ACT On Principles

From Chicago-Area LGBTQA Liberation Network

Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010
Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Location:
Holy Name Cathedral
735 N State Street
Chicago, IL

In opposition to the desires of millions of lay Catholics for simple justice for all, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church has long alligned itself with, and often led, the forces of hate and bigotry opposing equal rights for gays and women.

For many years the Catholic leadership has attempted to fly under the radar screen with its opposition to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. A key secret to their success has been their stealthiness, ironically often assisted by gay rights “leaders.” These leaders, not trusting rank-and-file Catholics to be fair and too worried about hurting their fundraising base with well-connected and wealthy Catholics, are too cowardly to call out Catholic leaders for promoting hate and discrimination.

As a local example, Chicago’s Catholic leader Cardinal Francis George has worked tirelessly — albeit from behind the scenes — to block our path to full legal equality. George attempted to kill LGBT inclusion as a protected class in the Illinois Human Rights Act, which now protects us from housing and employment discrimination. He and other Catholic bishops circulated petitions in a failed effort to force an advisory referendum on “gay marriage,” and George is the head of the national Conference of Catholic Bishops which spent big bucks backing Prop 8 hate in California. Back in Illinois, George is working hard today to block same sex-marriage and/or civil unions.

On Sunday, February 14th, with our picket of Holy Name Cathedral, we will make a start in dragging Francis George’s bigotry out of the closet.

But Cardinal George is no lone voice in the wilderness. He is joined by almost the entire hierarchy of the Catholic Church whose record of activism against gay equality is long and sordid:

** Speaking of the current pope, the Associated Press reported that “Benedict, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, spearheaded a Vatican campaign against same-sex unions in 2003, issuing guidelines for Catholic politicians to oppose laws granting legal rights to gay couples when he was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.” Associated Press, 6/6/05

** The Portland, Maine Archdiocese gathered more than a quarter of the funds recently used to defeat marriage equality in Maine. In addition, Marc Mutty, the chair of the principal statewide organization in Maine that fueled anti-gay discrimination there, was the Portland Archdiocese’s head spokesperson until taking a leave of absence from his job to spearhead the successful effort to rob gays and lesbians of their equal marriage rights.

** The Catholic fraternal organization Knights of Columbus bankrolled California’s anti-gay Proposition 8 to the tune of over $1 million.

** As California’s East Bay Express noted about newly-minted Oakland Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, “What almost no one knows is that without Bishop Sal, gay men and lesbians would almost surely still be able to get married today. As an auxiliary bishop in San Diego, Cordileone played an indispensable role in conceiving, funding, organizing, and ultimately winning the campaign to pass Proposition 8. It was Bishop Sal and a small group of Catholic leaders who decided that they had to amend the state constitution. It was Bishop Sal who found the first major donor and flushed the fledgling campaign with cash. It was Bishop Sal who personally brought in the organization that took the lead on the petition drive. And it was Bishop Sal who coordinated the Catholic effort with evangelical churches around the state. Bishop Sal even helped craft the campaign’s rhetorical strategy, sitting in on focus groups to hone the message of Proposition 8. “

While Catholic leaders decry any attempts to label them as haters and bigots, their own scapegoating statements tell a very different story about their true feelings:

** Former pope Karol Wotija, aka John Paul II, condemned gay foster parents for doing “violence” to children. He called us “disordered,” and “against the natural law.” He railed against civil marriage equality for all same-sex couples whether Catholic or not, condemning our civil marriage contract as an act “against God,” and proclaimed defeating marriage equality his “primary task” for 2005.

** In a 2005 pastoral letter read in every church in the diocese of Calgary, Alberta, Bishop Frederick Henry called on his flock to stamp out same-sex marriage. “Since homosexuality, adultery, prostitution and pornography undermine the foundations of the family, the basis of society, then the State must use its coercive power to proscribe or curtail them in the interests of the common good.” (365Gay.com)

** In an end-of year address in 2008, the current pope, George Ratzinger (aka Benedict XVI), said that the existence of gay people threatens humanity as much as the destruction of rainforests and that “blurring” genders through acceptance of transgender people would kill off the human race.

