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  • Respect for Marriage Coalition launches website and grassroots toolkit

    Today, the Respect for Marriage Coalition, a broad coalition of 75 organizations that oppose the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act, launched a website featuring critical information about the Respect for Marriage Act, the bill that would overturn DOMA, which prohibits federal recognition of legally married same-sex couples.

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  • State of Massachusetts requests Supreme Court hearing of Defense of Marriage Act

    Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley called upon the Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 24 to take on lawsuits challenging Section 3 of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the section of DOMA that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Coakley's request is now the fifth request before the Supreme Court to take one or more of three DOMA cases.

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  • Olympics Spotlight: Loading up the medals, but racing for the freedom to marry at home

    As all eyes turn to London to watch these incredible athletes compete for the gold, we'll be looking at international progress for the freedom to marry, awarding "medals" to countries that have passed the freedom to marry and spotlighting openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, or allied Olympians who have spoken out in favor of marriage for same-sex couples.

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  • Young Conservatives Leadership Committee speaks about the freedom to marry

    Today, we published a video online featuring more information about Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry, our campaign to amplify the voices of young people who identify as conservatives and who support marriage for same-sex couples. The video features several members of the Young Conservatives leadership team.

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  • Anniversary of 1st NY marriages bittersweet for binational couple Gemma and Jessica

    Jessica and Gemma's happiness has been interrupted by the Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents legally married same-sex couples from obtaining permanent U.S. residency for a spouse from another country. Because Gemma is from the United Kingdom, the harms of DOMA immediately hit the couple hard. "Every day we were together felt like it was interrupted by a ticking time bomb. Every day, there was that fear of losing each other. It took a huge emotional toll on us and made everything ten times harder," Jessica said.

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  • Eddie and Jeff ‘complete the journey’ with wedding in New York

    "I remember when I was young and living in southern Indiana, and I knew nothing about gay life or relationships," says Eddie, who married his partner of 24 years, Jeff, in March. "The one thing I had always heard was that gay people are incapable of commitment and incapable of being with one person. If I had made a list of the things I wanted to accomplish in my life, growing old with the person I loved was my No. 1 thing. And I've had that with Jeff."

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  • Four ways young conservatives are helping to win marriage at the ballot

    Over the past few months, we've seen conservative voices become an essential part of the campaign to win marriage nationwide. Now, the four states facing ballot initiatives in the November 6, 2012 election - Washington, Maine, Minnesota, and Maryland - are capitalizing on that momentum by shoring up support among conservatives and encouraging them to make their voices heard.

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  • A mayoral proposal, 2 ecstatic daughters, and 17 days to make it happen

    Last year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg officiated over the wedding ceremony of John Feinblatt and Jonathan Mintz, city employees who had been together for 14 years. With three flavors of mouth-watering cupcakes, the historic Gracie Mansion as a backdrop, and their two young children in tow, John and Jonathan were ready to celebrate New York's passage of the freedom to marry by finally tying the knot.

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  • New York celebrates marriage: Mary Jo and Jo-Ann, one year later

    For New Yorkers Mary Jo Kennedy and Jo-Ann Shain, last year's marriage victory was both personal and political. As plaintiffs in the Lambda Legal case that spurred the movement for marriage in New York, they were directly involved in each step of the win, and today remain strong advocates for the importance of the freedom to marry to all loving and committed couples.

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  • Federal lobbying push prompts two new Respect for Marriage Act co-sponsors

    Last week, two additional members of the House of Representatives signed on as co-sponsors for the Respect for Marriage Act, thanks, in part, to their conversations with a federal lobbying team from Freedom to Marry and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

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