Last Day: "Urge Connecticut AG to Challenge DOMA Campaign" Please Help

E-mail sent

Tried cleaning this up a little too.

(Some background from Lurleen):  The Hartford Courant recently summed up the situation:

A national grassroots campaign is urging Connecticut's attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, to join Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and sue the U.S. government over the discriminatory and blighted Defense of Marriage Act. Better known as DOMA, the nearly 13-year-old federal law that denies married same-sex couples federal marriage benefits, according to Defend the Law. That Massachusetts-based organization, founded by a Boston College law student, is asking Connecticut residents to contact the attorney general between Aug. 10 and 14 to urge him to file suit, and protect marriage equality in the state.

More on the case from Gay & Lesbian Advocates& Defenders here.

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by: Jake Gellar-Goad @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 13:45:27 PM CDT

thanks for the clean-up!

yeah, something happened with the formatting - fixed now.  thanks, and thanks for contacting the a.g.

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by: Lurleen @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 13:47:52 PM CDT

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Email Sent

Here is the text of my email:

Dear Attorney General Blumenthal,

As a gay American who daily feels the sting of discrimination, I urge you to join with the courageous action of your peer in Massachusetts and challange the Defense of Marriage Act in Federal Court.

This Act (DOMA) clearly violates my rights under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution in that it allows states to deny their gay and lesbian citizens the Equal Protection of the Law. All considerations of the so-called 'religious' objections to marriage equality for all citizens, straight or gay, must be put aside. This issue is about the County Clerk, not the local parish.

Please join this lawsuit and uphold your oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

Thank you.
 

"Don't take any guff from these swine!"
                     ---Raoul Duke

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by: canoebum @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 14:21:26 PM CDT

Email Sent

Here is the text of my email:

Dear Attorney General Blumenthal,

As a gay American who daily feels the sting of discrimination, I urge you to join with the courageous action of your peer in Massachusetts and challange the Defense of Marriage Act in Federal Court.

This Act (DOMA) clearly violates my rights under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution in that it allows states to deny their gay and lesbian citizens the Equal Protection of the Law. All considerations of the so-called 'religious' objections to marriage equality for all citizens, straight or gay, must be put aside. This issue is about the County Clerk, not the local parish.

Please join this lawsuit and uphold your oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

Thank you.
 

"Don't take any guff from these swine!"
                     ---Raoul Duke

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by: canoebum @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 14:21:26 PM CDT

I called and sent an email

The staffer who answered the phone was really nice. My email:

Good afternoon, sir. My name is [redacted]. I am a [redacted] High School graduate, a veteran, and very proud to call Connecticut my home. It is my home of record in my military service record. My family still resides in [redacted]. My father was a writer and editor at the Courant for over 20 years. Despite living many miles away, I still read the Courant online. The day I read the news that the Connecticut State Supreme Court had ruled in favor of marriage equality, my happiness and surprise overflowed and I cried tears of joy. I sat at my desk, 5,000 miles away in Hawaii, and let it sink in that my home state was now a place I could be welcomed as a full citizen, with the same family protections and constitutional rights as everyone else. You see, in addition to being a proud Connecticut native, I am also a lesbian. If I came home to be legally married, my marriage would not be recognized by the federal government, nor in the state in which I currently live. My wife and I would be legally strangers, second-class citizens in our own country, for which we have both fought in the Uniformed Services.

It doesn't have to be this way. DOMA is unconstitutional. It denies equal federal benefits and protections to a specific class of people whose marriages and families are recognized and honored by the state. It violates the Full Faith and Credit Clause of our Constitution by allowing states to decline to honor legal contracts made in another state. DOMA is unconstitutional, it is wrong, it is born of hate, it is harmful. It divides and pits states against each other. It is truly unamerican. I am writing to urge you to join the state of Massachusetts in the lawsuit to strike down DOMA.

I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I would bear true faith and allegiance to the same. You took a similar oath. Please, for my sake, and the sake of all America's LGBT law-abiding, tax-paying citizens, please join the state of Massachusetts in this suit to overturn the most unamerican of federal laws. This Massachusetts-born, Connecticut-raised, U.S. Navy veteran, gay citizen urges you to do the right thing.

Thank you for your time, sir.

God save ornery old queens! - kevinchi

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by: Keori @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 14:32:57 PM CDT

"I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America"

I think high-level public servants like the AG, governors and Members of Congress can't be reminded of this fundamental duty often enough, especially when it's also been undertaken by the letter writer.  For me this is the most powerful part of your excellent letter.

Just my 2 cents.

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by: Lurleen @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 15:02:15 PM CDT

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Excellent letter!

"It goes on one at a time, it starts when you care to act, it starts when you do it again after they said no, it starts when you say We and know who you mean, and each day you mean one more."

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by: Louise @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 15:05:31 PM CDT

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Yes, great letter

I made mine short because you covered all bases.

Same-Sex Marriage is good for the economy.

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by: CharlesMerrill @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 15:23:17 PM CDT

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Email sent

Dear Attorney General Blumenthal,
Just a quick note to urge you to join Massachusetts in suing the feds over the unconstitutional DOMA.  I have not filed Federal Income Taxes since 2004 due to our status as second class citizens, but you have my promise that I will pay every penny I owe if allowed to file jointly with my spouse when DOMA is no longer law.  
Kindest regards
Charles Merrill

Same-Sex Marriage is good for the economy.

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by: CharlesMerrill @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 15:02:21 PM CDT

sent an email too

What have you done today, to make ya feel PROUD?


~Heather Small

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by: peteyPornpig @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 15:41:11 PM CDT

THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone who called, wrote or e-mailed to CT AG Blumenthal this week!! We shall see in the coming weeks if he decides to be a hero or a typical politician.

Close the GayTM. Only give to candidates who have actually done something other than make promises - most are just pandering for our cash.

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by: JohnVisser @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 16:22:55 PM CDT