** Beginning in 1986, Ratzinger wrote a series of church documents that branded sexually active gays as “evil,” told church officials to kick Dignity chapters off church property and even warned Catholic lawmakers that voting in favor of gay-rights legislation is “gravely immoral” because “the approval or legalization of evil is something far different from the toleration of evil.” (Deb Price, Detroit News)

** Ratzinger has disparaged lesbian and gay couples as engaging in “pseudo-matrimonies by people of the same sex.”

** Bishop Cordileone has called same-sex marriage a Satanic plot: “The ultimate attack of the Evil One is the attack on marriage.”

** In 2007 Chicago’s Cardinal George wrote that same-sex behavior “brings people’s salvation into jeopardy” in a column for the Archdiocese of Chicago newspaper.

When haters garb themselves in clerical robes, their statements and activities must be exposed.

The Gay Liberation Network encourages all people of good will, regardless of faith background, to join us at 10:30 AM, Sunday, February 14 for an informational picket of Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State Street, Chicago.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites&eid=281885059470

This Thursday, as the Senate Armed Services Committee meets again to
hear testimony on repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, it is vital that
citizens flood the Senate with phone calls demanding the law be
repealed NOW!

Capitol Hill Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Senate Contact List:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Our organizations and our lobbyists aren’t strong enough to make this
happen without constituent pressure, and there is no greater way to
build that pressure than through each of our individual social
networks on Facebook.

Tips:

1. Be RESPECTFUL and RELENTLESS
2. Get them to answer: Does the Senator support the repeal?
4. Ask to be put on a special email list to be informed on the
Senator’s efforts to repeal DADT.
4. Ask to meet with the Senator the next time they’re back in your district.
5. Residents of the District of Columbia call Senators Reid & Levin

Help Spread The Word!

1. Invite your friends to this Facebook event.
2. Use the “share” feature to post the event on your profile.
3. Use your status update to urge friends to call their Senators
Sample status update:
“urges my friends on Thurs – Feb. 11 to call your Senators (202)
224-3121 and demand they repeal DADT now!

In addition to calling your senators, we encourage you to plug into
these organized efforts to pressure Congress to repeal DADT:

Act On Principles Citizen Whip Count Effort
http://actonprinciples.org
Register and report the outcome of your calls on the ActOnPrinciples
website so that we can keep a citizen whip count in the House and
Senate.

Voices of Honor Campaign
http://www.hrc.org/sites/voicesofhonor
HRC and Servicemembers United have teamed up to channel email into
Congress and organize lobby visits, both in your home district and on
Capitol Hill.

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
http://www.sldn.org/action
SLDN is mobilizing people to lobby your Members of Congress and write
letters to the editor in your local newspapers.

The Courage Campaign’s Don’t Wait Campaign
http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/DontWait
The Courage Campaign is mobilizing messages directly to Senator Levin,
who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee

(if there are any other organized efforts to pressure Congress, please
let one of us know and we’ll add it to the list.)

Thank you for your doing your part to end discrimination in the
military and for showing Congress the power of Facebook!

Yours in the united stand for equality,

Phil, Meghan, David, Justin, Lisa, Aaron, Ian and Bo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Alan Bounville
407-484-6671
QueerRising@gmail.com

February 4, 2010

QUEER RISING DEMANDS MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Using Valentine’s Day weekend to escalate fight for marriage equality

On Friday, February 12 from 8:00-10:00am, a crowd of impassioned protesters will gather outside the new 24,000 square-foot New York City Marriage Bureau Office (141 Worth Street) to make a powerful statement in support of marriage equality for all LGBT Americans.

