Feel free to send this on to your rulers. I’ve sent it to all of mine (Tolman, Fox, Travaglini, Romney), plus a slightly changed version to the Globe. Obviously nobody responded (yet– just been a few days).
Dear [Elected Official]
I’m writing to ask you to uphold the separation of church and state. Yesterday’s Boston Globe had an article about how the Catholic church has been lobbying against gay marriage, which reminded me once again of the importance of the divide. Mixing state and church is not and cannot be good for either.The Catholic opposition to homosexuality is a purely religious opposition, and should not influence the laws of our state any more than Catholic regulations about confession or church attendance. There is no civil, secular reason to oppose gay marriage. A “Defense of Marriage” act is actually an encroachment of religious edict upon civil liberty, and should not pass.
Please bear this in mind when you vote.
Your Constituent,
[Signature]
Esp. for representatives, be sure to include your address and zip code so they know you’re in their district.
Secretly Ironic 