New polls demonstrate majority support for marriage in Arizona, Michigan and Virginia
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 02:00 pm
This week, new polls were released demonstrating majority support for the freedom to marry in three states where same-sex couples currently do not have the freedom to marry. Check out the inspiring results from Arizona, Michigan, and Virginia!
Op-Ed: A gay agenda for everyone
Posted on Jan 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Dan Savage discusses why he believes President Obama should address gay rights - specifically marriage equality - in his State of the Union speech this week.
Nuns blast bishops for their opposition to the freedom to marry
Posted on Nov 19, 2010 at 02:00 pm
An organization of American Catholic nuns has denounced the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for reiterating its opposition to legalizing marriage for same-sex couples at its annual meeting in Baltimore this week while remaining silent on anti-gay bullying and gay teen suicide.
Voice for Equality: Joe Shirley Jr.
Posted on Sep 28, 2010 at 04:30 pm
Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr. received Equality Arizona’s Barry Goldwater Human Rights Award for speaking out against and vetoing the discriminatory Diné Marriage Act of 2005 that banned marriage for same-sex couples on the Navajo reservation.
Video: Meghan McCain on Republicans supporting the freedom to marry
Posted on Sep 09, 2010 at 03:00 pm
Freedom to Marry Voice for Equality Meghan McCain appeared on the Rachel Maddow show on Wednesday night and again made the case for Republicans supporting gay rights issues including marriage equality.
Can the proponents of Proposition 8 appeal Judge Walker’s ruling?
Posted on Aug 09, 2010 at 09:30 am
New York Law School Professor Arthur S. Leonard discusses "a bit of chatter on-line" about whether Judge Walker's decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger can be appealed by the Proponents of Proposition 8, who are defendant-intervenors in the case, when the actual named defendants, Gov. Schwarzenegger, Attorney General Brown, and a handful of other state officials, have not signified their intention to appeal.
A liberal religious renaissance?
Posted on Jun 13, 2010 at 04:10 pm
The Rev. John A. Buehrens (a Freedom to Marry Voice for Equality) serves as a guest blogger on Steven Levingston's "Political Bookworm".
He discusses the fact, both here and in his new book, “A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion in the 21st Century,” written with theology professor Rebecca Ann Parker, that while some observers see religion and conservatism as inextricably connected, religion in America actually has a progressive, liberal history.
Worlds apart
Posted on Jun 11, 2010 at 05:10 pm
Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.
Press Release: LGBT rights groups and allies join outcry against anti-immigrant measure in Arizona
Posted on Jun 07, 2010 at 12:00 pm
More than 20 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality groups and allies today issued a joint statement regarding Arizona's S.B. 1070.
Arizona law bad for gay binational couples
Posted on Apr 30, 2010 at 01:15 pm
Immigration Equality, one of the nation's top organizations lobbying for rights for LGBT families in the realm of immigration, is condemning Arizona's controversial new law.