{news} Lobby Day for Marriage bill (committee hearing) at CT state capitol Monday Feb. 7 (info from Love Makes a Family)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kasha Ho  [of the American Friends Service Committee]
To: Kasha Ho 
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 4:42 PM


Friends,

Love Makes a Family is calling for support at this Monday's Judiciary Committee hearing for the Marriage bill.  We mobilized a great turnout last week for the Death Penalty Abolition hearing - Please come in support of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.  Here are the details from http://www.lmfct.org/:  

§         We have just learned that the Judiciary Committee Chairs have scheduled the hearing on a Marriage bill for Monday, February 7th.

We have ONE WEEK to show the Connecticut Legislature that denying committed, loving same-sex couples access to marriage is discriminatory and harms families. And we need your help to do that! 

HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO: 

1. Join us on February 7th for a historic day for Marriage Equality at our State Capitol. We need to have a huge turnout, so if you can be there for the entire day, please make the time. We can't think of a better use of a Vacation or Personal Day! (Directions and parking information below.) 

2. We will be holding a Lobby Day from 10am to 12noon. This is rewarding and easy to do. Our lobbyists will provide a brief training and then you'll have an opportunity to speak with your legislators about why you support allowing same-sex couples to marry. No experience necessary!

3. The Public Hearing on the Marriage bill before the Judiciary Committee will begin at 1pm and run until 7pm. We would like to have hundreds of supporters present, all wearing our yellow EQUALITY stickers. 

4. If you are interested in testifying at the public hearing, please call the LMF office at 860-525-7777. 

5. PLEASE take some time today to write a letter to your legislators explaining "Why Marriage is Important to You." Click on http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=BGLMF and you can submit your story online. It will automatically go to your two legislators and the Governor. LMF will get a copy as well that we will use as a foundation of our lobbying efforts this session. Speak from the heart. It is personal stories--much more than facts and figures--that will make legislators understand this issue. Valentine's Day is coming early this year! February 7th is Marriage Equality Day in Connecticut. Join us at the Legislative Office Building on Monday February 7th and be a part of civil rights history. 

Directions to the Legislative Office Building (The Legislative Office Building is located at 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford.) 

Traveling on I-84 East - Take Exit 48, Capitol Avenue, get into the right lane of the exit ramp. At the end of the exit ramp turn right onto Capitol Avenue. Take the first right past the Legislative Office Building, proceed to the back of the garage and take a right to enter the garage using the left hand lane. 

Traveling on I-84 West - Take Exit 48, towards Asylum Street, go straight onto Spring Street. Turn right onto Asylum Avenue, stay straight onto Farmington Avenue. Turn left at the YWCA (will be diagonally to your left in front of you) onto Broad Street, proceed through two stop lights, immediately after the Armory building take the first left into the driveway and then another left at the end of the driveway. Follow this road around the garage to the back and take a right to enter the garage using the left hand lane. 

Traveling on I-91 North or South - Take Exit 29A, Capitol Ave., stay over to the far left. You will come to Pulaski Circle, travel halfway around and take a right onto Elm St. Go to the end of Elm St., you are now facing the Capitol Building. Take a left onto Trinity St. At the first traffic light take a right onto Capitol Ave. Go past the Capitol building and the I-84 entrance ramp, all on your right. Take the first right past the Legislative Office Building, proceed to the back of the garage and take a right to enter the garage using the left hand lane. 

Parking Instructions - Limited public parking is available on level one of the Legislative Office Building. If you park here, take the elevator to the third floor or walk to the top of the stairs (3 flights) and there will be an enclosed foot bridge that will take you into the third floor of the Legislative Office Building. To get a spot in the garage, you need to be there by 8:00 am. 

Additional Parking Options - 

a.) There is also parking available on the street next to the parking garage, beginning at 10:00 am. (to get these spots, park you car here at 9:40, and wait in your car until 9:55 so that you don't get a ticket from the Capitol police).

b.) Across the street from the Legislative Office Building, and across Capitol Ave. is Hungerford Street. There is street parking in this entire neighborhood, free of charge. 

c.) When all else fails, on Oak Street (diagonally across to the left from the Legislative Office Building) off of Capitol Ave., there is a public parking garage in the CT Education Association Building (CEA building - across from CT Supreme Court Library). This garage costs money, but will save you the time and aggravation of having to park. 

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