Equal Marriage NOW

See also: NOW and Lesbian Rights

General Information

Talking Points and Definitions

• Civil Marriage v. Civil Unions
• Same-Sex Marriage is a Feminist Issue
• Timeline of NOW's Work on Lesbian Rights
• NOW's Commitment to Same-Sex Marriage
• Sample Op-Ed

Factsheets:

• Marriage and Religion Factsheet
• Marriage and Economics Factsheet (PDF)

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Latest Information

• NOW Celebrates D.C. Council Vote to Approve Same-Sex Marriage (12/09)
• NOW Activists at the National Equality March, D.C. (10/09)
• National Equality March: Stand Strong This Weekend (10/09)
• Stand with the National Equality March in October (09/09)
• NOW Endorses National Equality March (09/09)
• NOW Supports Legislation to Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (09/09)
• NOW Calls on Obama to Withdraw DOMA Brief and Renounce Discriminatory Law (06/09)
• NOW Joins Prop 8 Protests Nationwide and in the Nation's Capital (05/09)
• NOW Denounces California Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Prop 8 (05/09)
• NOW Celebrates Equal Marriage Progress in Iowa, Vermont and D.C. (04/09)
• NOW Submits Amici Curiae Brief in Lawsuit to Invalidate Proposition 8 (01/09)
• NOW Activists Continue to Fight Against California's Proposition 8 (01/09)

2008

• State Ballot Measures Give Feminists Reason to Cheer and Work Harder (11/08)
• NNT: What the Next President Can Do for Women and Girls (09/08)
• NNT: Remembering Del Martin (09/08)
• Domestic Partner and Marriage, Adoption Bans on November Ballots (05/08)
• California Supreme Court Rules Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional (05/08)

Archive of NOW's work on equal marriage.

National NOW Conference Resolutions:

• Marriage Equality Day of Action (2005)
• Marriage Equality Litigation Campaign (2004)
• Marriage Equality Education Campaign (2004)
• Protecting Supporters of Vermont Civil Unions (2000)
• National Day of Action in Support of Same-Sex Marriage (1996)