Marriage Amendment Action Alert

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Maple River Education Coalition PAC
105 Peavey Rd, St 116
Chaska, MN 55318
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June 4, 2004

Marriage Amendment Action Alert

Governor Pawlenty has announced his agreement to keep the marriage amendment off the agenda of a special session. Please call TODAY to tell him NO!

Without either consultation with or agreement from Republican legislators, the Governor has made an offer to Senator Dean Johnson for a special session that will NOT include a vote on the marriage amendment on the Senate floor. (For a description of

how the Defense of Marriage Act -- DOMA -- affects education, see "DOMA and School Curriculum, http://edaction.org/2004/031304.htm )

We urge you to call the Governor immediately:

Governor Tim Pawlenty

Phone: (651) 296-3391

Phone: (800) 657-3717

E-mail: tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us

Message -- Tell the Governor:

1. You are terribly disappointed in him and his agreement to remove DOMA from the agenda of a special session after the Senate DFL majority obstructed action on DOMA during the entire general session.

2. A recent survey indicates that most Minnesotans would vote to support a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Ask Gov. Pawlenty why he is willing to take the most powerful issue of the year off the table? Urge him to support the citizens' right to vote on DOMA in this November's election!

3. Urge Governor Pawlenty to REFUSE to call the legislature back into special session unless the Senate DFL leadership agrees to bring DOMA to a Senate vote.

See our "Alert" of May 25, 2004, for more discussion of the Senate DFL 2004 legislative obstructing:

http://edaction.org/2004/052504.htm

Weigh in with the Governor.

Governor Pawlenty, listen to the citizens of Minnesota!