Take Action to Save Marriage
Here’s
something specific you can do—a recommendation Austin Ruse of
the Culture of Life Foundation.
In two weeks the US Senate will vote on the future of marriage.
Over the July 4th Senate recess, your US Senator absolutely must
hear your views on this vital issue. THIS IS HIGHLY URGENT. IT
CANNOT WAIT.
This will be one of the most important phone calls or visits you
will make this year.
Here are the reasons marriage needs protecting right now. [Below
that is a list of targeted Senators and their IN-STATE office
telephone numbers.]
Reasons Marriage Must be Protected Right Now
State judges in Massachusetts have set in motion what will bring
catastrophe to children, adults and all of society. They have
forced their citizens to accept homosexual marriage. This action
will eventually, sooner rather than later, force other states
to accept same-sex marriage. This will force you to accept homosexual
marriage.
What the Massachusetts judges have forgotten, what all the proponents
of same-sex marriage have forgotten, is that every child has the
right to a mother and a father.
Society's experience of the divorce culture over the past few
decades abundantly proves the wisdom that every child has the
right to a mother and a father. The only coupling that allows
for children to know a mother and a father is the one between
a man and a woman. Two men cannot provide both mothering and fathering.
Neither can two women. Only a man and a woman can provide children
with this basic right.
Some will say you are a bigot for supporting the notion that children
have a right to a mother and a father. Let them. Move on. They
will not be convinced. Where you need to make your voice heard,
right now, is in the US Senate.
What You Need To Do Over the Next Several Days
The US Senate will take up the Federal Marriage Amendment the
week of July 12. The Federal Marriage Amendment will ensure the
protection of children through the protection of marriage. The
Federal Marriage Amendment will ensure what we all know in our
bones: that marriage is only and ever the union of one man and
one woman.
Over the July 4th Senate recess every US Senator will be in his
or her home state. They will be at public meetings. They will
be in their home-state offices. It is in their home state where
you must be heard. It is where they will listen.
Each of you must contact your Senator no matter where you live.
But there is a list of Senators who absolutely must be contacted.
The list is just below. This is the list of Senators who have
not decided on the question of protecting traditional marriage
and children. These US Senators are sitting on the fence. It is
your job to gently move them to the right side.
Do not be shy. Call their home state offices and let them know
where you stand. Find out where they are publicly appearing and
tell them there.
Tell them where you stand on traditional marriage. Tell them that
marriage is only for a man and a woman. Tell them that the lives
of children are at stake. Tell them that you support the Federal
Marriage Amendment.
Please friends, be brave. Do it with a friend, your spouse, your
children. If you live in any of the following states, you must
contact one or both of your Senators over the July 4th Senate
recess.
Do it, friend. Our country depends upon your action now.
Below is the List of Senators Who Need Your Call with their
In-state Office Telephone Numbers.
Our Meridian readers number over 400,000. If each of you made
a call and passed this article on to two friends, we could make
a difference.
All
U.S. Senators should be contacted, but included here are those
who are sitting on the fence and must be contacted.
List of Targeted Senators and contact information.
ALASKA
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Main District Office: (907) 271-3735
Fairbanks: (907) 456-0233
Juneau: (907) 586-7400
Kenai: (907) 283-5808
Ketchikan: (907) 225-6880
Wasilla: (907) 376-7665
ARIZONA
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Main State Office: (602) 952-2410
Tempe: (480) 897-6289
Tucson: (520) 670-6334
ARKANSAS
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Main State Office: (501) 375-2993
Ft. Smith: (479) 782-9215
Texarkana: (870) 774-3106
Jonesboro: (870) 910-6896
Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Main State Office: (501) 324-6336
COLORADO
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)
Main State Office: (303) 843-4100
Colorado Springs: (719) 636-9092
Ft. Collins: (970) 206-1788
Pueblo: (719) 542-6987
Grand Junction: (970) 241-6631
Durango: (970) 385-9877
CONNECTICUT
Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Main State Office: (860) 549-8463
DELAWARE
Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Main State Office: (302) 674-3308
Georgetown: (302) 856-7690
Wilmington: (302) 573-6291
FLORIDA
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Main State Office: (407) 872-7161
Tallahassee: (850) 942-8415
Tampa: (813) 225-7040
Coral Gables: (305) 536-5999
West Palm Beach: (561) 514-0189
Jacksonville: (904) 346-4500
Ft. Lauderdale: (954) 693-4851
GEORGIA
Senator Zell Miller (D-GA)
