Marriage Discrimination Amendment Assigned to House Committee

Tell the House Rules & Legislative Procedures Committee that SJR 7 is Wrong for Indiana

On Monday Senate Joint Resolution 7, the marriage discrimination amendment, was assigned to the House Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee, chaired by Rep. Scott Pelath (D-Michigan City). COLAGE believes that discriminatory amendments such as this are an attack on our families and asks our members in Indiana to help stop this bill.

Especially if your State Representative is on this committee, we urge you to contact them and ask them to oppose this discriminatory amendment. If your State Representative is not on this committee, we ask you to contact the committee chair. Committee members are:

Scott Pelath (D-Michigan City), Chair – h9@in.gov
Russ Stilwell (D-Boonville), Vice-Chair – h74@in.gov
Matt Whetstone (R-Brownsburg), Ranking Minority member – h40@in.gov
Terri Austin (D-Anderson) – h36@in.gov
Earl Harris (D-East Chicago) – h2@in.gov
Dennie Oxley (D-English) – h73@in.gov
Randy L. Borror (R-Fort Wayne) – h84@in.gov
Robert Kuzman (D-Crown Point) – h19@in.gov
Eric Turner (R-Marion) – h32@in.gov
Ralph Foley (R-Martinsville) – h47@in.gov

Please tell the members of the House Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee that Senate Joint Resolution 7, the Marriage Discrimination Amendment, is wrong for Indiana:
* The Marriage Discrimination Amendment discriminates against all couples in committed relationships who are not married.
* The Marriage Discrimination Amendment permanently writes discrimination into the Indiana Constitution.
* The Marriage Discrimination Amendment is just an attempt to distract Hoosiers from the greater issues at hand.
* The Marriage Discrimination Amendment threatens current and future economic development.
* The Marriage Discrimination Amendment violates every Hoosier’s basic right to fairness and equality.
* The Marriage Discrimination Amendment will affect children and youth who deserve to be in families that are equally validated and protected.

It is more important that ever for these committee members to hear from you. Please take a few minutes and e-mail them today!