[NEohioPAL]Lights out

[Matthew.Wright at oberlin.edu]

Thank you, Fred, for giving so many a forum in which to speak to these 
issues. I am extremely touched by the postings regarding Issue One and I'd 
like to offer some guidance about what the next step should be for those of 
us whom this directly impacts. PLEASE contact the HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN 
(www.hrc.org) and give generously of your time and money. The only way to 
battle this amendment now is to take it to the courts. These are issues of 
civil rights, plain and simple. Since when, in this country, have civil 
rights issues been settled by a popular vote? The courts exist to protect 
the rights of under-represented people. It should be clear to everyone now 
that the LGBT community is sadly under-represented. Please join the fight 
to ensure equal protection and equal rights under the law.

As a gay man involved in a longterm relationship (14 happy years and 
counting), the result of the vote on Tuesday leaves me feeling terrorized. 
Extremists and mislead moderates alike have inflicted injury to the twin 
tennets of our democracy: EQUALITY and JUSTICE. We surely must fix this.

Thanks-

Matthew Wright

PS: Come see RAGTIME...a play about our country's tradition of hearing the 
disempowered voice!!