Main State Office: (404) 347-2202
Moultrie: (229) 985-8113
Savannah: (912) 238-3244
Young Harris: (706) 379-9950
INDIANA
Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Main State Office: (317) 554-0750
Evansville: (812) 465-6500
Ft. Wayne: (260) 426-3151
Jeffersonville: (812) 218-2317
Hammond: (219) 852-2763
South Bend: (574) 236-8302
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Main State Office: (317) 226-5555
Jeffersonville: (812) 288-3377
Ft. Wayne: (260) 422-1505
Valparaiso: (219) 548-8035
Evansville: (812) 465-6313
LOUISIANA
Senator John Breaux (D-LA)
Main State Office: (504) 589-2531
Baton Rouge: (225) 248-0104
Lafayette: (337) 262-6871
Monroe: (318) 325-3320
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Main State Office: (504) 589-2427
Baton Rouge: (225) 389-0395
Shreveport: (318) 676-3085
Lake Charles: (337) 436-6650
MAINE
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
Main State Office: (207) 945-0417
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Biddeford: (207) 283-1101
Lewiston: (207) 784-6969
Caribou: (207) 493-7873
Portland: (207) 780-3575
Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Main State Office: (207) 874-0883
Auburn: (207) 786-2451
Augusta: (207) 622-8292
Bangor: (207) 945-0432
Biddeford: (207) 282-4144
Presque Isle: (207) 764-5124
MICHIGAN
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)
Main State Office: (313) 226-6020
Saginaw: (989) 754-2494
Lansing: (517) 377-1508
Grand Rapids: (616) 456-2531
Warren: (586) 573-9145
Escanaba: (906) 789-0052
Traverse City: (231) 947-9569
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Main State Office: (517) 203-1760
Traverse City: (231) 929-1031
Flint: (810) 720-4172
Detroit: (313) 961-4330
Grand Rapids: (616) 975-0052
Marquette: (906) 228-8756
MINNESOTA
Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Main State Office: (651) 645-0323
Mankato: (507) 625-6800
MONTANA
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
Main State Office: (406) 657-6790
Helena: (406) 449-5480
Missoula: (406) 329-3123
Kalispell: (406) 756-1150
Bozeman: (406) 586-6104
Butte: (406) 782-8700
Great Falls: (406) 761-1574
NEBRASKA
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Main State Office: (402) 758-8981
Lincoln: (402) 476-1400
Scottsbluff: (308) 632-6032
Kearney: (308) 236-7602
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Main State Office: (402) 441-4600
Omaha: (402) 391-3411
Chadron: (308) 260-2278
Scottsbluff: (308) 631-7614
NEVADA
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
Main State Office: (702) 388-5020
Reno: (775) 686-5750
Carson City: (775) 882-7343
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Main State Office: (603) 225-7115
Berlin: (603) 752-2604
Manchester: (603) 622-7979
Portsmouth: (603) 431-2171
Senator John Sununu (R-NH)
Main State Office: (603) 647-7500
Portsmouth: (603) 430-9560
Berlin: (603) 752-6074
Claremont: (603) 542-4872
NORTH DAKOTA
Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Main State Office: (701) 258-4648
Fargo: (701) 232-8030
Fax: (701) 232-6449
Grand Forks: (701) 775-9601
Minot: (701) 852-0703
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Main State Office: (701) 250-4618
Grand Forks: (701) 746-8972
Fargo: (701) 239-5389
Minot: (701) 852-0703
OHIO
Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Main State Office: (614) 469-5186
Cincinnati: (513) 763-8260
Cleveland: (216) 522-7272
Toledo: (419) 259-7536
Marietta: (740) 373-2317
Xenia: (937) 376-3080
Senator George Voinovich (R-OH)
Main State Office: (614) 469-6697
Cleveland: (216) 522-7095
Cincinnati: (513) 684-3265
Toledo: (419) 259-3895
Gallipolis: (740) 441-6410
PENNSYLVANIA
Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Main State Office: (215) 597-7200
Erie: (814) 453-3010
Allentown: (610) 434-1444
Wilkes Barre: (570) 826-6255
Harrisburg: (717) 782-3951
Pittsburgh: (412) 644-3400
Scranton: (570) 346-2006
RHODE ISLAND
Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
Main State Office: (401) 453-5294
Newport: (401) 845-0700
SOUTH CAROLINA
Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC)
Main State Office: (803) 765-5731
Charleston: (843) 727-4525
Greenville: (864) 233-5366
SOUTH DAKOTA
Senator Thomas Daschle (D-SD)
Main State Office: (605) 334-9596
Aberdeen: (605) 225-8823
Rapid City: (605) 348-7551
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Main State Office: (605) 332-8896
Aberdeen: (605) 226-3440
Rapid City: (605) 341-3990
TENNESSEE
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Main State Office: (615) 736-5129
Knoxville: (865) 545-4253
Memphis: (901) 544-4224
Chattanooga: (423) 752-5337
Jackson: (731) 423-9344
Blountville: (423) 325-6240
WEST VIRGINIA
Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Main State Office: (304) 342-5855
Senator John Rockefeller IV (D-WV)
Main State Office: (304) 347-5372
Beckley: (304) 253-9704
Fairmont: (304) 367-0122
Martinsburg: (304) 262-9285
WYOMING
Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY)
Main State Office: (307) 261-6413
Cheyenne: (307) 772-2451
Rock Springs: (307) 362-5012
Riverton: (307) 856-6642
Sheridan: (307) 672-6456