Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose DOMA
Posted on Mar 15, 2011 at 02:47 pm
The survey also found that a majority are against the decision by the House GOP leadership to defend the law in court, now that the Obama administration won't.
States Update: Vote Delayed in MD, Calls to Let Marriage Resume in CA, Encouraging Polls in IA & NC
Posted on Mar 01, 2011 at 04:57 pm
Two Maryland House members hold up the marriage bill vote, and California's Attorney General asks the federal appeals court to lift its order putting the Prop 8 decision on hold.
New Hampshire Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Marriage
Posted on Feb 09, 2011 at 06:27 pm
The survey finds that 62% oppose a bill that would take away the freedom to marry in the state.
The Marriage Generation Gap
Posted on Feb 08, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Freedom to Marry's New Media intern Joe Girton takes a closer look at the rising tide of support for marriage among younger people.
Freedom to Marry’s Sean Eldridge on Marriage – Personal and Political
Posted on Feb 02, 2011 at 02:30 pm
In an interview on Swirl Radio, Freedom to Marry Political Director Sean Eldridge spoke about the state of the marriage movement in America, as well as his own recent engagement to Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes.
Barbara Bush, marriage equality & Obama
Posted on Feb 02, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Jonathan Capehart makes the case for President Obama conducting a "series of under-the-radar meetings to help him in the 'evolution' of his stance and thinking on marriage for same-sex couples."
Two Iowa Senate democrats say loyalty to Gronstal trumps support for marriage amendment
Posted on Feb 02, 2011 at 10:00 am
A handful of Senate Democrats who would be the deciding votes on an amendment to ban marriage equality said Tuesday they won't join minority Republicans to force a vote this year.
Barring a change of heart, that means the effort to allow a public vote on a constitutional amendment to ban the freedom to marry is dead in the Iowa Legislature this session.
Eric Hartley: Still waiting for ‘the real thing’
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 at 11:30 am
While many gay or lesbian couples from Maryland got married in Washington, D.C., after that city legalized same-sex marriage last year, Barry Kessler and David Hankey have waited. The Arnold couple was a bit wary of a D.C. marriage. The Maryland attorney general says the state can recognize out-of-state marriages, but what if it didn't for some reason?
But the real reason they're waiting is less legal and more profound: They want "the real thing," as Hankey put it.
RFK Jr. for N.Y. Marriage Equality
Posted on Jan 28, 2011 at 09:30 am
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. joined the fight for marriage equality in a video released Thursday for the Human Rights Campaign’s New Yorkers for Marriage Equality series.
How anti-marriage amendments keep America in the past
Posted on Jan 27, 2011 at 02:30 pm
Josh Bell comments on a new Human Rights Campaign report about increasing support for marriage equality in polls across the country and the sad fact that five states with majority support for the freedom to marry are saddled with anti-marriage amendments passed years ago.