A Letter I *Am* Going To Send

[browngirl]

Modified from the one I got here. This is, of course, the first draft.

Dear President Obama,

I am writing to express my disappointment and outrage at the legal brief your administration filed in a California Federal Court defending DOMA, the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act -- a law you promised to repeal when you were running for President. That promise is one of the reasons I voted for you, sir, one of the reasons I decided you would make the best president of the choices before us. You made me believe in a better future for this country, one where all citizens could come closer to being truly free. Please don't renege on that,

I am writing to urge you to immediately stop defending DOMA, to call for its repeal and to instruct the Department of Justice to take any and all actions to support that position, including asking the court to strike the brief. This is the right thing practically -- defending DOMA is not going to win you supporters nearly as substantially as it will lose you supporters. And it's the right thing morally, a step closer to that country of liberty I hoped you could lead us towards becoming.

Please, use your power as President to defend the powerless and raise the oppressed. I demand
that you immediately call for an end to all discrimination against LGBT Americans and demonstrate that you are the "fierce" advocate you claimed you will be.

Sincerely,

[[My full name]

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[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I unscreened this because it's important information, but I'll rescreen it if you like.

Thank you for letting me know. At least I'll be changing my letter a lot, but I feel even more like I must send one, to help emphasize that one more US citizen insists this be changed. Legally, so it sticks, but it must be changed.