New polls demonstrate majority support for marriage in Arizona, Michigan and Virginia
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 02:00 pm
This week, new polls were released demonstrating majority support for the freedom to marry in three states where same-sex couples currently do not have the freedom to marry. Check out the inspiring results from Arizona, Michigan, and Virginia!
Virginia couple Frank and Jerry marry on their 20th anniversary in DC
Posted on Apr 09, 2013 at 03:00 pm
This weekend, Frank Roberts and Jerry Cook celebrated their 20th anniversary with an extra special present: A wedding. After two decades together, the couple married on April 7, 2013 in Georgetown in the District of Columbia.
9 Senate Democrats who announced their support for the freedom to marry this week
Posted on Apr 01, 2013 at 03:29 pm
In the past week, nine U.S. Senators have announced their support for the freedom to marry, explaining how their views have evolved and how they have come to understand that now is the time to stand on the Right Side of History.
‘We Do’ campaign will confront marriage discrimination across the south
Posted on Dec 27, 2012 at 09:00 am
For over a year, the Campaign for Southern Equality has been leading the We Do campaign, where same-sex couples request - and are denied - marriage licenses in their home communities. As they gear up for Stage 4 of their campaign, Freedom to Marry spoke with Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, the organization's Executive Director.
Five new mayors sign on to Mayors for the Freedom to Marry
Posted on Jun 06, 2012 at 09:29 am
This week, five new mayors from Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia signed onto our Mayors for the Freedom to Marry initiative.
47% of Virginians support the freedom to marry, only 43% oppose
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 10:27 am
A recent poll released shows that opponents of the freedom to marry are in the minority in Virginia
The freedom to marry is a fundamental right
Posted on Oct 15, 2010 at 09:00 am
Freedom to Marry Voice for Equality, Menachem Rosensaft: "We must never lose sight of the fact that divisive rhetoric and demagoguery have consequences. The delegitimization or demonization of any group threatens our society as a whole."
Wyoming and nine other states file anti-gay Amicus Brief in Prop 8 Appeal
Posted on Sep 27, 2010 at 01:00 pm
Wyoming and nine other states have filed an anti-gay amicus brief in the Prop 8 appeal case saying the Constitution does not require marriage to include same-sex couples and that states, not federal courts, have final say in whether to honor the freedom to marry.
Will you marry us, Virginia?
Posted on Sep 21, 2010 at 08:00 am
Melissa Castro writes about proposing to her partner and discusses Virginia, which does not have a marriage law that is inclusive of lesbian and gay couples.
D.C.‘s David Catania on how minorities, people of faith moved the freedom to marry forward
Posted on Apr 02, 2010 at 09:50 am
When D.C. Councilmember and Georgetown alum David Catania (I-At Large, SFS ‘90, LAW ‘94) gave a speech at Georgetown in March of last year, he talked about marriage equality as an “undying civil rights” issue that he hoped to make progress on. What a difference a year makes: Yesterday, Catania was back on campus, discussing the successful freedom to marry legalization bill he sponsored and the role race and religion played in the fight for marriage equality in the District.