Making Marriage Happen One Conversation at a Time
June 4, 2009
One group of staffers as they get ready for the 10+ hour drive (yes, they drove) from DC up to New Hampshire. Organizer Karl Back reports they spent a good part of the ride calling local supporters to get the lay of the land and arrange for free places to stay during their trip.
Continue Reading ►NY Organizing Update: Just another day in District 1
June 3, 2009
After our morning check-in call Karl and I packed up Tony (our trusty PT Cruiser) and headed to Port Jefferson, one of the Westernmost points in District 1. One hour later we pulled into the beautiful village of Port Jeff, as the locals call it.
Continue Reading ►Evening Postscript from NH
June 3, 2009
After a celebration dinner with NH Freedom to Marry's Mo Baxley and NH Democratic State Party Chair Ray Buckley and others it's back in the car for a two hour drive to Portland. I will be meeting early in the morning with Equality Maine's Betsy Smith and others who will be forming a winning campaign to defend marriage equality at the ballot box in Maine this November. We helped win marriage in New Hampshire and we'll help defend it in Maine.
Continue Reading ►BREAKING: NH Passes Marriage Equality; On to Governor
June 3, 2009
This news just in from HRC National Field Director Marty Rouse on the gound in New Hampshire... After reaching a compromise on religious liberty language over the weekend, the marriage equality bill passed both houses of the state legislature today and now goes to Governor John Lynch for his signature.
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