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Evan Wolfson

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Name: Evan Wolfson

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Gay-marriage backers regroup after Maine loss

Gay-rights advocates across the country are regrouping after a crushing defeat at the ballot box in Maine, pledging to continue their state-by-state effort to promote marriage equality and turn their attention to a federal court case in California.On ... [Denver Post - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Rights, Evan Wolfson

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Video | Anderson Cooper, Tony Perkins and Evan Wolfson discuss gay marriage defeat in Maine

On YouTube:CNN's Anderson Cooper & Panel Debate Gay Marriage Loss In Maine - Evan Wolfson, Executive Dir. Of Freedom To Marry & Homophobe Tony Perkins President Of Family "Research" Council Are Interviewed - 11/04/09 ... [Miami Herald - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Evan Wolfson, Tony Perkins, Anderson Cooper

First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

U.S. same-sex couples who marry in Canada face challenges in divorcing

The phrase “till death do us part” has taken on a very literal meaning for same-sex couples seeking to end their marriage.Many same-sex couples from the U.S. travel to Canada to get married, but what happens when the honeymoon’s over and forever is just ... [Lawyers Weekly Canada - 11/10/2009]

Entities: Divorce, Canada, Homosexuality

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Gay Marriage Lawsuit

Re , by Adam Liptak (Sidebar column, Oct. 27):The pivotal exchange in one of the lawsuits now challenging the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage shows that the opponents of gay peoples freedom to marry still cant give a real answer to the key ... [New York Times - 10/29/2009]

Entities: Gay, Lawsuit, Charles J. Cooper, Lawrence v. Texas

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 1 Documents

Basic Right Launces New Campaign

- Gay rights activists will launch a campaign to persuade Oregonians they should reverse their vote of five years ago and support same-sex marriage.MARRIAGE EQUALITY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF TONIGHTAs part of a speaking tour of three Oregon cities ... [Kink.fm - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Evan Wolfson, Marriage Equality USA, Freedom to Marry, Portland (Oregon, United States)

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 1 Documents

OR: Oregon group launches drive for same-sex marriage

Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian Kate Molony, 32, (left) and Becky Blumer, 36, have been in a committed relationship for six years and have registered as domestic partners. But people don’t understand domestic partnerships, Blumer said, which is one reason she ... [Stateline - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Same-Sex Marriage, Gay, Basic Rights Oregon

First Reported 10/08/2009 - Updated 10/08/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Barack Obama

Evan Wolfson: President Obama's Maine Chance to Make the Case

When President Obama speaks to gay and non-gay supporters of equality at the Human Rights Campaign's dinner this Saturday, he has a lot of ground to cover. I don't just mean the number of subjects to address, given the many ways in which lesbian, ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 10/08/2009]

Entities: Gay, Evan Wolfson, Barack Obama, Anti-Gay

First Reported 10/08/2009 - Updated 10/08/2009 - 1 Documents

Now I've Vented

A constructive proposal for the president as he addresses HRC this weekend. Help us in Maine and Washington state. Marriage equality is being attacked in Maine with classic techniques of fear, especially around children. In Washington, the Christianist ... [The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - 10/08/2009]

Entities: Evan Wolfson, Washington DC, Gay

First Reported 10/12/2009 - Updated 10/12/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Goodman: Ironies abound in Texas dispute over gay divorce

How else can you explain their passionate opposition to a court ruling last week that would allow a couple legally wed in Massachusetts to be divorced in their state?This tale of same-sex love and marriage, horse and carriage, and the difficulty of unhitching ... [Houston Chronicle - 10/12/2009]

Entities: Gay, Divorce, Homosexuality, Same-Sex Marriage, Abbott Laboratories Inc

First Reported 10/20/2009 - Updated 10/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Joint Statement Responding to the Denial of Marriage to an Interracial Couple in Louisiana

WASHINGTON, D.C. The following statement was issued today by a coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality advocates in response to the refusal by a Louisiana justice of the peace to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple ... [Human Rights Campaign - 10/20/2009]

