Those who have cried so loudly in the past about "tolerance" are themselves showing no tolerance to those of us who believe in the simple idea that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. Last month, the National Organization for Marriage launched www.busttheblacklist.com to fight back against the hate.

Many of you have experienced harassment or intimidation for your support of NOM California and Proposition 8. As you may know, we have filed a lawsuit with ProtectMarriage.com to exempt our Committee from further reporting of donors' identities.

We were not successful in getting a preliminary injunction, which is difficult to get. But the Judge's Order indicated that he needed more evidence of reprisals against our donors. We need your help to win this suit!

Thank you for your many emails and prayers regarding recently proposed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island State Senate Judiciary Committee has postponed its hearing on this bill indefinitely.

Today I contact you with a call to action. As you know, we have been working for months to build a network of activists who can step up, make their voices heard, and together defeat same-sex marriage in Rhode Island.

As expected, legislation to legalize same sex marriage has been introduced in the Rhode Island Senate, with a Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for next Tuesday afternoon. Although the hearing was scheduled with little notice (it's still not officially posted on the committee website), we have four days to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee: Don't Mess with Marriage. Your participation today is vital to the success of our efforts to defend marriage and the right to live and worship as God has commanded us.

THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOU TO ACT. WE NEED YOU NOW.

Today we launch the first of a number of new efforts to increase our unity and effectiveness: our NOM Fanpage on Facebook.  Coming together on Facebook will allow us to share the most recent information in marriage fights, connect with others in our community fighting for marriage, and allow us to quickly get the word out when we must ACT!

We're building an online army for marriage.  Will you join the battle?

TAKE ACTION!

Join the National Organization for Marriage Fanpage on Facebook!

We're off to a great start!

In just the past 24 hours, thousands have joined with DomaDefenseFund to send emails to Congress and the White House urging President Obama and members of Congress to save the Defense of Marriage Act!