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It is up to you to act now to contact your State Representative to encourage them to VOTE NO on House Bill 60.

House Bill 60 passed in committee by a vote of 12-3. It will face a floor vote as early as Monday, May 11.

In Committee, parents Thomas Robichaux and Kelly Bryson gave compelling and poignant testimony about the trials faced by their adopted children. Robichaux recalled the repeated roadblocks his adopted son faced dealing with a system that has little recognition of our community. Kelly Bryson, a FBI agent, and her partner, an educator, have waited over a year for the correct birth certificate for their child. Bryson recalled the challenges and joys of adopting a special needs child and the importance of a birth certificate in the name of her child's legally adopted parents.

Randy Evans of the Forum For Equality and Marjorie Esman of the ACLU, gave expert testimony to the Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee, on the impact of this bill legally on the LGBT community, and it's affect on children. In fact, Mr. Evans at one point suggested the headline in tomorrow's papers should read "Gay community protects children from religious fundamentalists." Forum Board Member Ted Baldwin and Statewide Coordinator David Wilburn were also in attendance to oppose this measure. "The measure may have cleared this first hurdle, but I believe if our community comes together and lets our leaders know this bill effects children we can defeat it," Wilburn said.

Act now and enlist others to send this e-mail as well, as we fight this bill each step our numbers must get larger, to be heard above the clamor of our opponents.

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