Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., has introduced an amendment to restore a longstanding restriction that keeps federal funds from being used to implement the District of Columbia's 1992 domestic-partnership law.
The District created a registry for unmarried couples that grants legal protections and benefits to registered domestic partners. A prohibition on using federal tax dollars to fund the program has been in effect since it began, but the appropriations bill now under consideration does not contain that restriction.
TAKE ACTION
Please call your U.S. representative and ask him or her to support the Goode amendment to prohibit federal dollars from supporting D.C.'s domestic partnerships. You can find contact information for your representative in the CitizenLink Action Center.
