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May 28, 2004 ACLU of Illinois E-News 05.28.04 Last Call: Make Your Reservation Today! ACLU of Illinois to Host Panel Discussion on Same Sex Marriage On June 3, 2004, the ACLU of Illinois will host a panel discussion on this critical issue. Titled Blocking the Way to the Altar, the panel will feature a thoughtful and dynamic discussion on the legal, political and social issues involved in efforts to assure marriage equality in Illinois and across the nation. The panel will take place at the Chicago Historical Society -- located on Clark Street at North Avenue, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Panel members will include State Representative Larry McKeon, Reverend Stacey Edwards of Chicago's Trinity United Methodist Church, John Knight, Director of the ACLU of Illinois GLBT/HIV Rights Project and Patricia Logue, Senior Counsel at Lambda Legal in Chicago. The program is free and open to the public. We do ask that you make reservations. Hold your spot today by calling Sylvia Adams at (312) 201-9740, ext. 329 or by email at sadams@aclu-il.org. The Patriot Act and Politics - 2004 It was just a matter of time until the USA PATRIOT Act became part of the 2004 presidential campaign. This week, the Bush-Cheney campaign rolled out a series of television advertisements that criticize Senator John Kerry for his call to change or reform parts of the Patriot Act, adopted less than 45 days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As the ACLU National DC office pointed out in a press release, the advertisements are misleading -- misdating some of the Patriot Act's provisions -- and fail to note that a number of Republican and Democrat members of the Senate and House have called for reform of the Patriot Act. Indeed, one piece of legislation, the Safety and Freedom Assured Act or SAFE, is being co-sponsored in the Senate by Republicans Larry Craig, Michael Crapo and John Sununu as well as by our own Democratic Senator Richard Durbin. To read more about the use of the Patriot Act in the presidential campaign go to http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=15851&c=262. Show Your Pride in the ACLU of Illinois March in the 35th Annual Chicago Pride Parade with the ACLU of Illinois on Sunday, June 27th. The Pride Parade is one of the largest and most entertaining of Chicago's numerous parades each year. Everyone is welcome to join us in support of the GLBT community in and around the Chicago area. All ACLU of Illinois Marchers will receive a free ACLU t-shirt for participating. To join the fun, please email Yesenia Sotelo at ysotelo@aclu-il.org. Need a Speaker? Do you have a community, church, social or academic group that needs a speaker for an upcoming event? How about including someone from the ACLU of Illinois? The ACLU sends out staff and members to speak on a variety of topics, from reproductive freedom and gay rights to issues raised by the Patriot Act and other post-September 11th Bush Administration actions. We are very fortunate right now to have the services of former Executive Director Jay Miller, who is an excellent speaker and a great historian of the civil liberties' movement. If you are interested in a speaker, please contact us at ACLUofIllinois@aclu-il.org. |
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