This protest, compared to marriage equality protests of the past, will significantly raise the stakes. There will be four components to this protest:

1. A protest group holding signs in support of marriage equality will gather in the park opposite the Bureau
2. Same-sex pairs, with aims of clogging the marriage license line, will subsequently be rejected and gather outside beneath a banner reading “Marriage: Rejected!”
3. A lesbian and gay man, whom according to New York State law may legally marry each other, will apply for a marriage license, get approved and stand outside beneath a banner reading: “Just Married!” This newly-wed couple will also address the crowd and media in regard to the double-standard presented by NY State Law and the segregationist marriage laws throughout the country.
4. A separate group of protestors dramatizing the inequity created by the current New York state law.

“New York City is already a legendary location to tie the knot, but this new location will give customers an even better, smoother experience that is more enjoyable and more memorable,” said First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris in 2009 announcing the new marriage office. Though those who do get married on February 12 are sure to have a memorable experience, it will likely be anything but smooth – and depending on the newlyweds’ support of marriage equality – it may or may not be more enjoyable.

This event is a public protest to highlight the fact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and many transgender individuals in the state of New York and throughout America may not legally bind themselves into the institution of marriage with the person they love.

To be part of this action in any capacity, RSVP your commitment to QueerRising@gmail.com

Queer Rising is a group demanding queer rights through direct action. Queer Rising was responsible for crashing Senator Hiram Monserrate’s holiday party in December 2009, turning it into a One Year Girlfriend Slashing Anniversary Party, chanting things like, “Hiram believes that marriage is between one man, one woman and a broken bottle.” Queer Rising also took to the streets Dr. King weekend at prominent New York City locations chanting, “Dr. King Supported Equality for All!” and in front of a packed playground, “We have families too!”

Join Queer Rising and review videos of our work on Facebook and YouTube: “Queer Rising”

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=325103414675&ref=ts

TAKE ACTION: Complain To CBS About Superbowl Ads; CBS and Its Homophobic Superbowl Double-Standard.

Tell CBS Not To Air the hateful Tim Tebow Anti-Abortion Advocacy Ad and Replace it with the funny Mancrunch Gay Dating Ad they rejected or you will boycott the Superbowl, CBS, and it’s sponsors.
Please pass this on.

From The Huffington Post:

So fine, CBS, show the ad. Even though you have a history of rejecting advocacy ads, even though it might upset some of your audience, let’s do it — we’re a nation of grownups, and it’s 2010. We can handle it, right?

This is the point where I punch a wall — because apparently that only applies to pro-life ads featuring handsome football players wearing Bible-verse makeup. CBS has REJECTED the scary Mancrunch ad featuring two football fans realizing they leurve each other and making out furiously.

It’s true! It’s too hot for TV! Apparently the network that thought it was okay to have Frosty the Snowman talking about his PORN COLLECTION gets all squirmy when confronted with two schlubby dudes touching hands in the chip dish and then going in for the smooch (and by the way, for the fakest, spoofiest most non-lip-touching smooch ever.

Read the article and see the ad here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-sklar/cbs-and-its-homophobic-su_b_443281.html

Write CBS here:

audsvcs@cbs.com
cender@cbs.com
sljacobs@cbs.com
lwade@cbs.com
rlbrendle@cbs.com
gwcaraccioli@cbs.com
jsabatelle@cbs.com

Webforms Here:

http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php

Postal Mail:

Audience Services
CBS Television Headquarters
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019

Call Here:
Phone: 212-975-4321.

Fax Here
Fax: 212-975-1893.

What would an LGBT equality conference in Dallas be without a discussion of the Dallas Principles, and its call for full immediate civil rights for LGBT Americans? Several Dallas Principles authors and champions will be on hand to introduce the Principles and demonstrate the groundbreaking online equality toolset available only at ActOnPrinciples.org. Currently planning to be in attendance: John Bare, Mike Rogers, Donald Hitchcock, Mandy Carter, Todd “TIF” Fernandez, Andy Szekeres. The session will take place Friday February 5 at 4:45 PM in the Grand Hall (outside the Dallas Ballroom). If you are at Creating Change 10, please stop by. If you can’t make it to Dallas, you can still get in on the excitement by following our tweets @ActOnPrinciples .

