Voice for Equality: Bringing the freedom to marry to N.Y., Dina-style
Posted on Jun 28, 2010 at 06:52 pm
Dina Manzo, who is best known for having appeared on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, is a mother, interior decorator, and the founder of the non-profit organization Project Ladybug. She and her family live in the affluent town of Franklin Lakes, NJ. She has been married to Tommy Manzo, co-owner of the event and catering facility The Brownstone, since 2006. Manzo is her second husband. Tommy's brother and business partner is the husband of Dina's older sister and cast mate, Caroline, making the two both sisters and sisters-in-law. Their wedding was featured on the VH1 television show My Big Fat Fabulous Wedding. A lot of reality stars say they support gay rights, but this former Housewife is putting her money where her mouth is by producing My Big Gay Italian Wedding off-Broadway in New York.
Maine Commission: NOM probe to continue
Posted on Jun 28, 2010 at 01:20 pm
The Maine Ethics Commission on Thursday rejected the National Organization for Marriage’s latest attempt to block an investigation of the group, adding yet another legal twist to a case that has been going since last October.
Video: Maggie Gallagher to Iowans - ‘We’re here, we’re not queer, get used to it!’
Posted on Jun 23, 2010 at 09:34 am
Maggie Gallagher of the National Organization for Marriage has a special message to Iowans: "We're Here, We're NOT Queer; Get Used to It."
She claims she was only joking, but she's DEAD SERIOUS about taking away the freedom to marry in Iowa.
Gay rights group: “Maryland is next!”
Posted on Jun 17, 2010 at 03:00 pm
An e-mail message sent Tuesday from Equality Maryland, the state's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights group says it is assembling "Action Teams" to mobilize pro-freedom to marry voters to get to the polls in November.
Federal Appeals Court rules NOM must turn over donor names
Posted on Jun 10, 2010 at 03:00 pm
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has been ordered by the 1st District federal court of appeals in Boston to provide Maine state election officials with information about the group’s donors.
Iowa voters reject divisive tactics, embrace fairness
Posted on Jun 10, 2010 at 11:20 am
Freedom to Marry's Public Engagement Program Manager, Megan Kinninger, discusses how Iowans, led by One Iowa, the lead LGBT state organization, continue to defend the freedom to marry.
LDS Church fined for tardy financial reports during Prop 8
Posted on Jun 10, 2010 at 07:00 am
The LDS Church has agreed to pay a fine to California for failing to report, on time, contributions the Utah-based faith made in fall 2008 to help overturn the freedom to marry in the Golden State.
Join us for an exclusive preview of Freedom to Marry’s Louise Bourgeois art edition
Posted on Jun 08, 2010 at 02:00 pm
Freedom to Marry announces an exclusive preview of a Louise Bourgeois art edition to benefit marriage equality.
Video: Stars reenact Prop 8 trial testimony
Posted on May 14, 2010 at 03:00 pm
The Courage Campaign is launching "Testimony: Equality On Trial", a project in which several well-known actors reenact testimony given by the plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger and marriage equality supporters are encouraged to send in their own reenactments.
Louise Bourgeois edition to benefit Freedom to Marry
Posted on May 12, 2010 at 07:05 am
Freedom to Marry, the leading campaign to win marriage nationwide, today announced a partnership with renowned artist Louise Bourgeois. The 98 year-old artist has created an exclusive art edition for Freedom to Marry entitled "I do, 2010," an abstract depiction of two flowers joined on a single stem created with archival dyes on cloth with embroidery.
An edition of 300 prints of this exceptional piece will be sold for $1,000 each to support the work of Freedom to Marry.