Sep 01, 2009 06:04
On Monday August 31st, Referendum 71, the referendum aimed at erasing the rights gained by SB5688 in Washington State, qualified for the November ballot.
SB5688 is the Washington State Domestic Partnership expansion that gives all same-sex and straight couples where one person is over 62, all the rights as married couples.
The hateful small minded right wing bigots want to SUPPRESS YOUR RIGHTS and keep you and your partner (or potential partner) UNPROTECTED in the eyes of the law.
We CANNOT allow this to happen. Right now every able bodied eligible Washington votes MUST get out and vote APPROVE on Referendum 71.
Remember, you must vote APPROVE on Referendum 71 to KEEP the Domestic Partnership expansion.
If you are capable of voting in Washington state, please, please, please register to vote, and get out and do so. Once again the hateful right wing has succeeded in putting your HUMAN RIGHTS up for a vote by the Majority. in such a way that we are likely to LOOSE THEM unless we can mobilize enough people to raise awareness enough to get people to vote APPROVE.
Remind everyone this is NOT proposition 8. This measure must be APPROVED to keep these rights. Everyone who says they will reject the measure is giving the opposition what they want.
For the next 2 months, expect a vitriolic ad campaign from the Right filled will lies and deceit about what Referendum 71 is. Spread the word. Spread the TRUTH about what is really at stake here!
They have APATHY on their side. People who don't understand or care tend to vote NO on referendum measures. We need to educate and mobilize enough people to COUNTER the apathy of the general voting populace. If we do not, the measure is all but guaranteed to fail because the Majority really does not care about the Minority we are.
Vote APPROVE on Referendum 71 to keep your Domestic Partnership Rights!
referendum 71