Congress understands nothing better than money. If an issue will win them contributions, they're more likely to support it; if an issues will cost them contributions, they're more likely to oppose it. Opponents of the Federal Marriage Amendment need to take these facts to heart.
So, I propose that we compile both a list of those members of Congress who oppose the Federal Marriage Amendments and a list of those members of Congress who support the Federal Marriage Amendment. To those who oppose it, we contribute. To the others, we contribute to their opponent - even if their opponent also opposes the Amendment.
Let's teach them that the wrong stand on this issue will, at the very least, make it harder for them to keep their seat.
Here's the list of
House cosponsors of the FMA, in order of the percent of the popular vote they won in the 2002 election:
Beauprez CO 07 R 47.31
Brown-Waite FL 05 R 47.90
Alexander LA 05 D 50.28
Rogers AL 03 R 50.31
Chocola IN 02 R 50.45
Lucas KY 04 D 51.11
Stenholm TX 17 D 51.36
Gingrey GA 11 R 51.64
Davis TN 04 D 52.08
Janklow SD 00 R 53.45
Hayes NC 08 R 53.63
Cole OK 04 R 53.83
Burns GA 12 R 55.19
Sullivan OK 01 R 55.62
Pearce NM 02 R 56.23
McCotter MI 11 R 57.19
Kennedy MN 06 R 57.34
Toomey PA 15 R 57.36
Crane IL 08 R 57.42
Hall TX 04 D 57.82
Ferguson NJ 07 R 57.95
Turner OH 03 R 58.77
Ballenger NC 10 R 59.3
Garrett NJ 05 R 59.48
Franks AZ 02 R 59.92
Pombo CA 11 R 60.31
Ryun KS 02 R 60.42
Cubin WY 00 R 60.51
Tiahrt KS 04 R 60.58
Hayworth AZ 05 R 61.17
Gutknecht MN 01 R 61.5
Rohrabacher CA 46 R 61.73
Feeney FL 24 R 61.84
King IA 05 R 62.15
Istook OK 05 R 62.23
Souder IN 03 R 63.14
Weldon FL 15 R 63.15
Goode VA 05 R 63.47
Pickering MS 03 R 63.58
Calvert CA 44 R 63.66
Pence IN 06 R 63.79
Cunningham CA 50 R 64.33
Wamp TN 03 R 64.54
Hart PA 04 R 64.55
Doolittle CA 04 R 64.77
Hyde IL 06 R 65.09
Keller FL 08 R 65.14
Whitfield KY 01 R 65.25
Peterson MN 07 DFL 65.27
Stearns FL 06 R 65.36
Herger CA 02 R 65.79
Flake AZ 06 R 65.94
Bartlett MD 06 R 66.11
Smith NJ 04 R 66.15
Tancredo CO 06 R 66.88
Akin MO 02 R 67.14
Barrett SC 03 R 67.14
Shadegg AZ 03 R 67.32
Cannon UT 03 R 67.43
Sessions TX 32 R 67.77
Miller CA 42 R 67.8
Hulshof MO 09 R 68.2
Everett AL 02 R 68.75
DeMint SC 04 R 69
Carter TX 31 R 69.08
Cantor VA 07 R 69.45
Lewis KY 02 R 69.64
Hunter CA 52 R 70.15
Barton TX 06 R 70.35
Hoekstra MI 02 R 70.4
Manzullo IL 16 R 70.61
Boehner OH 08 R 70.81
Shuster PA 09 R 71.02
McIntyre NC 07 D 71.13
Wicker MS 01 R 71.43
Wolf VA 10 R 71.72
Emerson MO 08 R 71.76
Burton IN 05 R 71.97
Kingston GA 01 R 72.14
Myrick NC 09 R 72.42
Norwood GA 09 R 72.84
Smith TX 21 R 72.87
Johnson TX 03 R 73.95
Miller FL 01 R 74.59
Blunt MO 07 R 74.81
Burgess TX 26 R 74.81
Taylor MS 04 D 75.21
Rogers KY 05 R 78.29
Collins GA 08 R 78.33
Duncan TN 02 R 78.98
Isakson GA 06 R 79.87
Vitter LA 01 R 81.47
Schrock VA 02 R 83.15
Baker LA 06 R 84.04
Wilson SC 02 R 84.12
Tauzin LA 03 R 86.68
Aderholt AL 04 R 86.72
Peterson PA 05 R 87.24
Pitts PA 16 R 88.45
Culberson TX 07 R 89.19
Brown SC 01 R 89.56
Bachus AL 06 R 89.83
Coble NC 06 R 90.41
Jones NC 03 R 90.7
Brady TX 08 R 93.14
Osborne NE 03 R 93.17
Davis VA 01 R 95.91
Goodlatte VA 06 R 97.06
Forbes VA 04 R 97.92
Boozman AR 03 R 98.9
Deal GA 10 R 100
I'd like to amend it to include links to the contribution pages of their potential general election opponent(s), but given the task, I'm going to need some help. If you're game, please post a name and a link in comments, or if you'd rather, send it to me via email; I'll repost the amended list at a later date.
If you chose to donate to one of their opponents, I'd suggest that the amount end in $3.00 - $13.00, $23.00, $103.00, etc.