*VERY URGENT* - USA to Vote on Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - TOMORROW FRIDAY

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URGENT - House to Vote on " Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act " TOMORROW - FRIDAY

HELP PROTECT ANIMALS - TAKE URGENT ACTION

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- VERY URGENT -

House to Vote on " Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act "

TOMORROW - FRIDAY, SEPT. 29

 

 

The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) is a bill that, if

passed, could make it a crime to cause any business classified as an " animal

enterprise " (e.g., factory farms, fur farms, vivisection labs, rodeos and

circuses) to suffer a profit loss -- even if the company's financial decline is

caused by peaceful protests.

 

 

Outlawing non-violent activist tactics that don't physically hurt

anyone and defining them as " terrorism " is a completely unacceptable violation

of our constitutionally-granted First Amendment rights to freedom of speech as

Americans. We must take action NOW to defend our right to protest cruelty

against animals -- before it is too late!

 

Industry groups are pushing AETA through quickly and with little

public scrutiny (fast-tracking it like they did the Patriot Act: first through

the House of Representatives, then through the Senate) before the current

Congressional session ends. In fact, the House is scheduled to vote on this bill

(HR 4239) TOMORROW, Friday, September 29th!

 

 

 

We need to flood the lines with calls in opposition to AETA now!

This is the most important call yet because it affects our ability to help ALL

animals!

 

Call your Representative and Senators TODAY and urge them to protect

our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech by opposing the Animal

Enterprise Terrorism Act.

 

Get your elected officials' phone numbers here.

 

Call Senators Inhofe & Feinstein, co-sponsors of S 3880 (the AETA

bill in the Senate), and express your opposition to this bill.

 

- Senator James Inhofe: (202) 224-4721

 

- Senator Diane Feinstein: (202) 224-3841

 

Click here to urge the ACLU to take action on this issue.

 

Details & Talking Points:

 

AETA labels the non-violent tactics of Martin Luther King and Gandhi

as " terrorism. " It spells out penalties for " an offense involving exclusively a

nonviolent physical obstruction of an animal enterprise or a business having a

connection to, or relationship with, an animal enterprise, that may result in

loss of profits but does not result in bodily injury?. " In other words, any act

that causes a loss of profits to animal-exploiting industries (like a reduction

in meat consumption) can be treated as " terrorism. "

 

Under AETA, undercover investigators, whistle-blowers and other

activists would be prosecuted as " terrorists. " It defines " economic damage " as

including " the loss of profits. " The extremely vague and broad sweeping language

puts all animal advocates at risk. Causing exploitive corporations to lose

profits is NOT terrorism -- it's effective activism, and we as Americans have a

Constitutional right to protest. Even activists that are not prosecuted under

the law will be affected by the extreme rhetoric.

 

AETA is unnecessary. There are already laws to protect industries

against illegal actions, regardless of who commits the acts. Instead, the

government should focus on catching real terrorists. For instance, the CIA has

officially shut down the unit searching for Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda

mastermind responsible for murdering nearly 3,000 human beings on September

11th, 2001. Yet the U.S. government is now targeting its own citizens, most

aggressively peaceful animal rights activists who haven't harmed a single

person.

 

All Americans should be concerned about this gross infringement on

the first amendment. The term terrorism should not be used against peaceful

social justice advocacy. Who will be next?

 

For more in-depth information about AETA,

 

Read HR 4239

 

Read S. 3880

 

 

 

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