Equality Delaware -- a newly formed statewide group -- on Thursday unveiled the first campaign in Delaware to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples.
[click here to read the entire article]
The proposal would apply only to same-sex couples, she said, establishing a parallel relationship to marriage, which would remain limited to opposite-sex couples. Advocates estimated about 700 couples in Delaware might enter civil unions within the first few years after the law took effect.
"We believe right now that we have a great confluence of timing," she said. "Public opinion is strongly in favor of civil unions and we believe we have more than sufficient votes in both houses of the General Assembly to pass a civil union bill."
Goodman said Equality Delaware brings together a coalition of people who have worked for the past two decades on anti-discrimination legislation in the state.
"We've had lots of opportunity to talk to and educate both the public and legislators," she said. "It has been really gratifying to see the movement in people's thinking and understanding about the lack of protection that gay families have under current law."
Showing posts with label same sex marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label same sex marriage. Show all posts
Friday, February 18, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Equality Delaware's Town Hall Meeting (2/17)
From the desk of Lisa Goodman, President of Equality Delaware:
Dear Friends,
Over the past decade or so, a coalition of individuals and organizations has advocated for equal rights in Delaware for members of the LGBT community. The coalition’s efforts have resulted in the passage of anti-discrimination and hospital visitation bills and raised awareness of other issues facing our community. These issues include discrimination based on gender identity, the absence of domestic partner benef...its for state employees, and the myriad ways in which same-sex couples are denied equal rights when their relationships are denied legal recognition in Delaware.
As we all know, there is still much work to be done. To continue to advocate on behalf of our community, we have decided to formalize our coalition by creating a new organization. Thus was born Equality Delaware, whose mission is to ensure and promote dignity, safety, and equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Delawareans. Included with this letter is a list of the initial Equality Delaware Board of Directors and Advisory Council.
Equality Delaware’s first initiative is to advocate for the passage of a civil union bill in Delaware. To that end, we have drafted a bill, and have obtained sponsors for the bill in both houses of the Delaware General Assembly. We are very excited about the bill’s prospects, and would very much like to discuss our organization and the bill with members of our community. We invite you to join us at one of two “town hall” meetings:
*Thursday, February 17, at 5:30 p.m., First & Central Presbyterian Church, 11th and Market Streets, Wilmington
*Saturday, February 19, at 3:00 p.m., Camp Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave, Rehoboth
Please join us for one of the town hall meetings – community participation and input is vital to our success!
Sincerely,
Lisa Goodman
President, Equality Delaware Foundation, 302-571-6683
Dear Friends,
Over the past decade or so, a coalition of individuals and organizations has advocated for equal rights in Delaware for members of the LGBT community. The coalition’s efforts have resulted in the passage of anti-discrimination and hospital visitation bills and raised awareness of other issues facing our community. These issues include discrimination based on gender identity, the absence of domestic partner benef...its for state employees, and the myriad ways in which same-sex couples are denied equal rights when their relationships are denied legal recognition in Delaware.
As we all know, there is still much work to be done. To continue to advocate on behalf of our community, we have decided to formalize our coalition by creating a new organization. Thus was born Equality Delaware, whose mission is to ensure and promote dignity, safety, and equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Delawareans. Included with this letter is a list of the initial Equality Delaware Board of Directors and Advisory Council.
Equality Delaware’s first initiative is to advocate for the passage of a civil union bill in Delaware. To that end, we have drafted a bill, and have obtained sponsors for the bill in both houses of the Delaware General Assembly. We are very excited about the bill’s prospects, and would very much like to discuss our organization and the bill with members of our community. We invite you to join us at one of two “town hall” meetings:
*Thursday, February 17, at 5:30 p.m., First & Central Presbyterian Church, 11th and Market Streets, Wilmington
*Saturday, February 19, at 3:00 p.m., Camp Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave, Rehoboth
Please join us for one of the town hall meetings – community participation and input is vital to our success!
Sincerely,
Lisa Goodman
President, Equality Delaware Foundation, 302-571-6683
Friday, January 28, 2011
About Gay Marriage
soyoureengayged.com
To all the couples out there, this is a really beautiful site with a ton of great resources. I'll let the blog describe itself. Click the link above to find it.
To all the couples out there, this is a really beautiful site with a ton of great resources. I'll let the blog describe itself. Click the link above to find it.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Breaking News: Early Christians Condoned Gay Marriage
AlterNet.com
The following passage is the final paragraph and final thoughts of the article above:
Conservative Christians who insist that "traditional marriage" has always been "between a man and a woman" are wrong and historically uninformed. Thus, they are poor guides for lawmakers and judges.
There is strong support in world religions for the view that homosexuality is not the problem; heterosexism is.
The principles of justice and equality that pulsate through those flawed but powerful classics that we call the “world religions,” are moving toward seeing heterosexism, with its resistance to same-sex loving unions, as a prejudice in a class with sexism, racism, anti-Arabism and anti-Semitism.
Humanity needs its exuberant diversity but humans shrink from it.
As theologian William Sloane Coffin said: “Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with — and perhaps the most dangerous thing to live without.”
The following passage is the final paragraph and final thoughts of the article above:
Conservative Christians who insist that "traditional marriage" has always been "between a man and a woman" are wrong and historically uninformed. Thus, they are poor guides for lawmakers and judges.
There is strong support in world religions for the view that homosexuality is not the problem; heterosexism is.
The principles of justice and equality that pulsate through those flawed but powerful classics that we call the “world religions,” are moving toward seeing heterosexism, with its resistance to same-sex loving unions, as a prejudice in a class with sexism, racism, anti-Arabism and anti-Semitism.
Humanity needs its exuberant diversity but humans shrink from it.
As theologian William Sloane Coffin said: “Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with — and perhaps the most dangerous thing to live without.”
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Decay of Proposition 8
CNN: Opinions of Prop. 8
Here is a really brilliant article. It claims that although the opponents of Prop 8 might be able to convince many citizens, their arguments don't provide any evidence to convince the US Courts.
Here is a really brilliant article. It claims that although the opponents of Prop 8 might be able to convince many citizens, their arguments don't provide any evidence to convince the US Courts.
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