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Pro-Equality Organizing Cranks Up

by: mikect

Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 07:41:23 AM EST

As the beginning of the state legislative session approaches on February 6, local supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality are gearing up with an impressive variety of organizing and outreach activities.

Love Makes a Family is hosting organizing meetings for its marriage equality campaign in New London (tonight, Jan 31), Stamford (Feb 11), Norwalk (Feb 28), and Fairfield (March 3). On primary day (Feb 5), LMF volunteers will be asking voters at polling places to sign postcards in support of marriage equality. Volunteers gather every Wednesday evening in Hartford. Students are taking action on February 13.

A documentary by an Emmy award-winning Guilford resident portrays the struggle for the freedom to marry in Connecticut. "Marriage Makes a Word of Difference" will premier in New Haven, New Britain, and Norwalk in February.

As Sue Campbell reported in the Courant, LMF is taking the unconventional step of hiring an organizer to conduct outreach to faith groups. The Religious Organizing Project Coordinator will educate and mobilize people of faith and clergy on marriage equality.

Last year, a bill banning discrimination based on gender identity or expression was approved by the CT Senate, but was stalled in the House. (See fact sheet, FAQ, and vote history.) Over 38% of the U.S. population (including MA, RI, and VT residents) are protected from gender identity discrimination, but CT has not caught up to its neighbors yet.

The CT TransAdvocacy Coalition and other organizations will host an educational forum and lobby day on the Trans Anti-Discrimination bill on February 20 at the Legislative Office Building (event flier).

mikect :: Pro-Equality Organizing Cranks Up

The 15th annual True Colors Conference, taking place in March at UCONN Storrs, will look at issues facing sexual and gender minority youth.

And by the way, Al Gore recently endorsed the freedom to marry.

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Non-Descrimination Nay Sayers (4.00 / 2)

Voted against the bill:

Dan Debicella
David Cappiello
Louis C. Deluca *
Sam Caligiuri

Make sure you Vote Nay to their re-election in 2008 *even if they are not on the ballot anymore.

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by: tessa @ Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 12:58:47 PM UTC

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others opposed (4.00 / 1)

Also opposed in Higher Ed Cmte: Marilyn Giuiano, Toni Boucher, and Selim Noujaim.

And in Judiciary: Arthur O'Neill, David Cappiello, Bill Hamzy, & TR Rowe.

by: mikect @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 03:46:06 AM UTC

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Remember Plessy vs. Ferguson (4.00 / 1)

The bottomline about civil unions and marriages is that separate but equal does not (should not) cut it in this country. When homosexuals want to marry each other, why should heterosexuals feel threatened? These are not special rights demanded by a minority. These are equal rights suppressed by the majority (and by our own personal conservatism).

The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

by: connecticutyankee @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:51:43 AM UTC

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I am amazed that (4.00 / 1)

there's an organizational meeting right in Ffld on March 3....wow!
Anyways, I feel that if two people care and love and respect each other and want to marry (even if its lesbian or gay couple), why not?

"Waiting....waiting on the world to change" --John Mayer

by: tigergrrl74 @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:11:35 AM UTC

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