CWA Action Alert Concerned Women for America of - San Diego/Imperial Counties Thursday, May 13, 2004

Thank you for continuing to pray and act on behalf of traditional marriage. AB 1967, the same-sex "marriage" bill, was placed in the Assembly Appropriations Committee suspense file on May 12, having passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 20. This means the bill must be reviewed again because of its significant fiscal impact. If the bill is voted out of the suspense file by the committee, it will move to the Assembly floor before the end of the month.

Action: Please encourage your congregation, friends, family and co-workers to take action for marriage before May 19, when the committee is scheduled to vote on its suspense file. While this is the next "deadline," our legislature's current composition sometimes results in unexpected rule changes, and deadlines are not always what they seem. Thus, it is only safe to say that AB 1967 will not be officially "dead" until May 28, when all bills must be through their house of origin.

An updated bulletin insert is attached for use in churches this weekend.

Please tell your assemblymember and our governor that same-sex "marriage" is a dangerous proposition for our society, our children and our religious freedom. Below is a sample letter to be used for e-mail purposes or as talking points for a phone call. You may cut, paste and amend this text or draft your own. Please be respectful. Your point is better made with strong arguments, rather than strong words.

For more information and talking points, please visit our local Web site at http://casd.cwfa.org and click "Homosexual 'Marriage' Action Packet." Download any and all materials you need for your church, neighborhood, school, Bible study or other group.

Contact information:

State Capitol Operator: 916-322-9900 Find your CA legislator by zip code: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) State Capitol Office: 916-445-2841, Fax 916-445-4633 [email protected] San Diego Office: 619-525-4641, Fax 619-525-4640

CA State Senators (San Diego Area) First number is Sacramento office, second is local office 36th District - Dennis Hollingsworth (R) 916-445-9781 909-699-1113 [email protected] 37th District - Jim Battin (R) 916-445-5581 760-568-0408 [email protected] 38th District - Bill Morrow (R) 916-445-3731 760-434-7930 website http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/38/feed.asp 39th District - Dede Alpert (D) 916-445-3952 619-645-3090 [email protected] 40th District - Denise Moreno Ducheny (D) 916-445-6767 http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/ducheny/

CA State Assemblymembers (San Diego Area) 66th District - Ray Haynes (R) 916-319-2066 909-699-1113 [email protected] 73rd District - (R) 916-319-2073 760-757-8084 [email protected] 74th District - Mark Wyland (R) 916-319-2074 760-631-7670 [email protected] 75th District - George Plescia (R) 916-319-2075 858-385-0070 Assemblymember.Plescia.assembly.ca.gov 76th District - Christine Kehoe (D) 916-319-2076 619-294-7600 [email protected] 77th District - Jay La Suer (R) 916-319-2077 619-465-7723 [email protected] 78th District - Shirley Horton (R) 916-319-2078 619-462-7878 [email protected] 79th District - Juan Vargas (D) 916-319-2079 619-409-7979 [email protected] 80th District - Bonnie Garcia (R) 916-319-2080 760-336-8912 [email protected]

Sample letter: Please use any talking points you wish and modify the text to fit your concerns.

Dear (Gov. Schwarzenegger, Senator ______or Assemblyman/woman ______):

Please oppose AB 1967! Just three years ago the California people voted overwhelmingly to define marriage as between a man and a woman--whether those marriages were licensed and performed inside or outside of our state. According to the California Constitution, the will of the people in a referendum cannot be overturned by the legislature.

Marriage is a unique institution that has endured for thousands of years and forms the basis of our society. The union of a man and a woman is the only relationship capable of natural reproduction. It is in the uniting of a man and a woman in the commitment of marriage that children thrive best. It is only at our own peril that we destroy the family unit that allows a child to have a mother and a father. By seeing the two sexes up close they learn crucial things about relationships and roles that will be vital to them throughout their own lives. The children should come first, not adults' sexual desires.

Further, should we redefine marriage beyond the uniting of a man and woman, there is no logical stopping point for other relationships to claim a false "right" to the same government-sanctioned status. This has already been demonstrated through lawsuits recently filed claiming a "right" to polygamy.

We need only look to Scandinavia to see that giving same-sex relationships the same rights and responsibilities as marriage has led to the destruction of the institution of marriage altogether. There, most children are now born out of wedlock. Is that what we want for California and our nation?

The answer is "no." Please uphold the will of the California people and our constitution. I ask that you vote "no" on AB 1967. The people have spoken. The definition of marriage stands.

Sincerely,

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