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Monday, November 25, 2024

FAIR Wisconsin to continue state activism

Since the election, the group has created a Wisconsin Education Fund to educate citizens on the harm of discriminating against LGBT citizens.  

 

President of FAIR Wisconsin, Tamara Packard, said the organization will also provide educational resources for LGBT citizens and families. According to a letter from FAIR Wisconsin, the group said they feel this will serve as a route for informing progressive-minded Wisconsinites about the harms of anti-equality legislation.  

 

Packard said FAIR Wisconsin has also started a 100-day plan that hopes to improve the lives of gays and lesbians, focusing mostly on helping the general public understand what they go through on a daily basis.  

 

The plan will mainly focus on the way gays and lesbians live their lives and try to protect their families.  

 

Packard said FAIR Wisconsin, as a whole, is looking to stop discrimination, obtain equality, have communities gain awareness and help to protect LGBT people and their families. 

 

The group also plans to take an aggressive legislative stance to fight for further rights for all Wisconsin families.  

 

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By taking these steps and by receiving assistance from legal experts, FAIR Wisconsin said they hope to eventually overturn the amendment, possibly through litigation. 

 

State Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, said he believes FAIR Wisconsin and the Democratic Party of Dane County share mostly the same ideals and values in respect to equal rights. 

 

Black's future plans include co-sponsoring legislation to allow same sex couples to be married.  

 

Though he is not expecting it to pass, he said he thinks it is necessary to bring it up because he hopes it will pass in the future. 

 

Black attributes age as a major reason for the differences in opinions on this topic. He said the younger a person is, the more tolerant they are in regard to same sex couples.  

 

He said he is hopeful the gay marriage amendment will be repealed in a decade.

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