Sometime during the second half of Dec I received a postcard (red and white) from Chris Weidner ( a state rep., but not mine) with pics of his family asking me to "join us in celebrating the birth of Christ this season" It then goes on to talk about praying for the troops in Iraq. I found the underlying message that everyone should be Christian, coming from an elected official, to be totally annoying. It's paid for by the Ohio Republican Party as noted on the card. I waited until all the "celebrating" was probably over to respond. I shared this with Cheryl Levine and she suggested that I share this with the list. Ohio Republican Party- 614-228-2481, fax 614-228-1093. While i was phoning, copying and faxing, the Senate passed the Defense of Marriage legislation (is one of the goals of the ohio legislature to solidify ingroups and outgroups?) The governor has not signed or vetoed yet Gov's #614-466-3555 and Lt. Gov-614-466-3396 ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!