3-2-1 Countdown for Equality: No Bittersweet Victories Help WA, ME and Kalamazoo Win on November 3rd: Spread the Word About the Campaigns Today Progressives are closer than ever to a victory on health care reform. As 2009 comes to a close, we've moved forward on other issues. But what's looming up ahead could be a disappointment. On Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009- less than a week away- there will be critical votes on on LGBT equality in three states: Washington State, Maine, and Michigan. With so much attention devoted to other issues in the political realm, bloggers have banded together to ...

Washington State:Who we are: Approve Referendum 71 is the campaign to preserve domestic partnerships in Washington State. By voting to approve, voters retain the domestic partnership laws that were passed during this year's legislative session, including using sick leave to care for a partner, adoption rights, insurance rights, and more.What we need: We need phone bankers to get our supporters out to vote. Washington is an all mail-in ballot state, and we need to ensure our supporters put their ballots in the mail. Also, youth turnout is a critical component of our campaign, and youth turnout historically drops in ...

Still want to get involved in one of the big LGBT races that we're soon to face at the polls, but not motivated enough to figure out who to give to where, how and when? Well fortunately, the non-cowardly campaigners at the Courage Campaign have made it simple for you. Below, you will find a post that CC has written up, instructing potential supporters on how to get involved in the good fight to preserve marriage in Maine, domestic partnerships in Washington state, and a non-discrimination ordinance in Kalamazoo, MI. Go check it out, dig up some motivation, and get ye'self ...

Washington:Who we are: Approve Referendum 71 is the campaign to preserve domestic partnerships in Washington State. By voting to approve, voters retain the domestic partnership laws that were passed during this year's legislative session, including using sick leave to care for a partner, adoption rights, insurance rights, and more.What we need: We need phone bankers to get our supporters out to vote. Washington is an all mail-in ballot state, and we need to ensure our supporters put their ballots in the mail. Also, youth turnout is a critical component of our campaign, and youth turnout historically drops in off-year ...