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Last night I attended the tenth anniversary celebration of Freedom To Marry. The evening included a performance by Tony winner Laura Benanti and a gorgeous short film based on a new poem by Richard Blanco, who read his work at Obama’s 2012 inauguration. (The film will debut at Cannes next month.) Pictured above: CNN commentator Margaret Hoover,  Freedom To Marry …

While various legal groups jockey to get to the Supreme Court, Freedom To Marry head Evan Wolfson speaks about the marriage equality cases currently before the various circuit courts of appeal: Presumably, we will soon – meaning, in a matter of months – have rulings from one or more of the federal appellate courts. Then there’s the possibility of further …

Chris Geidner writes at Buzzfeed: In a memorandum being distributed Thursday by the group [Evan] Wolfson founded a little more than a decade ago, Freedom to Marry details “the Pathway to Winning Marriage Nationwide” in light of these and other recent developments. “What we’re trying to do in the memo is underscore that, while there will be flash points, there …

“I don’t think it is as simple as Hollywood does a really good movie, and Hollywood does a really good TV show, and everyone changes their mind. Obviously, it doesn’t work that way. What really changes people’s minds over time is personal conversations with people they trust….but ‘Will & Grace’ and Ellen DeGeneres and others who are out there create …

Courts, legislature, & public (super-majority) in #NewJersey all support the @freedomtomarry. Time for @ChrisChristie to stop blocking it.— Evan Wolfson (@evanwolfson) September 27, 2013

Unlike Dustin Lance Black and George Takei, Freedom To Marry head Evan Wolfson actually lives in New York City.

Today on Face The Nation, hate group leader Tony Perkins dismissed national polls, saying that “the polls that really are the polls that are taken when the people vote on it.”  Note that Perkins says that two states have voted in favor of same-sex marriage when that number is actually four. (Via Good As You)

“With France and Britain poised to become the next countries to embrace the freedom to marry, it’s clear that the momentum we see here in the United States for ending marriage discrimination is, in fact, a global movement toward greater freedom and equality for all – and the U.S. should be leading, not lagging. America cannot afford to fall behind …

Last night intrepid JMG photographer Dr. Jeff accompanied me to the Family Equality Council’s 30th anniversary gala on Manhattan’s Pier 60, where over 750 LGBT moms, dads and allies swarmed the grand ballroom and mingled with bold-face names like Zach Wahls (so tall!), Tony winner David Hyde Pierce, comedian Judy Gold, Bishop Gene Robinson, Freedom To Marry head Evan Wolfson, …

“NOM’s wedge-strategy memos detail its campaign to funnel money to a handful of African-American clergy in order to attack gay couples and, appallingly, discredit the strong and clear voice of those African-American civil rights champions, such as John Lewis, Julian Bond, and Coretta Scott King, who have stood up for the freedom to marry and the equal civil rights of …

Last night my loyal companion Aaron accompanied me to the Soho Housing Works Cafe for an Ali Forney Center fundraiser, where I finally met Frank Selvaggi and Bill Shea (above), the JMG readers who donated $100,000 to Ali Forney after reading about them here. Lots of bold-face names were in the house. Via press release from Renna Communications: The attendees …

Yesterday morning Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson wiped the floor with NOM president Brian Brownshirt during an appearance on a local NYC politics show. I caught this live and was happily tweeting my glee at Wolfson’s performance. (Via – Good As You)

Freedom To Marry founder Evan Wolfson has gotten married. It was the wit and humor of Dr. He, however, that first attracted Mr. Wolfson, who came across his companion in January 2002 on the site gay.com. In turn, Dr. He, who was then studying for a Ph.D. in molecular biology at New York University, fell for Mr. Wolfson’s sense of …

House Speaker John Boenher has tripled the allocation to defend DOMA to a possible $1.5M. A modified contract between the General Counsel to the House of Representatives and former Solicitor General Paul Clement of Bancroft PLLC sets a cap of $750,000 which can be raised up to $1.5 million. “It is absolutely unconscionable that Speaker Boehner is tripling the cost …

This aired last night and includes an interview with Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson as well as some coverage of Obama’s fundraiser speech in NYC.

This aired last night on CNN.

“Focus on the Family finally got something right—the American people are rejecting their anti-gay toxic rhetoric and punitive politics, and are siding with loving and committed couples seeking the freedom to marry. With six national polls now confirming that a majority of Americans support the freedom to marry, it’s time for Focus on the Family and other anti-gay industry activists …

With Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson looking on.