Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:34:55 -0500 From: ACTION ALERT Moderator Subject: ACTION ALERT: Defeat Hefley Amendment ________________________________________________________ ACTION ALERT from the Human Rights Campaign 1101 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 email: communications@hrc.org WWW: http://www.hrc.org ________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 11, 1998 URGENT: Contact Your Members of Congress Today Please Forward and Post this Alert to Your Friends and Lists ________________________________________________________ In response to demands from anti-gay religious political groups, some House Republican leaders have drafted an amendment to gut President Clinton’s executive order banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in federal employment. They plan to attach this amendment, sponsored by Rep. Joel Hefley of Colorado, to the Treasury-Postal appropriations bill, which is slated to be voted on this week. Fair-minded Americans need to stand up against this discriminatory amendment. HRC also warns that the Hefley Amendment is part of a larger campaign orchestrated by religious political extremists and Republican leaders to use the gay community as a wedge in the November elections. This campaign includes full-page ads, sponsored by anti-gay groups, this week in leading national newspapers telling people that homosexuality is harmful and and that it can be "cured." Go to the HRC Online Action Center to find out more about the Hefley Amendment, the anti-gay ads and the broader anti-gay campaign. MOST IMPORTANTLY, use the Action Center to send messages to your members of Congress urging them to reject the Hefley Amendment. Go To: http://www.hrc.org -- _____________________________________________________________________________ * ACTION-ALERT is a moderated mailing list. * * To subscribe to ACTION-ALERT, send mail to: majordomo@vector.casti.com * * In the mail message, enter ONLY the words: subscribe action-alert * * To unsubscribe to ACTION-ALERT, send mail to: majordomo@vector.casti.com * * In the mail message, enter ONLY the words: unsubscribe action-alert * * Words in the Subject: line are NOT processed! * * List Information: http://www.qrd.org/qrd/electronic/email/action-alert * _____________________________________________________________________________