Wednesday, January 05, 2005
TAKE ACTION: House Republicans Line Up Behind Gay Rules Chairman Rep. David Dreier
Great News! ROY COHN AWARD WINNER DAVID DREIER IN POSITION TO DEFEAT MARRIAGE AMENDMENT...AGAIN!
In case you forgot, here's the award blogACTIVE.com gave to gay Rep. David Dreier (R-CA).
Original Roy Cohn Award presented to
Gay Rep. David Dreier (R-CA)
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Gay Rep. David Dreier (R-CA)
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Now, it's reported that Republican leadership of the House is standing behind Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-CA). Of course, it shows what a load of garbage their Contract on America is. One of the reforms, terms limits for committee chairman, is tossed aside for the convenience of the leadership.
Normally, Dreier, R-Glendora, would have been forced to step down this year, but House Speaker Dennis Hastert exercised his authority to keep Dreier on for another term.(I'll tell you...it's not the first time that I've heard David Dreier likes to please powerful men...but I digress)
"He is pleased and proud to serve the Speaker and the Congress as Chairman of the Rules Committee," said a spokeswoman for his office.
Much more important, this appointment, in direct conflict to the term limit rule is a clear signal that the House leadership considers the Federal Marriage Amendment D.O.A. this Congress. According to one friend of mine on the hill, "...[T]hey have appointed an anti-Federal Marriage Amendment, Gay Republican to head the very committee that manages constitutional amendments. If this appointment isn't a slap in the face of the pro-FMA forces, they are not paying attention."
TAKE ACTION
Please help blogACTIVE congratulate gay Congressman David Dreier on his reappointment as Rules Committee Chairman. Click here to send an email to David's Chief of Staff, Brad Smith. Copies of your letter will be sent to leaders of the radical right. (If you don't remember who Brad is, you should read the story about David and Brad here.)
PLEASE.....
1. Congratulate Rep. David Dreier on his appointment as the first known gay man to be appointed to a leadership post by the Republican leadership.
2. Mention how much you are counting on Rep. Dreier, as a like minded opponent of the Federal Marriage Amendment, to make sure that the House does NOT get the required super majority for passage.
3. Since a copy of your letter will be going to leaders of the radical right, you might want to suggest to them that they direct resources to a battle other than the Federal Marriage Amendment. After all, with a gay opponent of the Federal Marriage Amendment in charge of the Rules Committee, trying to pass the amendment is clearly a huge waste of time.
Help blogACTIVE.com put an end to the waste of time in debating the Federal Marriage Amendment...click here and send these folks a message today! (As always, a copy will be sent to the lettercopy@blogactive.com file.)
By: Michael Rogers
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