MAKE A DIFFERENCE in Marriage Equality!

THERE ARE BRIBES AT THE END OF THIS POST. justsaying.

If you're reading this, you are probably a writer (or a big reader). So you've got a powerful imagination.

Close your eyes and imagine you're in love. Imagine you've been in love with that person for years. You work as a couple. You want to spend the rest of your lives together. You're 100% sure that this is the love of your life.

Now imagine your country, a country that claims to uphold freedom and equality and the separation of church and state, has told you that you are not allowed to marry the love of your life. Ever. You will be denied the rights that other couples have. You will be excluded from your partner's health care benefits. You won't be allowed to visit them in the hospital during surgery, because you aren't a relative or a spouse.

You are not ALLOWED to love this person.

How pissed off are you now? I hope you're as angry as I am that our country has STILL allowed injustices like this to carry on.

But GUESS WHAT? Today YOU can make a difference. New York State only needs ONE MORE VOTE (JUST ONE) to pass the Marriage Equality Bill that would allow same-sex couples to wed in this state. YOU CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

There are several undecided senators. Click here for the full list, along with telephone numbers and contact details.

All you have to do is call and say two sentences. "I am calling to support Marriage Equality. My name is ___." That's it.

And if you're afraid of phones (it's okay, I was too, for a very long time. Fine, maybe I still have issues ordering food from new delivery places, and I make my roomies call instead... cough), I'll make it even easier for you. Here are their emails:

gball@nysenate.gov,
fuschill@senate.state.ny.us,
hannon@nysenate.gov,
lanza@senate.state.ny.us,
little@nysenate.gov,
grisanti@nysenate.gov,
saland@nysenate.gov,
flanagan@senate.state.ny.us

Copy and paste this into an email, and write something like this (or copy this exactly):

Dear Senator,
I urge you to support Marriage Equality.

There must be equal rights under the law. Anything else is discrimination.

Thank you for your support.
Best,

YourName

(if you're feeling ambitious, you can separate the emails out and address each one to the senators personally. Their names are listed here).

THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.

And also, if you do it, post here in the comments. Either let me know that you called, or post the receipt of email you received from the senators' inboxes. Everyone who does will be entered in a SUPERCOOL CONTEST for FREE BOOKS.

I haven't decided which free books yet. But I have a lot saved up. Or maybe I'll even give more than one away if lots of people enter. Or Barnes and Noble gift cards. WHO KNOWS.

Anyway, enough bribing. PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE go email or call the senators.