Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond Calls on Maryland to Pass Marriage
Posted on Feb 22, 2011 at 11:33 am
As the legislature debates a marriage bill this week, Bond points out the negative effect that marriage discrimination has on African-American families.
“Now is the time for Iowans to stand up and be on the right side of history”
Posted on Feb 08, 2011 at 05:15 pm
Iowa's Senate Majority Leader explains why he won't let the state take away the freedom to marry, and its biggest newspaper calls on Iowans to follow his leadership.
Freedom to Marry’s Sean Eldridge on Marriage – Personal and Political
Posted on Feb 02, 2011 at 02:30 pm
In an interview on Swirl Radio, Freedom to Marry Political Director Sean Eldridge spoke about the state of the marriage movement in America, as well as his own recent engagement to Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes.
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.
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.
Married Gay Troops won’t be recognized after DADT Repeal
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 at 06:00 pm
A gay service member marrying will no longer be grounds for discharge after “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” is repealed, but federal law will keep the military from recognizing the marriage, officials said on Friday.
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.
Suits on Marriage Equality may force Administration to take a Stand
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 at 09:30 am
President Obama has balanced on a political tightrope for two years over the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, the contentious 1996 law barring federal recognition of marriages of same-sex couples.
Now, two new federal lawsuits threaten to snap that rope out from under him.