Coalescing behind Respect: 50+ groups sick of unconstitutional injustice

« Go back a post || Return to G-A-Y homepage || Haul tail to next post »

02/02/2012

by Jeremy Hooper

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 Act and serve as the voice for the freedom to marry in Washington, D.C. The organizations include religious groups, legal organizations, unions, and advocates devoted to a number of other causes. Together, with Freedom to Marry’s Jo Deutsch as a staff leader of the coalition, the groups will work to change the hearts and minds of legislators in Congress, lining up the next round of cosponsors to put us in a position to pass the Respect for Marriage Act as soon as 2013.
Freedom to Marry’s federal program grows with new Respect for Marriage Coalition [Freedom To Marry]

*Full coalition:

Alliance for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Musicians, American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, Americans for Democratic Action, Anti-Defamation League, Association of Flight Attendants, Center for American Progress, Coalition of Labor Union Women, COLAGE, Courage Campaign, Communications Workers of America, Family Equality Council, Feminist Majority, Freedom to Marry, GLAD, Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Human Rights Campaign, Immigration Equality, Interfaith Alliance, International Union, UAW, Lambda Legal, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Log Cabin Republicans, MALDEF, National Black Justice Coalition, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Council of Jewish Women, National Education Association, National Fair Housing Alliance, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, National Organization for Women, National Partnership for Women and Families, National Women’s Law Center, People for the American Way, PFLAG, Pride at Work, AFL-CIO, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), Service Employees International Union, Servicemembers Legal, Defense Network, Stonewall Democrats, Third Way, Unitarian Universalist Association, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, and USAction.

space