Analysis & Opinion
Love Around the World
On a recent trip to Japan to speak on LGBTQ rights for Marriage Equality USA, John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney had the honor of addressing the crowd at Pink Dot Okinawa, a wonderful event with over 1,000 attendees who were treated to music, dance, speeches, and a beautiful marriage ceremony for Kazuki and Harold — when the happy couple exchanged vows there was not a dry eye in the crowd. Read more…
MEUSA in the News
The MEUSA blog has moved to our brand-new website
We are proud to announce the launch of our redesigned, state-of-the-art website at http://www.marriageequality.org/ featuring new and expanded features for our members, the media, and the public. If you’re accustomed to reading our content directly on the web, you can now find our blog at http://www.marriageequality.org/news . If you prefer to use a feed reader like feedly.com to follow our content, please subscribe to our new RSS feed at http://www.marriageequality.org/news.rss . Read more…
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Guest Post: The Marriage Equality Paradigm: Credit Considerations for Newly Married Gay Couples
The economy, as well as our regulation and perception of it, are in a state of flux these days. So, it’s no surprise many consumers are still in the dark when it comes to new rules dictating the credit card market in the aftermath of the Great Recession. There are a number of common misconceptions that still remain., some of which are especially important in this age of social change and building momentum for both gender and marriage equality.
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Kitchen v. Herbert: MEUSA Goes Inside the Tenth Circuit
Last month in Denver, MEUSA’s Jolene Mewing attended the Tenth Circuit’s oral arguments for Kitchen v. Herbert, the Utah marriage equality case. Jolene gives us her first-person perspective on the hearing from her seat inside the courtroom. Read more…
Reunited
As we celebrated LGBT couples getting married in Arkansas last weekend, we were packing our bags to head to my 30th college class reunion—attending together as a legally married couple. Like birthdays and anniversaries, reunions are occasions that mark the passage of time, and this one also serves as an important milestone along the road to marriage equality. Read more…
Keep Informed on the Latest Marriage Equality Updates: May 13th Community Call Focuses on 4th Circuit Case
MEUSA invites you to join its national community call Tuesday, May 13, 9PM EDT. The conversation will focus on the latest developments in Virginia, where one of the more promising court challenges to a state constitutional amendment banning marriage equality is moving forward. Register for the call and we’ll send you the dial-in information by email Tuesday morning.
Countdown to Equality
And then there were three.
Just a few weeks ago, there were five states either without marriage equality or without an active lawsuit for equal marriage rights. But the pace of change continues to accelerate with the filing of a new case for equality in Georgia, and the announcement that South Dakota will be next.
That will leave only three states—Alaska, Montana, and North Dakota—without either marriage equality or marriage lawsuits for the time being. Read more…
MEUSA Launches Online Multimedia Galleries and Photo Archives
Long known as the lead disseminator of grass-roots marriage equality stories, MEUSA has established online multimedia galleries and photo archives to showcase the work of the organization and our volunteers across the country in a new and exciting way. Explore our new YouTube and Flickr channels today! Read more…
Utah Should Drop its Appeal and Let the Salt Lake City Weddings Begin Again
The State of Utah’s stunning admissions in last week’s oral argument before the Tenth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals and in briefs filed with the court make one thing abundantly clear: the state should drop its appeal of the federal district court’s ruling last December in favor of marriage equality. We’ll never forget the joy we felt seeing over a thousand LGBT couples dash to their local clerk’s offices in Salt Lake City and other Utah environs during the winter 2013 holiday season before the district court’s order was stayed. It’s time for those weddings to begin again. Read more…
A Whirlwind Six Weeks Ahead for Marriage Equality
Last year at this time, the United States Supreme Court had just finished hearing oral arguments in two LGBT cases that resulted in landmark marriage equality rulings striking down Section 3 of DOMA and Proposition 8. Although LGBT rights are not before the high court in 2014, this year promises to be a barnburner of a year for marriage equality litigation in lower courts with a dizzying sixty cases pending in thirty states or territories of the United States. Consider what’s ahead in just the next six weeks…
Policy and Legal Update – March 24-30, 2014
MEUSA closely monitors marriage equality polls, ballots, laws, and lawsuits nationwide, and updates out website with changes in these areas on a near-daily basis. Every Monday we update you here with policy and legal updates covering the preceding week. You may also always find the most up-to-date information on the Current Policy & Legal Status page on the MEUSA website. See details on this week’s status updates…
Policy and Legal Update – March 17-24, 2014
MEUSA closely monitors marriage equality polls, ballots, laws, and lawsuits nationwide, and updates out website with changes in these areas on a near-daily basis. Every Monday we update you here with policy and legal updates covering the preceding week. You may also always find the most up-to-date information on the Current Policy & Legal Status page on the MEUSA website. See details on this week’s status updates…
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