Patty & Maria - Please Help Us

The letter I sent to my senators.

Maria Cantwell
US Senator
511 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Patty Murray
US Senator
173 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator:
I am writing to ask for your support in opposing the legislation recently crafted by Senators McCain/Lieberman. The legislation is S.3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention and Prosecution Act.

This is another obvious circumvention of our Bill of Rights. The Patriot Act itself is offensive to the Constitution and Bill of Rights; it is time to stand on the principles that are responsible for making America special.

Despite popular ideas to the contrary it was not democracy that made America special. It was the fact that the smallest minority, the individual, was safe from having their liberty infringed upon by the majority. Equally important, is the fact that our Constitution made it clear that our rights did not come from government but are an intrinsic part of our humanity, bestowed upon us by our creator. They are unalienable; our Constitution simply documents the most important of these rights that could not be infringed upon by government.

We have lost our way as a nation and legislation like S.3081 is the absolute proof.

I never thought in my worst nightmare that the principle of “habeas corpus”, founded in the magna carte over 800 years ago, would be considered a negotiable part of due process.

How many veterans have died to protect American citizen’s freedom, and now we just thrown this bedrock principles aside – for security? This is shameful.

Please take a stand and protect the important principles of America! Winning the war on terror if we lose the bill rights is no victory Senator.

Regards,
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