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The Community Guardians Group
May 18, 2011
EIS L’ASOS L’HASHEM HA’ARETZ NASAN L’VNAI ADAM T’NU OZE L’ELOKIM
CALL to ACTION
SHMA YISRAEL!
Event: The Agudath Israel of America has called all Jewish voters to contact their state legislators immediately. A bill to change the definition of marriage, to make legal marriages between two men or two women, has been introduced in the Assembly and may soon be introduced in the Senate. It is expected the biggest battle will take place over the Senate.
Explanation: Every registered Jewish voter who is not osek b’Torah should take a few minutes to call his neighborhood Senator’s office. A sample nusach is included below, along with a chart listing the contact information for the Senators for our neighborhoods.
“I’m calling as a concerned voter in the district. I am deeply opposed to changing the definition of marriage. Please do everything in your power to stop this bill from becoming law. We will be watching to see how the Senator votes on this important issue.”
*It’s especially important that as many people as we can contact the senators with a star *. They hold leadership positions in the Senate or said they are “undecided” on the issue. Please forward and encourage any friends or relatives you have living in these districts to contact these senators.
Be Polite. Don’t Threaten. Be Positive.
May the Aybishter make us worthy of having the bruchos from this week’s sedra fulfilled through us. “You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you… five among you will pursue one hundred and a hundred from among you will pursue ten thousand and your enemies will fall before you.” Parshas Bechukosai, Vayikra, 26.7-8. You should be matzliach l’kvod Shamayim. Dovid Z. Schwartz, Director, Community Guardian’s Group.
Details:
Flatbush
Senate District 22 Sen. Martin Golden
Phone (518) 455-2730
Email golden@senate.state.ny.us
*(Voted AGAINST toeiva marriage last time, and he’s Assistant Deputy Whip in the Senate)
Senate District 19 John Sampson
Phone (518) 455-2788
Fax (518) 426-6806
Email Sampson@senate.state.ny.us.
(Voted FOR toeiva marriage last time)
Senate District 27 Carl Kruger
Phone (518) 455-2460
Fax (518) 426-6855
Email kruger@senate.state.ny.us
(Voted AGAINST toeiva marriage last time)
Kensington
Senate District 21 Kevin Parker
Phone (518) 455-2580
Fax (518) 426-6843
Email parker@senate.state.ny.us
(Voted FOR toeiva marriage last time)
Bensonhurst / Marine Park
Senate District 22 Sen. Martin Golden
Phone (518) 455-2730
Email golden@senate.state.ny.us
*(Voted AGAINST toeiva marriage last time, and he’s Assistant Deputy Whip in the Senate)
Boro Park
Senate District 22 Sen. Martin Golden
Phone (518) 455-2730
Email golden@senate.state.ny.us
*(Voted AGAINST toeiva marriage last time, and he’s Assistant Deputy Whip in the Senate)
Senate District 20 Eric Adams
Phone (518) 455-2431
Fax (518) 426-6856
Email edams@senate.state.ny.us
(Voted FOR toeiva marriage last time)
Senate District 21 Kevin Parker
Phone (518) 455-2580
Fax (518) 426-6843
Email parker@senate.state.ny.us
(Voted FOR toeiva marriage last time)
Senate District 23 Sen. Diane Savino
Phone (518) 455-2437
Fax (518) 426-6943
Email savino@senate.state.ny.us.
(Voted FOR toeiva marriage last time)
Williamsburg
Senate District 17 Sen. Martin Melave Dilan
Phone (518) 455-2177
Fax (518) 426- 6947
Email dilan@nysenate.gov
Senate District 25 Sen. Daniel Squadron
Phone (518) 455-2625
Fax 518-426-6956
squadron@nysenate.gov
(Voted FOR toeiva marriage last time.)
Crown Heights
Senate District 20 Sen. Eric Adams
Phone (518) 455-2431
Fax (518) 426-6856
Email edams@senate.state.ny.us
(Voted FOR toeiva marriage last time)
Five Towns
Senate District 9 Majority Leader Dean Skelos
Phone (518) 455-3171
Email skelos@nysenate.gov
*IMPORTANT (He’s the Majority Leader of the Senate)
Great Neck
Senate District 7 Jack Martins
Phone (518) 455-3265
Fax (518) 426-6739
Email martins@nysenate.gov
*IMPORTANT (Says he is going to vote for what his voters tell him)
Staten Island
Senate District 24 Andew Lanza
Phone (518) 455-3215
Fax (518) 426-6852
Email lanza@senate.state.ny.us
*(Voted AGAINST toeiva marriage last time, but says he’s could eventually vote for it)
Forest Hills
Senate District 15. Sen. Joseph Addabbo
Phone (518) 455-2322
Fax (518) 426-6875
Email addabbo@senate.state.ny.us
*(Voted AGAINST toeiva marriage last time, but now says he’ll vote what his voters tell him)
Kew Gardens Hills
Senate District 16 Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky
Phone (518) 455-3461
Fax (518) 426-6857
stavisky@senate.state.ny.us
(Voted FOR toeiva marriage last time)
Far Rockaway/ Bayswater
Senate District 14 Malcolm Smith
Phone (518) 455-2701
Fax (518) 455-2816
Email masmith@senate.state.ny.us
(Voted FOR toeiva marriage last time)
Jamaica Estates
Senate District 11 Tony Avella
Phone (518) 455-2210
Fax (518) 426-6736
Avella@nysenate.gov
(Was elected on his promise to vote FOR toeiva marriage)
Manhattan “East Side”
Senate District 25 Sen. Daniel Squadron
Phone (518) 455-2625
Fax 518-426-6956
squadron@nysenate.gov
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The Community Guardian’s Group permits all duplication of these reports. Prior issues of the Guardian’s Report are available online at www.zehjournal.com. For further information contact Director of CGG, Dovid Z. Schwartz, at CGG@zehjournal.com, (917) 680-6632.
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