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TALKING POINTS

• Intervention requests to the Coalition have quadrupled in the spring of 2004, so the national marriage debate is apparently leading to unprecedented levels of harassment based on perceived sexual orientation. In my school …

• This is an issue of vital, personal importance to the children of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) parents/guardians. The very worthiness of their/our families is being debated in the media and the courts and on the playground. My parent(s)/child(ren)/students …

• LGBTQ youth will be watching this national debate with great emotion as their/our futures are being decided. When I find someone I want to settle down with …

•  LGBT educators are among those marrying and for that reason and because it is a current event of historic proportions many educators, including straight folks, are struggling with how to address the issue in the classroom. Here’s what happened in class the other day …

• School Boards, like other employers, will be grappling over the months to come with how to classify their LGBT married employees with respect to benefits. Our District …

Suggestions On Keeping Classroom Debates About Civil Marriage Civil: a handout by Beth Reis of Public Health - Seattle & King County, co-chair of Safe Schools Coalition. Suggestions for setting ground rules and structuring the debate.  http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/KeepingClassroomDebatesAboutCivilMarriageCivil.pdf  (pdf format) 

RESOURCES

 

Resources for info on marriage equality - National

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): http://www.aclu.org/

Don't Amend: http://www.dontamend.com/

Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN): http://www.glsen.org/cgibin/iowa/student/library/record/1411.html

Human Rights Campaign: http://www.hrc.org

Lambda Legal: http://www.lambdalegal.org/

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: http://www.thetaskforce.org/

Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG): http://www.pflag.org/education/marriage.html

Safe Schools Coalition: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RG-gay_marriage.html; contact: 206-632-0662 x 49, questions at Safe Schools Coalition.org

Resources for info on marriage equality - Washington State

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington: http://www.aclu-wa.org; contact: Genevieve Aguilar, aguilar@aclu-wa.org

Basic Rights Washington: contact: brw@lopezcheung.com or 206-726-1818

Don't Amend: http://www.dontamend.com/ contact: SeaWaDontAmend@aol.com

Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA): http://www.thegsba.org/; contact: 206-363-9188

Human Rights Campaign: http://www.hrc.org/ contact: Roberta Domos, RobertaD@mindspring.com or Dean Keppler, SeattleDean@hotmail.com

Lambda Legal: http://www.lambdalegal.org/ contact Jamie Pederson, jamiep@prestongates.com

Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington: http://www.lmaw.org/ contact: lma@lmaw.org

Log Cabin Republicans of Washington: http://www.logcabinwashington.com/ contact: Dave Kaplan, logcabinwashington@comcast.net or 206-824- 3620

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: http://www.thetaskforce.org/ contact: Marsha Botzer, http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contact/?id=15

NWPROUD - Northwest Pride Resources Organization Uniting Diversity: contact: intchair@nwproud.com

Northwest Women's Law Center: http://www.nwwlc.org contact: nwwlc@nwwlc.org

South Sound Legal Marriage Forum: contact: Seth Kirby, 253-534-3204

Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG): http://www.seattle-pflag.org/wa_chapters.php

Pride Foundation: http://www.pridefoundation.org contact: giving@pridefoundation.org, 206-323-3313 or 800-735-7287 (Seattle), 509-327-8377 or 888-575-7717 (Spokane)

Safe Schools Coalition: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RG-gay_marriage.html contact: 206-632-0662 x 49, or contact questionsat Safe Schools Coalition

Seattle LGBT Community Center: http://www.seattlelgbt.org/

Tacoma Lesbian Concern: http://www.tacomalesbianconcern.org/ contact: TacomaLC@comcast.net or 253-272-3444

Tacoma United for Fairness (TUFF): contact 253-272-3444

Washington State Stonewall Democrats: http://www.stonewalldemswa.org

 For teachers (lesson plan ideas):

At Issue: Marriage ... Exploring the Debate Over Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples from Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN): http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/educator/library/record/1411.html

Constitutional Amendments And Gay Marriage from Channel Thirteen, WNET, Public Broadcasting System (PBS): http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/history/gaymarriage_amendments.html  

For students (for research papers or preparing for debates):

Get the Facts on Marriage: http://marriageequality.org/meusa/facts.shtml

Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples - A History: http://www.lambdalegal.org/our-work/publications/facts-backgrounds/page.jsp?itemID=31991395

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Marriage/Partner Recognition: http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/marriage_and_partnership_recognition

Same Sex Marriage in the Non-European World: http://www.colorq.org/Articles/2004/ssmarriage.htm

Where You Can Marry: Global Summary of Registered Partnership, Domestic Partnership, and Marriage Laws: http://www.iglhrc.org/site/iglhrc/content.php?type=1&id=91

Why Marriage Equality Matters: http://www.lambdalegal.org/our-work/publications/facts-backgrounds/page.jsp?itemID=31988962

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