that is what id did. i think it has better effect that
way.

--- "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Kat,
> 
> Thanks for sending this.  I saw the RTF stop in
> Wyoming, and it was really
> good; I encourage people to sign the petition and to
> directly contact their
> members of Congress directly!
> 
> 
> On 10/4/07, kat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Greetings from the Road To Freedom bus currently
> in Concord, New
> > Hampshire! We are traveling the country to promote
> restoration of the
> > Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) -- and we
> need your help!
> >
> >
> >
> > On *Thursday morning, October 4, 2007, at 10 am*,
> the Subcommittee on
> > Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of
> the House Judiciary
> > Committee will hold an important hearing on
> renewing the Americans with
> > Disabilities Act. The hearing will focus on the
> ADA Restoration Act
> > (H.R. 3195), the bill designed to restore the
> rights of the many people
> > who have lost their civil rights protections due
> to the narrowing of the
> > ADA in the courts.
> >
> >
> >
> > We urge you to attend these hearings on Thursday
> in *Room 2141 of the
> > Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC*.
> >
> >
> >
> > If you cannot attend, *please take action* *below*
> to let Congress know
> > that you support passage of the ADA Restoration
> Act.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Jim Ward
> > Founder and President
> > ADA Watch/NCDR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *ADA RESTORATION ACTION CENTER*
> >
> > **Powered By ADAWatch.org
> >
>
<http://m1e.net/c?29279385-fj9HMbY1/BswA%402799490-cUT/mr53lXedw>
> >
> >
> >
> > After years of being weakened in the courts,
> Congress is coming to the
> > rescue of the Americans with Disabilities Act
> (ADA), the bipartisan
> > civil rights protections signed into law in 1990.
> This vital legislation
> > will restate and clarify the intent of Congress in
> order to keep the
> > promise of the ADA. Please take action /now/ to
> encourage members of
> > Congress to sign-on and pass this legislation
> which was drafted with the
> > support of a broad coalition of disability
> organizations.
> >
> >
> >
> > *Contact Congress
> >
>
<http://m1e.net/c?29279385-RbrB4KQnyaGWU%402799491-rGZ7yo3RweCOk>*
> >
> > Click the link above to tell your members of
> Congress to support the
> > /ADA Restoration Act/.
> >
> >
> >
> > *Sign the Petition
> >
>
<http://m1e.net/c?29279385-lKSLx8YepcXrM%402799492-PM/bvvkK09g3w>*
> >
> > Click the link above to show your support for
> passage of the /ADA
> > Restoration Act/. We will distribute the petitions
> to Congress and the
> > media.
> >
> >
> >
> > *Tell Your Story
> >
>
<http://m1e.net/c?29279385-4JaeLqztZnXAo%402799493-WCWUViZX7vc4I>*
> >
> > Click the link above to tell your story about
> disability discrimination,
> > how the ADA has helped you or how the promise of
> the ADA is still
> > unfulfilled. We will share these testimonials with
> Congress and the media.
> >
> >
> >
> > *Get On the Bus
> >
>
<http://m1e.net/c?29279385-53c0FJzFjGDN2%402799494-VrHns6uEdhY5M>*
> >
> > Click the link above to follow the /Road To
> Freedom: Keeping the Promise
> > of the ADA/, our year-long, cross-country bus tour
> promoting the
> > restoration of the ADA.   Freedom bus Check out
> the tour schedule, read
> > the blog and view photos of our journey so far
> covering more than 20,000
> > miles, 40 states and more than 60 bus stop events.
> >
> > *BACKGROUND:*
> > Seventeen years ago, Congress passed the Americans
> with Disabilities Act
> > (ADA) with overwhelming bipartisan support.
> However, in recent years, a
> > number of Supreme Court decisions have
> significantly reduced the
> > protections available to people with disabilities
> in employment settings.
> >
> > Courts are quick to side with businesses and
> employers, deciding against
> > people with disabilities who challenge employment
> discrimination 97% of
> > the time, often before the person even has a
> chance to show the employer
> > treated them unfairly.
> >
> > Indeed, courts have created an absurd Catch-22 by
> allowing employers to
> > say a person is "too disabled" to do the job but
> not "disabled enough"
> > to be protected by the ADA. People with conditions
> like epilepsy,
> > diabetes, HIV, cancer, hearing loss, and mental
> illness that manage
> > their disabilities with medication, prosthetics,
> hearing aids, etc. --
> > or "mitigating measures" -- are viewed as "too
> functional" to have a
> > disability and are denied the ADA's protection
> from employment
> > discrimination.
> >
> > People denied a job or fired because an employer
> mistakenly believes
> > they cannot perform the job or because the
> employer does not want people
> > with disabilities in the workplace are also denied
> the ADA's protection
> > from employment discrimination.
> >
> > */Passage of the ADA Restoration Act of 2007 is
> critical to restoring
> > the intent of Congress when it originally passed
> the ADA./*
> >
> >
> >
> > As Rep. Steny Hoyer stated when he introduced the
> ADA Restoration Act of
> > 2007 on July 26, 2007, "the point of the ADA is
> not disability; it is
> > the prevention of wrongful and unlawful
> discrimination." The courts have
> > spent an exorbitant amount of time parsing the
> question of whether a
> > person is really "disabled," when the real
> question is whether the
> > person was treated /unfairly/ on the /_basis of_/
> an irrelevant personal
> > characteristic (disability). Courts do not require
> people alleging race
> > or sex discrimination under other civil rights
> laws to first prove their
> > race or gender -- instead, they look at whether
> race or gender was the
> > basis for the adverse action. Under the ADA,
> however, before a court
> 
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