From: Action WisconsinMonday's hearing on the anti-gay constitutional amendment is a sham. Three of the five committee members are cosponsors of the amendment, and the chairman of this hearing on the "defense of marriage" will be triple-divorcee State Sen. Dave Zien. Here are details for our protest on Monday, March 1st at 9am. Meet in Capitol rotunda at 9am. We will go together to the Assembly Parlor to hold a press conference to explain why we are boycotting the hearing. (Volunteers will help direct you to the Assembly Parlor.) Press conference starts at 9:15am. We need as many people there as possible. Directly after the press conference, we will return to the rotunda on the ground floor and stage a silent protest until 10:30am. We will be silent to demonstrate the gravity of the situation and to symbolize the way our voices are not being heard by many of our elected officials. Please bring signs to voice opposition to the ugly efforts to amend the state and federal constitutions. (Ideas for slogans below.) If you can, organize friends, family, classmates, or coworkers to gather over the weekend to make these signs. After the protest, please stop by your legislators' offices. Urge them to oppose the amendment. (For talking points, see: http://www.actionwisconsin.org.) If they are on our side, please ask them to do whatever is in their power to derail this amendment. We will not be able to tell you on the spot who your legislators are. Please look up their names and office numbers before you come: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/waml It is critical that we turn out as many people as possible to demonstrate our resistance to this process. Please do what you can to be there--and please ask your friends and family to join us! We have heard that people are coming from all over the state. Possible slogans: Don't discriminate, don't amend We are the majority I don't need Bush/Gundrum/etc. to defend my marriage Marriage equality now Don't write me/my kids/etc. out of the law You are hurting my family Protect/Defend your own marriage! All families deserve protection End special rights for heterosexuals Support equality? I do! Show me how I/gay couples threaten your marriage Insecure about your marriage? Don't take it out on us! Protect the sanctity of the constitution! Parking: http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/parking/parking.html