Thursday, September 23, 2004

Try this to support equality...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Contact: Dale Duncan (757) 257-6215
> dsd@boycottforequality.org
>
> Gays to Withdraw Cash from Banks October 8 -
Could Total Billions
>
> Atlanta, GA, September 22, 2004 - Organizers
of the Boycott For Equality
> are expanding their nationwide walkout to
include a coordinated cash
> withdrawal from the economy on October 8.
>
> To demonstrate the need for equality in
marriage and the workplace,
> Straight and Gay supporters will each take out
$80 from their local ATM.
>
> Boycott For Equality expects the action will
exhaust the cash in many
> ATMs, leaving a reminder of gay economic
power to all who try to use them
> throughout the long bank weekend.
>
> To further drive home the lessons taught during
the Boycott, participants
> should refer to the Boycott when communicating
with their elected
> representatives, particularly when candidates
ask for money to fund their
> campaigns.
>
> "Let them know you participated in the Boycott"
explained Duncan. "Just
> take your ATM receipt, cross out your account
number, circle your balance,
> write GAY MONEY on it and mail it to campaign
headquarters in the postage
> paid envelope they provide. They'll get the
message that nobody in America
> can be taken for granted."
>
> The amount represents the amount the average
member of the Lesbian, Gay,
> Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community
contributes to the US economy
> each day, and could grow beyond the $1.4
billion that LGBT workers
> contribute each day - more than $500 billion
each year according to
> computations by Washington D.C.-based public
relations firm Witeck-Combs
> Communications.


For more information, visit
www.boycottforequality.org

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