Update: State organizations using marriage momentum for ballot campaigns
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 08:45 am
Four states facing 2012 ballot campaigns concerning the freedom to marry are gearing up for November, using the momentum from last week's historical announcement from President Obama to galvanize supporters.
22 Senators endorse freedom to marry plank in 2012 National Democratic Platform
Posted on Mar 02, 2012 at 01:04 pm
Today, the Washington Blade reported that 22 senators have joined a growing number of politicians and advocates who have endorsed including a freedom to marry plank in the Democratic Party’s 2012 national platform.
New Obama for America co-chairs endorse freedom to marry plank in 2012 National Democratic Platform
Posted on Mar 01, 2012 at 07:00 pm
Today, Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Representative Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), all co-chairs of President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, have joined a growing number of elected officials and more than 28,000 voters who have endorsed a freedom to marry plank in the Democratic Party’s 2012 national platform.
UPDATE: Russ Feingold supports freedom to marry plank
Posted on Feb 28, 2012 at 04:07 pm
Former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold is the second Co-Chair of Barack Obama's reelection campaign to endorse a freedom to marry plank in the 2012 Democratic Party Platform today.
The signatures are in: Maine is going back to the ballot for marriage
Posted on Feb 23, 2012 at 08:55 pm
Today Maine’s Secretary of State, Charlie Summers, confirmed that marriage advocates have collected enough signatures to allow a ballot measure this November that, if passed, would extend the freedom to marry to gay and lesbian couples.
Tell Romney: stop dissing gay veterans
Posted on Dec 13, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Yesterday, presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a 63 year old gay married Vietnam Veteran "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman." Help us Mitt he's wrong about marriage
Watch: Evan Wolfson speaks at the Center on Law and Government
Posted on Nov 30, 2011 at 01:09 pm
Evan Wolfson speaks at North Carolina's Center on Law and Government.
Evan Wolfson speaks in North Carolina
Posted on Nov 29, 2011 at 12:58 pm
Freedom to Marry president Evan Wolfson is in North Carolina to speak about the potential impact of the pending constitutional amendment that would ban marriage for same-sex couples.
Protecting the freedom to marry in New Hampshire
Posted on Oct 28, 2011 at 11:53 am
Marriage for gay and lesbian couples is under attack in New Hampshire. That's why Freedom to Marry is proud to be a leading member of Standing Up for New Hampshire Families, the campaign to protect marriage in the Granite State.
Minnesotan Republican pens powerful commentary in favor of marriage
Posted on Oct 17, 2011 at 04:14 pm
This past weekend, Minnesotan Republican Wheelock Whitney published a powerful opinion editorial in the Star Tribune about his opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban marriages for gay and lesbian couples.