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Dear Friend,

Your action is needed on a bill introduced by Rep. John Hostettler (R-Indiana) titled the Public Expression of Religion Act (PERA) (HR 2679). HR 2679 came out of markup last week and will make it to the floor likely the week of September 18th! That means you must contact your representative and tell them to vote YES on PERA!

This is our very best opportunity for a significant pro-family victory prior to Congress recessing for the campaign season!

PERA will prevent groups like the ACLU from using the legal system in a manner that extorts money from state and local governments and inhibits their constitutional actions.

Currently, under federal law, parties can sue state and local governments claiming their individual rights were violated and then demand attorney's fees in the case if they prevail. The ACLU and other groups have been using these statutes to threaten litigation against public officials in both their public and individual capacities if the officials express their religious beliefs. Liberal pressure groups claim that such expression is an establishment of religion.

The very threat of litigation and potential attorney's fees often forces states and localities to cave to demands to remove even the smallest religious references on public properties. Examples include veterans' memorials with religious symbols being torn down, removing the Ten Commandments from public buildings, booting the Boy Scouts off public property and blotting out crosses from official county seals.

PERA amends the law to prevent the awarding of attorney's fees to prevailing plaintiffs in these cases and thus levels the playing field against groups such as the ACLU, who have won millions of dollars in attorney's fees while forcing state and local governments into suppressing religious speech.

Please contact your representative and ask him or her to support PERA (HR 2679)! Simply enter your zip code into the box at your right. [Having trouble with the zip code box? Try the online version at http://congress.cwfa.org/cwfa/issues/alert/?alertid=9016176] Remember, this bill is our very best chance to gain a significant pro-family victory before Congress recesses for campaign season!

Thank you.

Sincerely,

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The Legislative Department
Concerned Women for America

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