Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. San Diego’s loss of Barbara Cox is Wisconsin’s gain Barbara Cox has seen the future. And while the mid-term outlook for marriage equality, one of the most consequential achievements of her professional lifetime, may…
We’ve come a long way, baby! After winning a national victory for marriage, Freedom to Marry have released a new video that chronicles the path of LGBT rights to the present day. The video takes you through a long journey of LGBT rights in America, from when gay people were a hated minority to when…
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….
The Center, Freedom to Marry and Equality California invite the community to a special book launch event for Marc Solomon’s Winning Marriage. In the book, Solomon shares with readers the strategy-setting and decision making tables in the campaign to win and protect the freedom to marry. He reveals the inner-workings of the advocacy movement that…
SAN FRANCISCO — Today Freedom to Marry and Out & Equal Workplace Advocates released a new report estimating that the remaining patchwork of marriage laws for same-sex couples across the United States costs businesses in the private sector $1.3 billion every year. Over the next five years, the private sector is expected to spend $6.6…
NEW YORK – Riding a remarkable wave of 40 rulings across the country affirming marriage for gay couples, Freedom to Marry released It’s Time, a national TV ad highlighting the tangible harms to same-sex couples still discriminated against in many states. The Supreme Court officially begins its new term Monday, with marriage cases from Utah,…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Freedom to Marry, on behalf of the Respect for Marriage Coalition, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that the Department of Justice act to ensure federal respect for the marriages of same-sex couples in Arkansas, Indiana, and Wisconsin, consistent with the approach taken…
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation today that brings state law in line with court rulings that recognize marriage for same-sex couples. While both the California and U.S. Supreme Courts have affirmed the right for same-sex couples to marry, current state laws have not been revised to reflect these changes. Senate Bill 1306, authored…
NEW YORK – At its annual meeting today in Dallas, the U.S. Conference of Mayors overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on federal courts, including the Supreme Court, to expeditiously bring an end to marriage discrimination against gay couples nationwide. Mayors from states that still ban marriage for same-sex couples, including Arizona, Texas, Ohio, Colorado, Missouri,…
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO – New Mexico’s same-sex couples and their families can breathe a sigh of relief: their freedom to marry is secure! Yesterday’s conclusion to the battle for marriage equality in New Mexico may seem anti-climactic, but is a victory none the less. New Mexico’s legislative session ended at noon today without even a…
