Marriage Matters Blog
WATCH: Groundbreaking educational broadcast ads in ME, MN and WA
People across Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington state are having conversations about why marriage matters, inspired by the courageous personal stories featured in a groundbreaking set of new educational broadcast ads. Check out the videos from each of the three states! Read More »
“Marriage is work. Sometimes it’s hard work, but it’s also good work. It’s more than worth the work.
The Oregonian profiles a long-time lesbian couple. Read More »
Tobi, Karen, and Edie
“We call ourselves the gay Cleavers,” say Tobi and Karen. “If you look at any traditional American family, we’re it – except our daughter has two moms. We both work; we love each other and our daughter. All we want is to be recognized as a family.” Read More »
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker—Highlighting the Divine in Our World
In this profile, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker talks about why she views the freedom to marry "as an expansion of joy." Read More »
Watch: Phyllis and Connie get married
July 24, 2011 was the first day same-sex couples could legally marry in New York. Meet Phyllis Siegel, 77, and Connie Kopelov, 85, the first couple to marry in New York City. Read More »
Rev. John Buehren—A Prophetic Calling
Rev. John Buehrens, a Unitarian Universalist minister, speaks about why the freedom to marry matters to him. Read More »
The heart of the matter
A straight binational couple goes through a harrowing immigration mix-up – and contemplates what would have happened if they were a gay couple instead. Read More »
A matter of life and death
The lengths a man had to go to – at the worst possible time – to prove that he and his partner of many years were indeed a family. Read More »
Finding “the one”
Just about everyone who's in a serious relationship remembers that moment – the time when they realized they had found the person they want to spend the rest of their life with. Read More »
Making their own family
Kathy Glass and Carmah Lawler have a good sense of humor about their age – and they say that sense has also helped keep them together for over 30 years. Kathy is 79 and Carmah is 82. Read More »
Widower of gay Marine shown respect by Naval Academy, thanks to marriage
Though military officials were skeptical to hear the wishes of a widower of a gay Marine, they treated him as next of kin once he sent them a copy of his marriage license. Read More »
Nothing says family like the word marriage
For Chris Williams and Juan McCoy, family definitely comes first. "As parents, we do everything the kids want to do, from tennis to basketball to just being out in the yard," says Juan. Read More »
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Service Members Speak Out for the Freedom to Marry
Three military veterans who, together with their friend, U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant T. Ashley Metcalf represent 45 years of military service. Sgt. Metcalf is gay, and his band of brothers support him and the freedom to marry.
Freedom Oklahoma: Cuyler Family on Why Marriage Matters
This new video focuses on Ed Cuyler, a retired Army colonel who served in the Army for 12 years, with 22 years in the Army reserves. He has received a Purple Heart and speaks here about why he wants his daughter to be able to marry the woman she loves.
William & Marge Bradshaw for Utah Unites for Marriage
William and Marge Bradshaw have 5 children and 18 grandkids. Above all, they know marriage is about love and commitment—and all loving couples deserve the rights that only marriage can provide.
