Tag Archives: Freedom To Marry

Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson Has Some Good News And A Survey

Here’s the survey, please take part.

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Freedom To Marry Responds

Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson responds: “Today’s 9th Circuit order expediting appeal of Chief Judge Walker’s persuasive decision striking down Prop 8 and maintaining a stay during the appellate review, is a disappointing delay for many Californians who hoped to celebrate the freedom to marry and full inclusion in society as soon as possible. But there are many twists in …

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Guest Post – Evan Wolfson

Evan Wolfson is the founder and executive director of Freedom To Marry. What’s Next In The Battle Against Prop 8? Thursday kicked off another emotional rollercoaster for many California couples as U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker rejected a permanent stay of hisAugust 4th ruling striking down Prop 8, but allowed a grace-period for the Ninth Circuit appellate …

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Evan Wolfson Vs. Maggie Gallagher

Maggie gets pissed when most of the airtime goes to Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson. Bwah bwah bwahhhhhh.

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HomoQuotable – Evan Wolfson

“Freedom to Marry calls on NOM to repudiate the anti-gay prejudice that underlies its political agenda and fuels its attack campaigns. NOM’s “Summer for Marriage” anti-gay bus tour has devolved from a media gimmick to a display of prejudice and incitement to violence. While funneling millions of dollars into political campaigns aimed at stripping away basic protections from gay people …

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HomoQuotable – Michael Crawford

“With their anti-gay summer tour, NOM is hoping to add to their false narrative of victimization. By holding events in communities across the country, NOM is hoping to evoke outrage and confrontation with supporters of the freedom to marry. Their latest propaganda video as a perfect example. “We can’t let anger get the best of us and feed into NOM’s …

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Winning The Freedom To Marry

Visit Freedom To Marry’s site and share the video.

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Tomorrow: Queer Rising Protest At NYC Marriage License Bureau

Brand new LGBT activism group Queer Rising will stage a protest tomorrow morning at the NYC marriage license bureau in lower Manhattan. This event is a public protest to highlight the fact that LQBTQI individuals in the state of New York and throughout America may not legally bind themselves into the institution of marriage with the person they love. There …

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HomoQuotable – Evan Wolfson

“In campaigning for the White House, President Obama committed himself to many gay civil rights priorities — passage of an inclusive federal civil rights bill, toward which the pending Employment Non-Discrimination Act is an important start; ending the oppressive regime under which gay military personnel today serve our country in the armed forces; undoing current federal discrimination against legally married …

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Gay Orgs Don’t Want Federal Lawsuit

A broad coalition of LGBT rights organizations have expressed opposition to the planned federal lawsuit for marriage equality announced yesterday by lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies. From Freedom To Marry: In response to the California Supreme Court decision allowing Prop 8 to stand, four LGBT legal organizations and five other leading national LGBT groups are reminding the LGBT community …

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Contact Vt. Gov. Jim Douglas

Vermont Freedom To Marry is asking everybody to directly contact Gov. Jim Douglas and express your outrage/disappointment with his threat to veto the Senate marriage equality bill, S.115.Do it here. UPDATE: Here’s Sean Chapin’s response to Douglas’ veto threat.

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TV Ad From Vermont Freedom To Marry

Hmmm, what feels familiar about this?

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Seven Arrests At Chicago Marriage Protest

Seven marriage equality protesters were arrested for criminal trespass at a sit-in at the Cook County Office of Vital Records in Chicago yesterday as hundreds more protested outside. Buddy Bell, Dale Fecker, Dan Ware, Danielle Karczewski, Jeff Graubart, Erica Chu, and Nick Ferrin had infiltrated into the Bureau shortly before the protest and when clerks refused to issue Bell and …

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HomoQuotable – Evan Wolfson

“As a candidate for the Illinois Senate in 1996, a body in which Lincoln also served, Obama in his own hand supported the Marriage Resolution now on Freedom to Marry’s website. He said, “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.” I believe Lincoln, with today’s understanding of who gay people are, would, too. And …

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How To Get Re-Elected: Support Marriage Equality

Freedom To Marry reports that a good way for politicians to ensure their re-election is to support marriage equality. According to their new study (PDF), 100% of the 499 legislators who voted to end bans on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and California have been re-elected since 2005. Contrary to some political expectations, voting to support the freedom …

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Where Things Stand

Maps via Freedom To Marry.

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“Make Change, Not Lawsuits”

A broad coalition of nine major LGBT rights and legal groups have issued a joint statement asking out-of-state gay couples married in California NOT to then sue the federal government, their home states, or their employers for recognition of their marriage status. Four lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) legal organizations and five other leading national LGBT groups today issued …

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HomoQuotable – Evan Wolfson

“Phrases such as “gay marriage” or “same-sex marriage” imply that same-sex couples are asking for something other than marriage. They imply that same-sex couples deserve something different or lesser than the security, protections, safety-net, and respect that married couples cherish. And they play into the right-wing’s fear-mongering that gay people are a threat to marriage, that equality and inclusion would …

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