The Strongest Argument for Marriage Equality? Kids
There’s been a stunning transformation in arguments about marriage equality since the Prop 8 battle in 2008. The heart of the change? The role of children.
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Pride Ponderings
Pride is a funny concept, with both positive and negative connotations. It goeth before a fall. It makes a combustible pairing with prejudice. The Marines, though few, lay claim to it. Pride can be overweening. It can blind us to the needs of others. But it can also remind us of what is important in life: our children, our families, our identities.
Equality Across the Generations
Watch 79-year-old George Smith, an Air Force veteran, Baptist church trustee, and father of Equality Florida CEO Nadine Smith, share his personal journey of coming to support Nadine in her marriage.
Parents Moving Marriage Forward
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on marriage equality today—which has gotten me thinking about my own twisty road to marriage and the importance of parents in moving equality forward.
It’s About the Parenting: Two with Same-Sex Parents Defend their Families
Two adults with same-sex parents last week publicly defended families like theirs against those who sought to disparage them—including two gay men and a woman with two moms.
LGBTQ Rights and Visibility: Good for One, Good for All
Transgender teen Jazz Jennings is not only getting a show about her life on TLC, but will also be featured in an ad campaign for a major beauty brand. Here’s why this matters to all of us, trans- and cisgender alike.
8 Things to Know about the “Voices of Children” Brief
Last Friday, the voices of children with same-sex parents were sent to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Family Equality Council, COLAGE, and Kentucky teen Kinsey Morrison filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of marriage equality and highlighting the impact of inequality on children and young adults raised by same-sex couples.
Parents Taking Marriage Equality to U.S. Supreme Court
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears four cases this spring challenging state bans on marriage for same-sex couples, most of the plaintiffs will be parents. Let’s meet them.
Parents in the Lead as Florida Same-Sex Couples Marry
Marriage equality brought a little more sunshine to Florida this week. Among the six plaintiff couples in the case that won it are four couples raising children, and another with an adult child and two grandchildren.
3 Sisters Explain Why their Moms Should Be Able to Marry
Sisters Kinsey, Jillian, and Teagan live in Kentucky with their two moms. They’ve made a wonderful video about why the U.S. Supreme Court should allow their moms to marry.