Make marriage equality a New Year’s resolution
Posted on Dec 28, 2010 at 10:00 am
Marriage advocates in Australia are calling on marriage equality supporters to make a New Year's resolution to meet their elected representatives at a time when the religious right is organizing a counter campaign to equality.
Maryland’s marriage push
Posted on Dec 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm
The prize is the same, but the playing field has improved for activists seeking marriage equality in Maryland over the past three years.
Freedom to Marry's Evan Wolfson says Maryland is one of the organization's priority states in 2011: ''We absolutely believe it's winnable."
Obama: “Prepared to implement” DADT, “attitudes evolving” on marriage equality
Posted on Dec 22, 2010 at 11:00 am
In and exclusive oval office interview with "The Advocate," President Obama says the Pentagon is "prepared to implement" repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and it will take months not years.
He also says he's “wrestling” with the issue of marriage equality.
N.Y. Marriage: Hey, you never know
Posted on Dec 21, 2010 at 10:30 am
There is work to be done in 2011, but marriage equality advocates are betting on improved odds with a Republican senate majority in New York State.
Letter to Editor: Get involved to protect our rights and freedom
Posted on Dec 21, 2010 at 09:30 am
A New Hampshire resident notes that although economic issues were what Republicans ran on during the recent election season, the majority of the more than 900 recent New Hampshire bills that have been filed deal with non-budgetary social issues like repealing marriage equality.
WGBH Lab calls for stories of gay rights movement
Posted on Dec 15, 2010 at 01:00 pm
"American Experience" and the WGBH Lab are launching an open call for stories of the modern gay rights movement.
Gay rights take center stage in N.Y.
Posted on Dec 14, 2010 at 09:30 am
A new phase in the politics of the gay rights movement that could have an even larger impact on the 2012 cycle has begun.
In New York, well-funded gay rights groups will seek to make support for the freedom to marry as mandatory in blue America as allegiance to the Second Amendment is in red America — and to make opposition just as politically suicidal.
Donate to Freedom to Marry today to support equality, respect and dignity
Posted on Dec 13, 2010 at 09:30 am
Sam and Julia Thoron share their personal reasons for donating to Freedom to Marry and urge others to do the same.
Voice for Equality: The Rev. Jesse Jackson
Posted on Dec 08, 2010 at 11:30 am
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson called into the community gathering at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouse hosted by Marriage Equality USA on Monday and shared extensive remarks in support of marriage equality and Judge Walker's Prop 8 ruling.
Donate today and we’ll double your donation
Posted on Dec 07, 2010 at 09:00 am
Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge explain why they've committed to matching every contribution to Freedom to Marry between now and the end of the year, up to $100,000.