March 2011
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MassEquality: Phone Bankers Needed!!
hbfnightlife:
Join MassEquality as we make phone calls to support marriage equality in Rhode Island and the Transgender Equal Rights Bill in Massachusetts.WhenMarch 29th, 2011 5:00 PM through April 3rd, 2011 9:00 PM Location262 Washington St MassEquality, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02108 United StatesContactPhone: 617-878-2325 Email: clareciervo@massequality.org
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Let’s...
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RI AFL-CIO backs same sex marriage →
Another group coming out strongly in support of marriage equality today: the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, an umbrella group of labor unions representing more than 80,000 people in the state —
Addressing the Executive Board, Rhode Island AFL-CIO President George Nee called the discussion of same-sex marriage a “fundamental civil rights issue, and the labor movement has a long, proud history of ...
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Hey! You there!
Do you have a cool story about marriage equality?
Do you have a question about marriage equality in Rhode Island?
Are you helping us get marriage equality in Rhode Island?
Does gay marriage just make your day?
Do you think the writers of this tumblr are rad?
We wanna hear ALL ABOUT IT!!!
send us a comment, question, story, love note in our ask/comment box. Click the “Ask MERI”...
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Paiva Weed's home Dem Committee backs same-sex... →
This is great news from the senate president’s constituency.
At a time when Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed remains a big question mark on same-sex marriage legislation, the Democratic City Committee in her home city of Newport has endosed the bill
Want to help see marriage eqaulity become a reality in Rhode Island?
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Let’s get MERI’d!
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Watchbobster855:
Three marriage proposals. I love this commercial from Argentina, which in 2010 became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.
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General public more accepting of gay parents than... →
gaywrites:
A recent survey shows that people are generally more accepting of gay parents raising a child than of a single mom raising a child. The survey didn’t ask about single fathers.
The survey by the Pew Research Center uses a strange method to explain this, so I’ll let the Advocate give you the details:
One third of Americans say they are comfortable with a variety of family situations,...
stefsaprincess asked: I have an assignment for my women's studies class to do an action project. I'd really like to do something to help out MERI. I was wondering what I could do for you guys? I am totally interested in the cause too!
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Appeal for gay rights from a dying partner →
this is the story of Patricia Baker, she is 54 and has worked as a correctional officer for Rhode Island for 31 years. She gave an emotional speech at the senate hearing for bill 29 this past thursday.
“In 2005, I married Deborah Tevyaw in Massachusetts. Together, we own a home and have a family that includes Deb’s two children and two grandchildren.
While the government always...
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Stay up to date with the marriage equality hearing... →
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what’s that? you didn’t see our post about senate sundays and ways for you to get involved in Rhode Island marriage equality?
check it out here!
Check out our website here: callformeri.org!
this is all I see when I think about our volunteers:
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the list of now: Langevin Changes Position to... →
listofnow:
Very happy to see the news that Congressman Jim Langevin has officially changed his position on Marriage Equality. Having supported Civil Unions in the past, he now recognizes that so-called “separate but equal” laws just don’t cut it. He is calling on Rhode Island’s General Assembly to pass the…
This is great! Help out marriage equality by jumping on the phones with...
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Hello!
We have gotten a huge increase of followers in the past few weeks.
HELLO ALL!
We want to give you an idea of what Callformeri.org is up to and how to get involved:
On February 26th we joined forces with the harry potter alliance making:
-over 6,000 phone calls!
- 46 voicemails left for legislators in support of marriage equality!
-214 postcards to hand deliver to legislators for the...
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Gay Legislators Having Impact in Marriage Debate →
“He is my spouse in every sense of the word, but to the law, he remains a legal stranger,” Madaleno said.
“The more visible we are, the better,” Mell said in a telephone interview. “When you look someone in the eyes, it’s a little harder for them to deny that we should have the same rights.”
An article about openly gay legislators and how their...
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An update on DOMA →
gaywrites:
It’s been a little while since President Obama announced he would no longer defend the infamous Defense of Marriage Act in court. How’s all that going?
Speaker John Boehner recently announced that the House would continue to defend DOMA in court, even though Obama and the Department of Defense will not.
There’s a measure attempting to repeal DOMA in play, as well as an upcoming...
