Obama's "Organizing for Action" pushing Illinois House to legalize gay marriage

[DonViejo]

Source: Chicago Sun-Times


By Lynn Sweet on March 19, 2013 9:00 AM

WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama's Organizing for Action--the outgrowth of his re-election campaign--is jumping in the fight to legalize gay marriage in Illinois, on Tuesday sending an e-mail to Obama's Illinois activists and supporters asking them to lobby Illinois House members to vote yes on the marriage bill, already passed by the Illinois Senate.

Obama already has urged the Illinois General Assembly to legalize gay marriage. Gov. Pat Quinn wants to sign a bill making Illinois the tenth state with gay marriage.

Last month, an Illinois House Committee advanced the bill to the full House floor, but so far the measure lacks the votes to pass the chamber, Sun-Times Springfield Bureau Chief Dave McKinney reports.

This is the first attempt by OFA to get involved in an Illinois issue. The OFA, to have offices in Chicago and Washington was created to support the Obama agenda--and local issues that activists might want to work on.

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Read more: http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2013/03/obamas_organizing_for_action_p.html

[iandhr]

1. Hope it works

[frazzled]

2. I called my representative because of it ...

They made it really easy to look up their contact numbers.

I called Rep. Esther Golar's office (State Distr. 6) and registered my request that she vote YES on the marriage equality bill. I then asked the assistant if she knew how Rep. Golar would be voting. She declined to say, stating only that "she didn't know" but they were taking tons of calls and tallying them.

WTF? I looked up her bio (honestly, I don't follow my State rep), and she's a graduate of Malcolm X College and a member of the United Church of Christ, which has officially supported same-sex marriage. So Esther, just say YES!

I'll be looking at how she ends up voting, and remembering it for the next election.