NEW YORK – With its latest $500,000 pledge to match donations to the campaign for marriage in Washington State, Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage nationwide, has met its initial 2012 goal of raising and investing $3 million in three key states where marriage is on the ballot in November. Freedom to Marry’s latest…
Washington, DC – Following a campaign by Freedom to Marry to include a plank supporting marriage for same-sex couples in this year’s national Democratic Party platform, Congressman Barney Frank, a member of platform drafting committee, confirmed today that the committee has unanimously approved such language. The platform will be finalized at a meeting of the…
Those who’ve seen the film Milk may remember the scenes in the film showing Harvey Milk working with labor leaders to further civil rights for his primary identity community. And when he ran for San Francisco supervisor multiple times, and eventually won his district’s seat, he achieved office, in part, by not only working on…
WASHINGTON D.C. — Army Captain Stephen Hill and his husband, Joshua Snyder, have joined the Freedom to Marry and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN). Hill made headlines this year for being booed in a presidential debate after asking if the military’s discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy would be reinstated if then-hopeful Rick Santorum would…
Louis J. Marinelli is launching his Summer Equality Tour from San Diego, Aug. 14. Covering 22 cities in 17 states, the tour will educate the public on issues of marriage equality and its effect on society. “This summer we plan to travel the country from California to Maine to talk about my change of heart…
