Rep. Jerrold Nadler is reintroducing the Uniting American Families Act tomorrow, Feb. 12.

Please call your Representative if you haven’t yet! (see Feb. 5 blog below for a script if you are a member of a binational couple)

AND: Ask your supportive parents, grandparents, siblings, children, nieces, nephews, etc. to call their Representative and ask them to be an original cosponsor of the “Uniting American Families Act of 2009”

It’s easy!

Family members:

- Find out who your U.S. House Representative is. Go to www.congressmerge.com, enter your address, and you will be provided the name of your U.S. Representative.

- Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202)224-3121 and ask to be connected to your U.S. Representative.

- Tell your representative’s staff:

I am calling to ask Representative ________________ to be an original cosponsor of the Uniting American Families Act of 2009. To cosponsor, he/she must contact Rep. Jerrold Nadler who is the lead sponsor.

My (son/daughter/uncle/granddaughter – give the relationship) is very much in love with his/her life partner who is from another country. But, the U.S. government discriminates against gay and lesbian binational couples by not allowing them to sponsor their foreign-born life partners for immigration. Because of this,  he/she faces the terrible choice of separating from the person he/she loves or leaving our country. Americans should not have to choose between family and country. Please ask Rep. _________________ to cosponsor the Uniting American Families Act of 2009 by reaching out to Rep. Nadler before Thursday Feb. 12 at noon.

Thanks for asking your member of Congress to celebrate love this Valentine’s Day by cosponsoring UAFA!  Thanks to all of you who have already called!