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February Wrap-Up: Congratulations, Ravenclaw! →
thehpalliance:
With February drawn to a close and March bringing with it a brand new House Cup competition in the form of Accio Books!, it’s time to take a look back at the Bullying Horcrux competition.
Together,…
February 2011
42 posts
Wrock 4 Equality 2 continues!! →
thehpalliance:
Come on everyone! We’re only 900 calls away from reaching our goal!
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Rhode Island Supports Gay Marriage →
A new poll by the public polling policy has found that Rhode Island citizens are more likely to support gay marriage. Click to link to see more.
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Lets Get MERI’d!
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Volunteer Spotlight: Brandeis and Clark...
MERI wants to send a shout out to Brandeis and Clark University for assisting us in helping get marriage equality in Rhode Island! Through their diligent work we’ve gotten one step closer to achieving this most important goal. We really appreciate their work and thank all the brilliant volunteers at both universities!
The Marriage Equality Bill #5012 (House) #29 (Senate) is currently on...
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Obama Ends Court Defense of Anti-Gay Marriage Law
A key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutionally biased and will no longer be defended in court by Justice Department attorneys, Attorney General Eric Holder announcedWednesday. But he assured members of Congress that the Clinton-era federal statute, which defines marriage as between only a “man and a woman” as “husband and wife,” will continue to be...
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Wrock 4 Equality 2!
Hosted by the Harry Potter Alliance! Ch-ch-ch-check it out!
Here’s the link for the livestream
http://www.livestream.com/imaginebetter
The livestream is Feb 23rd from 7:00-9:00pm!
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Let’s get MERI’d!
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WatchCivil Unions dead in the water for both sides of the marriage equality bill in Rhode Island.
We won’t stand for less rights.
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Are you a Rhode Island citizen? Do you support marriage equality? Would you like to contact your legislator and let them know they should too?
You’re in luck!
Here’s a full list of emails and phone number of each representative in the house:
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Email/RepEmailListDistrict.asp
Let them know that you’re in favor of Bill 5012 and you think they should...
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Valentine's Day Flash Mob at Iowa State house →
Pro-equality supporters got together and did a flash mob in the Iowa state house to promote marriage for all on valentine’s day.
Check it out.
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Matt Baume at Stop8.org talking about Rhode Island →
Thanks for the weekly update, we’ll be looking forward to it!
The best place for you to help us in our battle for marriage equality is callformeri.org
Help us get MERI’d!
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Rachel Maddow Valentine's Day Cards?! Yup!
We here at callformeri.org wanted to wish you all a happy V-day and what better way to do that than with everyone’s favorite political pundit, Rachel Maddow?
http://ecards.cerebralitch.com/cards/viva_rachel_maddow
send one to your politically active sweetheart!
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Future U.S. History Students: 'It's Pretty... →
This is beyond awesome:
“Wow, that is nuts,” said student Jeremy Golliver, who claimed he knew gay rights was a struggle “like, a hundred years ago” but didn’t realize it lasted so long. “It’s really embarrassing, when you think about it. Just the fact that people in this century were actually saying things like, ‘No, gays should not be allowed to...
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RI Same-Sex Marriage Update: Hearing and MERI... →
If you came out to the rally at the state house yesterday we thank you! Here’s an article talking about just how crazy the rally and hearing was.
The hearing for bill 5012 started at 5pm and didn’t end until 1:30 am. There were 197 people signed up to testify for the bill, 137 in favor of same-sex marriage and 60 against the bill. Thank you all so much! The bill has not been voted on...
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“As democracy is conceived today, the minority’s rights must be protected...”
– Alexis de Tocqueville
What is a marriage if not love?
It shouldn’t be based on straight privilege, but the special commitment between two people who love and want to commit their lives to each other.
Lets get MERI’d.
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'Pro-family' group ready for gay marriage debate →
NOM Rhode Island believes that voters should decide whether or not same-sex marriage should be legalized. “We’ve voted on ports, casinos, and most recently the name of the state. How much more fundamental is the institution of marriage?” Plante asked. “This isn’t personal – this is social. Quite frankly, we trust that Rhode Islanders do not want marriage redefined.”
We care to disagree. Lets...
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Harry Potter Alliance Helping out with Marriage... →
We’re so happy to have the harry potter alliance help us!
““Because if Harry Potter taught us anything, it’s that no one deserves to live in the closet.”
—
HP Alliance on LGBT equality”
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