Fma Squashed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[Crazy aka Cheryl]

To all of R FAMILY. Just got off the phone with Washington. FMA is officially not going to the floor for a vote. It didnt have enough votes to be put on for a vote.
How outstanding is that. Now maybe we will have a chance at equality State by State.
One battle won today. The war is still on.
Love,
Crazy aka Cheryl

[moms2threegirls]

Approach this issue with caution...remember, this was pure political manipulation.

By "killing" the Federal Marriage Amendment through cloture, it allows the bill to be brought up again at a later date, so really it is not killed, but shelved. Several Republicans have already indicated that it will be brought up again in the new congressional session, after the mid-term elections. The big BUT, is that the GOP has to be a majority in order to reintroduce it into the agenda. This means that the Republican line throughout the fall election season will be, "The only way to address this issue again is to keep us the majority.”

The cynic in me thinks that this is just a set-up to have this issue alive in the minds of the voters for the election in November, then it’s a lot easier for their candidates to use this as a “current” issue. They know that hate brings out their base. What lovely people...:rolleyes:

[Nightowls]

Here is an interesting email regarding this that the HRC just sent via email to members...see how your state senators voted...

In the battle for fairness, the Federal Marriage Amendment suffered a resounding defeat this morning in the U.S. Senate.

Not only did not a single Senator on our side buckle to pressure and advertising campaigns from right-wing groups to switch their vote, but we gained two Senators, Senators Gregg (R-NH) and Specter (R-PA), who voted the other way in 2004.

President Bush and the Republican leadership gambled their dwindling political capital on a discriminatory amendment and came up empty.

To read the coverage in the press, visit http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/ct/xpSYWFp1gROt/.

Thank you for your crucial support. We have been working 24/7 to get this message of fairness out across the country and to leaders on Capitol Hill, but HRC's secret weapon has been you.

You sent more than 250,000 messages to Capitol Hill. Many of you gave time, energy and funds to the cause. Your voices ensured that the message of equality was heard loud and clear. Your support has made all the difference, enabling HRC to assemble a strong lobby team, work daily with the news media, provide vital support to our friends in the Senate, and work daily with a broad-based coalition of over 120 organizations and with religious leaders opposed to discrimination.

Please take a moment to take one more action, and thank your Senators if they stood with our community today. By calling the capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121, you can reach the offices of the Senators who voted this morning to keep discrimination and bias out of the Constitution. A list of Senators who voted with us appears below.

This is a day to celebrate. But HRC is already laying the groundwork for what will undoubtedly be an even harder-fought effort in the volatile, right-wing House of Representatives. Speaker Boehner has said today that he will bring the FMA up for a vote in July.

Our work is far from finished. We're counting on you to continue your active, vocal and determined support of the Human Rights Campaign and the fight for equality.

Thank you.


Joe Solmonese
President

Senators who voted with us:

Akaka, Daniel K. (D-HI) Kohl, Herb (D-WI)
Baucus, Max (D-MT) Landrieu, Mary L. (D-LA)
Bayh, Evan (D-IN) Lautenberg, Frank R. (D-NJ)
Biden, Joseph R. (D-DE) Leahy, Patrick J. (D-VT)
Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM) Levin, Carl (D-MI)
Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) Lieberman, Joseph I. (D-CT)
Cantwell, Maria (D-WA) Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR)
Carper, Thomas R. (D-DE) McCain, John (R-AZ)
Chafee, Lincoln D. (R-RI) Menendez, Bob (D-NJ)
Clinton, Hillary Rodham (D-NY) Mikulski, Barbara A. (D-MD)
Collins, Susan (R-ME) Murray, Patty (D-WA)
Conrad, Kent (D-ND) Nelson, Bill (D-FL)
Dayton, Mark (D-MN) Obama, Barack (D-IL)
Dorgan, Byron L. (D-ND) Pryor, Mark (D-AR)
Durbin, Richard J. (D-IL) Reed, Jack (D-RI)
Feingold, Russell D. (D-WI) Reid, Harry (D-NV)
Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) Salazar, Ken (D-CO)
Gregg, Judd (R-NH) Sarbanes, Paul S. (D-MD)
Harkin, Tom (D-IA) Schumer, Charles (D-NY)
Inouye, Daniel K. (D-HI) Snowe, Olympia (R-ME)
Jeffords, James M. (I-VT) Specter, Arlen (R-PA)
Johnson, Tim (D-SD) Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI)
Kennedy, Edward M. (D-MA) Sununu, John E. (R-NH)
Kerry, John F. (D-MA)