Welcome Message from the Chairs

In affirmation of the critical role that cities and their mayors have played in advancing civil rights and equal treatment for all Americans, we are proud to be chairs of Mayors for the Freedom to Marry. Mayors for the Freedom to Marry is a broad-based and nonpartisan group of mayors who believe that all people should be able to share in the love and commitment of marriage. 

As mayors of four of America’s great cities, we understand that the strength and health of our cities are enhanced when all families are protected and supported. We know many people in loving and committed same-sex relationships who are active participants in improving our communities and we’ve seen how important marriage has been for them and their families. 

We are honored to lead this bipartisan group of mayors who support ending marriage discrimination at all levels of government. While we will each have different strategies for pursuing that end, we all agree on the goal: securing the freedom to marry and upholding equal rights for all citizens.

We are a diverse group of mayors—from cities in Kansas, Indiana and Ohio, including some of the largest cities in America. Our cities are culturally, racially and geographically diverse, but we share one important value: a common commitment to fairness.

We invite our colleagues to join us in signing this statement as we advocate for the freedom to marry and build a nation where all loving couples who want to make the life-long commitment can share in the joy and respect of marriage.

Sincerely,

Michael Bloomberg	Thomas M. Menino	Annise Parker	Antonio Villaraigosa
Mayor of New York City	Mayor of Boston	Mayor of Houston	Mayor of Los Angeles

Read the Mayors for the Freedom to Marry statement, and look at the 349 mayors from 35 states and Washington, D.C. who have signed on. If you have questions or would like more information about joining Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, please contact Jo Deutsch at jo@freedomtomarry.org.  

If your mayor has not joined Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, please download the statement and ask your mayor to sign it.  

