NOM’s Gallagher mocks pro-marriage equality Catholics
Posted on Dec 10, 2010 at 09:30 am
Gallagher: "Don’t pat yourselves [Catholics who support the freedom to marry] on the back for how brave you are," she said. "It takes courage to go into the public square and defend the church’s teachings on marriage."
Freedom to Marry’s Michael Crawford among nominees for NOI’s ‘‘Most Valuable Organizer’’ award
Posted on Dec 02, 2010 at 09:30 am
The New Organizing Institute will hold its Roots Camp conference, in Washington DC on Dec. 11th and 12th.
The three nominees who have received the highest number of online votes for "Most Valuable Organizer" will then be voted on by attendees to select a winner.
Editorial: A Blow to the Courts
Posted on Nov 09, 2010 at 01:00 pm
The New York Times editorial board: "Like the rest of this year’s political campaign, state judicial elections were awash in cash and blaring attack ads. The spectacle raises legitimate doubts about the impartiality of even the most respected judges."
Video: Cynthia Nixon speaks out for marriage via Fight Back New York
Posted on Nov 01, 2010 at 09:00 am
Freedom to Marry voice for equality, Cynthia Nixon: "Albany is learning quickly that we mean business, one senator at a time."
Dueling bus rallies travel Iowa for judge retention vote
Posted on Oct 26, 2010 at 08:00 am
National conservative groups rolled out the "Judge Bus" tour on Monday. They plan to visit 45 counties over four days urging Iowans to vote 'no' on retaining the justices up for retention who supported the freedom to marry in Iowa. Meanwhile, supporters of the three judges will launch their own tour, "Homegrown Justice". They will also organize bus stops throughout the state countering the conservative voices.
Victory by Whitman and Cooley in CA could revive Proposition 8 appeal
Posted on Oct 25, 2010 at 11:00 am
Whoever wins the California governor's race and the state attorney general's race could determine the future of the freedom to marry, as it winds its way through the courts.
Freedom to marry law gives a boost to wedding business
Posted on Oct 18, 2010 at 02:00 pm
Wedding businesses were just as excited as equal rights groups when marriage equality became legal in the Granite State earlier this year.
It opened up a new market during one of the worst economic periods the country has ever seen.
Video: Cuomo vows to make marriage equality “a reality” in New York state
Posted on Oct 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Democratic Candidate for Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to make marriage equality in New York "a reality" Thursday night while addressing the Empire State Pride Agenda.
Today: Gay-rights activists set to call on Mormon Apostle to correct his statement
Posted on Oct 12, 2010 at 09:00 am
Today (Tuesday, Oct. 12), gay-rights activists will meet in Salt Lake City to ask Elder Boyd K. Packer, president of the Mormon Church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles, that he correct his inaccurate and dangerous statements calling same-sex attraction “impure and unnatural,” claiming that it can be corrected and characterizing the freedom to marry for same-sex couples as immoral.
Gallagher, Wolfson debate the freedom to marry
Posted on Oct 07, 2010 at 09:00 am
Evan Wolfson ’78, founder and executive director of Freedom to Marry, and Maggie Gallagher ’82, former president of the National Organization for Marriage, joined about 250 students and guests in Sudler Hall for a YPU debate titled “Resolved: Same-Sex Couples Should be Allowed to Marry.”