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Marriage Equality News
Stay empowered with the latest updates on marriage equality, including groundbreaking legislation, impactful milestones, and inspiring stories of love and resilience. Explore news, expert insights, and resources that champion progress, celebrate inclusion, and advocate for equal rights for all love stories.
Yesterday, we had the pleasure, honor and privilege of listening in on an exclusive conference call with Freedom to Marry's president, Evan Wolfson, following his attendance at the Supreme Court's oral arguments regarding marriage equality this past Tuesday.
This week, the Presbyterian Church opened their doors to same-sex marriages.
With the Supreme Court planning a marriage equality ruling in June, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita's company Tie the Knot is donating all proceeds to Freedom to Marry for the month of March.
Alabama now celebrates marriage equality so we've rounded up our favorite LGBT-friendly wedding venues in the southern state.
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take on the debate for same-sex marriage.
Has your head been spinning with all of this marriage equality momentum that's been happening over the last several weeks? Ours, too! We couldn't be more excited about the strides that have been made thanks to circuit rulings and we figured you might need a quick brush-up on which states recognize same-sex marriages.
Today, the Supreme Court denied petitions in seven cases (five states) that were trying to ban same-sex marriage! This means marriage equality has officially been brought to those states, bringing the total number of states where same-sex marriage is legal to 24.
Freedom to Marry debuted "Until We Could,” a video encompassing the essence of marriage equality with beautiful cinematography and a poem by 2013 Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco.
Betsey Johnson gave a nod to marriage equality in her Spring/Summer 2015 New York Fashion Week show.
On Tuesday, Republican-appointed federal judge John G. Heybum II declared that banning same-sex couples the freedom to marry in the state of Kentucky is unconstitutional.
While we thoroughly enjoy all of the wedding eye candy that we feature, the heart of Love Inc. comes down...
Marriage bans are dropping like flies. Last week, it was struck down in Idaho, yesterday in Oregon and today in Pennsylvania. Arkansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Virginia are additional states that have said adios to inequality. We're certainly riding quite a wave of momentum but does this mean we've just added these states to the equality list? Yes and no.
Exciting news from the Bible Belt -- Arkansas has become the first Southern state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples!
When Anthony Wilfert and Brian Blas, two Iraq War veterans was given a tour by an employee at Mint Springs Farm, they were assured that a same-sex ceremony would not be an issue. Days later, they received an email from the owner saying they could no longer host their wedding there.
Last month, Honey Maid launched their "This Is Wholesome" campaign with an ad featuring gay dads feeding their newborn, an interracial family happily walking together and tatted up parents rocking out with their adorable little girl. It was diversity at its finest folks and, of course, brought happy tears to my eyes.
The Washington Post and ABC News teamed up to poll the views of our fellow countrymen and women regarding same-sex marriage and the results show more support of this modern day civil rights movement than ever before.
And another ban bites the dust! Texas is the most recent state to declare their ban against same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
On Wednesday, a Kentucky judge ruled that same-sex marriages legally performed in other states must be recognized in the deeply conservative Southern state.
The Scottish Parliament passed the Marriage and Civil Partnership law on Tuesday in a 105-18 vote, giving same-sex couples the freedom to marry. With the first legally recognized nuptials set to take place this fall, we thought we should brush up on our Scottish wedding traditions.
As she was filming the first same-sex weddings to take place in her home state of Utah, filmmaker D'Arcy Benincosa had an epiphany: to document the stories, the love stories, of this exciting marriage equality movement that is taking our nation by storm.
Oklahoma has joined the likes of Utah by ruling their statewide ban against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.