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ST. LOUIS DAY OF DECISION
The court’s voice regarding Marriage Equality in California is going to be heard this Tuesday May 26th 10:00am Pacific time and Saint Louis will gather at our City (1200 Market Street) Hall to respond at 5:30pm.
A pro-Equality court decision would help fortify our community against what could be difficult years of economic strain and scapegoating.
An anti-Equality court decision would likely fuel the heightened level of violence already recorded against the LGBTQ community across our nation. It will embolden more bigotry and homophobia.
Either way, the Tuesday results in California are a national issue—especially for us in Missouri trying to pass Anti Discrimination legislation in our Show Me State.
St. Louis has done it before and we can do it again: On November 15th you helped mobilize over 1000 people to our “Join The Impact Rally.”
St. Louis reached out during the “Freedom to Marry” vigil and most recently with the ShowMe Marriage Equality Bus where 17 Missouri couples took a bus to Iowa City to become the first Missourians to legally marry in the historic neighboring state of Iowa.
We only have a few days to get the word out about this ST. LOUIS DAY OF DECISION, at the St. Louis City Hall 5:30pm to 7:30pm this Tuesday May 26th.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD FLIERS
Here are two posters to help promote our event.
Please consider printing both of these fliers and distribute as you “Memorial Day” around town.
http://bit.ly/A2N82 and http://bit.ly/4KL3H
These are both Adobe PDF files. Let’s fill the City Hall Rotunda
MARRIAGE EQUALITY TOWN HALL TALK
Join Ed Reggi, Scott Emanuel and Rabbi Susan Talve as they host the “Show Me Marriage Equality Town Hall Talk” on Tuesday May 19th, 2009.
Invited to this open discussion are the 16 other couples that joined Ed and Scott on their Marriage Equality Bus bound for Iowa City. Hear first hand the experiences and reactions from several of the couples on why they obtained their marriage license from Iowa. Also hear from several of the other bus passengers who went along this very special day. Other topics will include: What is Marriage Equality? What are the benefits of getting married outside Missouri when Missouri doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage? How is the marriage licenses obtained by the 17 couples been helpful?
Information will be made available on how other couples from Missouri can legally marry in Iowa. This includes Ed Reggi’s future plans to have more buses leaving for Iowa throughout the calendar year. Please spread the word to other couples who might be interested in this wonderful town hall public event.
Date and time: Tuesday May 19th 6-8pm
Location: Central Reform Congregation, 5020 Waterman (at Kingshighway)
Cost: FREE
IOWA OR BUST!
Here are recent articles appearing regionally and nationally about the Show Me Marriage Equality bus ride to Iowa City this Friday May 1, 2009.
Riverfront Times – St. Louis – April 22, 2009
Gazette Online – Cedar Rapids – Iowa City – Eastern Iowa – April 22, 2009
Press-Citizen – Iowa City – April 23, 2009
Daily Kos – National – April 23, 2009
John Deeth Blog – National – April 23, 2009
Quad-City Times – Regional – April 26, 2009
Towelroad – National Blog – April 27, 2009
Des Moines Register – Regional – April 29, 2009
If you are in a committed same-sex relationship and are interested in joining the 14 couples to Iowa City on Friday May 1, please email Ed Reggi at ShowMeNoHate [at] gmail [dot] com.
If you would like to support the Show Me Marriage Equality bus ride, please make a small donation right here.
And please take the time to email this information to your friends, friends, and co-workers.
SHOW ME MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Check out our Show Me Marriage Equality Bus Facebook Group, click here.
We can use the help with donations to help fund our bus for Marriage Equality. To make a safe secure donation please visit our Fundable.com link.
Feel free to reTwitter or update your Facebook status with the following link:
http://tinyurl.com/fundourbus
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