DOOR-TO-DOOR FOR SSM: From the Washington Post

...[The Human Rights Campaign], the nation's largest organization advocating the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender(GLBT) people, announced what its president, Cheryl Jacques, called a "massive and unprecedented effort to elect fair-minded leaders in November."

"This year's election is the most important in our members' history," Jacques said at a morning news conference in HRC's office here.

The issue of same-sex marriage, in particular President Bush's endorsement of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, Jacques said, has motivated the HRC to commit a record $10 million on election-related activity. That includes $1.3 million in political action committee funds for candidates the HRC endorses, untold millions more on a soft-money campaign "to educate our community about what is at stake in this election" and a knock-on-the-door campaign with volunteers and staff dispatched to four battleground states: Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico and Wisconsin.

Like other political groups, the HRC is using sophisticated computer databases to identify prospective voters. Its target includes not only GLBT voters but also their friends and relatives who oppose the proposed constitutional amendment against same-gender marriage.

"The president is playing with fire," Jacques said, "and he's going to get burned."

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