National and State Partners
Why Marriage Matters is a project of Freedom to Marry, in partnership with these state-based groups and other national organizations.
National
American Civil Liberties Union
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Movement Advancement Project (MAP)
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
State
Alaskans Together for Equality
Garden State Equality- New Jersey
Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance- DC
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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.
