http://marriageequalitynow.org A Seattle based grassroots organization, focused on educating, mobilizing, and advocating for marriage equality at the state and federal level for all couples. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:51:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lambda Legal has produced a voter education pamphlet for the upcoming primary elections. Please take a look and make sure you vote on September 19th, and that you support candidates who are for marriage equality! cheap cialis discount cialis http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/09/12/lambda-legal-voter-education/ Marriage Equality Now will not be meeting during September. We will resume meetings in October. http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/08/30/no-meetings-during-september/ Thanks to everyone that came to last Sunday's community gathering! There were about 100 people that showed up, and it was nice to sit on the grass at the park, listen to our speakers, and hear questions and comments from the public. We have posted some photos from the event that ... http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/08/02/photos-from-community-gathering-new-donateshop-page/ Marriage Equality Now is organizing a community gathering this Sunday at 2PM at Cal Anderson park in Capitol Hill. In addition to being a second chance to attend a gathering for people who couldn't make it to Wednesday's event, this will be an opportunity to hear from LGBT organizations and elected ... http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/07/26/community-gathering-this-sunday-at-cal-anderson-park/ In a 5-4 decision, the WA State Supreme Court decision upheld the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act", which bans same-sex couples from getting married in Washington State. You can find the decisions on the Washington Courts website. It's worth reading the dissents since they make great arguments in favor of marriage ... http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/07/26/wa-state-supreme-court-upholds-discriminatory-doma-law/ We all learned today that the state Supreme Court will finally be issuing a ruling on their pending same-sex marriage decision on Wednesday morning. There's a bunch of events around the state that will be going on Wednesday and the rest of the week, including the day of decision rally. Also, ... http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/07/25/breaking-wa-state-supreme-court-to-issue-ruling-wednsday-morning/ The Working Group for Marriage Equality of Washington State has put together a list of frequently asked questions about the pending WA State Supreme Court Decision regarding the Defense of Marriage Act. This is a great resource that can hopefully help answer most of the questions you may have about ... http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/06/20/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-pending-supreme-court-decision/ Equal Rights Washington is organizing a campaign to gather testimony from people in support of marriage equality, and deliver it to Washington State legislators. These personal stories can really make a big difference in the minds of legislators, and they may have some crucial decisions ahead once the WA State ... http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/06/12/share-your-story-with-your-legislators/ Great news! The Seattle PI and KOMO TV report that Eyman did not enough signatures to challenge HB 2661, which passed in March, via a referendum. As of tomorrow, LGBT people in Washington State will be protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity!! http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/06/06/breaking-news-eyman-fails-to-get-enough-signatures-for-a-referendum-on-anti-discrimination-bill/ On June 3, Marriage Equality USA coordinated walks across Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Brooklyn Bridge in New York as a statement of support for marriage equality and against the federal marriage amendment. 250 people in San Francisco and 600 people in New York participated, despite the rain. ... http://marriageequalitynow.org/2006/05/24/marriage-equality-walks-in-san-francisco-and-new-york/