Freedom to Marry celebrates first Republican cosponsor of DOMA repeal bill
Posted on Sep 23, 2011 at 08:24 am
Today, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced that she would be the first Republican member of Congress to cosponsor the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 1116), sponsored by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.
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.
Parenting by gays more common in the south, census shows
Posted on Jan 19, 2011 at 12:45 pm
According to census data, child rearing among same-sex couples is more common in the South than in any other region of the country.
Opinion: Marriage equality is a matter of health as well as rights
Posted on Dec 10, 2010 at 01:30 pm
Dr. Gabriel Garcia of the Stanford School of Medicine discusses the healthcare disparities that result from the LGBT community being denied the freedom to marry.
Florida College Democrats pass gay-issues resolution supporting freedom to marry, military service
Posted on Dec 03, 2010 at 02:30 pm
Florida College Democrats' LGBT Caucus has passed a resolution including "four important issues central to the LGBT Community: The Freedom to Serve, Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Adopt, and the Freedom to Live Without Fear."
Gay FL couple together 29 years: We’re “disgusted” we can’t marry
Posted on Nov 17, 2010 at 09:30 am
They've been together 29 years. They own a house together in Seminole Heights. They even have wedding rings.
But Andy Turek, 72, and Eddie Sherotski, 57, are not legally married.
Florida ends ban on adoptions by gays and lesbians
Posted on Oct 25, 2010 at 02:30 pm
Florida's ban on adoptions by gay men and lesbians came to an official end Friday.
Attorney General Bill McCollum said the case that led to the overturning of the state's 33-year-old law wasn't the "right case" to take to the state's Supreme Court.
NOM fights state election laws to run anti-gay ads
Posted on Oct 22, 2010 at 12:00 pm
The Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage has filed several lawsuits around the country, inspired in part by a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year that made it easier for corporations and unions to spend money in elections.
Pastor Valerie Williams: Sharing God’s Good News on Marriage
Posted on Oct 14, 2010 at 11:47 am
My name is Pastor Valerie Williams and I support the freedom to marry because it is the right thing to do. Plain and simple.
Florida (finally) does it for the children
Posted on Oct 13, 2010 at 02:51 pm
Now that Florida's 33-year-old adoption ban will soon be a thing of the past, the state is finally beginning to do what anti-gay leaders can't: protect the children.