Dear ,
Imagine being rushed to the hospital but refused treatment
because of who you are.In 2 days, the US state of Virginia will
consider a law that allows doctors, teachers, and all companies
to deny service to gay, lesbian, and bi peopleunder the guise of
“religious or moral conviction”.
The bill is going to a critical vote. If we succeed this week in
convincing members of the committee to vote ‘no’, it will never
see the light of day. We need a giant and global public outcry
right now to show the committee that citizens in the US and
around the world are paying attention.
The vote is looming - the next 2 days are crucial to stop the bill
so we need to go All Out. Can you add your name to this petition
to tell the voting committee to say no to this anti-gay bill? We’ll
urgently deliver the signatures to each committee member right
away:
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This law applies to schools and hospitals but also
restaurants and
other businesses.It could allow teachers to refuse
to have gay students
in their classes or let movie theaters ban people they
even perceive
to be gay.
Together, we’ve beat laws like this before - in another US state,
Arizona, an outrageous bill was proposed to ban transgender
people from using restrooms and locker rooms in local businesses.
After thousands of us spoke out with local leaders, Arizona’s
legislature was forced to dump the bill.
Add your name, it only takes two minutes:
Similar anti-gay bills have been popping up all over the US. Just last
month, the Michigan Senate narrowly shut down another dangerous
bill that would have given companies the right to say “no gays allowed”
. We can shut this one down too. Sign now:
Thanks for going All Out,
Andre, Guillaume, Lucy, Pablo, Rose, Tile, and the rest of the All Out
team
P.S. More than a dozen other US states have proposed anti-gay laws
that would allow discrimination in the name of "religion or moral
convictions", and they keep coming. It's time to raise a massive global
outcry to stop them. Without your help, these dangerous bills could
continue to spread in the US, making lesbian, gay, bi and trans people
targets for discrimination. Sign now to shut them down!
