An Urgent Email Warning from
Mel White, Co-Founder of Soulforce, Inc
The front page photo (not available online) in the November 6,2003 New York Times tells it all. Watching President Bush sign the bill banning the so called 'partial birth' abortion procedure are Adrian Rogers, a past President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Lou Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, right wing televangelist, Jerry Falwell, Janet Parshall, the extremist fundamentalist radio talk show host, Jay Sekulow, with the American Center for Law and Justice, Cardinal Edward Egan of the Archdiocese of New York and Attorney General John Ashcroft.

The article makes it clear: The fundamentalist Christian strategy is one of "incrementalism, restricting abortion rights step by step as a part of the larger battle to turn public opinion against Roe v. Wade."

These same fundamentalist Christian leaders are using the exact same strategy to turn the public against GLBT Americans and to deny us our civil rights. The Federal Marriage Amendment, gaining strength daily, is a blatant attempt to superimpose their fundamentalist morality on the nation and permanently deny us the 1047 rights and protections that go with civil marriage.

For ten years I've been warning that the nation is the midst of a fundamentalist takeover and that if we don't do something now, GLBT people will be the first victims.

Please, go to www.soulforce.org and sign the Petition opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment. You'll find the reasons you should act and act now on that page.

Second, donate to help Soulforce continue making our stand against the Fundamentalists. This year, only 700 people have sent a contribution or made a monthly pledge. Our adversaries are making and spending millions to end our rights. If we don't confront their lies, who will? And if you don't help us, we can't do it either.

Please, sign the petition and donate to Soulforce today. Time is running out. The photo on the front page of the NYTimes makes that perfectly clear.