We’ll show the unique contribution that TDP and AOP make in advancing equality. We’ll also show that while there are hundreds of LGBT organizations, websites, blogs, and listserves, only Act On Principles offers a one stop shop where the entire community can share their insights, strategies, and action alerts, and have them immediately shared via twitter, Facebook, and daily email. For the first time, organizations and individuals are on a level playing field so that every voice can be heard, every idea considered, and every sleeve rolled.

We’ll also demonstrate our groundbreaking whip count tools where every individual can not only look up where their representatives stand on LGBT equality bills — but even be empowered to help change their hearts and minds and share the results with the community. Act On Principles empowers citizen activists to take charge of their own personal call for full immediate civil rights and take the legislative process out of the closet — for good!

From Truth Wins Out:

We are about to embark on a historic mission to stop persecution of LGBT people in Uganda and we want you to be a key part of our vision.

On February 4th, we are launching The American Prayer Hour. It is a multi-city affirmation of inclusive values and a celebration of diversity. It is also an action to protest the sponsors of The National Prayer Breakfast, which will take place on February 4 in Washington, DC.

While The National Prayer Breakfast is ostensibly a benign event, it is hosted by a secretive fundamentalist organization, The Family, which is directly tied to the draconian “Kill the Gays” bill in Uganda. We strongly urge those invited to the National Prayer Breakfast to reconsider attending the event. Instead, they can join us at our American Prayer Hour.

The American Prayer Hour will be anchored by events in the following cities:

* Dallas—Creating Change (Sheraton Dallas – Dallas Ballroom A)
* Chicago Theological Seminary (The Chapel)
* Berkeley–Pacific School of Religion (The Chapel)
* Washington, DC (Calvary Baptist Church, Chapel)
* Anchorage, AK (Church Life Alaska)
* Boynton Beach, FL (Church of Our Savior, MCC)

Get Involved

There are four ways to get involved:

1. If you live in a city where an American Prayer Hour event is already occurring, please consider attending.
2. If you are interested in creating an American Prayer Hour event in your hometown, please contact Wayne Besen, wbesen@truthwinsout.org.
3. Spread the word about the American Prayer Hour and the truth behind the National Prayer Breakfast
4. Pray where you are—wherever you are—for a world safe for all families regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

www.americanprayerhour.org

This is from Marriage Equality USA:

Federal Court Case Challenging Prop 8

Monday January 11, 2010

6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Phillip Burton Federal Building Plaza

450 Golden Gate Ave in San Francisco

Join Marriage Equality USA leaders Molly McKay & Davina Kotulski and Stuart Gaffney & John Lewis, PFLAG parents Sam & Julia Thoron and Helen Laird, NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell, Lambda Marriage Project Director Jenny Pizer, couples who joyfully married, couples who want to marry, clergy leaders, musical performances by Veronica Klaus, Diane Larsen, local choirs and many many more!

Together we will share the spirit of courage, hope and strength that will herald in the light on this important next chapter of our civil rights movement.

There will be LOTS of strong coffee provided to those willing to get up that early and join us.

Perry v Schwarzenegger, the federal trial challenging Prop 8, is scheduled to begin on Monday January 11, 2010 at 8:30am in Courtroom 6 on the 17th floor of the Phillip Burton Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate Ave. in SF. There will be very limited seating available in the courtroom. There will be an overflow room on the 19th floor broadcasting the proceedings and hopefully the court will decide to televise the trial as well.

http://www.marriageequality.org/index.php?page=event

This is extremely urgent and extremely important.

U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker — who will be overseeing a federal court challenge to Prop 8 starting this Monday (January 11) — is considering whether or not to open the court room to TV cameras.

The court just announced that it is seeking public comment on the proposal to televise the trial — and that all comments must be submitted to the court by a Friday deadline.

