End Bigotry in Venango County: Cool Web Site: ACT ON PRINCIPLES

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Cool Web Site: ACT ON PRINCIPLES

Turning Principles into Equality

Act On Principles provides free tools for individuals and organizations interested in implementing The Dallas Principles: Full LGBT civil rights now. No delay. No excuses.

These tools are:

1. Hub for Actions. Registered members representing themselves or their organizations can submit actions that, after editorial review, are posted on our website, facebook page, twitter account, and sent on a daily email to subscribers. Visitors to the site can comment on the actions.
2. Open Blog. Registered members representing themselves or their organizations can submit new ideas, articles, videos, strategies and information for achieving full LGBT civil rights now. After editorial review, it gets posted on our website, facebook page, twitter account, and sent on a daily email to subscribers. Visitors to the site can comment on the blog posts.
3. Public Whip Count. Registered members who contact their Members of Congress can post an update on the Member’s position on a specific bill. Champions follow up on these leads to confirm the whip count.

People fully committed to The Dallas Principles who can write well can become Champions—gaining access to the tools above without editorial review. They are listed as champions with their bio in our site.

Register now to be able to use these tools. Better yet, become a Champion of Equality!

1 comment:

Dirk Diggler said...: Send beauty love vibes to Oil City.

And enjoy a tune from Namoli, while we ponder our principles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4vqTY6NIQ; October 17, 2009 at 9:07 PM

Principles for Equality

FULL CIVIL RIGHTS GOALS

Being united by common principles and engaging in united action, we will strive to achieve the following goals:

1.DIGNITY AND EQUALITY. Every lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender person has inherent dignity and worth, and has the right to live free of discrimination and harassment.

2.FAMILY. Every LGBT person has the right to a family without legal barriers to immigration, civil marriage or raising children.

3.ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. Every LGBT person has the right to economic opportunity free from discrimination in employment, public housing, accommodation, public facilities, credit, and federally funded programs and activities.

4.EDUCATION. Every LGBT child and youth has the right to an education that is affirming, inclusive and free from bullying.

5.NATIONAL SECURITY. Every LGBT person should have the opportunity to serve our country openly and equally in our military and foreign service.

6.CRIME. Every LGBT person should enjoy life protected against bias crimes.

7.HEALTH CARE. Every person should have access to affordable, high quality, and culturally competent health care without discrimination.

The following eight guiding principles underlie our call to action. In order to achieve full civil rights now, we avow:

1.Full civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals must be enacted now. Delay and excuses are no longer acceptable.

2.We will not leave any part of our community behind.

3.Separate is never equal.

4.Religious beliefs are not a basis upon which to affirm or deny civil rights.

5.The establishment and guardianship of full civil rights is a non-partisan issue.

6.Individual involvement and grassroots action are paramount to success and must be encouraged.

7.Success is measured by the civil rights we all achieve, not by words, access or money raised.

8.Those who seek our support are expected to commit to these principles.

CALL TO ACTION

1.We demand that government officials act now to achieve full civil rights without delay.

2.Our organizations and individuals need to develop a collaborative and revolutionary new organizing model that mobilizes millions of supporters through emerging web and phone technologies.

3.All LGBT individuals must accept personal responsibility to do everything within their power for equality and should get involved in the movement by volunteering, giving and being out.

4.We will hold elected officials and our organizations accountable for being transparent and achieving full civil rights by active participation when possible and active opposition when necessary.

5.Our allies need to be proactive in public support for full civil rights.

6.Every government measure that quantifies the US citizenry must permit LGBT individuals to self-identify and be counted in every way citizens are counted.

7.We demand that the media present LGBT lives in fair, accurate and objective ways that neither include nor give credence to unsubstantiated, discriminatory claims and opinions.

To join the growing chorus of Americans speaking in unison that now is the time to provide full civil rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens, CLICK HERE.

End Bigotry in Venango County

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Cool Web Site: ACT ON PRINCIPLES

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