September 2009 Blog Posts (5)

Vote for NMB's Toby Madigan and National Equality March Info

Toby Madigan is an up-and-coming recording artist and a National Marriage Boycotter. He first became introduced to the boycott last May after he performed at Meet in The Middle, California's state-wide rally for equal rights. He immediately joined the boycott and put on an… Continue

Added by Greg G on September 26, 2009 at 8:52am — No Comments

National Marriage Boycott wins $10,000 from ideablob.com national business competition

Same-sex marriage advocacy student movement, National Marriage Boycott, wins $10,000 for best small business idea in national ideablob.com contest

A student-driven movement to urge Congress and President Obama to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act has won ideablob's $10,000 prize for the month of August. Hoping to organize and empower the millions of Americans who support same-sex marriage, the group will use the money to open chapters in all fifty states in the coming… Continue

Added by Greg G on September 20, 2009 at 9:10pm — 2 Comments

Bill to repeal DOMA introduced in House

Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), has introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which bans same-sex marriages from being recognized in other states. DOMA also prevents legally married married same-sex couples from receiving the 1138 federal rights that come with marriage.

The bill to repeal DOMA is called the Respect Marriage Act. The Courage Campaign, along with Change.org and HRC (mentioned in my… Continue

Added by Greg G on September 17, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Dems to Introduce DOMA Repeal in House

According to an article in the Advocate, "A group of Democrats, including New York Representative Jerry Nadler are reportedly preparing to introduce a repeal to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA."

The Human Rights Campaign is organizing a letter writing… Continue

Added by Greg G on September 10, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Reluctant Activism

A reluctant activist—that’s what I’ve always considered myself.

When I walked onto Stanford’s campus as a freshman last year, I had no intention of getting involved in activism. I wanted to focus on settling in and making friends and going to parties—oh, and school too. The last thing I wanted to do was distract myself by picking up a wealth of extracurricular activities.

But the placement of Proposition 8 on California’s ballot last year left me with no choice. As a gay… Continue

Added by Kenzie Seal on September 3, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment