A Message from Kris Mineau and Chanel Prunier

The Time is Not Right, But ...

July 24, 2007

Dear Friends,

VoteOnMarriage.org has decided not to immediately pursue another petition drive for an amendment to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

Many of you poured your hearts and souls into this campaign. You collected signatures, volunteered in the office, collected postcards and lobbied your legislators. A great many of you wrote to encourage us to start over again immediately and try again.

But such a move would be very unlikely to succeed at this time. While we do not doubt that we could shatter our signature drive record, any petition beginning this fall would immediately be laid before a joint session of the legislature next spring. The legislature will not have changed; the same exact legislators would be voting on it. We believe it unlikely many would change back to our side with Governor Patrick, Speaker DiMasi, and Senate President Murray pulling the strings.

We at VoteOnMarriage want to be good stewards of our people's time, money, and efforts. We know how much you have sacrificed and the hard work that has gone into this effort. But given the make-up of the current legislature, we believe a petition drive at this time is not a wise decision.

We will keep this movement alive by other means. We will continue to mobilize our grassroots network and educate people on the importance of marriage between a man and a woman.

Pro-family advocates and volunteers have been organized as never before in Massachusetts thanks to this campaign. We might have lost this battle, but we are building to win the war.

Rest assured, we are not going away!

We look forward to working with you to bring about much-needed change in Massachusetts.

Thank you and God bless,

Kris Mineau
Spokesman

Chanel Prunier
Campaign Director