Subject: About time
From: "Amy Runyon-Harms, ProgressNow Colorado Education" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:51:37 +0000

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      Dear Friend,

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   Love. Respect. Commitment. These are some of the reasons I married my
   husband ten years ago - why we made the decision to stand up in front of
   our friends and family and make a lifelong allegiance to one another. We
   were so lucky to have had that opportunity in 2003, just because I happen
   to be a woman and he a man.

   In 2004, I began working in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
   movement, fighting for equality for so many people I am honored to call
   friends. 2004 is also the year eleven states voted to ban same-sex
   marriage. Colorado voters followed suit in 2006. And let's not forget
   Colorado's passage of Amendment 2 decades ago, which denied gay and
   lesbian Coloradans equal protection in the state and was later struck down
   by the US Supreme Court.

   But, my, how far we've come.

   In recent months, courts have ruled it unconstitutional to deny same-sex
   couples the right to marry in Utah, Virginia, Oklahoma, Ohio and Kentucky.
   Seventeen states and Washington, D.C. now allow same-sex marriage.

   Today, I am proud to say a majority of Coloradans support the right of gay
   and lesbian people to marry the person they love. [2][1] And just this
   week, nine Colorado couples made a courageous move to ensure that other
   loving couples can experience the same joy and dignity of honoring their
   commitment to one another by filing a legal challenge to overturn
   Colorado's ban.

   [3]Let these nine couples know you are standing with them in this fight.
   Sign our letter in support of them.

   We'll watch this lawsuit play out and keep you up to date. In the
   meantime, talk to your friends and neighbors about why marriage matters -
   for all families. [4]And ask them to sign on to let these couples know
   we've got their backs.

   As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "The arc of the moral universe is
   long, but it bends towards justice." Let's hope that is true for these
   nine couples- and for thousands of committed couples across our state.

   In solidarity,

   Amy

   P.S. I can't imagine having to go to court to defend my right to marry the
   person I love. [5]Sign our letter of support for these brave Coloradans
   who are putting themselves out there to make sure that every one of us is
   treated with the same compassion and respect when it comes to something as
   personal and fundamental as marriage.

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