Okay here's the deal:

The Federal Marriage Amendment is coming up for a vote in the Senate in two weeks (you know, the one that will change the constitution to say that gay people aren't christian enough to gain full rights in this country).

Badsnake has done all the work for you, and I'm going to make it one step easier by posting what she gave here so it's one less click for you.

This is a website that list all of the senators, by state. It gives their writing address, phone number, and e-mail.

If you are troubled by The Federal Marriage Amendment (as I am), please Write to your senators, both of them. Tell them what you think about The Federal Marriage Amendment. Just remember to not use vituperative, inflammatory or threatening language. that paints you as crazy, and the entire movment as ill informed to a frieghtened senator :-P.

If you don't know how to word a letter that lasts more than a paragraph or two, and you share the same sentimens, the Human Rights Campaign offers this form E-mail:

Subject: Oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment

Dear Senator [FILL IN NAME]

As your constituent, I urge you to oppose any amendment that would write discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans into the Constitution.

To use the Constitution to discriminate against any group of people is shameful. It is neither compassionate nor conservative. It is a radical position that would insert discrimination into the document that has guaranteed and expanded liberty and equality for over 200 years.

The U.S. Constitution should not be amended to limit the rights of a group of people. Further, the power to regulate marriage and the granting of civil marriage licenses is a power that has historically been reserved to the states. A constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental recognition of same-sex relationships would take this power away from states.

The amendment would do much more than define marriage. Leading legal scholars agree that the amendment could forever invalidate civil unions or other legal protections for same-sex couples -- such as the right to visit a partner in the hospital or to receive partner health benefits -- even if state legislatures passed them and voters approved them.

The rights and responsibilities of marriage, other forms of relationship recognition like domestic partnerships and civil unions, and basic civil rights protections are essential components that make all families, including families headed by same-sex couples, safer and more secure. Marriage licenses, which are granted by the state, and religious marriage, are two separate things. Religious institutions will never be forced to bless relationships with which they disagree, just as today religious institutions can refuse to marry couples of different faiths or individuals who have been divorced.

Please oppose any attempt to build discrimination into the very document that should protect everyone and please oppose any other legislation designed to prohibit civil, secular recognition of same-sex relationships. I look forward to hearing from you on this extremely important issue.

Sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]

so all you really need to to is find your senators, click their e-mail page, fill out the form, copy paste, and change the bold areas to their name and your name respectivly.

What are you waiting for?

Oh, Badsnake pointed something out, if you're in a state that has Republican senators, you may want to point out that "Republicans are supposed to believe in less government intrusion into people's personal lives".

Now Go!