The Senate dealt an election-year defeat Wednesday to a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, rejecting pleas from President Bush and fellow conservatives that the measure was needed to safeguard an institution that has flourished for thousands of years.
The vote was 48-50, 12 short of the 60 needed to keep the measure alive.
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CALL BUSH TODAY, 7/13!!! TELL HIM IT's TIME TO FUND UNFPA!
BE PART OF A NATIONWIDE EFFORT! JOIN THE NATIONAL CALL-IN! Today, Tuesday, July 13th, advocates from around the country will call President Bush to urge him to fund UNFPA.
Call the White House today July 13th at (202) 456-1111!
The Bush Administration has withheld tens of millions of dollars from UNFPA, alleging that the organization contributes to coercive population policies in China even though the claims have been refuted by several investigations, including a team hand-picked by the Bush administration. And if that wasn't enough, to satisfy extremists on the right, the administration recently threatened to withdraw funds from UNICEF and from other organizations that work with UNFPA!
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Call the White House Tuesday, July 13, at (202) 456-1111 and say:
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