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Deadline TONIGHT: Fight for marriage in 2011


We’re looking for just 403 more new HRC members to help start 2011 strong – and there are only hours left before our midnight deadline.

Your membership gift right now could decide whether we see new federal assaults on equality and new bans on same-sex couples marrying – or whether millions of couples will have their love recognized for the first time.

I hope you’ll read this email to find out how and then stand with us.

Help us reach our NEW goal of 3,000 new members before MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. Join HRC now – and add your voice to thousands of other straight supporters.

In the wake of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the far-right is furious – and re-energized.

Here’s what’s happening: In New Hampshire and Iowa, they’re focused on ending marriage equality. In West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Minnesota, constitutional bans on same-sex marriage could be on the table. And just last week, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) announced that it would spend $100,000 on ads opposing marriage equality in Rhode Island.

In Congress, a host of radical new representatives and senators are ready to follow through on their hateful, anti-LGBT campaign promises.

And we’ve learned from experience that right-wing groups like NOM will stop at nothing – and spare no expense – to block our very real chances of winning marriage equality in New York and Maryland and securing civil unions in Hawaii and Delaware. Meanwhile, we are gearing up to help Washington and Oregon achieve marriage equality in 2012.

Our movement must have the strength to overcome extremist lies, support pro-equality champions in Congress, invest in state campaigns, and expose radical hate groups.

After years of fighting for equality, I know I’m not the only one that feels the weight of this moment of opportunity – our opponents feel it, too. Their ads and literature are desperate. They sense the cultural shift. They’re afraid of our momentum.

But they still have a chance to do terrible damage. I believe you know what’s at stake. The only question now is: Will you help us fight?

ONLY HOURS LEFT before our midnight deadline. Become an HRC member now.

NOM can count on their tiny band of massive donors. Right-wing politicians can count on hateful activists with limitless energy. We rely on our members for 85 percent of our funding, not foundations or grants – and I know we can count on you.

Thank you for believing in equality, and being willing to fight for it.

Just hours to go,

Joe Solmonese

President

P.S. If you’ve already put a check in the mail or given to HRC through some other means, thank you. If you’ve yet to contribute, though, please consider making a gift now. Your gift is critical to maintaining our fight against hate and bigotry in all its forms.

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Jon’s Take on the Palin/Hannity Interview — Watch Now!

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Pretty Woman

http://email.comedycentral.com/a/hBNNy8OBAhkQSB8XgyvNsfnhM.B8U2fbBi/video

Sarah Palin, the commentator who got a news network to build her a studio in her house,

says she will not be silenced. Watch to see what else Jon has to say about her interview with Sean Hannity.

WATCH NOW!

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 hBNNy8OBAhkQSB8XgyvNsfnhM.B8U2fbBi/video

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Jon Wants to Talk Facts, Not Tone — Watch Now!


 

 Tonal Recall

Jon thinks the health care bill doesn’t actually kill jobs and

 that calling it a “job killer” is like calling sleep an “awake killer.”

Watch Now!

http://email.comedycentral.com/a/hBNNeEUBAhkQSB8Xd1CNsfnhM.B8U2fbOg/video

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Tomorrow’s Vote


Tomorrow, House Republicans plan to follow through on their campaign threat from last year by voting to repeal health insurance reform.

Rather than focus on jobs and the economy, Republicans will make their first big vote an effort to put big health insurance companies back in charge and allow them to once again discriminate against folks with pre-existing conditions and deny coverage to those who need it the most.

We’ve been ready for this vote. The DCCC has a campaign all set to go that will hold them immediately accountable in the media for standing with insurance companies instead of hardworking Americans — but we need to raise $50,000 immediately to hit the ground running.

Help us hold House Republicans accountable for voting to repeal health insurance reform. Contribute $5, $10 or more in the next 24 hours so we can hit the ground running with our Rapid Response campaign.

Republicans think that public opinion is on their side — but we know otherwise.

That’s why it’s so critical to get our campaign off the ground immediately to make our strongest possible support for protecting President Obama’s health insurance reforms. Our Rapid Response campaign will shine a light on Republicans’ record of putting big health insurance company profits ahead of affordable health care for struggling families.

Help us hold House Republicans accountable for voting to repeal health insurance reform. Contribute $5, $10 or more in the next 24 hours so we can hit the ground running with our Rapid Response efforts.

Leader Pelosi has called this our “first big test” and I could not agree more.

Help us raise $50,00 in the next 24 hours to show Republicans how fast we can hold them accountable for trying to put big health insurance companies back in charge.

Robby Mook

DCCC Executive Director

P.S. The DCCC has a hard-hitting campaign all set to go that will hold Republicans accountable in the media for voting to repeal health insurance reform tomorrow. Help us raise $50,000 in the next 24 hours so we can hit the ground running right away.

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We need your feedback–Because we’re scientists, not mind readers


Happy New Year! We’re excited to be kicking off 2011 with the support of people like you.

You are the foundation of our organization. It’s because of your support that the Union of Concerned Scientists has been able to make great progress on some of the toughest environmental, health, and security issues of our time.

We’re very interested in what you, as a UCS supporter, think about what we’re doing. So please tell us what matters to you by taking our quick online survey.

As a science-based organization, it is anathema to us to make uninformed presumptions, so we rely on you to tell us what you think. We’ll use your answers to make better decisions about what to send you and how often to contact you. Please click here to give us your opinion today.

We also want to make sure you know about some exciting accomplishments that happened in just the last few weeks—each of which we worked hard to shape and deliver:

•Congress ratified the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia. This critical pact will reduce each country’s vast arsenals of nuclear weapons and is a critical first step in a renewed global effort to reduce the nuclear threat.

•The Obama administration released its long-awaited scientific integrity plan to improve transparency in policy making, ensure that well-qualified individuals are appointed to science positions, and protect those who expose abuse of science.

•An historic agreement was reached at December’s U.N. climate convention in Cancún, Mexico, that will reduce tropical deforestation and protect forest peoples and biodiversity (contrary to the perception some have that only modest progress was made there).

These long-fought achievements would not have been realized if it weren’t for your actions and support. Thank you, and congratulations.

We look forward to the new year ahead and to continuing to work together with you, side-by-side, to promote science-based solutions to cut global warming emissions, develop clean energy alternatives, reduce the threat of nuclear weapons, and much more!

Don’t forget to take our quick online survey to tell us how our online communications are serving you.

Sincerely,

Kevin Knobloch

President