Dear DontAmend Tampa Bay Friends and Supporters
 
Many of you know or have gotten to know, Carrie & Elisia Ross-Stone, of Rainbow Law. They are winter residents of the Tampa Bay and while they were in here, they have been an intrical part DATB. Being co-sponsors and speakers at both, DATB Valentines Day of Action Rally and Press Conference and Protest Rally. Carrie and Elisia are about to embark on a personal quest and begin a cross-country bicycle ride in support of equal civil marriage rights. Not only have they been strong supporters
and participants in DATB's activities and events, they have become very dear friends to many of us.
 
I would ask that you join with me on Sunday, April 4th, in seeing them off and wishing them well, on their cross-country journey
for equal civil marriage rights. They will be greatly missed and I it would be so very kind of you, if would be there to express your thanks and show them your support.
 
Below is Carrie and Elisia's media release with detailed information on the time and location regarding their cross-country bicycle ride.
 
I hope you will be able to be there to see them off with me.
 
Take Good Care My Friends
Zeke
 
For Immediate Release
March 26, 2004
Contact:
Carrie & Elisia Ross-Stone
Phone: (716) 435-0965
Email: info@RainbowLaw.com
 
Equal Civil Marriage Rights: Taking it to the Heartland of America
 
While the issue of same-sex marriage remains a hot topic in this presidential election year, those opposing equal marriage rights are working harder than ever to beat back recent hopes for equality.

On Sunday, April 4th winter residents Carrie Stone and Elisia Ross make this political issue a personal quest as they begin a cross-country bicycle ride in support of equal civil marriage rights.

Stone and Ross, who are grandmothers and lesbian life-partners, will hop on their bicycles to train for their cross-country equality awareness campaign on the Rainbow Ride Across America.

This is the second cross-country Rainbow Ride for Ross and Stone. Last year they rode from St. Augustine Florida to San Diego California.

This year, on May 2, they will meet in San Francisco with marriage equality organizers and elected officials, including Mayor, Gavin Newsom, for a Rainbow Ride Rally where they will speak to the community about their mission.

After the rally, they will embark on the 2004 Rainbow Ride Across America, riding east for 3800 miles to Rehoboth Beach Delaware.

On the way to Delaware, Carrie and Elisia will make stops in towns and cities to speak about the harm caused to gay and lesbian families who are denied rights and protections granted only by civil marriage.

In addition to San Francisco, the couple will speak in Reno, Salt Lake City, Denver, Topeka, St. Louis, Springfield, Columbus, Pittsburgh, New York City, Washington DC and Rehoboth Beach.

As they ride, Stone and Ross will carry the energy and hope from San Francisco into America's heartland where anti equality forces have been successful in passing mean-spirited laws in an effort to break the spirit of the gay and lesbian community.

Carrie and Elisia will be leaving for the Rainbow Ride Across America at 11:30 am, Sunday, April 4th, 2004, at the Pinellas trail adjacent to the Wal-Mart on the corner of 38th Avenue N. and Tyrone Boulevard in St Petersburg Florida. Please come by to encourage them and show your support.

If you are interested in learning more about the 2004 Rainbow Ride Across America, or if you want to keep tabs on Carrie and Elisia's progress, visit www.RainbowLaw.com or contact Carrie & Elisia Ross-Stone at info@RainbowLaw.com.

Carrie Ross-Stone, J.D. and Elisia Ross-Stone, R.N., are LGBT civil rights activists. They own and operate Rainbow Law, an Estate Planning education and information service designed for the LGBT community. After the passage of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) the couple organized the Get All Your Ducks in a Row Campaign to promote LGBT equality. Carrie & Elisia are recipients of OUT Magazine’s OUT 100 award for their contribution to the LGBT community and they were recently named Incredible Parents by And Baby Magazine.

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