Town Hall on Marriage Equality May 13th.

The Human Rights Campaign (http://www.hrc.org) and the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby
of Texas (http://www.lgrl.org) will hold a town hall on civil marriage equality
on Thursday, May 13, and I wanted to invite everyone to attend.

The topic of civil marriage equality has been pushed into the limelight by
several recent events: Massachusetts will start issuing marriage licenses to
lesbian and gay couples on May 17th, several cities have already issued marriage
licenses to lesbian and gay couples, and President Bush wants to
add discrimination to the U.S. Constitution with the Federal Marriage Amendment.

This town hall will educate you about the issues so you can talk about it with
friends and family. You will find out how it affects us in Texas, and how you
can get involved in working for equal marriage rights.

The town hall will feature five panelists:
- Randall Ellis, Executive Director of the LGRL
- Bo Shuff, HRC
- Karen Langsley, family attorney and parent
- Jeff Lutes, family therapist
- Dr. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Date: Thursday May 13
Time: 7:00 pm
Cost: free
Location: AMC Barton Creek 14 theater inside Barton Creek Square Mall on
Thursday, May 13 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm (use the mall entrance between Nordstrom
and Sears).


For more information, visit http://www.hrcaustin.org or call
John Boardman (459-7751) or Suzy Deffeyes (349-9287).


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