Meeting with NY Senator Joseph Addabbo
Posted on Jun 17, 2011 at 07:05 am
Chris and Mark and their twins met with New York Senator Joseph Addabbo to ask him to support the marriage bill.
Watch: Iowa Teen Zach Wahls on Ellen
Posted on Feb 17, 2011 at 09:46 pm
Zach Wahls, the amazing 18 year old who passionately defended the his two moms and the freedom to marry in Iowa, appeared today on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Why Marriage Matters: Let’s Start the Conversation
Posted on Feb 09, 2011 at 08:30 am
Thalia Zepatos, Freedom to Marry's Director of Public Engagement, explains Why Marriage Matters, our groundbreaking new public educational campaign that cuts to the heart of why marriage matters to gay families.
Must-Watch Video: college student tells Iowa House why marriage matters to his family
Posted on Feb 02, 2011 at 05:42 pm
One of the more than 100 people who spoke at Monday's Iowa House hearing on a proposed anti-marriage amendment was 19-year old Zach Wahls – watch this video to find out why his stirring testimony is going viral.
Barbara Bush, marriage equality & Obama
Posted on Feb 02, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Jonathan Capehart makes the case for President Obama conducting a "series of under-the-radar meetings to help him in the 'evolution' of his stance and thinking on marriage for same-sex couples."
Two Iowa Senate democrats say loyalty to Gronstal trumps support for marriage amendment
Posted on Feb 02, 2011 at 10:00 am
A handful of Senate Democrats who would be the deciding votes on an amendment to ban marriage equality said Tuesday they won't join minority Republicans to force a vote this year.
Barring a change of heart, that means the effort to allow a public vote on a constitutional amendment to ban the freedom to marry is dead in the Iowa Legislature this session.
Time for government to show all families deserve protection
Posted on Feb 01, 2011 at 06:30 am
A recent study by The Williams Institute showing the South to be home to more gay parents than any other region in the nation demonstrates clearly why winning the freedom to marry nationally is crucial to gay and lesbian families.
Freedom to Marry Commends Governor Quinn on Signing Civil Union Bill, Calls for Next Step
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 at 08:00 pm
A statement from Evan Wolfson, Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, on today’s signing of the Illinois Religious Freedom Protections and Civil Unions Act by Governor Quinn.
Video: Iowa Democratic Chair urges lawmakers not to be distracted by marriage ban
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 at 02:30 pm
Retaining the jobs we have and creating new ones, that's what Iowa's Democratic Chair says the state's lawmakers should be focusing on, not banning marriage equality.
Eric Hartley: Still waiting for ‘the real thing’
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 at 11:30 am
While many gay or lesbian couples from Maryland got married in Washington, D.C., after that city legalized same-sex marriage last year, Barry Kessler and David Hankey have waited. The Arnold couple was a bit wary of a D.C. marriage. The Maryland attorney general says the state can recognize out-of-state marriages, but what if it didn't for some reason?
But the real reason they're waiting is less legal and more profound: They want "the real thing," as Hankey put it.