aclu petition...... refuse to surrender

[seabeyond]

Dear Friend,

In 10 days, George W. Bush will take the Presidential oath and will vow to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

More than 73,000 people have taken our "Refuse to Surrender" pledge to help the ACLU press the President to uphold his oath of office. On Inauguration Day we plan to activate signers of the "Refuse to Surrender" pledge to send a barrage of emails to Capitol Hill to let our elected representatives know that the hundreds of thousands of ACLU members and supporters want them to make sure the President keeps his oath. The more people who sign our pledge, the stronger that message will be.

You can help us reach our goal of 100,000 pledge signers by Inauguration Day, January 20, simply by asking 2 friends to join you in signing the pledge. Send them our "Refuse to Surrender" postcard and ask them to stand with you to defend freedom in 2005.

If each of our online supporters can get just 2 people, we'll not only reach our goal, we'll surpass it...and take an important step in holding the President and other leaders in Washington accountable on protecting and defending our most fundamental freedoms.

There is so much at stake, from callous disregard for international human rights to continued spying by the FBI on religious and political groups...from making permanent the privacy-stealing provisions of the Patriot Act to promoting a Constitutional amendment to restrict the rights of lesbian and gay Americans.

Help us make the voice of freedom heard on Inauguration Day and ask 2 friends to take the pledge right now. Just click here to ask them.

Sincerely,

Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director

P.S. If you haven't already signed our "I Refuse to Surrender My Freedom" pledge, click here to do it now.
https://www.aclu.org/team/tell.cfm?orgid=EA011005A&action=108&MX=1841&H=1