It's one year OUT - can we count you IN? Sign this pettition for The HRC!

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HRC: Human Rights Campaign
ONE YEAR OUT -- COUNT ME IN
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/1yrout/
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Dear Ian,

Yesterday's elections brought both stunning victories and a
heartbreaking defeat. Our community won a crucial battle in
Maine, fending off an extremist effort to wipe an
anti-discrimination law from the books. One of the most
viciously anti-gay legislators in America, Delegate Richard
Black of Virginia, was defeated. And the first-ever openly gay
city councilmember in Columbus, Ohio (and a former HRC board
member), Mary Jo Hudson, was elected. These victories were won
despite the heartbreaking passage of a discriminatory
constitutional amendment in Texas.

The Human Rights Campaign was there from the beginning, working
shoulder to shoulder with the campaigns and statewide groups to
help secure these victories. And though the Texas vote was a
setback, we won't give up -- eventually, equality will win out.
Today, we're asking you to join with us to bring fairness and
balance back to the country in the 2006 elections. Can we count
you IN? Click here:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/1yrout/

Our fight goes forward every day and we need you to join us for
elections next year and beyond. Let's look at where things
stand. The extreme right has a stronghold on:

:: The U.S. House
:: The U.S. Senate
:: The Bush Administration
:: And maybe even the Supreme Court

Civil rights and privacy protections are getting attacked every
day, and marriage equality is still being batted around like a
political tetherball.

The only way we can start to change this reality is to bring
back balance to the Senate in 2006.

We're only one year away from the 2006 Congressional mid-term
elections, and every fair-minded American will have the chance
to turn the tide in American politics.

Human Rights Campaign is launching a massive campaign to oust
radical ideologues and bring back Senators and Representatives
who will fight for equality and justice for all of us. We're one
year out from the elections -- can we count you IN to help us
bring back balance and fairness to Congress? Click here:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/1yrout/

Supporters like you are our greatest asset in this campaign and
our success rests on your involvement in this monumental effort.
This month, we need 100,000 people to say they will stand with
us to:

:: help HRC mobilize and educate millions of voters;
:: spread the word about our candidate endorsements;
:: turn out record numbers of Americans committed to equality on
November 7, 2006;
:: take simple actions to help bring balance and fairness back
to the U.S. Congress.

With so much at stake for every GLBT American in the 2006
elections, we need you standing with us to take back the U.S.
Congress. Can we count you IN today? Click here:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/1yrout/

Thank you for your continued support and your willingness to get
involved during this critical time.

Warmly,

Joe Solmonese
HRC President

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1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-3278
Phone: 202/628-4160 TTY: 202/216-1572 Fax: 202/347-5323
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"There's a gathering crisis in gay politics, and its flashpoint is a possible endorsement of Senator Alfonse D'Amato by the Human Rights Campaign, the Washington-based, $13 million a-year gay rights lobbying group."


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Yes, I signed. I'm pissed and ready to fight.