Victory in Florida!!!

Visit our News page Victory in Florida!! The Florida House of Representatives passes a “Free Speech Protection” bill by Guy Rodgers, Executive Director Dear Solsticewitch13, On Saturday, while our staff was conducting training sessions at the “Citizens in Action” conference in Northern Virginia, I received an email from Adam Hasner, the Florida House Majority Leader, informing us that Florida’s version of “Rachel’s Law” had just passed. In a conference call a week earlier Rep. Hasner pointed out that ACT! for America chapter leaders and members in Florida played an active part in reaching out to legislators in the Florida House on this legislation. As Rep. Hasner noted so eloquently: “This bill protects Floridians from having their right to free speech suppressed by those with radical ideologies. Foreign courts that do not place the same value on our constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech will no longer be used to intimidate Florida citizens.” You may recall that “Rachel’s Law” was originally passed in New York about a year ago. It protects authors and publishers from intimidation lawsuits filed in foreign countries, and was dubbed “Rachel’s Law” because of a lawsuit filed against Rachel Ehrenfeld who wrote the book Funding Evil. A version of the legislation, entitled “The Free Speech Protection Act,” has been introduced in the U.S. Congress. We will be sending you an action alert on this legislation in the near future, so stay tuned! I hope you are seeing the pattern we are seeing. Eighteen months ago there was very little good news we could report to you. That is no longer the case. We and our allies are going on the offensive and we’re winning victories. I fully expect that, over the next twelve months, we’ll see more victories like these. More and more people are waking up – and more and more elected officials are waking up. Yes, we have a long ways to go and a long fight ahead, but there is a message being sent loud and clear to radical Islamists, and that message is that America is a sleeping giant that is beginning to stir from its slumber, and that Americans are not going to roll over and allow Islamism to steamroller us as it has done in Europe. In this vein, we have a simple action we would like you to take to help us improve our ability to educate and persuade elected officials throughout the country. Lisa Piraneo, our new Director of Government Relations, wants to build a database of every one of our members who has a relationship with at least one elected official, at any level. Compiling this database will enable us to more effectively and strategically advance our legislative priorities and stop legislation that is harmful – whether at the city, county, state or federal level. So please read over the following ACTION ALERT and help us once again help you! Guy Rodgers ____________________________________________________________________ CALLING ALL ACT! FOR AMERICA MEMBERS! DO YOU HAVE AN EXISTING RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIAL? IF SO, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU! As we recently informed you, Lisa Piraneo has joined ACT! for America as its Director of Government Relations in Washington, DC. As such, Lisa will be our primary eyes and ears on Capitol Hill, but the real power behind ACT! for America is each one of you – our grassroots members! Your connections and relationships with your elected officials – local, state or federal – are critical to the mission of our organization. Specifically, personal relationships with these officials will augment our overall grassroots efforts. Over the coming weeks, we will be updating our website to include important information about effective grassroots lobbying. Grassroots training will also be offered at each of our upcoming “Citizens in Action” Conferences. You don’t want to miss it! As part of our efforts to strengthen our voice on the issue of radical Islam, we are working to compile a database of our members who have existing relationships with elected officials. This database will help us as we continue to educate those in all levels of government about the critical issues surrounding the infiltration of Islamic radicalism in our communities. Our elected officials depend upon others to educate them on the myriad of issues they must address every day. They and their staff cannot be experts on all issues. They want to hear from you. They NEED to hear from you! The ACT! for America grassroots network is the best method for providing this education on radical Islam and what immediate actions must be taken to secure our country for ourselves, our children, and our children’ children. The ACT! for America team will be there to assist you as you provide information to your elected officials. If you have an existing relationship with ANY elected official from school board member to United States Senator, we want to hear from you. Please copy the form (below) into a Word document, complete the form, and return it, via e-mail, to info@actforamerica.org. (If you have a relationship with more than three elected officials, simply copy the form more than once before you fill it in). Your name: ________________________________________________________ Phone number: _________________________________________________ E-mail address: _________________________________________________ Yes, I have an existing relationship with the following elected officials: Name_________________________________________________ Office Held ____________________________________________ City__________________ State____________________________ Nature of Relationship ____________________________________ Name_________________________________________________ Office Held _______________________________________________ City__________________ State________________________ Nature of Relationship___________________________________ Name_________________________________________________ Office Held_______________________________________________ City State__________________ State________________________ Nature of Relationship ___________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT for America P.O. 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