petition to help protect the Americans with Disabilities Act from a legislative attack.<\/a> I am told that one of the legislative advocates at the National Disability Rights Network will be printing out an online petition and bringing it to legislators in DC on Monday. Please see below for the petition to sign and share with others ASAP. This is a fight we cannot afford to lose.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you are pro-life, please pay attention. A disabled friend from my parish writes: Hey Mark! Would you mind posting about a petition to help protect the Americans with Disabilities Act from a legislative attack. I am told that one of the legislative advocates at the National Disability Rights Network will be printing out an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,20],"class_list":["post-99735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-mailbag","tag-works-of-mercy"],"yoast_head":"\n
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