From: phat@msc.cornell.edu
Subject: Call To Action: GLB Adoption
Date: 2 Aug 1995 23:36:10 GMT


>From: HMoCo@aol.com 
>Mon, 31 Jul 1995 23:29:14 -0400

An urgent message:  

Recently, the DC Superior Court allowed two men to adopt a little girl.  This
was a decent ruling, but the fight is not over.  Each year Congress must pass
an Appropriations bill for Washington, D.C.  Expect to see an amendment
attached to it that prevents the use of federal funds to implement same-sex
couple adoptions.  Federal money cannot be separated from District money, so
this has the result of preventing any gay or lesbian couple from providing a
home to an unwanted child.  This is the same way that Congress has in the
past prevented poor women from receiving abortions in Washington.  These
amendments cannot be vetoed separately by the President.  To keep the
District funded, the Appropriations bill passes loaded down with these
anti-family, anti-choice amendments.  

On July 19, Congress voted to attach an amendment to the Appropriations bill
which governs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prevent federal
funds from being used to educate employees about AIDS.   I am sure the D.C.
Appropriations bill will become a similar anti-gay vehicle.  

What you should do:

Write your Senators and Representatives, asking them to vote against any
Appropriations bill provision which takes away Washington, D.C.'s right to
set its own adoption policy.  

Ask your friends and family to do the same (get out your Christmas card
list).  

If you live in Washington, D.C., write your relatives' Senators and
Representatives.  

There is going to be a major battle on this issue.  Congress needs to hear
from you now.  Congress received 100 letters opposed to lifting the ban on
gays and lesbians in the military for every letter it received in support of
lifting the ban.  Start now.  Write now.  It's important.

Thank you.

Herb Moses
Washington, D.C.
HMoCo@aol.com

(I appreciate your time in reading this, and forwarding this.  If you have
received this in error, my apologies.)




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