“Whether we are married, domestic partnered, civil unioned or legal strangers under our particular state law, all same-sex couples are denied the 1,138 federal rights of marriage,” said Amy Balliett, local Join the Impact organizer. “With the support of President Obama and with the growing sea change towards supporting protections for same-sex couples, we are hopeful that we can finally turn our attention to overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), passed in 1996, and work together to uphold the American tradition of fairness and equality by ending marriage discrimination once and for all.”
“Since 2001, Marriage Equality USA chapters have engaged in these annual marriage counter actions to render visible the discrimination that is enforced every day. It is an affront to our basic dignity as fellow human beings when same-sex couples are turned away from the marriage counter, but it gives us the opportunity to tell our stories and show that we live in every community and want to honor and protect our families like everyone else,” says Molly McKay, Marriage Equality USA National Media Director. “Marriage discrimination is wrong and harms real-life families. All Americans deserve equal treatment under the law. The time has come.”
Straight allies, supportive clergy and married same-sex couples are invited to support the couples seeking licenses.
For information on Marriage Equality work in Pennsylvania click HERE.
For a complete list of actions go to:
Marriage Equality USA or Join The Impact
Founded in 2000, Marriage Equality USA is a national grassroots organization whose mission is to secure legally recognized civil marriage equality for all, at the federal and state level, without regard to gender identity or sexual orientation.
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