Obama and Dems want to censor AFA and other pro-family groups at election time

Obama and Dems want to censor AFA and other pro-family groups at election time

URGENT: Contact your senators today - tell them to protect the Constitution and vote “NO” on the DISCLOSE Act

The badly misnamed campaign finance bill, the DISCLOSE Act, will strangle the voice of the AFA and other pro-life and pro-family organizations during election campaigns, right at the time our voices most need to be heard.
President Obama and the Democrats have already pushed this bill through the House, and will push it through the Senate in the next few days unless we intervene.

Although the bill will muzzle the voice of pro-family groups, Democrats carved out a special exemption for unions, the Sierra Club and the AARP, so the rules won't apply to them.

And the bill will go into effect just 30 days after it is signed by President Obama, just in time to silence our message before the fall elections.

To make sure it can't be challenged in court prior to November, the bill expressly prohibits expedited judicial review.

The Democrats know this bill is unconstitutional and will eventually be overturned by the courts. They don't care as long as it will help them this November.

In fact, Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) admitted on the House floor that the purpose of the bill is explicitly partisan (video here). He said that unless the DISCLOSE Act passes, "we'll see more Republicans getting elected."

The president and the Democrats don't want a level playing field this fall; they want one tilted steeply in their favor.

But when the Founders gave us the First Amendment, they prohibited Congress from making any law "abridging the freedom of speech," by which they meant freedom of political speech. They knew that a representative democracy can only thrive if it protects vigorous and robust public debate during election seasons.
This bill is so bad that even the ACLU has come out against it.

We believe this bill can be defeated in the Senate, but in order for that to happen, your senators need to hear from you today.

Take Action

Enter your ZIP CODE and click "Go" to send an email to your Senators today and urge them to vote "No" on [S.3295] the DISCLOSE Act.

It is very important that you forward this alert to your friends and family members.

Thank you for caring enough to get involved. If you find our efforts worth supporting, would you consider making a small tax-deductible donation to help us continue?

Sincerely,

Tim Wildmon, President
American Family Association

Additional resources:

The Free Speech Coalition's analysis of the initial version of the bill
A broad Coalition letter against DISCLOSE Act

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