List of organizations that support same-sex marriage in the United States
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Organizations that support same-sex marriage in the United States are numerous.
Professional associations[edit]
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)[1]
- American Academy of Nursing (AAN)[2]
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)[3]
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- American Bar Association (ABA)[4]
- American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)[5]
- American Medical Association (AMA)[6]
- American Psychiatric Association[7]
- American Psychological Association (APA)[8]
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)[9]
- National Fire Protection Association[10]
Non-profit advocacy[edit]
- American Atheists
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)[11]
- American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER)
- Americans for Democratic Action[12]
- American Humanist Association (AHA)
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Amnesty International[13]
- Anti-Defamation League (ADL)[14]
- Campus Progress
- Center for American Progress
- Chicago Urban League[15]
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
- Courage Campaign
- Democracy for America
- Drum Major Institute[16]
- Empowering Spirits Foundation
- Faith in America[17]
- Freedom to Marry[18]
- Freedom from Religion Foundation
- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
- Gray Panthers[19]
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC)[20]
- Human Rights Watch[21]
- Institute for Policy Studies[22]
- Interfaith Alliance[23]
- Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)[24]
- Lambda Legal
- Leadership Conference on Civil Rights[25]
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)[26]
- Marriage Equality USA
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)[27]
- MoveOn.org
- NARAL Pro-Choice America[28]
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)[29]
- National Association of the Deaf (NAD)[30]
- National Council of La Raza (NCLR)[31]
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- National Organization for Women (NOW)[32]
- Out & Equal Workplace Advocates[10]
- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
- Peace Advocacy Network (PAN)[33]
- Planned Parenthood[34]
- Planting Peace
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- People for the American Way[35]
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Progressive Majority
- The Prometheus Project[36]
- Rainbow/PUSH
- Secular Coalition for America[37]
- Sierra Club[38]
- Soulforce
- Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)[39]
Unions and labor organizations[edit]
- American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)[40]
- American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) [40]
- American Federation of Teachers (AFT) [41]
- Change to Win (CtW) [42]
- Communications Workers of America (CWA) [40]
- National Education Association (NEA) [43]
- Pride at Work (P@W) [44]
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU) [40]
- UNITE HERE [45]
- United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) [40]
Religion[edit]
- Buddha's Light International Association (Fo Guang Shan)
- Buddhist Churches of America (Jōdo Shinshū)[46]
- Community of Christ[47][48]
- Conservative Judaism (United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism)[49]
- Ecumenical Catholic Church (an autocephalous catholic church not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church)
- Ecumenical Catholic Communion (a community of autocephalous catholic churches not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church)[50]
- Ecclesia Gnostica
- Eckankar[51]
- Ethical movement
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Humanistic Judaism (Society for Humanistic Judaism)
- Jewish Renewal (Aliiance for Jewish Renewal and Ohalah)
- Juniper Foundation[52]
- Liberal Quakers (Friends General Conference)[53]
- Metropolitan Community Church
- Neo-Druidism
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Raëlism[54]
- Reconstructionist Judaism (Jewish Reconstructionist Federation and Reconstructionist Rabbinical Federation)[55]
- Reformed Church in America
- Reform Judaism (Central Conference of American Rabbis and Union for Reform Judaism)
- Religious humanism
- Shambhala Buddhism (Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism)[56]
- Soka Gakkai (Soka Gakkai International)[57][58]
- Swedenborgian Church of North America
- Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)
- United Church of Christ (UCC)[59]
- Universal Life Church
- Wicca[60]
Additionally, the Episcopal Church (United States) allows individual bishops to decide whether or not to bless same-sex marriages or civil unions in states where it is legal to do so.[61]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Civil Marriage for Same-Gender Couples". http://www.aafp.org/. Retrieved 2014-05-16. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSING DECLARES SUPPORT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY, LGBTQ RIGHTS". http://www.aannet.org/. Retrieved 2012-07-16. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "The Effects of Marriage, Civil Union, and Domestic Partnership Laws on the Health and Well-being of Children". Pediatrics.aappublications.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ http://www.abanow.org/2010/07/am-2010-111/ http://www.equalrightsfoundation.org/news/aba-passes-resolution-backing-marriage-equality/
- ↑ "Ob-Gyns Endorse Same-Sex Marriage Equality" (Press release). American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. August 20, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
- ↑ "AMA Calls For Marriage Equality Across The Nation". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ http://www.psych.org/Departments/EDU/Library/APAOfficialDocumentsandRelated/PositionStatements/200502a.aspx