Current Mayors

John Adornato - Oakland Park, FL
Bruce Ahlgren - Cloquet, MN
Dick Anderson - Lincoln City, OR
Matthew Appelbaum - Boulder, CO
Scott Avedisian - Warwick, RI
Adriana Badal - Bisbee, AZ
Tom Barrett - Milwaukee, WI
Bruce Bassett - Mercer Island, WA
Tom Bates - Berkeley, CA
Sean Becker - Bozeman, MT
William Bell - Durham, NC
Peter Benjamin - Garrett Park, MD
Brian Bennett - Burien, WA
David Berger - Lima, OH
Virg Bernero - Lansing, MI
David Bing - Detroit, MI
Robert Blais - Lake George, NY
Michael Bloomberg - New York, NY (Chair)
Connie Boardman - Huntington Beach, CA
Peter Bober - Hollywood, FL
Veronica Boesch - Airmont, NY
Bill Bogaard - Pasadena, CA
Cory Booker - Newark, NJ
Matti Bower - Miami Beach, FL
Kelly Boyd - Laguna Beach, CA
Noam Bramson - New Rochelle, NY
Greg Branch - Saginaw, MI
Ardell Brede - Rochester, MN
Michael Brennan - Portland, ME
John Mirisch - Beverly Hills, CA
Kurt Brinkman - Emeryville, CA
Shane Brinton - Arcata, CA
Ken Brown - Sonoma, CA
Hilary Bryant - Santa Cruz, CA
Jason Burnett - Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Stephen Buxbaum - Olympia, WA
Christopher Cabaldon - W. Sacramento, CA
Chuck Cahn - Cherry Hill, NJ
Kirk Caldwell - Honolulu, HI
John Callahan - Bethlehem, PA
Mike Callahan - Cheverly, MD
Susan Carpenter - New Castle, NY
Alan Casavant - Biddeford, ME
Stephen Cassidy - San Leandro, CA
Julian Castro - San Antonio, TX
Craig Cates - Key West, FL
Carmen Cave - Aliso Viejo, CA
Mark Chilton - Carrboro, NC
Gary Christenson - Malden, MA
Joe Cicero, Jr. - Lyndhurst, OH
Joshua Cohen - Annapolis, MD
Chris Coleman - St. Paul, MN
Michael Coleman - Columbus, OH
Letitia Colombi - Haddonfield, NJ
Carolyn Comitta - West Chester, PA
Suzette Cooke - Kent, WA
Dennis Coombs - Longmont, CO
Joy Cooper - Hallandale Beach, FL
David Coss - Santa Fe, NM
David Coulter - Ferndale, MI
Frank Cownie - Des Moines, IA
Joseph Curtatone - Somerville, MA
Carolyn Cutler - Lafayette, CO
Henrietta Davis - Cambridge, MA
Victor De Luca - Maplewood, NJ
Joanne del Rosario - Colma, CA
Joseph Delaney - Garfield, NJ
David M. DelVecchio - Lambertville, NJ
Kathie deNobriga - Pine Lake, GA
Nicholas DeSantis - New Stanton, PA
John DeStefano - New Haven, CT
Daniel Dietch - Surfside, FL
Denny Doyle - Beaverton, OR
Daniel T. Drew - Middletown, CT
Sara Drew - Stow, OH
James Driscoll - East Longmeadow, MA
Kimberley Driscoll - Salem, MA
John Dunleavy - Bloomingdale, NJ
Buddy Dyer - Orlando, FL
Paul Dyster - Niagara Falls, NY
Jim Ellison -Royal Oak, MI
Rahm Emanuel - Chicago, IL
John Engen - Missoula, MT
William Euille - Alexandria, VA
Paul Feiner - Greenburgh, NY
Andrew Fellows - College Park, MD
John Fetterman - Braddock, PA
Bob Filner - San Diego, CA
Bill Finch - Bridgeport, CT
Daryl Justin Finizio - New London, CT
Drew Fixell - Tarrytown, NY
Michael Noll - Signal Hill, CA
Adam Forgie - Turtle Creek, PA
Peter Fosselman - Kensington, MD
Bob Foster - Long Beach, CA
Mary F. Foster - Peekskill, NY
Pam Frisella - Foster City, CA
Ava Frisinger - Issaquah, WA
Julie Fulkerson - Trinidad, CA
Mike Gamache - Andover, MN
Margot Garant - Jefferson Village, NY
James Gaughan - Altamont, NY
Robert Gell - Charlestown, MD
Dean Geracimos - Chesapeake City, MD
Donald Gerard - Champaign, IL
Pat Gerard - Largo, FL
Joe Gierlach - Nederland, CO
Thomas Gillen - Oswego, NY
Marie Gilmore - Alameda, CA
Mike Gin - Redondo Beach, CA
David Glass - Petaluma, CA
Diane Goddeeris - East Lansing, MI
Jeffrey Goldsmith - Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Mary Goloff - Chico, CA
Elizabeth Goreham - State College, PA
J. Richard Gray - Lancaster, PA
Vincent Gray - Washington, D.C.