Entities: Justice of the Peace, National Center for Transgender Equality, Lee Swislow, Mara Keisling

Quotes

...marry in five states, but Tuesday's results mirror what has happened in every state where the question of same-sex marriage has gone before voters. "i think the reality is that we came very close but didn't succeed in dispelling the distractions and fears that are keeping a small slice of people from treating others fairly" said Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, a national gay-rights group

Gay-marriage backers regroup after Maine loss [Denver Post - 11/05/2009]

The law was repealed in a 53 percent to 47 percent vote. "president obama missed an opportunity to state his position against these discriminatory attacks with the clarity and moral imperative that would have helped in this close fight" said Evan Wolfson of the national advocacy group Freedom to Marry

Gay-rights groups are stunned by Maine loss [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/05/2009]

...'It's not that we need a new constitution,' said Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry. "we just need a renewed commitment. properly enforced, the existing equal protection would require equality." So what worked in Iowa and Vermont? Activists and legislators made the issue personal, taking a cue from Harvey Milk, who advocated that people tell...

Gay marriage in the Heartland [Salon - 04/15/2009]

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U.S. same-sex couples who marry in Canada face ... [Lawyers Weekly Canada - 11/10/2009]
Video \| Anderson Cooper, Tony Perkins and Evan ... [Miami Herald - 11/05/2009]
Gay-marriage backers regroup after Maine loss [Denver Post - 11/05/2009]
Analysis: Gays' world shaken by Maine vote [Houston Chronicle - 11/05/2009]
Gay groups say loss won't alter strategy [Washington Post - 11/05/2009]
Gay-rights groups are stunned by Maine loss [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/05/2009]
Gay Rights Rebuke May Change Approach [New York Times - 11/05/2009]
Gay Rights Rebuke Bring Tactical Changes [New York Times - 11/05/2009]
Gay Rights Rebuke May Result in a Change in Tac... [New York Times - 11/05/2009]
Gay Leaders Blame Obama, TV Ads For Loss In Maine [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - 11/05/2009]
News Analysis: Loss in Maine Sets Back Drive fo... [New York Times - 11/05/2009]
Loss in Maine Sets Back Drive for Same-Sex Marr... [New York Times - 11/04/2009]
News Analysis: Loss in Maine Sets Back Gay-Marr... [New York Times - 11/04/2009]
Loss in Maine Sets Back Gay-Marriage Drive [New York Times - 11/04/2009]
Basic Right Launces New Campaign [Kink.fm - 11/03/2009]
OR: Oregon group launches drive ... [Stateline - 11/02/2009]
Gay Marriage Lawsuit [New York Times - 10/29/2009]
Joint Statement Responding to the Denial of Mar... [Human Rights Campaign - 10/20/2009]
Goodman: Ironies abound in Texas dispute over g... [Houston Chronicle - 10/12/2009]
Theodore Olson And David Boies, Bush V. Gore La... [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - 05/28/2009]
Gay marriage in the Heartland [Salon - 04/15/2009]

Blogs

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Now I've Vented [The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 10/08/2009] A constructive proposal for the president as he addresses HRC this weekend. Help us in Maine and Washington state. Marriage equality is being attacked in Maine with ...
Evan Wolfson: President Obama's Maine Chance to... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 10/08/2009] When President Obama speaks to gay and non-gay supporters of equality at the Human Rights Campaign's dinner this Saturday, he has a lot of ground to cover. ...
Michael Tracey: Why Bill Clinton Told Me He Sup... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 07/21/2009] Two weeks ago, I had a conversation with Bill Clinton about same-sex marriage. It didn't adhere to traditional interview guidelines, and it certainly wasn't ...
Evan Wolfson on Obama [AMERICAblog News\| A great nation deserves the t ... - 06/14/2009] Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry posted the following on Facebook:The Obama Administration stumbled badly in defending the federal anti-marriage law, so-called "DOMA," ...
Jane Minogue: Omnigamy, anyone? [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 05/29/2009] Evan Wolfson, the civil rights attorney and advocate, has said, "The right wing would love nothing more than for us to spend all of our airtime discussing ...

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