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Now New Hampshire is poised for marriage equality. E-mail New Jersey officials AGAIN! Here!
Earlier this week, as you know, the Vermont Senate voted for marriage equality. Thousands of Garden State Equality members like you sent our e-mail to New Jersey legislators telling them to follow suit.
The response from legislators has been tremendous! Several will be meeting us in the weeks ahead.
And now the New Hampshire House has approved marriage equality. Both states, Vermont and New Hampshire, are poised to enact marriage equality legislation soon.
We need to keep the pressure on New Jersey legislators! Whether or not you sent our previous email on Vermont to New Jersey legislators this week, please email them the new letter herein, which mentions New Hampshire too. These emails work! All you have to do is click on any of the TAKE ACTION icons on this page. Then within seconds, the letter will go directly to the legislators.
All this news is directly relevant to our fight in New Jersey. Two states with civil union laws, Vermont and New Hampshire, understand that civil union laws do not provide equality and never will. This confounds every argument in New Jersey that if we just give our civil union law time, the law will work.
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Subject: Both Vermont and New Hampshire say civil unions are not enough. What about New Jersey?
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
This week, legislative bodies in two states, the Vermont Senate and the New Hampshire House, voted to replace their states' civil union laws with marriage equality.
Two states with civil unions laws now recognize that civil unions do not provide equality and never will.
When will NEW JERSEY enact marriage equality? When is enough suffering enough? I respectfully ask that you meet with us supporters in person rather than merely respond by email or letter.
Too many civil-union partners in New Jersey are denied equal health benefits from employers.
Too many civil-union partners in New Jersey are denied the right to make medical decisions for their sick partners.
And too many civil-union partners in New Jersey are denied the right to visit one another in the hospital at all.
Most tragically, children of civil union partners in New Jersey are coming home from school confused and bullied because they're told their parents have a different label.
The economy is no excuse for delaying marriage equality. A recent study by UCLA shows that New Jersey will make $248 million in revenue from tourism and revenue were it to enact a marriage equality law. And it wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime.
Again, I would like a meeting with you to discuss marriage equality. You may reach me directly or call Garden State Equality at (973) GSE-LGBT to arrange a meeting at your earliest convenience.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
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