RE: [skepticsinphoenix] Action Alert: Object to 10 Commandments Monument
| From: | Tim |
| Sent on: | Sunday, February 7, 2010, 5:51 PM |
FYI: here is the letter I wrote o my reps and the leadership:
Dear Senators and Congressmen,
HELP SAVE AMERICA and our precious Constitution (and no, I'm NOT a "Libertarian")
1) PRESIDENTIAL LINE ITEM VETO
2) 100% PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTIONS
3) NEVER ALLOW "CORPORATIONS" FULL "CITIZENSHIP"*
*we're too late, the Supreme Court just gave it to them
HELP SAVE AMERICA and our precious Constitution (and no, I'm NOT a "Libertarian")
1) PRESIDENTIAL LINE ITEM VETO
2) 100% PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTIONS
3) NEVER ALLOW "CORPORATIONS" FULL "CITIZENSHIP"*
*we're too late, the Supreme Court just gave it to them
From: [address removed]
To: [address removed]
Subject: [skepticsinphoenix] Action Alert: Object to 10 Commandments Monument
Date: Sun, 7 Feb[masked]:41:23 -0500
Dear Skeptics,
Below is an action alert email I received from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (ffrf.org). Please read it and take action to prevent further erosion of the wall between church and state.
- Matt Londen
Phoenix Skeptics in the Pub Organizer
FFRF Member
[Begin forwarded message]
Object to Ten Commandments Monument Bill
February 3, 2010
Dear FFRF Arizona Member:
Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa and cosponsors Rep. Judy Burges, R-Skull Valley, Rep. Steve Court, R-Mesa, and Rep. Carl Seel, R-Phoenix, have introduced a bill (Senate Bill 1213) to place a Ten Commandments monument in front of the original 1898 Arizona capitol in Phoenix by 2011. The Foundation considers this a monumentally bad idea (see press release from Jan. 29).
Rep. Seel revealed the bill's impermissible religious purpose, when he said, "Clearly the foundation of our nation is a Judeo-Christian ethic."
Please send a message to your state representative and senator, and the political leadership behind this bill, asking them to keep state and church separate and uphold our secular Constitution by voting down this offensive legislation (even a one-line sentence is effective). Please keep messages brief and civil, and sign your name and address. It would also be helpful to make this the subject of a letter to the editor sent to local papers (see contact info below). For maximum effectiveness, write as an individual and not as someone responding to an action alert. Please do not forward this action alert to government officials. We are pleased to receive blind copies of your messages by e-mail at [address removed]. Thank you for your help!
TALKING POINTS: The foundation of our nation is the entirely secular U.S. Constitution, whose only references to religion in government are exclusionary. There is no 'god,' much less a reference to the Ten Commandments or to 'Judeo-Christianity' in the Constitution. The State of Arizona has no business telling citizens which god they must have, how many gods they must have, or that they ought to have any god at all. This bill would make political outsiders of the 17% of the adult population in Arizona that identifies as nonreligious, who reject not only the god of the Old Testament, but the very idea of a "divine code" (see the American Religious Identification Survey 2008). Also see FFRF press release (linked above) and Foundation nontract: "What's Wrong with the Ten Commandments?"
Take Action!
1) Contact your state representatives
Find and contact your state representatives and senators here: http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp
If you wish to send a letter by mail, include the correct name and room number, and address it to:
***Rep or Senator's Name
Capitol Complex
***Room Number
1700 West Washington
Phoenix AZ[masked]
BILL SPONSORS:
Sen. Russell Pearce
Room 110
[address removed]
Rep. Carl Seel
Room 341
[address removed]
Rep. Steve Court
Room 118
[address removed]
Rep. Judy M. Burges
Room 342
[address removed]
LEADERSHIP
President of the Senate
Sen. Robert Burns
Room 204
[address removed]
Speaker of the House
Rep. Kirk Adams
Room 221
[address removed]
2) Write a Letter to the Editor Against this Bill
Please remember to keep messages short (under 150 words) and sign your name, address and phone number.
The Arizona Republic
Letters to the Editor
P.O. Box 2244
Phoenix AZ 85002
E-Mail Form
The Arizona Daily Star
P.O. Box 26807
Tucson AZ[masked]
[address removed]
East Valley Tribune
120 W. First Avenue
Mesa AZ 85210
E-Mail Form
For more information:
See Arizona Republic article
Back to top
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wis., is a national association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics) that has been working since 1978 to keep church and state separate.