The interest in this case is unprecedented. And not surprisingly, supporters of Prop 8 — who eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry — do NOT want the trial to be televised.

Opponents of Prop 8 — led by attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson — are seeking to televise the case in the interests of full transparency. They want this historic trial to be watched by as many Americans as possible. And, of course, we agree.

We have just this one chance to make our voices heard — thousands of Americans calling for equality, transparency and accountability. That’s why we’re teaming up with CREDO Action to collect as many signatures as possible asking Judge Walker to televise the case. We need your signature now:

SIGNATURE DEADLINE: FRIDAY 9 a.m.:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/TeleviseTheTrial

Together, along with our friends at CREDO, we will hand-deliver your signatures to Judge Vaughn Walker on Friday before the deadline.

This case presents issues that are very important to the public, and will affect millions of people. However, if the case is not televised, only a tiny fraction will ever be able to watch the trial in person.

By televising the trial, the public will be able to see for themselves the arguments and evidence presented by both sides, and will therefore have more confidence in the outcome of the trial.

That’s why we think the Prop 8 court case should be televised and we’re collecting as many signatures as possible to submit to Judge Vaughn Walker. Click here to sign now and say “YES — the Prop 8 trial should be televised.” SIGNATURE DEADLINE: FRIDAY 9 a.m.:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/TeleviseTheTrial

If you know other people who believe the Prop 8 trial should be televised as well, please forward this message to them ASAP.

Thank you so much for making your voice heard at this critical time. We will update you as soon as further news develops.

Rick Jacobs
Chair, Courage Campaign Institute

Urgent Action Alert: Help Get Marriage Equality Passed in New Jersey

-by Tommy News

We only have a few days to get Marriage Equality passed in New Jersey
before Anti-gay Governor-elect Chris Christie takes office on January
19th. Christie has pledged to veto this legislation. Governor Corzine
has pledged to sign Marriage Equality legislation if it reaches his
desk before he leaves office.

Time is running out fast. Please contact New Jersey Legislators by
phone, fax, email, web form, and postal mail today and tomorrow! You
do not need to live in New Jersey to do this. Please take action and
pass this urgent message on to everyone in your address book.

Marriage offers 1,138 Federal benefits and responsibilities, not
including hundreds more offered by every state. The failure of New
Jersey’s civil union law is having devastating real-world
consequences. Loving couples and children are denied equal protection
under the law. Nothing less than full civil marriage equality will
guarantee equal civil rights.

Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, has said he would sign a law to legalize
gay marriage. But time is running out. He’s to be replaced on Jan. 19
by Gov.-elect Chris Christie, a Republican who says he’d veto the
bill.

Lawmakers could technically approve a law by noon Jan. 19 and see it
signed. But given the Legislature’s schedule, it would probably have
to happen by Jan. 11 if the bill is to be passed.
Source:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/04/state/n112429S20.DTL&type=politics

Further information is available from Garden State Equality here:

http://www.gardenstateequality.org/issues/marriage.html

“We at Garden State Equality are often asked whether we’re a
multi-issue LGBT civil rights organization, or a marriage equality
organization. We are both. To be sure, we work on every civil rights
issue facing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
community. But because New Jersey has won a sweeping range of LGBT
civil rights laws except for marriage equality, marriage equality has
become our signature issue.”

Get contact information for New Jersey State Assembly and Senate members here:

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/contact.asp

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List of Legislators here:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/abcroster.asp

New Jersey Senate and Assembly Alphabetical List of Members

Senator Diane B. Allen Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 11 West Broad St., Burlington, NJ 08016 (609) 239-2800

Senator Bill Baroni Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 3691A Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, NJ
08690 (609) 631-9988

Senator Christopher Bateman Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 36 East Main St., Somerville, NJ 08876 (908) 526-3600

Senator James Beach Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 1916 Route 70 East, Suite 3, Cherry Hill, NJ
08003 (856) 489-3442

