Take Action to Save Marriage

Here’s something specific you can do—a recommendation from 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