Call
to Action
To:
All Believers of God’s Word/Law
Issue:
Domestic Partners Bill (i.e.: Gay Marriage Bill) will be placed on the
legislative session agenda by Governor Bill Richardson. This bill allows a
civil union (marriage) between two adults regardless of sex and gives (quoting
the language of the bill) “the same rights, protections and benefits under law
as a spouse in marriage.”
This
is a direct assault on God’s law and we must defend His law of marriage.
Last
year this bill HB-603 passed the N.M. House of Representatives. (We will post
the record of vote on our Web site.) The same House voted down a definition of
marriage that supports God’s law. (We will post that record of vote.) It was
believed the bill would pass the N.M. Senate, so with lobbying effort a
substitute bill was put forth that eliminated all references to marriage and
allowed a contract for 2 adults. This bill only passed by one vote thereby
defeating HB-603. We currently have the Senate voting record and will post the
House votes as soon as we receive them.
We
must unite to defend God’s law.
We
have been notified that a multi-millionaire homosexual—Kim Gill—from Colorado
has hired a lobbyist to pass a domestic partner bill in the NM 2008 short
(30-day) session.
The
Governor would like to pass this bill quietly and early in this session.
We
must act now and continue through victory.
Action:
We must unite as many religious affiliations as possible and have them inform
their membership on this issue.
Ask
our members to call the Governor (505-476-2200), their legislators in both
House and Senate NOW, before the session starts and leave them at least three
messages.
1.
We are praying for them during this session.
2.
We do not support the Domestic Partners Bill and ask the Governor to drop it
and ask legislators to vote no. (Make a note of their response and give it to
your leader/pastor to forward to us.)
3.
Voting records will be published and we pray you will vote for God.
We
will be sending updates and action requests as we progress. We must be firm and
we must be heard. Ask everyone you know to call and keep calling.
Jesus
said, “If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His
glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels” (Luke 9:26 NIV).
God
said, “You must obey My laws and be careful to follow My decrees. I am the Lord
your God” (Leviticus 18:4 NIV).