Commenting here to re-emphasize the importance of using your voice. If you're USAmerican, sign the ACLU petition. If you're in the UK, sign the parliament petition. And, regardless of where you live, call your reps. Your message doesn't have to be well-put-together. You only need to be a number -- your goal is to be marked down as someone who called in about this particular issue.
It's likely we won't win this fight easily, but, in the end, the simple fact remains: there are more of us than there are of them.