Petition to G8 Summit on climate change: sign now

I just signed an urgent global petition demanding the Group of 8 (G8) stop efforts to derail progress towards a new international treaty to tackle global warming. Climate change is a very important issue, and I thought you might like to join me in taking action.

Climate change hangs in the balance at the 2008 G8 Summit. At this point we have to look to G8 President Japan for bold leadership. But the Japanese PM has so far excluded commitments to mid-term emission cutting targets. Scientists agree: these targets -- 25-40% by 2020 -- are crucial if we are to avoid a climate catastrophe. With the Japanese proposal and the U.S. and Canada seeking to exploit loopholes in any agreement, we’re in danger of losing all the progress made towards a new global treaty at the UN climate meeting in Bali last December.

Avaaz ,the global advocacy group, is creating a worldwide public outcry to demand strong action of the G8. The petition will be delivered to the Japanese PM and G8 President, Yasuo Fukuda, on Wednesday June 18. So please, take a moment now to make your voice count by signing the petition. Together we can stop the Group of Eight from ruining the planet.

Save gay/lesbian marriage rights

It's really important that we all sign this petition ASAP.

From The Human Rights Campaign:

The recent California Supreme Court decision was a historic triumph for equality over bigotry, for inclusion over injustice.

And it could last all of 173 days.

If California voters pass a same-sex marriage ban in November, our legal victory will be wiped out.

What's more, right-wing lawmakers have resurrected the dreaded Federal Marriage Amendment—which would write discrimination into the U.S. Constitution.

If ever there was a time to show that we've got strength in numbers, this is it.

Sign the Million for Marriage petition today!

Here are three things you should know right now:

Raising the Bar: We've been hard at work collecting signatures from supporters like you for our Million for Marriage petition. But the right-wing opposition gathered 1.1 million signatures to get their marriage ban on the ballot (albeit by spending millions on paid signature gatherers). So we're setting a new goal today: 1.1 million. Sign now

Federal Marriage Amendment Déjà Vu: The California decision has angered and emboldened opponents of equality. Right-wing lawmakers have introduced an anti-GLBT amendment to the U.S. Constitution that’s a replica of the Federal Marriage Amendment we helped defeat in 2004. We'll be working to make sure this hateful proposal garners little support.

Santorum Emerges: Good old Rick Santorum, the extreme anti-GLBT former Senator who championed the Federal Marriage Amendment and lost his seat soon afterwards, was back in the fray last week. In a column published in the Philadelphia Inquirer he said the relationship between committed same-sex partners was equal to his relationship with his mother-in-law. Seriously. (“Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call [that] relationship marriage, too?”)

It’s no longer enough to sign up one million people for marriage equality. With anti-equality groups spreading their discriminatory message, and raising millions in the process, we have to muster an even stronger show of support.

Before you click to the next blog post, sign the Million for Marriage petition. Help us collect more than 1.1 million signatures! Then tell your friends and family to sign.

We can’t rest. We will win this struggle, but only if we are relentless, vigilant, and unyielding. Thank you for your continued passion for this cause.

Warmly,

Joe Solmonese
President

MoveOn election coverage petition

MoveOn is delivering the following PETITION TO NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS:

FOX is a Republican mouthpiece, not a legitimate news organization. Real news organizations must reject FOX's smears of Barack Obama, not parrot them and distract Americans from the pressing issues of the day.

This week, Barack Obama gave one of the most honest and inspiring speeches on race in American history after weathering days of the media's relentless, divisive, and racially charged attacks. But have you wondered where these attacks came from and why they dominated the news?


Reporters like NBC's Tim Russert focused on the "Reverend Wright controversy" only after FOX and other right-wing media did. It happens over and over: FOX airs a right-wing smear and the mass media repeat it. Film director Robert Greenwald just released a short video called FOX Attacks Obama: Part 2 which shows how it happens.


We are launching a petition demanding the big networks stop parroting FOX and distracting Americans from real issues. We'll hand-deliver your signatures to major media outlets next week. Watch the video, and sign the petition.

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