- ↑ "The APA reaffirms support for same-sex marriage | San Diego Gay and Lesbian News". Sdgln.com. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "Overview of Same Sex Marriage in the U.S.: The Struggle for Civil Rights and Equality". Socialworkers.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Case: 12-15388 ID: 8244509 DktEntry: 102-1 - Amicus Brief" (PDF). 07/10/2012. Retrieved January 10, 2014. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "LGBT Rights - Recent Court Cases, Issues and Articles | American Civil Liberties Union". Aclu.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "Americans for Democratic Action - 126: Gay Rights". Adaction.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "Marriage Equality | Amnesty International USA". Amnestyusa.org. 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "ADL Resolution Supports Equal Access to Civil Marriage for Same Sex Couples". Adl.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ Shumski, Dan (January 14, 2013). "Letter from business leaders on gay marriage". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ "Ending the Harm of Religion-based Bigotry Toward LGBT People". Faith in America. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "About". Freedom to Marry. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ http://graypanthers.org/pdfs/Issues-Civil_Rights.pdf
- ↑ One-Time Gifts. "Marriage & Relationship Recognition". HRC. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ Boris Dittrich, advocacy director of the LGBT Program (2012-05-10). "US: Obama Statement for LGBT Rights | Human Rights Watch". Hrw.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "Obama’s Victory - IPS". Ips-dc.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "Interfaith Alliance Praises President Obama for his Support of Marriage Equality". Interfaithalliance.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "Who Supports Marriage Equality in Hawaii?". Hawaii United for Marriage. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Laws Banning Same-Sex Marriage - The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights". Civilrights.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "President Obama Announces Support for Same-sex Marriage". LULAC. 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "Maldef Issues Statement On President Obama'S Announcement Of Support For Marriage Equality". Maldef.org. 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ Template:Wayback
- ↑ "Passes Resolution in Support of Marriage Equality". NAACP. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ "NAD Releases Statement on Marriage Equality" (Press release). National Association of the Deaf. May 25, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
In this statement, the NAD expresses strong support for the rights of GLBT deaf and hard of hearing individuals to marry, with all the legal protections that are afforded by marriage.
- ↑ "National Council of La Raza |". Nclr.org. 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ National Organization for Women. "NOW and Lesbian Rights Issues". Now.org. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ↑ [2] LGBTQ Equality
- ↑ "Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards' Statement on Federal Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage" (Press release). Plannedparenthood.org. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
- ↑ Issues: Equality For All People for the American Way
- ↑ "The Prometheus Project". theprometheusproject.weebly.com. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ↑ "End Marriage Discrimination and Oppose Theological Definitions of Marriage | Secular Coalition for America". Secular.org. 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
- ↑ "Email - Sierra Club Statement on President Obama's Support for Same Sex Marriage - Sierra Club". Action.sierraclub.org. 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
- ↑ http://data.lambdalegal.org/pdf/legal/inre_ca_ba_20070822_supreme_southern-poverty-law-center.pdf
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 "Major Labor Unions Back Obama's Support for Marriage Equality". afl-cio.org. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ↑ "AFT Resolution on Marriage Equality". aft.org. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ↑ "SEIU, Change to Win, AFL-CIO and NEA File Amicus Briefs in Historic Marriage Equality Cases". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
- ↑ "NEA statement on SCOTUS consideration of same-sex marriage". nea.org. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ↑ "Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples". prideatwork.org. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ↑ "UNITE HERE Statement on Marriage Equality". unitehere.org. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ↑ J.K. Hirano (2004), Gay Buddhist Marriage? Text online.
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- ↑ "Conservative Jews approve gay wedding guidelines". Fox News. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
- ↑ http://ecumenical-catholic-communion.org Ecumenical Catholic Communion
- ↑ Does Eckankar recognize same-sex relationships retrieved 24 December 2012
- ↑ Juniper Foundation "A Buddhist Vote for Same Sex Marriage"
- ↑ "Religious Support for Equal Marriage Rights". Iwgonline.org. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
- ↑ A modern nation is a nation where gays and lesbians are free retrieved 5 January 2013
- ↑ "FAQ's on Reconstructionist Approaches to Jewish ideas and Practices". Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
- ↑ "Celebrating Same-Sex Marriage | Shambhala Times Community News Magazine". Shambhalatimes.org. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- ↑ World Tribune, May 5, 1995, p.5. (Soka Gakkai International's weekly newspaper)
- ↑ "Freedom and Diversity". SGI-USA.
- ↑ SHAILA DEWAN, United Church of Christ Backs Same-Sex Marriage The New York Times July 5, 2005
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions about the WCC & the Odyssean Tradition
- ↑ Goodstein, Laurie (July 16, 2009). "Episcopal Bishops Give Ground on Gay Marriage". The New York Times.
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