Right Wing Coalition Forms to Oppose Marriage Equality

WASHINGTON – This week, 47 anti-LGBTQ+ organizations announced a new campaign in the hopes of upending marriage equality in America. 

Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson issued the following statement:

“Millions of Americans wake up every day focused on the same simple goals: putting food on the table, keeping their families healthy, and exercising their freedoms. Instead of meeting those real needs, extremists are choosing division: working overtime to tear communities apart and to use the machinery of government to interfere in the most personal parts of our lives.

Anyone who cares about equality should be clear-eyed about this agenda. The facts are not in dispute: marriage equality is the law of the land, more than two-thirds of Americans support equality, and love is love. Yet these extremists remain obsessed with dictating who families can be, how people can live, and what kind of love matters. They seem threatened by the simple truth that joy, dignity, and love exist in many forms, and that none of them diminish anyone else.

A decade ago, HRC and our allies proved that love wins and won its protection in federal law, and we’ll keep proving that for decades to come. While these extremist organizations may have large war chests aimed at rolling back progress, they are badly out of step with the American people. Across the country, an ever-growing coalition rejects this kind of politically motivated overreach and wants leaders focused on what actually improves lives.”

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people, with 3.6 million members and supporters. The HRC Foundation (a 501(c)(3)) works to ensure LGBTQ+ people are safe, seen and supported where it matters most: at school, at work and in every community across the country. From the courtroom to the classroom, from Congress to corporate America, HRC and the HRC Foundation build power through partnerships, storytelling, and action—working to create a future rooted in equity, freedom and belonging for all LGBTQ+ people.

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