Thursday eight organizations came together under Unite for Marriage, a partnership working together to show support for marriage for same-sex couples as the question stands before the U.S. Supreme Court. Participating organizations include Marriage Equality USA, Freedom to Marry, Human Rights Campaign, Family Equality Council, GLAAD, National LGBTQ Task Force, GetEQUAL and the Campaign for Southern Equality….
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Family Equality Council has announced its 2014 “Allies for Adoption” Campaign to coincide with National Adoption Month in November. The initiative will draw attention to the obstacles LGBTQ people confront when trying to secure legal ties for their families. In the majority of states across the country, LGBTQ people encounter barriers when…
WASHINGTON – A new report on gay and lesbian parenting, which purports to show the “very harmful” affects of having gay and lesbian parents, has been described as flawed, misleading, scientifically unsound and disparaging to lesbian and gay parents by organizations that protect and advance the freedoms and equality of LGBT Americans. The paper, New…
The Iowa student who made national headlines for his impassioned speech to Iowa legislators on same-sex marriage will take his activism to a national level according to reports at The Huffington Post. Zach Wahls, whose YouTube video went viral as the most-watched political clip in 2011, will serve as c-chair for “The Outspoken Generation,” the…
The Virginia State Senate is debating the passage of the so-called “conscience clause” that would permit adoption and foster agencies to deny placing a child in a home based on moral or religious causes. President Obama has opposed the measure, prompting The Family Equality Council to praise the Administration in wake of the president‘s support…
