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GOOD NEWS! PLEASE READ!
KOSA has been delayed! It’s not for too long, just until January. But this gives us more time to continue sending emails and calling. ITS WORKING! KEEP CALLING! KEEP EMAILING!
(I was alerted of this because I’m on Fight for the Future’s email list)
Here’s the link to continue the fight!:
And, critically, the reason that it is being delayed for a month is that Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), changed her mind on it. In November, she was not just going to vote yes but trying to get it fast-tracked. Last week, she admitted there were queerphobic problems with the bill that needed to be fixed before it could move forward.
Why do you think she’s trying to fix it now? Probably because she’s gotten a lot of pressure and phone calls on the subject.
This is great! It’s progress in the right direction. Next step: continue the phone calls and letters, pointing out that the bill as written does nothing to protect kids, and there is no way to make a bill like it that doesn’t harm LGBTQ+ folks (because the bill’s sponsors have admitted that the whole POINT of it is to let them censor LGBTQ+ people) and also no way to make a bill like it that doesn’t invade peoples’ privacy.
So yeah. Call your senators, or write them. The EFF has resources and talking points, and if you can put them in your own words that makes you more likely to be listened to.
This is unspeakably important. Don’t sleep on this.
One of the letters to Sen. Cantwell came from me, since I’m one of her constituents.
But please, contact your own senators, United Statesians!