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CA: Gay Activists Put Pressure on Sacramento Mayor to Sign Marriage Equality Pledge

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Marriage EqualityMarriage rights activists are stepping up their pressure on Mayor Kevin Johnson to join dozens of other elected officials in supporting gay marriage.

Supporters of gay marriage were expected to drop off 338 signatures this morning at City Hall urging Johnson to join the Mayors for the Freedom to Marry. Despite telling reporters last week that he would read the pledge, Johnson still hadn’t read it as of this morning.

“Sacramento is one of the most diverse cities in America and a city like ours needs leaders willing to stand up for all of us,” Sam Catalano, president of the Stonewall Democrats, said in a statement. “Supporting marriage equality helps make our city stronger both socially and economically. We are all exceptionally hopeful that Mayor Kevin Johnson stands on the right side of history and we eagerly await his response.”

Full Story from the Sacramento Bee

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Freedom to Marry Launches Campaign to Add Marriage Equality to the Democratic Platform

Monday, February 13th, 2012

Marriage Equality and the Democratic Party PlatformSupporters of gay marriage are calling on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to add marriage equality to the party’s 2012 platform.

On Monday, Freedom to Marry launched the Democrats: Say I Do campaign.

“An overwhelming majority of Democrats support the freedom to marry, as do a significant majority of Independents and voters under 50 across the political spectrum,” said Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry. “The Democratic Party has a noble history of fighting for the human and civil rights of all Americans. It’s now time for the national party to be true to its values and its voters and go unequivocally on the record for the freedom to marry.”

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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More Mayors Join Freedom to Marry

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

Freedom to MarryThe number of mayors from across the country who have pledged to support marriage equality via the Mayors For the Freedom To Marry campaign has now reached 141.

Among the additions are Charles Lombardi of North Providence, R.I.; Claire Fortier of South Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond, Calif.; and Satyendra Singh Huja of Charlottesville, Va.

Huja is the first mayor to sign on from the state of Virginia.

Full Story from The Advocate

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TX: Equality Texas Calls on 10 Mayors to Sign Marriage Equality Pledge

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Equality Texas is calling on its members to ask the mayors of Texas’ 10 largest cities to sign Freedom to Marry’s pledge in support of same-sex marriage. “No individual mayor can confer marriage equality. Similarly, no municipality can enact a law providing for the freedom to marry,” the group writes. “However, the mayors of Texas’ 10 largest cities can lead the way in demonstrating their support for eliminating discrimination, and ending the exclusion of lesbian & gay couples from the institution of marriage.”

Equality Texas’ Action Alert includes photos of 13 Texas mayors — the six who’ve signed the pledge, and the seven from top 10 cities who haven’t. Green checks appear next to the mayors who’ve signed the pledge, and, as you can see in the screen grab above, red X’s appear next to those who haven’t. In addition to Mike Rawlings of Dallas and Betsy Price of Fort Worth, the latter group includes Robert Cluck of Arlington and Phil Dyer of Plano. To take action, go here.

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Freedom to Marry’s Wolfson Cleans NOM’s Clock

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Freedom to Marry’s Evan Wolfson and Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) faced off yesterday in a WABC debate over putting same-sex marriage to a voter referendum in New Jersey.

The more Brown repeats his idiotic talking points, the more their lack of substance becomes apparent, particularly when there’s an expert like Wolfson on hand to tear them to shreds.

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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More Mayors Join Freedom to Marry Coalition

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Freedom to MarrySeveral more mayors signed on to Mayors for the Freedom to Marry in the past week, bringing the total to 116.

Additions include Stephen Buxbaum of Olympia, Wash.; David Coss of Santa Fe, N.M.; Jim Gray (pictured) of Lexington, Ky.; Gary Norton of East Cleveland, Ohio; Michael Spano of Yonkers, N.Y.; Mike Summers of Lakewood, Ohio; Michael Tautznik of Easthampton, Mass.; and Alex Torpey of South Orange, N.J.

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US: Four More Mayors Join Freedom to Marry

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Mayors for Marriage EqualityFour more mayors have added their names to the growing list of marriage equality supporters endorsing a new effort called Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, bringing the total to 116.

Greg Stanton of Phoenix, Mark Mallory of Cincinnati, Jim Ellison of Royal Oak, Mich., and Joe Gierlach of Nederland, Colo., recently signed the pledge to fight for marriage equality and encourage other lawmakers to take up the cause.

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MD: Freedom to Marry Changes Course, Will Join Marriage Equality Coalition

Saturday, December 17th, 2011

Maryland Marriage EqualityAs Maryland prepares for another shot at marriage equality when the legislature reconvenes next month, one national marriage advocacy group has bowed out of the fight.

Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry told the Blade last week that because of concerns about a marriage bill being sent to a voter referendum in 2012, that his organization declined to join a high-profile and diverse coalition of groups supporting the marriage bill.

“In Maryland, because of the likelihood that marriage legislation can be forced onto the ballot, the key question is not just passing a bill in the legislature, but defending it against an attack campaign via ballot measure,” Wolfson said. “Freedom to Marry has made it clear to members of the coalition and to lawmakers that our goal is to win, not simply to pass a bill, if there is not sufficient groundwork and investment in a campaign to win at the ballot.”

Full Story from The Washington Blade

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Freedom to Marry Won’t Join Maryland Marriage Equality Coalition

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

The head of the national advocacy group Freedom to Marry startled leaders of Maryland’s campaign to pass a same-sex marriage bill in 2012 when he implied this week that organizers weren’t doing the work needed to defeat an expected voter referendum to overturn such a bill.

Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, told the Washington Blade on Monday that his group chose not to join a coalition of local, state and national groups called Marylanders for Marriage Equality. The coalition is leading efforts to lobby the Maryland Legislature to approve a same-sex marriage bill when it convenes in Annapolis in January.

“We are deeply committed, as we have been for years, to ending exclusion from marriage in Maryland and throughout the country,” Wolfson told the Blade in an email.

Full Story from The Washington Blade

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Freedom to Marry New Hampshire Loses Executive Director Over Lack of Funds

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

New Hampshire Gay Marriage RepealThe executive director of the driving force behind New Hampshire’s gay marriage law announced Wednesday she is resigning due to insufficient funding drawn partly through the group’s national organization.

Mo Baxley led New Hampshire Freedom to Marry for nearly six years, including through the state’s adoption in 2007 of a civil unions law recognizing gay couples and then its passage two years later of a law legalizing same-sex marriage. She has been the face for the group in its fight to kill an effort next year to repeal the law.

“I am incredibly proud of the success we have had over the past six years and of New Hampshire’s status as the only state to pass equality entirely legislatively,” Baxley said.

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