What is it?
Well, it's this:
Love Takes Over is a one week, one unified voice takeover of America’s local newspapers.
What's needed if for everyone to write an opinion piece, a Letter To The Editor, in support of marriage equality. It takes place this week, from January 32d through January 9th, so get off my blog and start writing tour letters. And, when you done, email your letter to ltonewspapers@gmail.com so it can be posted on their blog: Love Takes Over.
If you don't know what to write, they offer up some suggestions:
- Why this issue matters to you (your personal story)
- Why Civil Marriage is a Civil Rights issue
- Rights and protections granted through marriage
- Why Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships are not equal to marriage
- How inequality affects the families and children of same-sex couples
Why should you participate?
It starts a dialogue, and dialogue is always good. opinion pieces are a simple, effective, and inexpensive way to open up dialogue on issues concerning all of us. People have been writing to newspapers on the topic of same-sex marriage for many years now, but, just imagine for a moment, if, for one week, proponents of same-sex marriage completely took over our newspapers in a nationwide act of solidarity.
One week. One social justice issue. Everywhere.
Everywhere across the nation, people will be reading a local opinion in favor of equality. Let’s take this chance together and use it to create positive change.
Write now, right now.
Great idea, but I wish I'd gotten more notice so I could put some real thought into the letters. This is the first I've heard of this!
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