This insightful post comes from the website irregulartimes.com. The author Jim is right on, and now it’s time to start making those calls. You can let us know what happens when you contact various Members of Congress by posting your feedback in our DOMA Public Whip Count at…

http://www.actonprinciples.org/doma-house/

Below is the full post…

LGBT Equality Caucus Members Who Don’t Support DOMA Repeal
Jim
Earlier this week, Rep. Jerrold Nadler introduced H.R. 3567, the Respect for Marriage Act of 2009. This bill, if passed, would repeal the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA), a piece of legislation enacted in the 1990s revoking the presumption that same-sex marriages carried out in one state would be recognized in other states or by the federal government. Under the “Full Faith and Credit” clause of the Constitution, opposite-sex marriages still do carry this presumption of recognition, creating 14th Amendment difficulties of unequal protection under law. H.R. 3567 would resolve unequal protection by granting the presumption of recognition for all marriages at the federal and state level.

80 members of the House of Representatives are current members of the House LGBT Equality Caucus. Within this group, support for DOMA repeal is not unanimous. The following are members of the LGBT Equality Caucus who have not added their cosponsorship to Nadler’s bill:

Rep. Timothy Bishop. Contact Phone: 631-696-6500
Rep. Andre Carson. Contact Phone: 317-283-6516
Rep. Joseph Crowley. Contact Phone: 718-320-2314
Rep. Peter DeFazio. Contact Phone: 541-440-3523
Rep. Barney Frank. Contact Phone: 508-999-6462
Rep. Charles Gonzalez. Contact Phone: 210-472-6195
Rep. Phil Hare. Contact Phone: 309-793-5760
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee. Contact Phone: 713-227-7740
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson. Contact Phone: 214-922-8885
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy. Contact Phone: 516-739-3008
Rep. Patrick Murphy. Contact Phone: 215-826-1963
Rep. Bill Pascrell. Contact Phone: 973-523-5152
Rep. Gary Peters. Contact Phone: 248-273-4227
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Contact Phone: 305-668-2285
Rep. Betty Sutton. Contact Phone: 330-865-8450

If the repeal of DOMA is important to you and you see your member of Congress on this list, consider placing a call with your pointed questions and clear request for cosponsorship of H.R. 3567.

http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/09/18/lgbt-equality-caucus-members-who-dont-support-doma-repeal/