STOP unfair attacks on healthcare equality!

Take action by Friday, April 11, 2008

Contact:

B. Stephens, Advisory Council (877) KEF-5775 (office)

We need your urgent help to kill a bill in the Kentucky House of Representatives that will redefine domestic-partner to exclude same-sex couples (House Bill 118 and Senate Bill 112).

Anti-gay activists want to strip away domestic-partner benefits for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people at Kentucky universities.

Earlier this month, Kentucky Equality Federation management had meetings with House Leadership to kill SB 112 and HB 118. Both bills died in Committee. However, some lawmakers are trying to go around the Committee on Health and Welfare and bring the killed bill to the floor (called a “discharge”) for a vote. If Democrats in the House get enough votes for a discharge, we’ve been advised the bill will pass if the entire House is permitted to vote on it.

Join Kentucky Equality in urging all members of the Kentucky House of Representatives to stop these hateful attacks Kentucky’s LGBT population.

Thank you for helping Kentucky Equality Federation stop unfair attacks on our equality.

Sample Letter

Send email to:
Kentucky House of Representatives

Message Subject:

Message Body:
As a citizen of the Commonwealth of Kentucky I support healthcare equality. With more than 560,000 of Kentucky’s 4,173,405 citizens living without health insurance, taking coverage out of anyone’s reach indicates health insurance is only a commodity for the rich. I ask that you resist House Bill 118, and Senate Bill 112, the Healthcare Inequality Bills. Every Kentuckian knows when a bill is filed to stop universities from offering domestic-partner benefits, it is actually a bill to discriminate against a specific group of people – gays. Even the question of denying them is homophobic. I support the decision making process of Kentucky's public universities, and knowledge and integrity of their leaders. STOP unfair attacks on our equality! cc: Kentucky Equality Federation cc: Lexington Fairness

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