<p>Why not add <code>:method => :get</code> to the form_tag parameters instead of switching away from the rails helper?</p>

<p><a href="http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormTagHelper.html#method-i-form_tag">http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormTagHelper.html#method-i-form_tag</a></p>

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