READ THIS -- LET'S BE HEARD IN CONGRESS

PLEASE, IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE, READ THIS!!! With most everyone on any of the support sites, the biggest obstacle we face is insurance. We have an option if we all work together. A group of us in Dallas is forming a foundation to take this to the top. We want to enlist the aid of the ACLU to fight for our rights, as well as bombarding congress with our letters. Every other group does. Why shouldn't we? They think we won't do it because we don't want to be seen. It's time to take action. What we plan is to collect email addresses from anyone who wants to participate over the next 90 days. At the end of June, we will send out a sample letter and a link to the ACLU site and how to get in touch with your congressman and senator, both on a national and state level. We want everyone to bombard their offices with email or postcards, telling them it's time we are heard. We are shooting to do this the week of the 4th of July - Independence Day - independence from obesity and food! Why can alcoholics get treatment and not be told to stop drinking? Why can drug abusers get treatment and not be told to stop or bulimics told to eat? People don't want to look at us or acknowledge us. If we band together, we can get this through. As you may have seen on earlier posts, obesity is already a protected class under the American's with Diabilities Act. We need to stand up and be heard. If you would like to participate in our grassroots movement, simply send your email with the subject line "INDEPENDENCE DAY" to [email protected]. Your name will not be sent to anyone for any use. I, too, am fighting for this surgery. Please join us and send this email to anyone else you know who wants this, has had this, or supports us in anyway and ask them to help us. LET'S BE HEARD.

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