Freedom To Marry

The gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide

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Where Can Gay Couples Get Married?

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While six states (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire) have the freedom to marry for gay couples, there are eight states — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Iowa — that officially pledge non-discrimination against marriages between same-sex couples.

  • Because New Mexico’s laws do not prohibit marriage between same-sex couples, there is no impediment to New Mexico same-sex couples marrying in Massachusetts or California and having their marriage honored in New Mexico.  While Massachusett’s government directed that licenses could be given to New Mexico couples, the New Mexico state government has not taken action to ensure they will be honored.

Various states now offer broad protections short of marriage including civil unions in New Jersey, and broad domestic partnerships in the District of Columbia, Oregon, Washington, and California. Smaller packages of protections for same-sex couples are available in Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, and Colorado. All of these states continue to work toward marriage.

With these advances, 13-percent of the US population lives in a state which either has the freedom to marry for gay couples or honors out-of-state marriages of gay couples. Over one-third of the US population (37-percent) lives in a state which provides some form of protections for gay couples.

 

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International Progress Toward the Freedom to Marry

 

 

 

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U.S. Conference of Mayors Passes Resolution Supporting the Freedom to Marry

The U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution in support of ending the exclusion of gay couples from marriage.

(View the Resolution) (Read the Press Release)

TAKE ACTION in New York

Learn more about what's going on in New York and take action now! (Link)

The Fight Isn't Over Yet in Maine

As you may know, Maine's constitution provides for referendum on bills enacted into law. (Link)

Exposing National Organization for Marriage's Fake Ad for Fake Problems

The Human Rights Campaign released a statement and a factual rebuttal on a television spot produced by the National Organization for Marriage. In the ad, actors make disproven claims about marriage for lesbian and gay couples. (Link)