House Reps W/O Reply: 11/18 - 11/20 (Email)

From 11/18/08 to 11/20/08, I sent the standard email to 32 State House Representatives. Only 6 Reps have replied, and the six are Rep Kathy Ashe, Rep Stepanie Benfield, Rep Roger Bruce, Rep Clay Cox, Rep Tom Dickson, and Rep Terry England. (You may find their comments in previous entries of this blog.)

State House Reps W/O Reply
Roberta Abdul-Salaam, HD-74
Stacey Abrams, HD-84
Amos Amerson, HD-9
Timothy Bearden, HD-68
Tommy Benton, HD-31
Bob Bryant, HD-160
Debbie Buckner, HD-130
Mark Burkhalter, HD-50
Jon Burns, HD-157
Mark Butler, HD-18
Charlice Byrd, HD-20
Amy Carter, HD-175
Buddy Carter, HD-159
David Casas, HD-103
Mickey Channell, HD-116
Jim Cole, HD-125
Doug Collins, HD-27
Rick Crawford, HD-16
Hardie Davis, HD-122
Steve Davis, HD-109
Dee Dawkins-Haigler, HD-93
Katie Dempsey, HD-13
Matt Dollar, HD-45
Earl Ehrhart, HD-36
Carl Epps, HD-128
Hugh Floyd, HD-99

I will send a letter (via snail mail) to the Reps who did not reply to the email.

House Reps Who Didn't Respond: 11/20/08 Letter

On November 20, 2008, I mailed the standard letter to 13 State House Representatives. Sadly, only 1 Rep has replied-- Rep Melvin Everson.

State House Reps W/O Reply
Terry Barnard, HD-166
Sharon Beasley-Teague, HD-65
Ellis Black, HD-174
Tyrone Brooks, HD-63
Jill Chambers, HD-81
Mike Cheokas, HD-134
Mike Coan, HD-101
Brooks Coleman, HD-97
Sharon Cooper, HD-41
Burke Day, HD-163
Winfred Dukes, HD-150
Barry Flemming, HD-117

How It Works

Election Day '08 was bittersweet. The sweet part being the historical election of Senator Obama as the first African-American President of the US, and the bitter part: the discrimination that prevailed in California, Florida, Arizona, and Arkansas. The ballot measures passed in each state make me think about what in Georgia is left to rally the right-wing troops, and it hit me-- placing a ban on adoption by LGBT people. With this haunting thought I did the only thing I knew to do -- start writing elected officials. Thus, NOT IN MY GEORGIA was born. I am writing via email and snail mail each member of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate with the following initial message:

Dear Representative.....

According to the political rumor mill, a State Senator will sponsor a bill to ban adoption by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender (LGBT) Georgians. What is your opinion on a bill that would ban adoption for LGBT Georgians? If such a bill is sponsored, no matter by whom, how will you cast your vote?

I look forward to your timely response.

Cordially,
Dustin Brookshire

I will share all developments from the correspondences in this blog. I hope you'll stay tuned.