We all do what we can and, big or small, it’s all good! Last week my partner made an online DONATION to Washington Families Standing Together. And today I started off my personal Campaign to Preserve the Domestic Partnership Law by downloading and printing this handout from Approve71.org and taping it to my car window. Hey, that door is so dented that I can’t roll the window down anyways, so I’m putting it to good use!
I also threw a stack of fliers in the car “just in case”, and wouldn’t you know it, as I was taping that one up on my window, my neighbors drove up to say hi. Guess what they got?
Yes, a copy of the flier, plus a mention that we can win this thing if a) supporters make sure to vote, and b) we get enough donations so we can run the campaign effectively. In return I got a “we’re with you honey!” from my neighbor, and a smile.
Speaking of that flier, you can download a copy here. Here’s what it says:
Approve Ref. 71
Preserve the Domestic Partnership Law
SIX SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO
Phonebank at our campaign office to spread the word
Donate to support the Approve 71 campaign
Change your Facebook photo to the Approve 71 icon and talk about Approving 71 in your status messages
Link to Approve 71 from your email signature.
Change your voicemail message to tell your friends and family to Approve Referendum 71.
Print out and distribute the handouts from our website. For more great things you can do check out:
WWW.APPROVE71.ORG
Facebook icons are under Spread the Word at the top, and handouts are under Handouts on the right.
Now: Go tell 10 friends to do these things, too!
Note that you don’t have to live in Washington state to do most of these things! We need your help, and appreciate whatever you can do to help us preserve the domestic partnership law.




8 Comments


I Agree With RushLet’s separate the spawn of racist anti-gay teabaggers far FAR away from the normal people.
Having them around is like having some pentecostal kook in your neighborhood who’s always trying to take away everyone’s fun, eliminate Halloween, and being your typical shit-stirring busybody.
They’re not welcome in 2009.
?This was supposed to go in the thread below! LOL
I like the Facebook picture ideaI will do that when I get home (and can access FB without a firewall nanny telling me “no social networking sites.”)
Thanks for the bi-coastal shoutoutAn Equality North Carolina sticker and an Approve Ref 71 flyer side-by-side.
Made my Friday.
#twibbonI just found out that you can add a twibbon to your twitter avatar. http://bit.ly/177pbt
I made a donate a while back to EQNC…and they sent me this handsome sticker.
Is it only me that keeps getting confused?The Yes on 71 and the No on 1 is just too confusing and I’m a marriage equality supporter. Luckily I do not believe the people in Maine or Washington are familiar with the other’s ballot questions because there would be a lot of trouble.
I wonder if there is a way that we could use this to our advantage?
I wouldn’t involve ME and WA voterswith each others ballot language. That just introduces the possibility for needless confusion and takes away from what you message needs to be: that r-71 needs to be approved to protect all Washington families. It’s already confusing enough in WA, where there is also an initiative on the ballot that many R-71 people will want to vote against.