Equality Under the Law

[eumelia]

As most of you know, the States do not consider LGBTQ people to be equal citizens under the law and are treated like different/second class citizens.

In a few hours voters in the State of Maine will decide whether gays can be human enough for these rights everyone else seems to have without question.

I'm not American, but I can spread the word.

The word is here:

If you are out of state, you can still help get out the vote by doing phone banking. You can sign up online, or if you're really impatient like me, email Kelechi at kelechi AT protectmaineequality DOT org or Cody at cperkins AT oberlin DOT edu. Tell them you want an invite to the webex trainer for phonebanking. These two wonderful ladies will hook you up personally with a time to take the training on the online phone banking system, and then you can spend however long or short a time you want making calls to voters, reminding them to get to the polls tomorrow to vote NO ON QUESTION ONE.

If you are in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and can make a one day trip to help canvass and GOTV, please sign up for DRIVE FOR EQUALITY. Here's the message from those fine folks.

The "Drive for Equality" hotel in South Portland still has space available, and the staging locations still need volunteers.

(A) We are providing FREE HOTEL ROOM SPACE for anyone from out-of-state who can make a spur-of-the-moment decision to drive up here, and volunteer. We have actually managed to recruit a few people at the last minute, and I know we can do more if the word gets out.

(B) The hotel is in South Portland. We have a block of rooms for tonight and tomorrow night, so people can stay until Wednesday.

(C) We're down by 4 points in the last poll -- this election is coming down to the last day-and-a-half. We could very well lose, simply because we don't have enough troops on the ground. New Hamsphire and Boston folks can easily get here -- and we will put them up if need be.

(C) People who sign up at the website will get a call back within 15 minutes.

(D) Our phone number -- someone will always answer it -- is 415-935-4552.

For us non-USAians:

If you have friends in the States who are LGBT supportive, send them here. Send them the link to http://www.protectmaineequality.org. Convey the urgency of Get Out the Vote (GOTV). Please. We need people who can take one hour or two tomorrow, and make phone calls to voters reminding them to go to the polls tomorrow and vote NO ON QUESTION ONE.

This is especially crucial if you have friends in the state of Maine. If you have friends in Maine, email them. IM them. Remind them to vote NO ON QUESTION ONE. Polls close tomorrow night in Maine at 8 pm.

Volunteer and help get out the VOTE for No On 1. Call: York County - Kelechi (207) 347-0393; Cumberland County - Allie (207) 523-0061; Central - Jacob (440) 725-0014; North - Tex (207) 239-8494.

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[hemlock-sholes.livejournal.com]

Your "sign up online" link redirects back here...