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FILTER RESULTS ►'Respect for Marriage' Coalition to Run New Ad to Capitalize on Marriage Equality Momentum: VIDEO
A new ad from the Respect for Marriage Coalition (HRC, Freedom to Marry, ACLU, others...) is set to run this week to take advantage of the growing momentum for same-sex marriage, Politico reports: The $150,000 ad buy is the latest.....
Laura Bush Requests Removal from Marriage Equality Ad: VIDEO
Former First Lady Laura Bush has asked the Respect for Marriage Coalition (spearheaded by HRC and Freedom to Marry) to remove her from a new ad which is the centerpiece of a $1 million media campaign in support of marriage...
Watch: Obama, Cheney, Laura Bush and Powell Featured in New Marriage Equality Ad
A coalition supporting the freedom to marry has launched a $1 million campaign highlighting endorsements from leaders across the political spectrum, including President Obama and several high-profile former Republican leaders.
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New Ad Campaign Highlights Bipartisan Support For Marriage Equality
The Respect for Marriage Coalition, headed up by Freedom To Marry and the Human Rights Campaign, is rolling out a new multi-million dollar national ad campaign for marriage equality, including television spots, full-page newspaper ads, and online banner ads. The “#Time4Marriage” campaign features Former First Lady Laura Bush, Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Former [...]
Dick Cheney, Laura Bush, Colin Powell Voice Support for Marriage Equality in New Ad: VIDEO
The Respect for Marriage Coalition (chaired by HRC and Freedom to Marry) is set to launch a $1 million media campaign in support of marriage equality, Politico reports. It features a TV spot narrated with key quotes from President Obama...
LGBT Rights Coalition Launches National Marriage Equality Ad Campaign
The Respect For Marriage Coalition will today launch a national print and television campaign in support of marriage equality. The coalition comprises Freedom To Marry, the Human Rights Campaign, and other LGBT and progressive groups. Show More Summary
Election 2012: Maryland voters approve Question 6 granting same-sex couples the freedom to marry
Maryland voters have approved Question 6 granting same-sex couples the freedom to marry. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is a member of the Marylanders for Marriage Equality coalition, and worked to secure marriage equality in Maryland. Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey said: Maryland is living up to its nickname — the Free [...]
Polling Numbers Giving Freedom to Marry Ballot Efforts Advantage as Election Day Approaches
With less than a week until Election Day, ACLU affiliates and their coalition partners in states with questions regarding marriage for gay and lesbian couples on the ballot are intensifying their efforts to make history next week. In...Show More Summary
Task Force in full swing in Maine and Minnesota
The Task Force is busy on the ground in Maine working with Mainers United for Marriage and the Maine Freedom to Marry Coalition on winning the campaign to restore marriage equality in that state. Pro-LGBT activists were successful in placing the “Act to Allow Marriage Licenses for Same-Sex Couples and Protect Religious Freedom” on the [...]
National LGBT Organizations Call For Action In Trayvon Martin Shooting
A coalition of national LGBT equality organizations — including the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Freedom to Marry, GLAAD, and the Human Rights Campaign — have issued an open letter calling for a call to action surrounding the the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Noting that the LGBT community is no stranger to violence [...]
Marriage equality supporters in Ohio resubmit petition to repeal constitutional amendment
By Jacob Combs Early this month, a group called the Freedom to Marry Coalition collected and filed over 1700 signatures with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office to place a measure on the November ballot that would repeal the state’s 2004 constitutional ban on marriage equality. A week later, Attorney General Mike DeWine, an opponent of [...]
News: Maine, Hunger Games, Rehoboth, Carlos Pena Jr, Colorado
Pilot subdued after going nuts on JetBlue flight from JFK to Vegas. Maine Freedom to Marry Coalition announces PAC, new campaign manager Matt McTighe: "The Maine Freedom to Marry Coalition is made up of EqualityMaine, Gay & Lesbian Advocates &...
Ohio Voters May Have Opportunity to Repeal 2004 Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
There is movement afoot in Ohio to do away with the state's ban on same-sex marriage, the Dispatch reports: The Freedom to Marry Coalition expects to file more than 1,700 signatures of registered Ohio voters; 1,000 valid signatures are required...
Effort launched to repeal state DOMA in Ohio
From the Columbus Dispatch: A proposed constitutional amendment to undo Ohio’s 2004 same-sex marriage ban will be submitted today to Attorney General Mike DeWine.The Freedom to Marry Coalition expects to file more than 1,700 signatures...Show More Summary
Advocates Plan To Challenge Ohio’s Constitutional Ban Against Same-Sex Marriage
Marriage equality advocates in Ohio will attempt to overturn that state’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage through a referendum, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The Freedom to Marry Coalition plans to “file more than 1,700 signatures of registered Ohio voters” with Attorney General Mike DeWine — a prominent Rick Santorum supporter — to change the Constitution’s [...]
OHIO: Gay Activists Work To Place Repeal Of Marriage Ban On November Ballot
Activists in Ohio have launched a drive to place a repeal of the same-sex marriage ban on the November ballot. The Freedom to Marry Coalition expects to file more than 1,700 signatures of registered Ohio voters; 1,000 valid signatures are required in the first step of placing a constitutional issue before Ohio voters this fall or possibly next year. Show More Summary
Coalescing behind Respect: 50+ groups sick of unconstitutional injustice
United they stand to make DOMA fall: Today, Freedom to Marry and the Human Rights Campaign announced the Respect for Marriage Coalition, a coalition made up of over 50 diverse groups whose mission is to advance the Respect for Marriage...
LAUNCHED: Coalition To Repeal DOMA
Freedom To Marry and the Human Rights Campaign have launched a board coalition of organizations who are uniting in the battle to repeal DOMA. Here's the list so far. Alliance for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation...Show More Summary
Move to get marriage equality over the line in Maine
The Maine Freedom to Marry Coalition today announced it was moving forward with placing a marriage equality amendment on the November 2012 ballot. At a press conference in the statehouse in Augusta, the coalition said it had gathered more than 105,000 signatures, nearly twice the necessary number required to place the “Act to Allow Marriage [...]
Advocates Press Pennsylvania Senator to Support DOMA Repeal
A coalition of groups including Courage Campaign, Freedom to Marry, and Equality Pennsylvania are asking Democratic senator Bob Casey to support legislation that would repeal the 1996 antigay law.
