Communities
Americans across the country are considering what it means to allow same-sex couples to join in civil marriage.
Those in the African-American, Latino, and Faith-Based communities may have particular questions about what it means to them.
Visit our resource sections for community-based perspectives on why marriage matters.
African-American Community:
Why Marriage Matters to African-Americans
Asians and Pacific Islanders:
Why Marriage Matters to Asians and Pacific Islanders
Why Marriage Matters to Latinos
Faith-based Communities:
Religious and Faith-based Perspectives on Marriage
Faith-based Voices for Equality
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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.
