World, US, Victory! Anti-gay law DROPPED‏

Dear, We won! The anti-gay bill in the US state of Virginia has been STOPPED. The subcommittee voted against the bill unanimously, so it will never see the light of day. This law would have allowed doctors, teachers, and all companies to deny service to gay, lesbian, and bi people under the guise of “religious and moral convictions”. 166,551 of us signed All Out's petition against the anti-gay bill and the voting committee heard us. Our partners in Virginia delivered all our signatures straight to the head of the voting committee last Tuesday. Click here to share this great victory with your friends now: Together, we need to keep fighting. In the US, over a dozen other states have proposed anti-gay laws like Virginia's, and they keep on coming. And around the world, it is still a CRIME to be gay in 76 countries. Andre, Guillaume, Leandro, Pablo, Rose, Tile and the rest of the All Out team PS - Two victories in just one week! Just last Friday, we got Google to fix its translation tool, which was suggesting anti-gay insults to millions of users. Now Virginia's anti-gay bill has been killed. Click here to share this great victory with your friends on Facebook. Previous email:  -------------------   We have 24 hours to stop a law in Virginia that could allow doctors to deny treatment to gay people. Sign to urge the voting committee to stop it: Dear Luc, Imagine being rushed to the hospital but refused treatment because of who you are. In 24h, Virginia will consider a law that allows doctors, teachers, and all companies to deny service to gay, lesbian, and bi people under the guise of “religious or moral conviction”. The bill is going to a critical vote. If we succeed this week in convincing members of the committee to vote ‘no’, it will never see the light of day. We need a giant public outcry right now to show the committee that citizens in Virginia and around the country are paying attention. The vote is looming - the next 24 hours are crucial to stop the bill so we need to go All Out. Can you add your name to this petition to tell the voting committee to say no to this anti-gay bill? We’ll urgently deliver the signatures to each committee member right away:  go.allout.org/en/a/virginia/ This law applies to schools and hospitals but also restaurants and other businesses. It could allow teachers torefuse to have gay students in their classes or let movie theaters ban people they even perceive to be gay. Together, we’ve beat laws like this before - in Arizona, an outrageous bill was proposed to ban transgender people from using restrooms and locker rooms in local businesses. After thousands of us spoke out with local leaders, Arizona’s legislature was forced to dump the bill. Add your name, it only takes two minutes: go.allout.org/en/a/virginia/ Similar anti-gay bills have been popping up all over the US. Just last month, the Michigan Senate narrowly shut down another dangerous bill that would have given companies the right to say “no gays allowed”. We can shut this one down too. Sign now: go.allout.org/en/a/virginia/ Thanks for going All Out, Andre, Guillaume, Lucy, Pablo, Rose, Tile, and the rest of the All Out team P.S. More than a dozen other states have proposed anti-gay laws that would allow discrimination in the name of "religion or moral convictions", and they keep coming. Without your help, these dangerous bills could continue to spread, making lesbian, gay, bi and trans people across the country targets for discrimination. Sign now to shut them down! go.allout.org/en/a/virginia/     SOURCES: US: Virginia anti-gay bill would permit discrimination against gays Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill Introduced in Virginia A New Virginia Bill Would Let Schools, Hotels, Restaurants, and Hospitals Turn Gays Away

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