Right of Conscience Vote in U.S. Senate Tomorrow—Urgent Calls Needed

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QUICK LINKS HSLDA Home Page Join HSLDA Members Home Page @home e-vents Homeschool Thru High School Homeschool Thru the Early Years Struggling Learners HSLDA Bookstore AP Prep Courses You can only do so much… No one can be everywhere at once. And you can’t be at home, teaching your children, while monitoring Congress and state legislatures. Through electronic legislative services, HSLDA is monitoring legislation for you—watching and listening carefully for any proposed laws that could erode your freedom. Join HSLDA today—we’ll watch out for your future. We also provide 24/7 legal assistance and some great money-saving benefits! More reasons to join HSLDA… Join 17,000 others... The HSLDA Curriculum Market is buzzing with activity! Save money on new and used homeschooling materials, or sell your extras. You Can Help! The Home School Foundation supports homeschool families in need. Whether it's a widow or a family suffering after a natural disaster, HSF is there to help. You can give directly, or through our Clicks For Homeschooling program; online merchants contribute to HSF when you shop! Start shopping here to contribute to HSF at no cost to you!			Right of Conscience Vote in U.S. Senate Tomorrow—Urgent Calls Needed Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, We have previously urged you to call the U.S. Senate to support Amendment No. 1520, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, by Senator Roy Blunt (MO). This amendment to the Senate’s Transportation Bill would protect religious freedom and conscience rights, and would ensure that employers are not forced by the federal government to violate their religious beliefs or conscience as a result of the recent Obama Administration mandate requiring all employers to give employees free birth control and abortion-inducing drugs. The Senate will vote on Amendment No. 1520 tomorrow, Thursday, March 1. The vote is expected to be extremely close. Please immediately call (because of the short time, phone calls, not emails, are best) your two U.S. senators and urge them to support this crucial amendment. You can reach the Capitol Switchboard (and ask to be transferred to your senators’ offices) at 202-224-3121 or use HSLDA’s Congressional Directory to enter your ZIP code and find your senators’ phone numbers. Your message can be as simple as the following: “Please support Senator Blunt’s Amendment No. 1520, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, which will overturn President Obama’s contraceptives mandate requiring employers to violate their conscience and religious beliefs. To protect the sanctity of the First Amendment and the right of conscience upon which our nation was founded, the U.S. Senate must act to preserve the freedom of employers to follow the dictates of their conscience.” Thank you for standing with us for freedom. Very truly yours, J. Michael Smith, Esq. President, HSLDA P.S. For more background information, please click here. • • • • You can only do so much... No one can be everywhere at once. And you can’t be at home, teaching your children, while monitoring your state’s legislature. Through electronic legislative services, HSLDA is monitoring state legislation for you— watching and listening carefully for any proposed laws that could erode your right to homeschool. Join HSLDA today—we’ll watch out for your future. More reasons to join HSLDA >>
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