| PAST ACTION ALERT |
Appeals to States:
Clear Barriers to Same-Sex "Marriage"
Ask Lawyers to Write to Bar Association
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2010 -- When it meets for its annual convention in San Francisco, August 5 - 10, 2010, the American Bar Association will be considering a resolution appealing for the redefinition of marriage at the state level .
ACTION:
- Contact lawyers you know who support the "traditional" definition of marriage.
- Ask to them to contact the American Bar Association right away.
Details and sample letters are below.
From the American Bar Association:
Fourteen groups represented in the House of Delegates have combined forces to sponsor the measure on same-sex marriage. It would urge state-level governments to eliminate all legal barriers to civil marriage between two persons of the same sex who are otherwise eligible to marry and build on a 2004 ABA policy opposing a federal constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman and prohibit states from allowing same sex couples to enter civil marriage. The new proposal is sponsored by state bar associations in Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Washington; local bar associations in Beverly Hills, New York City and San Francisco; ABA sections on individual rights and responsibilities and on tort law, and the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division; as well as the National LGBT Bar Association.
Sample letters for lawyers:
Contacting the ABA
1. Address: 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654-7598;
2. Telephone: 312-988-5000 or 800-285-2221;
3. Facsimile: 312-988-5153; and
4. E-Mail: ABA members may e-mail communications to the ABA by logging into the contact portal on the ABA website. There are also two other e-mail addresses, available to both members and non-members, that may be of assistance: (a) askaba@abanet.org (designated for “General Questions”) and abamtgs@abanet.org (designated for ABA Meetings and Events).
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