Sandy Green - Kutztown, PA
Stanley Green - Delaware City, DE
Paul Grenier - Berlin, NH
Alexander Gromack - Congers, NY
Karen Guzak - Snohomish, WA
David Gysberts - Hagerstown, MD
Charlie Hales - Portland, OR
Wayne J. Hall, Sr. - Hempstead, NY
Stanley Hall - Tieton, WA
William Hanauer - Ossining, NY
Michael Hancock - Denver, CO
Diane Hanson - Dewey Beach, DE
Shep Harris - Golden Valley, MN
Bill Harrison - Fremont, CA
Jerramiah T. Healy - Jersey City, NJ
William Healy - Canton, OH
George Heartwell - Grand Rapids, MI
Karen Heck - Waterville, ME
Sophie Heymann - Closter, NJ
John Hieftje - Ann Arbor, MI
Colleen Hilton - Westbrook, ME
Scott Hines, Rancho Mirage, CA
Richard Hofeld - Homewood, IL
Rick Hoffman - Macungie, PA
Shawn Hogan - Hornell, NY
Donna Holaday - Newburyport, MA
John Hollar - Montpelier, VT
Jamel Holley - Roselle, NJ
Bobby Hopewell - Kalamazoo, MI
Amy Houghtaling - Falls City, OR
James Hovland - Edina, MN 
Satyendra Singh Huja - Charlottesville, VA
Tim Hultmann - Long Lake, MN
Frank Jackson - Cleveland, OH
Scott Jackson - Hamden, CT
Jeffrey Jacobs - St. Louis Park, MN
Kristin Jacobs - Broward County, FL
Noah Jacobs - Biscayne Park, FL
Sylvester James, Jr. - Kansas City, MO
Gerald Jennings - Albany, NY
Gary Jensen - Ferndale, WA
Kevin Johnson - Sacramento, CA
Lucy Johnson - Kyle, TX
Scott Johnson - Saratoga Springs, NY
Mark Johnston - Saco, ME
Susan Jones - Healdsburg, CA
Lioneld Jordan - Fayetteville, AR
Bill Kampe - Pacific Grove, CA
Dave Kaplan - Des Moines, WA
Richard Kaplan - Lauderhill, FL
Sidney Katz - Gaithersburg, MD
Scott Kaupin - Enfield, CT
Susan M. Kay - Weymouth, MA
Stephen Keefe - Fredonia, NY
Edward Kelley - Cleveland Heights, OH
Judith Flanagan Kennedy - Lynn, MA
Judy Kennedy, City of Newburgh, NY
Billy Kenoi - Hawaii County, HI
Nick Kitchen - Capron, VA
Mark Kleinschmidt - Chapel Hill, NC
Austin Knight - Provincetown, MA
Michael Kohut - Haverstraw, NY
Joe Krovoza - Davis, CA
Mark Kruzan - Bloomington, IN
Michael Kyes - Sebastopol, CA
Dagan Lacorte - Suffern, NY
Lou La Monte - Malibu, CA
Abbe Land - West Hollywood, CA
Denis Law - Renton, WA
Timothy Leavitt - Vancouver, WA
Marcia Leclerc - East Hartford, CT
Edwin Lee - San Francisco, CA
Lee Leffingwell - Austin, TX
Liz Lempert - Princeton, NJ
Cindy Lerner - Pinecrest, FL
Peter Lindstrom - Falcon Heights MN
Kelli Linville - Bellingham, WA
Charles Lombardi - North Providence, RI
Christopher Louras - Rutland, VT
Evan Low - Campbell, CA
Craig Lowe - Gainesville, FL
Mary Ann Lutz - Monrovia, CA
Larry MacDonald - Bayfield, WI
Mike Maguire - Eagan, MN
Karen Majewski - Hamtramck, MI
Jim Maley - Collingswood, NJ
Mark Mallory - Cincinnati, OH
Amanda Mank - Longview, IL
John Marchione - Redmond, WA
John Marks - Tallahassee, FL
A. David Marne - Shavano Park, TX
Sandy Martin - Shoreview, MN
Jan Marx - San Luis Obispo, CA
Jamie Matthews - Santa Clara, CA
Joseph Maturo, Jr. - East Haven, CT
Josh Maxwell - Downingtown, PA
Joan McBride - Kirkland, WA
William McCall - Parker, PA
Fred McCarthy - Langley, WA
Ray McCarthy - Bloomfield, NJ
Ronald McDaniel - Montville, CT
Mike McGinn - Seattle, WA
Keith McGlashan - Shoreline, WA
Tim McGuire - Homewood Borough, PA
Gayle McLaughlin - Richmond, CA
Thomas Menino - Boston, MA (Chair)
Robert Mezzo - Naugatuck, CT
Michael R. Mignogna - Voorhees, NJ
Stephanie Miner - Syracuse, NY
William Moehle - Town of Brighton, NY
Ashira Mohammed - Pembroke Park, FL
Brian Moore - Petersburg, VA
Alex Morse - Holyoke, MA
Sandy Moscaritolo - River Edge, NJ
Lori Moseley - Miramar, FL
Darryl Moss - Creedmoor, NC
Andrew Muckle - Superior, CO
Jeri Muoio - West Palm Beach, FL
Patrick Murphy - Lowell, MA
Svante Myrick - Ithaca, NY
