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Although activists banned the media from their post-Meet In The Middle For Equality leadership summit so that new polling data didn’t “provide ammunition to opponents of same-sex marriage”, the results were published by the Bay Area Reporter yesterday. According to the latest survey, which was taken the first week of May, the “movable middle” on marriage equality is quite small …

Kristin Orbin collapsed with an epileptic seizure after marching 14 miles from Selma to Fresno in Saturday’s Meet In The Middle march. Her partner Teresa Rowe was then denied access to Orbin’s hospital room and was not allowed to direct her medical care despite offering to provide documentation that she was entitled to do so. Orbin said the paramedic told …

An estimated 3000 activists rallied in California’s heartland yesterday for the Meet In The Middle 4 Equality event, which was preceded by a 14-mile march from the symbolically chosen town of Selma. With lively chants and rainbow flags, several thousand people rallied in Fresno today, aiming to persuade California’s conservative heartland to support same-sex marriage rights. Just days after the …

Watch the goings-on live as California activists take the fight for equality to the heartland of the state in Fresno.

All eyes turn to central California this Saturday for the giant Meet In The Middle 4 Equality march, in which activists take the battle to the heart of “the enemy” in Fresno. Starting with a 14.5-mile march in Selma – the Fresno County town with the same name as the Alabama city iconic to the 1960s civil rights movement – …

Here’s the official promo video for California’s Meet In The Middle 4 Equality event. On the first Saturday after the California Supreme Court issues its ruling on Proposition 8, activists will gather at Fresno’s city hall to protest or celebrate. Day Of Decision events will also take place around the country. Find the event nearest you here. (Video credit: Sean …

Central California is planning a special marriage rally on the Saturday after the state Supreme Court issues its ruling on Prop 8. Rally for national LGBT equality the first Saturday AFTER the California Supreme Court issues its rulings on the Proposition 8 cases. Meet on the steps of City Hall in downtown Fresno at 1:00 PM. Why Fresno? The battle …