From: William Arthur Craven Subject: Zap Tx Atty Genl Dan Morales To: Multiple recipients of list CLGSG-L Hey Y'all I hope all the recent activity on this server has everybody excited. It's especially nice to hear from our friends around the country. However, right now I would like to address an issue near and dear to all of our hearts, and our bedrooms, and that is the status of the case brought by the Texas Human Rights Foundation (THRF) to have article 21.06 of the Texas state code declared unconstitutional. ______________________________________ THRF is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to fighting discrimination against gay men, lesbians, and HIV-positive individuals through litigation and education. For general inofmration calll (512)479-8473 or write PO Box 49740, Austin,TX,78765. For HIV-related information, call 1-800-828-6417. _________________________________________ So, great!! We have a court with statewide jurisdiction which says 21.06 is unconstitutional! So why am I asking you to zap Morales? Because he has stated publicly that he will appeal to the State Supreme Court, and there's no guarantee that they will uphold the Appeals' court decision. As it stands, if he doesn't appeal, then 21.06 is essentially unenforceable in the state, as I understand it. I'm not a lawyer, but that's what I've been told by the THRF people. So, I'll pass on what THRF has to say about this: ______________________________________________ The THRF would like to encourage all individuals who support the removal of 21.06 to write Dan Morales and encourage him *not to appeal* the Third District Court's March 11th decision that 21.06 violates the Texas Constitution. Morales filed a motion for rehearing which the Third Court of Appeals denied on April 8th. Morales has thirty days from that date to appeal the decision, so please act quickly. WRITE: Attorney General Dan Morales P.O. Box 12548 Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711 We have won two battles, but not the war. _____________________________________________________________ We hear from people in Morales' office that he has already received 400 letters urging him to appeal, so we really need to flood his office with letters not to appeal. It's become essentially a political issue, so go out and exercise your responsibility to participate in the political process, especially those of you who are in Texas. Sorry that this has been so long a post, but I felt it was important enough to merit this. Show how the instantaneous networking offered by email can be effective. So get busy with your word processors!!!!! Bill