Blog Entries by Cameron Tolle
YDA’s Executive Director endorses marriage plank in 2012 platform
Posted on Feb 22, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Emily Tisch Sussman, Executive Director of the Young Democrats of America (YDA), joined Freedom to Marry in calling on the Democratic Party to include a freedom to marry plank in its 2012 Party Platform
New Jersey Legislature passes marriage bill
Posted on Feb 16, 2012 at 04:40 pm
Today the New Jersey Assembly voted 42 to 33 to pass A. 1, the bill that would extend the freedom to marry to gay and lesbian couples in the Garden State. The Assembly vote follows a 24-16 vote passing a marriage bill in the state Senate earlier this week.
House Democratic Leader Pelosi endorses freedom to marry plank in 2012 platform
Posted on Feb 15, 2012 at 07:50 am
Just two days after launching our Democrats Say I Do campaign calling on the Democratic Party to adopt a plank in support of the freedom to marry, House Leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed the proposed plank.
NJ State Senate passes marriage bill
Posted on Feb 13, 2012 at 02:00 pm
Today on a 24-16 vote, the New Jersey State Senate passed legislation to extend marriage to gay and lesbian couples in the Garden State. The Assembly is scheduled to vote on Thursday.
Democrats: Say I Do
Posted on Feb 13, 2012 at 10:35 am
Today, we're excited to launch our Democrats: Say I Do campaign, calling on the national Democratic Party to include a plank supporting gay and lesbian couples’ freedom to marry in the party’s 2012 platform. The platform will be ratified at the Democratic National Convention, which begins September 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
New Jersey Legislature scheduled to vote on marriage next week
Posted on Feb 09, 2012 at 02:27 pm
Votes on the marriage bill are scheduled for next week in the New Jersey Assembly and Senate
Washington State Legislature passes the freedom to marry
Posted on Feb 08, 2012 at 06:20 pm
Today, the Washington House joined the State Senate in passing historic legislation that extends marriage to gay and lesbian couples.
Freedom to Marry Calls 9th Circuit Ruling “Powerful”
Posted on Feb 07, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Today, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that found that Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment that stripped the freedom to marry away from gay and lesbian couples in California, violates the U.S. Constitution.
Two new cosponsors of the Respect for Marriage Act
Posted on Feb 06, 2012 at 01:55 pm
Just days after the Respect for Marriage Coalition launched in Washington DC, the bill to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act gained two new cosponsors in the House: Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
Governor Lynch pledges to veto marriage repeal bill in NH
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 at 04:32 pm
During his state-of-the-state address today in Concord, New Hampshire's Governor John Lynch reiterated that he will veto legislation that seeks to repeal marriage for same-sex couples.
