CALL TO ACTION: Demand LGBTQ Civil Rights; Release Full Mueller Report (March 28, 2019)
DEMAND LGBTQ CIVIL RIGHTS
AND
RELEASE FULL MUELLER REPORT
It’s no surprise that Attorney General Barr, Trump’s Justice Department fixer, released a short memo exonerating his boss. We must continue to demand that the full Mueller report be released.
We must also demand that the civil liberties of all Americans be protected. The Equality Act will protect the rights of LGBTQ Americans. Its passage is important.
Trump’s administration policies include:
- Stripping “transgender” as a federally recognized gender identity;
- Banning transgender people from military service;
- Establishing a “Conscience and Religious Freedom Division” to shield LGBTQ discrimination by healthcare workers;
- Removing anti-discrimination language from the HUD mission statement;
- Ending protections for incarcerated transgender people.
The Equality Act would:
- Add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act;
- Ensure that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act cannot be used to discriminate;
- Supersede the anti-LGBTQ laws currently in effect in 30 states;
- Safeguard current protections from being gutted by federal courts that Trump has stacked with judges with anti-LGBTQ records;
- Expand all anti-discrimination protections to public spaces such as public accommodations and transportation services.
Trump thinks Barr’s report has given him the political capital to push his discriminatory agenda. Tell our MOC’s they must work to . . .
Pass the Equality Act!
Release the Mueller Report!
**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**
SAMPLE SCRIPT for Senators Wyden and Merkley:
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .
. . . we must support the civil rights of all Americans. I want to thank the Senator for sponsoring the Equality Act in the Senate and ask that he continue to work for its passage. I am also asking him to continue to fight for the release of the entire Mueller report.
Thank you.”
SENATOR RON WYDEN
Portland: (503) 326-7525, DC: (202) 224-5244
Salem: (503) 589-4555, Eugene: (541) 431-0229
Medford: (541) 858-5122, Bend: (541) 330-9142
La Grande: (541) 960-7691
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/
SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY
Portland: (503) 326-3386, DC: (202) 224-3753
Salem: (503) 362-8102, Eugene: (541) 465-6750
Medford: (541) 608-9102, Bend: (541) 318-1298
Pendleton: (541) 278-1129
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/
**ACTION TWO: CALL COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN**
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WALDEN:
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .
. . . I want Mr. Walden to place the protection of the LGBTQ community in his district and the well-being of our country over his party’s politics. He must support the Equality Act in the House and join in the demand to release the entire Mueller report.
Please ask Greg these questions: which is it, your party our the future of American Democracy? Your party or people’s civil rights? Are you a patriot sworn to uphold the Constitution and protect your constituents’ rights, or a partisan Republican hack? #2020StartsNow.
Thank you.”
COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN
DC (202) 225-6730, Medford: (541) 776-4646
Bend (541) 389-4408, La Grande (541) 624-2400
https://walden.house.gov/contact-greg/email-me
**ACTION THREE: BE AN ACTIVIST**
Visit the ORD2 Indivisible Event Calendar on a regular basis to keep updated on our local activities. Participate with us as often as you can. Check out the following:
Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: Take Action in Salem to Stop Jordan Cove LNG – Salem
March 28 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Registration closed on March 15. We encourage those who did not register to participate in the Klamath Falls Curbside Rally (see below). Those wanting to carpool, please post on social media.
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-take-action-in-salem-to-stop-jordan-cove-lng-salem/
Klamath Indivisible: No LNG Pipeline Curbside Rally – Klamath Falls
March 28 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/klamath-indivisible-no-lng-pipeline-curbside-rally-klamath-falls/
Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: “Awakening the Dreamer” – Grants Pass
April 13 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-awakening-the-dreamer-grants-pass/
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