March 05, 2004
Support Equal Rights in WA
Web-modified press release from Discrimination Free Washington follows, please act today, March 5th:
Please take action TODAY--Ask your Washington State Senator to support the passage of the Civil Rights Bill (EHB 1809).
The Civil Rights Bill prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, credit, insurance, public accommodations and commercial transactions on the basis of sexual orientation.
The last day for the bill to move out of committee is March 5th! Please contact your senator urging passage of HB 1809 NOW!
Here are four ways to TAKE ACTION NOW:
- Call the Washington State Legislative Hotline, 1-800-562-6000, to leave a message asking your Senator to please support EHB 1809. (You don't have to know your district number or Senator's name to do this.)
- Email your Senator. Find Senators’ email addresses here.
- Send an email from the ACLU Action Center.
- Ask your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers and other allies to do the same!
For more information about the need for this legislation in our state, go to the Discrimination Free Washington website.
Posted by natasha at March 5, 2004 02:08 AM | TrackBackI recvd an E-mail after 5pm today Fri March 5th, from a friend informing me this failed. I've been researching WA same-sex marriage law and other civil right related issues for hours on-line.
I'm developing more quetions than answers. I still have not found EHB 1809 on a WA government page to confirm how the vote went.
I came close at http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/billinfo/dspBillSummary.cfm?billnumber=1809, which I think tells me it went to the State Senate for a vote on Feb 19th.
I wish I'd know to cantact the WA legislature sooner.
There has got to be a way to be informed. The media is skewed. The average citizen is over burdened by work and family responcablities.
I'm disabled and unemployed so I have some time to research these things, but it has be too time consumming for me. There is just too much to keep track of.
Posted by: Randy on March 6, 2004 12:51 AM