Senator Jennifer Beck Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 32 Monmouth St., 3rd Floor, Red Bank, NJ 07701
(732) 933-1591

Senator Anthony R. Bucco Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 75 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 302, 3rd Floor,
Denville, NJ 07834 (973) 627-9700

Senator Barbara Buono Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: Two Lincoln Highway, Suite 401, Edison, NJ
08820 (732) 205-1372

Senator Gerald Cardinale Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 350 Madison Ave., Cresskill, NJ 07626 (201) 567-2324

Senator Andrew R. Ciesla Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 852 Highway 70, Brick, NJ 08724 (732) 840-9028

Senator Richard J. Codey Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 449 Mount Pleasant Ave., West Orange, NJ 07052
(973) 731-6770

Senator Christopher J. Connors Republican Votes by Bill Votes
by Subject
District Office: 620 West Lacey Rd., Forked River, NJ 08731
(609) 693-6700

Senator Sandra B. Cunningham Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 1738 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ 07305
(201) 451-5100

Senator Michael J. Doherty Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 127 Belvidere Ave., 2nd Floor, Washington, NJ
07882 (908) 835-0552

Senator Nia H. Gill, Esq. Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 425 Bloomfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, Montclair,
NJ 07042 (973) 509-0388

Senator John A. Girgenti Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 507 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ 07506
(973) 427-1229

Senator Robert M. Gordon Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 14-25 Plaza Rd., P.O. Box 398, Fair Lawn, NJ
07410 (201) 703-9779

Senator Philip E. Haines Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 32A North Main St., Medford, NJ 08055 (609) 654-1498

Senator Sean T. Kean Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 1955 Highway 34, Bldg. 2A, Wall Township, NJ
07719 (732) 974-0400

Senator Thomas H. Kean, Jr. Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 425 North Ave. East, Suite C, Westfield, NJ
07090 (908) 232-3673
District Office: 57 Union Place, Suite 310, Summit, NJ 07901
(908) 918-0414
District Office: 251 North Ave. West, 2nd Floor, Westfield, NJ
07090 (908) 232-2073

Senator Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. Republican Votes by Bill
Votes by Subject
District Office: 1715 Highway 35, Suite 303, Middletown, NJ
07748 (732) 671-3206

Senator Raymond J. Lesniak Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 985 Stuyvesant Ave., Union, NJ 07083 (908) 624-0880

Senator Fred H. Madden, Jr. Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 129 Johnson Rd., Suite 1, Turnersville, NJ
08012 (856) 232-6700
District Office: 1405 Chews Landing Rd., Suite 15, Laurel
Springs, NJ 08021 (856) 401-3073

Senator Kevin J. O’Toole Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 155 Route 46 West, Suite 108, Wayne, NJ 07470
(973) 237-1360

Senator Steven V. Oroho Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 115 Demarest Rd., Suite 2B, Sparta, NJ 07871
(973) 300-0200
District Office: 227 Route 206, Bldg. 1, 1st Floor, Flanders,
NJ 07836 (973) 584-4670

Senator Joseph Pennacchio Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 330 Changebridge Road, Suite 102, Pine Brook,
NJ 07058 (973) 227-4012

Senator Dana L. Redd Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 1 Market St., Suite 1F, Camden, NJ 08102 (856) 225-9068

Senator Ronald L. Rice Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 1044 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ 07106 (973) 371-5665

Senator M. Teresa Ruiz Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 166 Bloomfield Ave., Newark, NJ 07104 (973) 484-1000

Senator Nicholas J. Sacco Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 9060 Palisade Ave., North Bergen, NJ 07047
(201) 295-0200

Senator Paul A. Sarlo Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 207 Hackensack St., 2nd Floor, Wood-Ridge, NJ
07075 (201) 804-8118

Senator Nicholas P. Scutari Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 1514 E. Saint Georges Ave., 2nd Floor, Linden,
NJ 07036 (908) 587-0404

Senator Robert W. Singer Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 2110 W. County Line Rd., Jackson, NJ 08527
(732) 901-0702

