Archive for the ‘Right to Marry Campaign’ Category
News & commentary from Matt Comer on the road with the Soulforce Right to Marry Campaign, New York state, July 2007.
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Yesterday the New York State Comptroller released a statement on marriage recognition. No doubt, it is one step forward for marriage equality in New York.
According to WSTM.com, the Comptroller said that the New York State Government and local retirement systems will recognize marriages between same-sex couples from any jurisdiction where ...
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
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Monday, July 30th, 2007
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
For the past two weeks I have spent my days and nights working with Soulforce Q’s Right to Marry Campaign in the State of New York. From July 14th through the 28th I joined 32 other young adult activists in traveling across New York. My particular route took me and ...
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
Here are some snippets and links from articles about Soulforce Q's Right to Marry Campaign from the past two weeks...
SoulForce Youth in NY to Lobby on Marriage link
By: ANDY HUMM
07/26/2007 Gay City News
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Thirty-five young people from SoulForce Q, mostly from ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
SoulforceQ, the young adult division of Soulforce, is telling citizens of the State of New York and folks around the country to send a strong message to New York Senate Majority Leader, Republican Senator Joseph Bruno. The Senator, who heads the New York Senate's Rules Committee, had refused to put ...
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
The stories of my childhood in a rural, fundamentalist, independent Baptist church in the South aren’t really stories I have too often told others. Being “saved” at the age of 8, growing up practically shadowing “Preacher” and all the challenges that came along with coming to terms with who I ...
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
From News 10:
Soulforce Q lobbies for “right to marry”
Updated: 7/18/2007 4:47:43 PM
By: Bill Carey
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Their goal -- to change minds. Their target -- state lawmakers in Central New York and the Hudson Valley. Their method -- face ...
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Wow... like who ever thought? Being openly gay and a current or former athlete is tough enough, but transgender and transitioning to another gender? She's got some guts.
Gina Duncan, formerly known as Greg Pingston and now living in Orlando, used to play on the East Carolina Football team during ...
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
So we all have really nice looking teal-colored shirts and we are so going to test them out at the county fair in Saratoga County. Our shirts are cute, I think, and on the front they say, "Do you believe in Marriage? I do." We've got our logo on the ...
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