Now we need to take action!
Step 1: Go to THIS BLOG and click the "DIGG THIS" link at the bottom.
Step 2: Mike Tidmus' Blog furthered the news by requesting action in the U.S. and provided links to find your Senator's contact info. And also provided info about the Vatican's stance and how to contact them.
Step 3: Contact your Senator/Congress/Representatives... whatever. (See sample letter below.)
Step 4: Twitter/Status update/Blog/Forward E-mails to get the word out.
Step 5: NOW GO!
I took action and sent letters to my Senators and Congress people.
Here's the letter I wrote (stealing snips from different blogs and articles) - feel free to copy/paste.
Dear Senator FILL IN NAME,
This Wednesday a declaration for the global decriminalization of homosexuality will be put before the UN General Assembly. While every country in the European Union has signed on and Canada is a sponsor, the United States of America has not signaled support for this declaration.
This is a outrageous! By not actively supporting this declaration the U.S. government is suggesting to the world political arena that it is OK with us if human beings are imprisoned, tortured, murdered or legally put to death simply for loving another.
This is NOT OK. This is not OK with me. This is not OK morally. I urge you and your office to do what you can to influence a decision to support this declaration.
The declaration will be tabled on Wednesday by France with the backing of all 27 member states of the EU; plus non-EU European nations including Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Ukraine, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine, Armenia and Macedonia. Support of the Latin American states of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Uruguay has also been offered. Canada is a sponsor. Gabon, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, New Zealand and Japan are also on board with the declaration.
Why aren't we on that list?
Thank you for taking the time to consider this note and this request for action.
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