URGENT! Action Needed Immediately to Stop CA bill Restricting Freedom of Speech!

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****Cross Post Freely****Note from WAR: This message was sent to WAR by an animal rights attorney from California, who asked us to forward it on to our lists. This is especially important if you reside in California. Please don't let this notorious bill pass into law without a fight. Send faxes and e-mails to the addresses listed below. At the tail end of this e-mail you will find a sample letter that you can tailor to suit your needs.Take action today or we stand to lose more of our constitutional rights! -------------- [baarn] Please FAX/Call/E-mail your Strong Opposition to AB 2296 ASAP! (Weds latest!) -------- Please send a FAX, E-Mail and/or make a call ASAP to prevent a restrictive and unconstitutional bill from being passed which will benefit all animal exploiters (vivisectionists, factory farmers, breeders, rodeos, etc.). Below the contacts is a copy of a letter I sent to the Committee, if you would like to copy and paste it into your own letterhead and fax it off today please do! Your support is necessary now to stop this from going past the Judiciary Committee. Be polite please. -------------------------------- Phone Number and E-mail Contact Info: Dave Jones - Chair Dem-9 (916) 319-2009 Assemblymember.jones Van Tran - Vice Chair Rep-68 (916) 319-2068 Assemblymember.tran Anthony Adams Rep-59 (916) 319-2059 Assemblymember.Adams Noreen Evans Dem-7 (916) 319-2007 Assemblymember.Evans Mike Feuer Dem-42 (916) 319-2042 Assemblymember.Feuer Rick Keene Rep-3 (916) 319-2003 Assemblymember.keene Paul Krekorian Dem-43 (916) 319-2043 Assemblymember.Krekorian John Laird Dem-27 (916) 319-2027 Assemblymember.laird Lloyd E. Levine Dem-40 (916) 319-2040 Assemblymember.levine Sally J. Lieber Dem-22 (916) 319-2022 Assemblywoman.lieber ----------- FAX contact info: Hon. Dave Jones, Chair Fax: (916) 319-2109 Hon. Gene Mullin (author of AB 2296) Drew Liebert, Chief Counsel Fax: (916) 319-2119 -------------------------------- VIA FACSIMILE (916) 319-2119 April 14, 2008 Assembly Judiciary Committee Attn: Drew Liebert, Chief Counsel State Capitol Sacramento, CA 94249 Re: Strong Opposition to AB 2296 Dear Chief Counsel Liebert: I strongly oppose this new legislation and find it incredulously controversial and offensive. This amendment to law is a content- based restriction on speech which is unconstitutional. This bill will have a negative impact preventing people from informing the public of facts regarding animal cruelty. I request that you do not allow this bill to move further. I believe that this is an attempt by the UC Regents to stifle free speech leaving no opportunity for the UC Regents to be accountable to the public about their ongoing animal research. Free speech will be handicapped beyond repair if members of the public continuously have their Freedom of Information Act requests denied merely because the University does not want people to know how many animals are being killed in the name of "science." The public has a right to know what experiments are being done and have that information posted freely and openly for public education. This bill would prevent facts regarding animal testing and institutionalized animal cruelty from being allowed into the public preventing scrutiny and debate. There are already laws adequate to protect vivisectors such as those in the California Penal Code addressing stalking, trespassing and harassment. This law only serves an oppressive purpose to prevent the circulation of information: what the public has the right to know about. Thus, AB 2296 is strongly opposed. Best Regards, _______ Mark your calendars NOW World Laboratory Animal Liberation WeekSaturday, April 19 - Sunday, April 27, 2008 Details will be posted soon!Visit the WAR Calendar for future events: http://calendar./winanimalrightsVisit the WAR MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/winanimalrightsVisit the WAR CrueltyFree.com page: http://www.crueltyfree.com/winanimalrights For more info contact Win Animal Rights at: centcomCall: 646.267.9934 or visit the WAR

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