[Active-l] (ACTION ITEM) (COLORADO) Focus on the Family pushes anti-lbgt/anti-marriage rights amendment

[R'ykandar Korra'ti]

	Focus on the Family has sent out an action item pointing people 
towards an anti-marriage initiative in Colorado. I strongly recommend 
joining any organisation that will be working to oppose this amendment. 
Good luck, guys; we're expecting one up here in another couple of 
months, _in addition to_ the anti-gay-rights initiative already being 
pushed by our resident anti-gay groups and Republican initiative czar 
Tim Eyman.
						- Dara

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MARRIAGE-PROTECTION EFFORT UNDER WAY IN COLORADO
You can sign a petition to place a constitutional amendment on the '06 
ballot.
Focus on the Family
Family News in Focus
by Mona Passignano, state issues analyst
April 4, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/statenews/a0040073.cfm

Focus on the Family has joined a petition drive to put a
marriage-protection amendment on the November ballot. A
broad coalition of organizations has come together to
support this initiative through the group Coloradans for
Marriage.

The coalition is in the process of gathering signatures
needed to put the amendment before voters. The only way to
protect marriage from redefinition by rogue judges such as
those who legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts is
to enshrine marriage in the state constitution. This means
that marriage would be defined in the Colorado
Constitution as the union of one man and one woman.

Every time residents of a state have been given the
opportunity to protect marriage in their state
constitutions, they have done so overwhelmingly.
Coloradans deserve the same opportunity voters in 19
states have had.

To get a petition, please go to
www.coloradansformarriage.com and click on the link "Sign
up to circulate petitions now." It is very important that
you follow the instructions when circulating the petition.
Colorado law is very picky when it comes to signature
gathering, so please be sure to comply with state law.
When you request petitions, they will come numbered and
stapled together.  You cannot remove the staples or
separate the pages of the petition -- doing so will
invalidate any signatures you have collected.

Get your family, friends, church members and coworkers to
sign a petition, but be sure not put your own signature on
any petition that you are circulating.  Colorado law
forbids a petition gatherer to sign petition forms they
have gathered themselves. For your signature, you’ll need
to sign a petition that someone else is circulating.

Be sure to carefully read and follow the instructions for
petition-gatherers. This is the only way to collect the
necessary valid signatures to place the protection of
traditional marriage on the ballot in November. After
collecting signatures, signing and having notarized the
final page of the petition, mail it back to the address at
the bottom of the petition.

All signed petitions must be turned in to the secretary of
state’s office by Aug. 7, 2006. So please request a copy
of the petition today.

TAKE ACTION: To get a petition mailed to you, please go to
the Coloradans for Marriage Web site and click on the link
to sign up to circulate petitions.

http://www.coloradansformarriage.com