Freedom to Marry, a New York-based LGBT-rights organization, plans to hold rallies across the country to counter those planned by anti-gay marriage group National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
Earlier this week, NOM announced it would hold rallies in 22 cities this summer – including Des Moines and Sioux City – with the goal of building public opposition to same-sex marriage. Wednesday, Freedom to Marry announced that it would also hold rallies in those cities with the hope of “spreading the word across the country about the importance of ending exclusion from marriage.”
“As part of Freedom to Marry’s Summer for Marriage, we are working with our supporters, as well as local and state partners, to plan rallies and other events wherever NOM is planning to push discrimination and distort the truth about gay couples and their families,” the group said in an email to the media. “In 17 states and the District of Columbia, we will share our stories and demonstrate how the denial of marriage harms same-sex couples and their families, while helping no one.”
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