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Marriage Equality USA was an organization working for the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in the United States. The group worked by doing public education and outreach, media campaigns and holding visibility events. Marriage Equality, Inc. was founded in 1998. [1] [2]
A September 2022 Grinnell College National Poll found that 74% of Americans believe same-sex marriage should be a guaranteed right while 13% disagreed and 13% were uncertain. [65] [66] Gallup found that nationwide public support for marriage equality for same-sex couples reached 50% in May 2011, [67] 60% in May 2015, [68] and 70% in May 2021. [19]
In January 2012, Freedom to Marry launched the Mayors for the Freedom to Marry campaign (also known as Mayors for Marriage), encouraging mayors of cities throughout the United States to endorse marriage equality for their localities. [25] Over 500 mayors from nearly all 50 states had joined the campaign by the time marriage was won in 2015. [26]
Dan Foley represented early litigants in the fight for marriage equality as an attorney and later presided over one of the first same-sex marriages in Hawaii as a judge.
Garden State Equality: Name change clinics, vigils, art night set for Garden State Equality Trans Awareness Week Transgender issues Beyond same-sex marriage, there are other concerns.
On Dec. 17, 2013, then-Judge Foley presided over his first marriage equality wedding—exactly 23 years after the first same-sex couple applied for a Hawaii marriage license.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 December 2024. Jack Baker and Michael McConnell (r), the first same-sex couple ever legally married in the United States (in 1971), at their Minneapolis home, 1970 Part of the LGBTQ rights series Legal status of same-sex unions Marriage Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Chile ...