SB 183 Domestic Partnership Hearing

SB 183-DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP HEARING

A Joint Senate Judiciary and Public Affairs Committees’ Hearing on SB-183 will occur on: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
In the Senate Gallery
1 hour after floor session-approximately 2 PM

More details will follow as they become available. Watch for email alerts this weekend. In the meantime, put this date on your calendar.

If you are able, please plan to attend. Encourage family, friends, colleagues and clergy to participate.

We MUST pack the Senate Gallery with those who oppose SB-183.

Please contact the senators listed below. Be POLITE! Ask them to oppose SB-183 because:
• it is designed to result in same-sex marriage
• the will of New Mexicans was made known last session when domestic partnership was soundly defeated
• this is a fiscal session, solve the $1 BILLION budget deficit

Tim Eichenberg-Democrat
tim.eichenberg@nmlegis.gov
(505) 986-4859

Mary Jane Garcia-Democrat
maryjane.garcia@nmlegis.gov
(505) 986-4726

George Munoz-Democrat
munozgeo@gmail.com
(505) 986-4387

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Thank you for your ongoing commitment to the protection of life, marriage and families.

The Traditional Values Action Committee-NM
www.tvacnm.com

Domestic Partnership Legislation INTRODUCED

The anticipated 816 page domestic partnership bill was introduced by Senator Peter Wirth. It is Senate Bill 183. WE MUST STOP DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP in all its forms NOW!


ACTION ITEMS:

1-Contact the senators listed below IMMEDIATELY. Tell them, “Attend to NM’s nearly $1 billion deficit. We oppose domestic partnership. This is NO TIME to deal with an 816 page bill (SB 183), which no one has the time to analyze.”

Tim Eichenberg-Democrat
tim.eichenberg@nmlegis.gov
(505) 986-4859

Cynthia Nava-Democrat
cynthia.nava@nmlegis.gov
(505) 986-4834

Dede Feldman-Democrat
dede.feldman@nmlegis.gov
(505) 986-4482

Mary Jane Garcia-Democrat
maryjane.garcia@nmlegis.gov
(505) 986-4726

Peter Wirth-Democrat
peter.wirth@nmlegis.gov
(505) 986-4276

All Senators can be faxed at 505-986-4280

2-We urge you to contact Governor Bill Richardson. Say, "I oppose Domestic Partnership SB 183 and any other bill that attempts to support Domestic Partnership such as SB 146, which changes bride and groom to applicant 1 and 2."

Governor Bill Richardson
Phone: 505-476-2200
Email: http://www.governor.state.nm.us/emailchoice.php?mm=6

3- KRQE 13 is taking an Internet poll about domestic partnership. Please participate so that accurate numbers regarding opposition to domestic partnership will be reported.

* Go to http://www.krqe.com/
* Click on the Legislature tab on front page
* Scroll down the page and you will see the survey
* Vote No in the survey


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Domestic Partnership Update

Domestic Partnership-The Battle Begins

Prepare to Engage

Please circulate this information to family, friends and colleagues. Encourage them to subscribe at www.tvacnm.com to receive personal e-mail alerts.

Yesterday, in his State of the State message before the NM Legislature, Governor Richardson announced his full support for passing domestic partnership legislation. He proclaimed that is was time an end to such discrimination.

The governor didn’t articulate the MASS discrimination that will occur as a result of passing legislation protecting domestic partnership and same-sex marriage:
• A loss of free speech for ordinary citizens
• A loss of religious liberty to oppose anti-biblical precepts
• Forced same-sex education school curricula

Individuals, churches and religious institutions will be prosecuted. In fact, they have already begun to be prosecuted:
• a California ob/gyn was sued for refusing to artificially inseminate a lesbian couple
• an Albuquerque photography studio was sued for its refusal to photograph a same-sex union ceremony
• a New Jersey church was sued because it would not allow its grounds to be used for a same-sex union ceremony
• In Canada and Europe, pastors have been censored and arrested for hate crime violations for preaching or simply reading scripture verses condemning homosexual behavior.

We must be ready to defend our Lord's law against this attack. We must be ready to make phone calls, send e-mails and appear before committees in order to defeat these bills as soon as we get a bill number and committee assignment. We must SHOW and TELL our elected Legislators we will not allow these attacks on our traditional values to succeed.

Now is the time to educate family, friends and colleagues about the dangers of domestic partnership legislation, designed to result in same-sex marriage. Encourage them to become involved in this important fight, which will impact NM and our nation for decades.

Pro-Life/Marriage Rally
Join us in Santa Fe, on Friday, January 22nd, at the Cathedral Basilica School of St. Francis of Assisi (corner of Alameda and Paseo de Peralta) from 9-11 AM to hear pro-life/pro-marriage speakers, as we commemorate the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. At 11 AM, in an historic ecumenical event, the 3 NM Catholic Bishops and Evangelical Pastors will address attendees. At noon, Catholics will celebrate a pro-life/marriage mass at the cathedral while evangelicals will conduct a pro-life/marriage service at the school. At 1:15 PM, all will gather in front of the cathedral for the annual March for Life, which ends at the Capitol Roundhouse for a rally. Inside the Rotunda, participants will have an opportunity to sign the Manhattan Declaration, already signed by 500,000 Americans, which supports life, marriage, family, and religious liberty. Our signatures will be presented to Governor Richardson.

TVAC-NM is committed to providing up-to-the-minute alerts on all legislative developments, on the state and federal level, which impact life, marriage and family.

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Encourage others subscribe at http://www.tvacnm.com/index.pl?content=donate to receive e-mail and text alerts. Please consider donating to TVAC-NM so this important work of protecting life, marriage and family can continue.

Thank you for your commitment to defending life, marriage and family!

The Traditional Values Action Committee-NM

Sanctity of Life and Unity Day-Friday, 1/22/10 in Santa Fe

Sanctity of Life and Unity Day-Friday, 1/22/10 in Santa Fe

An event defending life and marriage

9-11 AM, at the St. Francis Cathedral School (corner of Paseo de Peralta and Alameda) Catholics and Evangelicals will gather to commemorate the 36th anniversary of Roe v Wade. Christian pastors and legislators will address attendees. Breakfast will be provided by Knights of Columbus. Exhibitors will be present.

11 AM-The 3 NM Catholic bishops and Evangelical pastors will discuss life and marriage.

Noon-Life Mass at the Cathedral, interdenominational service at the cathedral school.

1:10 PM-Attendees gather in front of the cathedral for the procession to the Capitol-Roundhouse, for a prayer service which will honor life and marriage. Speakers will address participants.

2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Rally at the Roundhouse-More speakers and the opportunity to visit legislator offices.