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Daphne Rubin-Vega is a dance music singer and actress. She is best known for originating the role of Mimi Marquez in the Broadway musical "Rent." In the fall of 2010, Ms. Rubin-Vega participated in HRC's New Yorkers for Marriage Equality project by appearing in a video in support of the freedom to marry.
Read MoreEven as some well-known anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family moderate their views, a hard core of smaller groups, most of them religiously motivated, have continued to pump out demonizing propaganda aimed at homosexuals and other sexual minorities. These groups’ influence reaches far beyond what their size would suggest, because the “facts” they disseminate about homosexuality are often amplified by certain politicians, other groups and even news organizations.
Read MoreMost Australians support the freedom to marry, the latest Nielsen poll shows. br/>The poll, published on Monday in Fairfax newspapers, found nearly 60 per cent of people support equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, with 37 per cent against.
Read MoreIn a story first posted here last Thursday, a gay couple in Texas recently got married by an official in Washington D.C. via Skype. Yesterday, Fox News spoke to Freedom to Marry Political Director, Sean Eldrige, about the marriage.
Read MoreRick Garcia's friends tell him, “You can’t be a gay rights activist and a Catholic.” But Garcia, who attends mass three or four times a week and observes all the holy days, tells them they’re wrong.
Read MoreFreedom to Marry's Political Director, Sean Eldridge debates Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage on the ouster of three Iowa judges who were part of the historic decision that legalized marriage equality in that state.
Read MoreAustralia's Education, Skills and Workforce Participation Minister: "I support the freedom to marry, there are lots of people within the Labor Party who support the freedom to marry, many of them are standing with me today.""I think this is a journey that's unstoppable and I think we will see full marriage equality in this country in the not too distant future."
Read MoreThe Washington Post Editorial Board: "DOMA was created for the purposes of 'defending and nurturing the institution of traditional heterosexual marriage,''defending traditional notions of morality' and 'protecting state sovereignty and democratic self-governance'- dubious goals, at best."
Read MoreHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: “Basic human rights—such as your ability to choose your own support system in a time of need—must not be checked at the door of America’s hospitals. Today’s rules help give ‘full and equal’ rights to all of us to choose whom we want by our bedside when we are sick, and override any objection by a hospital or staffer who may disagree with us for any non-clinical reason.”
Read MoreAn organization of American Catholic nuns has denounced the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for reiterating its opposition to legalizing marriage for same-sex couples at its annual meeting in Baltimore this week while remaining silent on anti-gay bullying and gay teen suicide.
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