MERI Blog
URGENT: Rally at the Statehouse
We aren’t backing down.
Like many of you last week, I was outraged when I found out that some of our leaders in the House decided to no longer support marriage equality and instead introduce a civil unions bill.
It was frustrating news, but we didn’t let our anger get the best of us—we took action!
Last week, MERI supporters sent over 1,000 messages to their legislators in support of the marriage bill, and over the weekend, volunteers across the state joined us at phone banks and canvasses.
And now, we’re taking it to the Statehouse. At 4:30 pm, MERI supporters will be at the Statehouse to show our legislators that we won’t settle for anything less than full marriage equality. Will you be there?
Click here if you’ll stand up for marriage equality with us at the statehouse tomorrow.
Our opponents want us to feel defeated. They want us to give up.
But now, we have the chance to prove that we won’t back down and that we won’t stop fighting until we end marriage discrimination in Rhode Island.
http://bit.ly/RallyforMarriageRI
There’s no doubt that we have a tough fight ahead of us. But with supporters like you, I know that we have what it takes to ensure that all Rhode Island families are valued and protected.
See you at the Statehouse,
Ray Sullivan
Campaign Director, MERI
2 comments
Dan Tyler on May 06, 2011 at 10:39 pm
A civil union bill is yet another attempt to make gay Rhode Islanders feel second class. It is NOT an acceptable compromise for equality.
I urge all Marriage Equality Rhode Island supporters to make a conscious decision -right now- to refuse to purchase any good or service in Rhode Island that is taxed. If we are second class in the Ocean State, we should take our sales tax dollars to our neighboring states, MA and CT…. States that support and recognize equality.
I pledge to not shop, dine or purchase fuel in RI until the legislature realizes that my sales and excise tax dollars are equal to those of my neighbor and I, as a gay Rhode Islander, should receive the same rights and privileges, across the board, as my neighbor.
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Patrick Getty on May 04, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Thank you for continuing the fight!