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The last Story Leads to Action screening of spring will be "The Campaign," a feature documentary-in-progress that rides the daily emotional rollercoaster of the community of people-turned-activists who worked to defeat Proposition 8 in California. Filmmaker Christie Herring was granted exclusive access to the "No on 8" campaign headquarters in San Francisco. Christie will be flying in from San Francisco to screen her work-in-progress for advocates, educators and activists who care about these issues in NYC and the Tri-State area. A discussion panel will include Freedom to Marry's Director of New Media, Michael Crawford.
Read MoreFor years, George A. Rekers has held himself out as an expert witness in court on homosexuality, arguing in cases concerning the freedom to marry and gay adoption that gay men and lesbians lead dangerous lives and raise troubled children. Now Dr. Rekers himself is under fire, raising new legal questions about his courtroom role.
Read MoreAs Portugal's president welcomes the freedom to marry, Anna Clark takes stock of the United States' progress on the freedom to marry and other LGBT issues.
Read MoreJonathan Capehart urges Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle (R) to sign the state's civil unions bill: "Making HB 444 the law in Hawaii wouldn't make Lingle a radical. It would put her in a growing mainstream. It would put her on the right side of history. And it would confirm her as a leader -- which is how any aspirant for future elective office should want to be viewed."
Read MoreDiana Landen explains why she feels legalizing the freedom to marry in America would be "better for all of us."
Read MorePortugal's conservative president says he has decided to ratify a law honoring the freedom to marry in the predominantly Catholic country. The head of state's decision to permit the enactment of a bill passed by Parliament in January makes Portugal the sixth European country allowing same-sex couples to wed.
Read MoreGov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a bill Saturday that would have given same-sex partners the right to decide what to do with the body of their loved ones, should they die. Pawlenty had said he would veto the bill, calling it unnecessary because partners can draw up a living will. But advocates argue that married couples do not have to do that and that legal documents often cost money to draft.
Read MoreThe city is about to take a ceremonial step down the aisle for same-sex couples. After 17 years of registering same-sex couples as domestic partners, the city will soon offer marriage-like ceremonies when they run off to City Hall to get hitched, just like straight couples have had for generations.
Read MoreThe Courage Campaign is launching "Testimony: Equality On Trial", a project in which several well-known actors reenact testimony given by the plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger and marriage equality supporters are encouraged to send in their own reenactments.
Read MoreMinnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) said Wednesday that he will veto a bill granting same-sex couples the same end-of-life protections given to married couples in the state. Pawlenty criticized the bill, which passed both the state House and Senate, as something that will "stoke up a political controversy on a hotbutton issue."
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