DC Marriage Equality – Stand Up and Be Heard

Live in DC? Want to do something – as in you, yes you, personally do something – to help get marriage equality in the District? Good! A bill to legalize marriage equality in Washington, DC is going to be introduced in the City Council shortly. You can see the notice here. Citizens are invited to given oral and written testimony on the proposal, so here’s what you can do:

TRAIN!

The HRC is offering training to help you prepare to deliver your testimony to support marriage equality.  The training will be tomorrow, Tuesday, October 20th at 7pm at the Human Rights Campaign located at 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW. To register, go here. For more information about the training, contact Michael Crawford at michael@dcformarriage.org.

ATTEND!

The hearing will be on October 26 beginning at 3:30pm on the 5th Floor of the Council Chambers at the Wilson Building located at 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

TESTIFY!

Remember, marriage equality is NOT a done deal in DC! With “moral politicians” such as Marion Berry speaking out against it, there are no guarantees that we’ll even keep the gains we’ve already made – and we still haven’t managed to legalize this basic human right in our nation’s capital! So stand up, speak your piece, and spend the rest of your life feeling important because you helped accomplish something so important!

MORE DETAILS!

• Those who wish to testify should contact Ms. Deborah Kelly, Legislative Clerk, at (202) 724-7808, by fax at (202) 724-6664, or via e-mail at dkelly@dccouncil.us, and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business Thursday, October 22, 2009.
• Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony. If submitted by the close of business on Thursday, October 22, 2009 the testimony will be distributed to Councilmembers before the hearing.
• As it is anticipated that a large number of witnesses will testify, witnesses will be limited to three minutes of testimony.
• The Committee will continue this hearing at a later date if the number of witnesses exceeds what can be reasonably accommodated in a single day.

See you all there!