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I received this in a enail today from the Democratic party of Ga. I'm posting it here since it may apply to other states as well.

As some of you may know, the state legislature passed a Constitutional
measure this year known as SR595 that was popularly known as the "Gay
Marriage Amendment". This measure will be shown as Amendment 1 on your
ballot on November 2nd. But there's some things you need to know about this
amendment.
1. The language on the ballot is a "Summary Statement" and is not the actual
amendment. The statement talks about the "definition of marriage" and
mentions nothing about the parts of the full amendment, known as the Hidden
! 100 Words.
2. The part of the amendment you won't see, the Hidden 100, is going to lead
to some devastating things in Georgia - listed below.
3. A similar measure passed in Virginia earlier this year has forced gay and
lesbian couples and families to leave the state because of the effects of
the Hidden words.
We're under attack by the Chrisitian Coalition, who backed and lobbied for
this amendment. Here's what we stand to lose.

Part B of the Amendment which you won't see on the ballot will
1. Deny ANY legal relationship between members of the same sex. This
endangers current powers of attorney, wills and other arrangements already
in place
2. Put Domestic Partner Benefits including health insurance (which I
personally have) at risk especially those offered by counties and other
municipal entitities.
3. Put 2nd-parent adoption arrangements under legal question
4. Parents who currently have custody and visitation rights will now be
called into question because they are gay or lesbian or just same-sex.
5. Deny gays & lesbians the right to visit your injured or sick partners in
the hospital.
6. Invalidate any out-of-state marriages, unions, domestic partner unions
and powers of attorney.
7. Deny all gays and lesbian the rights to inheritance without full taxes
meaning you won't be able to will your home or property to someone of the
same sex without considerable tax assessments.

This is only the beginning, the Christian Coalition will be back in
full-bully form next year for more. Gays and lesbians are the new punching
bag for the religious-crazy right.