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National Marriage Boycott

National Marriage Boycott is a youth-led movement determined to usher in a national culture of acceptance by pledging not to marry until we achieve full federal marriage equality.

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Marriage Equality and Financial Aid

 Most of NMB’s branches are based in universities.  As students, we often think of marriage equality as an issue affecting aspects of our lives unrelated to education.  But it is important to note that indeed, marriage equality affects something as real and pivotal to higher education access as the financial aid system. LGBT people are already at a disadvantage financially for education, being three times as likely to have an income below $10,000, facing employment discrimination without…

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Posted by Janani Balasubramanian on September 6, 2011 at 7:53pm

NMB Executive Team Stages Protest in SF

Last week several members of NMB's National Executive Team coordinated a protest in front of the Immigration Office of San Francisco.

 

As you may know, in February, President Obama declared that the federal courts should stop defending DOMA’s constitutionality.  Binational same-sex couples were…

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Posted by Alok Vaid-Menon on May 25, 2011 at 6:30pm

Immigration Equality and DOMA

We’re asking you to sign a change.org petitionbegun by the LGBT immigration equality organization Out4Immigration.  The petition is directed at President Obama and asks for an executive directive to have  USCIS continue prioritizing green card applications from same-sex…

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Posted by Janani Balasubramanian on April 19, 2011 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Obama's DOMA Pronouncement

            We at National Marriage Boycott are excited that President Obama has made his first symbolic step towards a disavowal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).  Obviously, our boycott is contingent on the existence of DOMA, and we would like to see this economically and socially unjust legislation repealed as soon as possible.  Obama’s actions last week, however, do not constitute death for DOMA.  Instead, he has simply ordered the Department of Justice to stop upholding the…

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Posted by Janani Balasubramanian on February 28, 2011 at 10:10am

 
 
 

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