December 10, 2005, Washington, DC:

WHEREAS between 2002-2005, the American government urged that:

• China allow people to pursue any religious belief they want;
• Russia allow people to read what they want;
• Iran stop executing gay people;
• North Korea let people access the internet;
• Afghanistan let women and men mingle socially;
• Pakistan and Nigeria prevent the torture and execution of women who engage in non-approved sexual conduct;

WOODHULL calls upon our American governments, from the White House down to the smallest locale, to repeal laws and reject tactics restricting our human rights with regard to sexuality. We:

• Call on the federal government to stop all discrimination against gay people in the military and in national security matters, including job clearances;
• Call on county and state courts to adjudicate custody and other parenting cases using knowledge and fairness­seeking out expertise and scientific evidence rather than relying on prejudice;
• Call on local jurisdictions to accept the legitimacy of a range of consensual sexual behavior, ending inflammatory rhetoric about not being “the kind of community that tolerates such things;”
• Call on zoning boards to stop using their power discriminatorily to eliminate venues for consensual sexual expression;
• Call on alcohol control boards to stop their threats to close down venues hosting law-abiding sexually-oriented events; and
• Call on police departments to stop sending undercover officers to observe consenting sexual behavior.

Woodhull Freedom Foundation affirms that Human Rights take many forms, and that the right to consensual sexual expression is critical to the health of individuals, communities, and our nation.