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Freedom to Marry was the national bipartisan [1] organization dedicated to winning marriage for same-sex couples in the United States. Freedom to Marry was founded in New York City in 2003 by Evan Wolfson. Wolfson served as president of the organization through the June 2015 victory at the Supreme Court, until the organization's official ...
Friday marks 20 years since the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision took effect allowing same-sex couples the freedom to marry. Telling stories helps change the world
The most notable National Freedom to Marry Day was February 12, 2004, when, following a directive from San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom to his county clerk, the City and County of San Francisco began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. On February 10, Newsom asked the clerk's office to make the changes on the "forms and documents ...
Family law and juvenile law - Article 11. Family law: Marriage - Chapter 1. Who may marry; Section 31-11-1-1. Same sex marriages prohibited (a) Only a female may marry a male. Only a male may marry a female. (b) A marriage between persons of the same gender is void in Indiana even if the marriage is lawful in the place where it is solemnized.
According to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), there are 1,138 statutory provisions [1] in which marital status is a factor in determining benefits, rights, and privileges.
Two years after the freedom to marry became law of the land in Iowa, total spending on weddings was estimated as high as $13 million, adding nearly $1 million in revenue to the government coffers.
Evan Wolfson (born February 4, 1957) is an attorney and gay rights advocate. He is the founder of Freedom to Marry, a group favoring same-sex marriage in the United States, serving as president until its 2015 victory and subsequent wind-down. [1]
Americans United for Separation of Church and State argue that by defining marriage as an opposite-sex institution, the state infringes upon the constitutional right to freedom of religion. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] In this view, religious groups that do wish to celebrate same-sex marriages are discriminated against when government policies do not ...