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Our Constitution must not become a tool of discrimination.

Anti-gay extremists, seeking to exploit the issue of same-sex marriage this election year, are mobilizing. Conserviate groups plan to send more than 10 million letters out in the coming weeks to mobilize their constituents on this issue, according to the New York Times. Their goal is to pass the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), and Senator Frist, the Senate majority leader, has emerged as their spokesperson. Before the Massachusetts decision, 37 states had already adopted "Defense of Marriage" laws in the last seven years, and Ohio, among other states, has taken action since, so FMA is very much of a threat. President Bush has begun to yield to this pressure publicly, including in his State of the Union address. FMA would cast a shadow over domestic partnership and civil unions, as well as precluding equal marriage rights, and would enshrine discrimination against gay and lesbian people and their families as a Constitutional principle. Take action now: protect our Constitution from the effort to make it into a tool for discrimination and animus.

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