Could you respond to these 400 e-mails on your break?
More on this idea of how people can be overwhelmed by the response to same-sex marriage: The Feb. 21 newsletter of Canadians for Equal Marriage states: "Over 1.5 million e-mails in support of equal marriage have been sent to Members of Parliament within the last five days, as second-reading debate on the Civil Marriage Act began in Parliament."
Holy smokes, how can recipients dig themselves out of that sort of avalanche?
Back to the CEM: "The spike in e-mails continued with this weekend's news that Famous Players Theatres has pulled pro-equal marriage advertising as result of threats - including death threats - which it received." See also
here, for my original comments.
"Supporters of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms have been using the Canadians For Equal Marriage (CEM) website -- www.equal-marriage.ca -- to make their voices heard on this important issue. The site allows people to e-mail MPs with the click of a button.
"There was a dramatic upswing of e-mails following Conservative leader Stephen Harper's speech last week, which called equal treatment of lesbian and gay people simply the 'latest fad.'"