Family Equality Council Blog

Chrisler/Manford Op-Ed Responding to GOP gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel

Family Equality Council — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:34:21 +0000

You may recall Georgia’s Republican candidate for governor, Karen Handel, recently said gay people were unfit parents and not legitimate. This morning Family Equality Council responded to Ms. Handel in an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Jenn Chrisler and Ken Manford penned the piece inviting Handel to dinner. Twelve thousand children are in the [...]

Family Week in Provincetown: Schedule of Events

Kevin Nix — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:45:59 +0000

Listed below are some of the fun events you have to look forward to at Family Week. For more information, please visit www.familyequality.org. Kick-Off Games All families are welcome! Come join us for the first official event of the week! Start your vacation by relaxing and mingling with other families at Crown & Anchor. This is the [...]

Grassroots Call – ACT NOW for Family Immigration Rights!

Kevin Nix — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:04:00 +0000

Comprehensive Immigration Reform This Year! All Families, Gay and Straight, Must be Included! We invite you to join Congressman Mike Honda, Bishop Minerva Carcaño, and families impacted by our broken immigration system on a call designed for activists and concerned community members like you. Hear how YOU can press Congress to act now! Conference Call [...]

New York Times’ “Room For Debate” Series

Lis Hulin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:36:46 +0000

The New York Times ran a series of op-eds about LGBT families by Dan Savage, Kate Aurthur, Stephanie Coontz, Lynn Spigel and John McWhorter. Check out all of the installments here.

Family Matters: Pricey Discrimination

Kevin Nix — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:28:38 +0000

The vignette below is part of Family Equality Council’s “Family Matters,” a storytelling series that highlights an LGBT family each week. Here is Peter in California, in his own words. We are a married gay couple in Los Angeles with a 5-year-old son. We have been a couple for 25 years, but could only legally marry in [...]

One of our own included in the “Best LGBT Attorneys Under 40” list

Lis Hulin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:51:56 +0000

We are proud to announce that Kara Suffredini, Family Equality’s Director of Public Policy and Community Engagement, has been selected as one of the “Best LGBT Attorneys Under 40” by the National LGBT Bar Association. This award recognizes the best and brightest young LGBT attorneys “who have distinguished themselves in their field and demonstrated a [...]

Family Matters: Two Moms and a Little Girl

Kevin Nix — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:51:34 +0000

Family Equality Council is launching "Family Voices," a storytelling series that highlights an LGBT family each week. Here is our first installment from Clio, in her own words.

Video: Georgia GOP Candidate Would Outlaw Gay Adoption, Says Gays Unfit to be Parents

Kevin Nix — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:44:55 +0000

Karen Handel, a Republican candidate for governor in Georgia, told a local TV station (video below and here) she’s against marriage equality and supports outlawing gay adoption. Reporter: Would you favor outlawing gay adoptions? Handel: Yeah, I would consider that, absolutely. Reporter: Do you know any gay couples with children? Handel: Not that I’m aware of. Reporter: So you think [...]

We’re not surprised at the Washington Times

Kevin Nix — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:09:02 +0000

The conservative Washington Times refused to publish our letter to the editor responding to the paper’s silly editorial on the traditional family. So, we’re publishing it here. Much more to come in our renewed effort to push back on the conservative media machine.– Kevin In its recent editorial (“Obama’s war on the traditional family”), the [...]

DOMA and Our Kids

Kevin Nix — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:54:54 +0000

We sent this action alert to Family Equality members yesterday. Take a minute to check out our Action Center to kick start the DOMA discussion in Washington.–Kevin Your family is particularly important in the wake of the federal court’s ruling in Massachusetts last week that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. Although the Obama administration is expected [...]