David Narkewicz - Northampton, MA
Marvin Natiss - North Hills, NY
Doug Neeley - Oregon City, OR
Don Ness - Duluth, MN
Frank North - Merchantville, NJ
Gary Norton - East Cleveland, OH
Michael Nutter - Philadelphia, PA
Dennis O'Brien - Newtown, PA
Timothy O'Brien - New Britain, CT
Pam O'Connor - Santa Monica, CA
Frank Ortis - Pembroke Pines, FL
Salvatore Panto - Easton, PA
Gina Papan - Millbrae, CA
Annise Parker - Houston, Texas (Chair)
Judy Paul - Davie, FL
A. Martin Petrovic - Trumansburg, NY
Kitty Piercy - Eugene, OR
Earnestine Pittman - East Point, GA
Don Plusquellic - Akron OH
David Pope - Oak Park, IL
Peter Porcino - Ardsley, NY
Steve Pougnet - Palm Springs, CA
Faye Pritchard - Ashland, VA
Laurel Prussing - Urbana, IL
Jean Quan - Oakland, CA
Clyde Rabideau - Saranac Lake, NY
Luke Ravenstahl - Pittsburgh, PA
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake - Baltimore, MD
Kasim Reed - Atlanta, GA
Sarah Reinhardt - Spring Park, MN
Gary Resnick - Wilton Manors, FL
John Richards - Portola Valley, CA
Thomas Richards - Rochester, NY
Antonia Ricigliano - Edison, NJ
Daniel Rizzo - Revere, MA
Thomas Roach - White Plains, NY
Nancy Rotering - Highland Park, IL
Jonathan Rothschild - Tucson, AZ
Matthew Ryan - Binghamton, NY
Michael Ryan - Sunrise, FL
RT Rybak - Minneapolis, MN
Robert Sabonjian - Waukegan, IL
Isaac Salver - Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Ricky Samayoa - Marysville, CA
Charles P. Sammarone - Youngstown, OH
Pete Sanchez - Suisun City, CA
Domenic Sarno - Springfield, MA
Greg Scharff - Palo Alto, CA
Helene Schneider - Santa Barbara, CA
Richard Schneider - South Pasadena, CA
Paul Schreiber - Ypsilanti, MI
Marc Schrieks - Lodi, NJ
Rob Schroder - Martinez, CA
Jeffrey Schwartzberg - Roslyn Estates, NY
Pedro Segarra - Hartford, CT
Elic Senter - Franklinton, NC
Michael Seymour - Laconia, NH
Barb Shirley - Salina, KS
Susan Skidmore - Elmira, NY
Jeffrey Slavin - Town of Somerset, MD
Francis G. Slay - St. Louis, MO
R. Scott Slifka - West Hartford, CT
Marjorie Sloan - Golden, CO
Bruce Smiley-Kalff - Castle Hills, TX
Brian Smith - Irvington, NY
Paul Soglin - Madison, WI
Michael Spano - Yonkers, NY
Domenick Stampone - Haledon, NJ
Greg Stanton - Phoenix, AZ
Philip K. Stoddard - South Miami, FL
Marilyn Strickland - Tacoma, WA
Mike Summers - Lakewood, OH
Michael Sweeney - Hayward, CA
Peter Swiderski - Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Brad Tabke - Shakopee, MN
Beth Talabisco - Tamarac, FL
Frank Talerico - Margate, FL
Steve Tate - Morgan Hill, CA
Michael Tautznik - Easthampton, MA
Angel Taveras - Providence, RI
Jill Techel - Napa, CA
Ann M. Thane - Amsterdam, NY
James Thomas, Jr. - Hinesville, GA
Elizabeth Tisdahl - Evanston, IL
Brian Tobin - Cortland, NY
Becky Tooley - Coconut Creek, FL
Alex Torpey - South Orange, NJ
Pam Triolo - Lake Worth, FL
Michael Udine - Parkland, FL
Julie Van Domelen - Lyons, CO
Carol Dutra-Vernaci - Union City, CA
Antonio Villaraigosa - Los Angeles, CA (Chair)
William Volk - Woodbury, NJ
Randolph Voller, Pittsboro, NC
Barbara Wallace - Washington Township, NJ
Dayne Walling - Flint, MI
Lisa Walters - Battle Ground, WA
Molly Ward - Hampton, VA
Charlotte Warren - Hallowell, ME
Setti Warren - Newton, MA
Miro Weinberger - Burlington, VT
Shelley Welsch - University City, MO
Jason West - New Paltz, NY
Dianne White - Stanwood, WA
Jen Laird White - Nyack, NY
Libby White -  Doylestown, PA
Bruce Williams - Takoma Park, MD
Dana Williams - Park City Park, UT
Kenneth Williams - Carbon Cliff, IL
Ken Wray - Sleepy Hollow, NY
Jayne Young - Lansdowne, PA
Dawn Zimmer - Hoboken, NJ

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