Jennifer_SFBA
06/08/06, 04:29 am
Jim Hightower says, "Agitate."
PFLAG Asks President Bush: Why Don't You Want My Daughter to Have the Same Rights As Your Daughters?
6/5/2006
To: National Desk
Source: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Contact: Jean-Marie Navetta of PFLAG, 202-467-8180 ext. 213 or jnavetta@pflag.org
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=f935
WASHINGTON, June 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Families and friends of lesbians and gays are outraged by President Bush's use of his weekly radio address on Saturday and an event today to advocate for government-sponsored discrimination against their loved ones through the passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment (SJR 1).
"Why doesn't President Bush believe that my daughter should have the same rights as his daughters?" asked Samuel Thoron, PFLAG national president. "Simply because my daughter is a lesbian, the president sees fit to forever deny her full equality and use her -- and the millions of other gays and lesbians in the U.S. -- as a reason to write discrimination into the Constitution."
PFLAG members throughout the U.S. have sent thousands of postcards, made dozens of visits, and carried out hundreds of calls to their Senators in an effort to encourage them to oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment.
"How dare the President use his position to advocate for such blatant discrimination," Thoron concluded. "This is a nation of 'liberty and justice for all' and it would be refreshing to see the President and many of our legislators begin to embrace that concept and stop undermining real family values."
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Editorial Resources:
-- PFLAG parents, family members, supporters, and leaders from around the U.S. are available for comment on this issue. Contact Jean-Marie Navetta ( jnavetta@pflag.org or call 202-467-8180 ext. 213 ) to reach a local representative for your area.
-- Learn more about PFLAG's national postcard to Senators about the Federal Marriage Amendment. ( http://www.pflag.org/fma_postcard.html )
-- Learn more about PFLAG's position on the Federal Marriage Amendment. ( http://pflag.org/marriage.html )
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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is the nation's foremost family-based organization committed to the civil rights of gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender persons. Founded in 1973 by mothers and fathers, PFLAG has 200,000 members and supporters in more than 500 chapters throughout the United States. To learn more, please visit http://www.pflag.org.
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© 2006 U.S. Newswire
PFLAG Asks President Bush: Why Don't You Want My Daughter to Have the Same Rights As Your Daughters?
6/5/2006
To: National Desk
Source: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Contact: Jean-Marie Navetta of PFLAG, 202-467-8180 ext. 213 or jnavetta@pflag.org
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=f935
WASHINGTON, June 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Families and friends of lesbians and gays are outraged by President Bush's use of his weekly radio address on Saturday and an event today to advocate for government-sponsored discrimination against their loved ones through the passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment (SJR 1).
"Why doesn't President Bush believe that my daughter should have the same rights as his daughters?" asked Samuel Thoron, PFLAG national president. "Simply because my daughter is a lesbian, the president sees fit to forever deny her full equality and use her -- and the millions of other gays and lesbians in the U.S. -- as a reason to write discrimination into the Constitution."
PFLAG members throughout the U.S. have sent thousands of postcards, made dozens of visits, and carried out hundreds of calls to their Senators in an effort to encourage them to oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment.
"How dare the President use his position to advocate for such blatant discrimination," Thoron concluded. "This is a nation of 'liberty and justice for all' and it would be refreshing to see the President and many of our legislators begin to embrace that concept and stop undermining real family values."
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Editorial Resources:
-- PFLAG parents, family members, supporters, and leaders from around the U.S. are available for comment on this issue. Contact Jean-Marie Navetta ( jnavetta@pflag.org or call 202-467-8180 ext. 213 ) to reach a local representative for your area.
-- Learn more about PFLAG's national postcard to Senators about the Federal Marriage Amendment. ( http://www.pflag.org/fma_postcard.html )
-- Learn more about PFLAG's position on the Federal Marriage Amendment. ( http://pflag.org/marriage.html )
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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is the nation's foremost family-based organization committed to the civil rights of gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender persons. Founded in 1973 by mothers and fathers, PFLAG has 200,000 members and supporters in more than 500 chapters throughout the United States. To learn more, please visit http://www.pflag.org.
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© 2006 U.S. Newswire