Senator Bob Smith Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 216 Stelton Rd., Suite E-5, Piscataway, NJ
08854 (732) 752-0770

Senator Brian P. Stack Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 5801 Palisade Ave., West New York, NJ 07093
(201) 861-5091
District Office: 301 45th St., 1st Floor, Union City, NJ 07087
(201) 558-7926

Senator Stephen M. Sweeney Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 935 Kings Highway, Suite 400, West Deptford,
NJ 08086 (856) 251-9801
District Office: 14 East Commerce St., 3rd Floor, Bridgeton, NJ
08302 (856) 455-1011
District Office: 199 East Broadway, Suite G, Salem, NJ 08079
(856) 339-0808

Senator Shirley K. Turner Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 1440 Pennington Rd., Trenton, NJ 08618 (609) 530-3277

Senator Jeff Van Drew Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 21 North Main St., Cape May Court House, NJ
08210 (609) 465-0700
District Office: 1124 North High St., Millville, NJ 08332 (856) 765-0891
District Office: 1028 East Landis Ave., Vineland, NJ 08360
(856) 696-7109
District Office: Additional Phone, Somers Point, NJ (609) 926-3779

Senator Joseph F. Vitale Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 569 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge, NJ 07095 (732) 855-7441

Senator Loretta Weinberg Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 545 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666 (201) 928-0100

Senator Jim Whelan Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 511 Tilton Rd., Northfield, NJ 08225 (609) 383-1388

Assemblywoman Dawn Marie Addiego Republican Votes by Bill
Votes by Subject
District Office: 32A North Main St., Medford, NJ 08055 (609) 654-1498

Assemblyman Nelson T. Albano Democrat Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 21 North Main St., Cape May Court House, NJ
08210 (609) 465-0700
District Office: 1124 North High St., Millville, NJ 08332 (856) 765-0891
District Office: 1028 East Landis Ave., Vineland, NJ 08360
(856) 696-7109
District Office: Additional Phone, Somers Point, NJ (609) 926-3779

Assemblyman John F. Amodeo Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
District Office: 1801 Zion Rd., Suite 1, Northfield, NJ 08225
(609) 677-8266

Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini Republican Votes by Bill
Votes by Subject
District Office: 1955 Highway 34, Bldg. 2A, Wall Township, NJ
07719 (732) 974-0400

Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes, III Democrat Votes by Bill Votes
by Subject
District Office: 3 Stephenville Pkwy., Suite 2E, Edison, NJ
08820 (732) 548-1406

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District Office: 1 East High St., Somerville, NJ 08876 (908) 252-0800

Assemblyman Jon M. Bramnick Republican Votes by Bill Votes by Subject
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07090 (908) 232-2073
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Take Action: Call and eMail New Jersey State Senators, Marriage Equality Vote is Thursday

New Jersey state senators are voting on marriage Equality tomorrow, Thursday. Bruce Sprinsteen has made a statement – so should you.

Garden State Equality’s quick form will tell you who your senator is and the number to call. Be sure to tell the staffer who answers the phone where in Jersey you live.

Bruce Springsteen backs gay marriage in NJ

“The Boss” is backing gay marriage in the Garden State.

Bruce Springsteen posted a statement on his Web site urging support of the gay marriage bill that’s up for a vote in New Jersey’s Senate on Thursday.

Springsteen wrote that he’s long believed in and has “always spoken out for the rights of same-sex couples.”

The native son says he agrees with Gov. Jon Corzine that marriage equality is a civil rights issue.

Gov.-elect Chris Christie is a big Springsteen fan. The Republican has said he would veto the bill.

A state Senate committee approved the bill by one vote on Monday.

Democrats concede the measure may fall short of the 21 votes needed to pass the Senate.

Source:
http://www.365gay.com/news/bruce-springsteen-backs-gay-marriage-in-nj/

Get contact Information and Whip The Vote Here:

http://www.gardenstateequality.org/contactofficials.html

http://www.gardenstateequality.org/contactofficials.html