoyed beforehand. DOMA simply provides, in effect, that as a result of their same-sex marriage they will not become eligible for the set of benefits that Congress has reserved exclusively to those who are related by the bonds of heterosexual marriage."
Brief in Support of Motion to Dimiss, Smelt v. United States .
It never hurts to contact your senators. I'm lucky to live in a state with sane ones. Mine have assured me they will defend DOMA.
And my check is in the mail.
My Senators are lost causes (cosponsors even though one voted for DOMA when in the House).
It's really best for the country that DOMA is going away. Equal treatment for all married couples is crucial to strong families and emotionally healthy kids!
Rob-you give a new meaning to a person who is psychodic....
Conservatives of both parties will see that DOMA is not repealed, but it should be, for equality, justice and the strength and health of all American families.
All married couples are already treated equal, as long as they are publicly licensed.
Rob,exposure to same-sex sexual relationships leaves kids emotionally unhealthy!
Charles,justice completely forbids "equality" between right and wrong.DOMA must be defended.
Louis E., I have two dads, and I grew up fine. I know that acceptance of everyone is right, and that just because your genitals are the same does not mean that the people inside are wrong. Yall are bigots and simple minded to think otherwise. All people are equal and deserve to be treated so. I'm 14, and open minded, unlike you.
Zoo: So you believe you are open-minded. Do you really believe people of opposite sex are only different in terms of their genitals? You are only 14 and already a bigot, for read the definition in a dictionary.
I worry that young Zoo may have been indoctrinated and recruited into a very unhealthy godless life style.
Zoo,you have been misled.Standards of conduct are not "bigotry",and failure to have them is not right.People being equal does not mean everything they do being equally worthy of acceptance!That children of same-sex households grow up believing what you do is a strong argument against allowing children to be brought up there.
Of course I don't believe a word "Zoo" says, but for the sake of argument I'd like to point out that every child has one mother and one father. In the fantasy world of two "mothers" or two "fathers," the child has been lied to their entire life. And it's likely that the missing parent has been forced from the child's life. That's a harsh reality for anyone to face.
If "Zoo" is really only 14, it remains to be seen whether he/she has turned out fine and whether any offspring he/she produces, if any, turn out fine. The homosexual experiment has long-term results that we've not even begun to see.
Zoo, just wanted to say welcome and thanks for posting on Nom's site.
It is not common sense to "treat different things differently." We're talking about people here. People are not things.
People aren't being treated differently. Behaviors are. There's a big difference.
"It is not common sense to "treat different things differently." We're talking about people here. People are not things."
Actually, it is common sense, depending on what "thing" you're talking about.
Individuals have equal rights. Groups don't have rights. It is common sense to treat different kinds of relationships differently. People are not relationships.