[End forwarded message]
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Dear Senators and Congressmen,
Please
end any consideration of support of Senate Bill 1213. We the citizens
of Arizona don't need the controversy OR the spending! This isn't the
time for grandstanding legislation only done for the records or to
satiate core constituents, but for serious work to make our government
run better. We the citizens deserve AND demand better legislation and better use of our representatives' time.
Tim
Kiehl
District 10
District 10
HELP SAVE AMERICA and our precious Constitution (and no, I'm NOT a "Libertarian")
1) PRESIDENTIAL LINE ITEM VETO
2) 100% PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTIONS
3) NEVER ALLOW "CORPORATIONS" FULL "CITIZENSHIP"*
*we're too late, the Supreme Court just gave it to them
HELP SAVE AMERICA and our precious Constitution (and no, I'm NOT a "Libertarian")
1) PRESIDENTIAL LINE ITEM VETO
2) 100% PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTIONS
3) NEVER ALLOW "CORPORATIONS" FULL "CITIZENSHIP"*
*we're too late, the Supreme Court just gave it to them
From: [address removed]
To: [address removed]
Subject: [skepticsinphoenix] Action Alert: Object to 10 Commandments Monument
Date: Sun, 7 Feb[masked]:41:23 -0500
Dear Skeptics,
Below is an action alert email I received from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (ffrf.org). Please read it and take action to prevent further erosion of the wall between church and state.
- Matt Londen
Phoenix Skeptics in the Pub Organizer
FFRF Member
[Begin forwarded message]
Object to Ten Commandments Monument Bill
February 3, 2010
Dear FFRF Arizona Member:
Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa and cosponsors Rep. Judy Burges, R-Skull Valley, Rep. Steve Court, R-Mesa, and Rep. Carl Seel, R-Phoenix, have introduced a bill (Senate Bill 1213) to place a Ten Commandments monument in front of the original 1898 Arizona capitol in Phoenix by 2011. The Foundation considers this a monumentally bad idea (see press release from Jan. 29).
Rep. Seel revealed the bill's impermissible religious purpose, when he said, "Clearly the foundation of our nation is a Judeo-Christian ethic."
Please send a message to your state representative and senator, and the political leadership behind this bill, asking them to keep state and church separate and uphold our secular Constitution by voting down this offensive legislation (even a one-line sentence is effective). Please keep messages brief and civil, and sign your name and address. It would also be helpful to make this the subject of a letter to the editor sent to local papers (see contact info below). For maximum effectiveness, write as an individual and not as someone responding to an action alert. Please do not forward this action alert to government officials. We are pleased to receive blind copies of your messages by e-mail at [address removed]. Thank you for your help!
TALKING POINTS: The foundation of our nation is the entirely secular U.S. Constitution, whose only references to religion in government are exclusionary. There is no 'god,' much less a reference to the Ten Commandments or to 'Judeo-Christianity' in the Constitution. The State of Arizona has no business telling citizens which god they must have, how many gods they must have, or that they ought to have any god at all. This bill would make political outsiders of the 17% of the adult population in Arizona that identifies as nonreligious, who reject not only the god of the Old Testament, but the very idea of a "divine code" (see the American Religious Identification Survey 2008). Also see FFRF press release (linked above) and Foundation nontract: "What's Wrong with the Ten Commandments?"
Take Action!
1) Contact your state representatives
Find and contact your state representatives and senators here: http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp
If you wish to send a letter by mail, include the correct name and room number, and address it to:
***Rep or Senator's Name
Capitol Complex
***Room Number
1700 West Washington
Phoenix AZ[masked]
BILL SPONSORS:
Sen. Russell Pearce
Room 110
[address removed]
Rep. Carl Seel
Room 341
[address removed]
Rep. Steve Court
Room 118
[address removed]
Rep. Judy M. Burges
Room 342
[address removed]
LEADERSHIP
President of the Senate
Sen. Robert Burns
Room 204
[address removed]
Speaker of the House
Rep. Kirk Adams
Room 221
[address removed]
2) Write a Letter to the Editor Against this Bill
Please remember to keep messages short (under 150 words) and sign your name, address and phone number.
The Arizona Republic
Letters to the Editor
P.O. Box 2244
Phoenix AZ 85002
E-Mail Form
The Arizona Daily Star
P.O. Box 26807
Tucson AZ[masked]
[address removed]
East Valley Tribune
120 W. First Avenue
Mesa AZ 85210
E-Mail Form
For more information:
See Arizona Republic article
Back to top
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wis., is a national association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics) that has been working since 1978 to keep church and state separate.
[End forwarded message]
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