Game On, New York
Posted on May 03, 2011 at 08:11 am
As the New York legislature comes back into session this week, Freedom to Marry and New Yorkers United for Marriage—the new coalition we founded with Empire State Pride Agenda, the Human Rights Campaign, Log Cabin Republicans of New York, and Marriage Equality New York—are stepping up our campaign to move a marriage bill in Albany and get it to Governor Cuomo’s desk.
VIDEO: Why We Can’t Wait for the Freedom to Marry
Posted on Mar 04, 2011 at 01:05 pm
A heartbreaking plea from two men from California, one of whom has Alzheimer's disease.
Creating Change: Minnesota and Beyond
Posted on Feb 03, 2011 at 01:25 pm
How Freedom to Marry is working for marriage at the country's biggest conference on gay issues – and how exclusion from marriage is affecting a Minnesota couple who have been together for nearly four decades.
Widower of gay Marine shown respect by Naval Academy, thanks to marriage
Posted on Feb 01, 2011 at 01:14 pm
Though military officials were skeptical to hear the wishes of a widower of a gay Marine, they treated him as next of kin once he sent them a copy of his marriage license.
Bob Kerr: Life gets better when a daughter gets married
Posted on Jan 28, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Bob Kerr reports on Tony and Sylvia DeLuca will go to the State House to testify in support of the bill legalizing marriage equality in Rhode Island.
Kerr: "They attended the wedding of their daughter Luisa to her partner Brenda Harvey last June in Provincetown, Mass., where marriage is as it should be — a matter of love and commitment between two people."
Marriage equality arguments: This is about rights, speakers say
Posted on Jan 26, 2011 at 05:00 pm
A passionate debate took place at a legislative meeting in Iowa on Monday about a proposal that could ultimately eliminate the freedom to marry in Iowa.
Majority in Maryland supports marriage equality
Posted on Jan 25, 2011 at 08:30 am
51 percent of voters say they would favor a law in Maryland allowing same-sex couples to marry, while 44 percent opposed such a law and 5 percent gave no response.
Opponents of anti-marriage-equality bill rally in Wyoming
Posted on Jan 24, 2011 at 03:45 pm
The "equality rally" opposed House Bill 74, which passed its first two votes in the state House of Representatives Thursday and Friday. The bill prohibits the recognition of marriages of same-sex couples from outside of Wyoming.
Marriage Equality – A Priority For Immigrants?
Posted on Jan 18, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Marriage equality may not be the top priority for many New Yorkers, but even queer immigrant activists agree that its passage would expand civil rights in the state and codify the fundamental dignity of LGBT individuals and their families.
Retired minister: Who’s to say who can marry whom?
Posted on Jan 14, 2011 at 05:00 pm
Milt Hankins, a retired minister from Ashland, KY says, "Gays have the right to love whomever they fall in love with. They have the right to spend their lives with the person they love. They should absolutely have the same civil rights afforded everyone else."