Watch: new marriage video from Australia
Posted on Nov 28, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Watch the amazing new marriage video from Australia's GetUp!.
Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) cosponsors the Respect for Marriage Act
Posted on Sep 15, 2011 at 09:01 am
Days after his state passed an anti-gay constitutional amendment, Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) signed on as the 123rd cosponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act in the House.
NC legislators speak out against anti-gay amendment
Posted on Sep 13, 2011 at 09:36 am
The NC House passed the anti-gay constitutional amendment yesterday, but not without a fight. Fair-minded lawmakers passionately characterized the amendment for what it is: discriminatory and harmful.
UPDATE: Growing momentum to defeat NC’s anti-gay amendment
Posted on Sep 12, 2011 at 09:13 am
Prominent North Carolinians, including the President of NC NAACP and the co-founder of Facebook, are among the thousands speaking out against the anti-gay constitutional amendment.
More union opposition to Minnesota’s anti-marriage amendment
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 at 09:20 am
The Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) is the latest labor organization in the state to speak out against the anti-marriage amendment that will appear on the November 2012 ballot.
Two NY Republican Assemblywomen Celebrated the Freedom to Marry with their Families Last Weekend
Posted on Aug 18, 2011 at 12:26 pm
This past weekend, two New York Assemblywomen witnessed family members making that special commitment of marriage to another person—of the same sex. Assemblywomen Teresa Sayward, R-Willsboro, and Janet Duprey, R-Peru, witnessed and celebrated the freedom to marry after being part of the historic vote that brought the freedom to marry to New York.
Maine Secretary of State Approves Language of Marriage Petition—Time to Get to Work
Posted on Aug 17, 2011 at 01:22 pm
Today, Maine’s Secretary of State approved the language for the citizen’s initiative asking Mainers to restore the freedom to marry in the state. Now that the language has been approved, EqualityMaine will begin collecting signatures to add that initiative to the ballot in 2012.
North Carolinians Work to Stop Anti-Marriage Amendment
Posted on Aug 17, 2011 at 11:44 am
As a constitutional amendment banning marriage between same-sex couples is being considered by the North Carolina State Legislature next month, North Carolinians are standing up for the freedom to marry.
Minnesota AFL-CIO votes to oppose anti-gay constitutional amendment
Posted on Aug 09, 2011 at 09:53 am
The Minnesota AFL-CIO, which represents over 300,000 workers statewide, voted unanimously to oppose the proposed anti-gay constitutional amendment that will appear on the ballot in November 2012
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker—Highlighting the Divine in Our World
Posted on Aug 08, 2011 at 02:31 pm
In this profile, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker talks about why she views the freedom to marry "as an expansion of joy."