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Posted on Advocate.com March 14, 2011
New Marriage Campaign Presses Obama
Hollywood celebrities, NFL stars, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and civil
rights leaders are urging President Obama to support marriage equality in
the new Say "I Do" campaign from Freedom to Marry.
By Julie Bolcer
Say “I Do,” a new campaign from Freedom to Marry, features celebrities,
NFL stars, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and civil rights leaders who
personally ask President Barack Obama to support marriage equality.
The persuasion campaign launched Monday with an open letter to the president
signed by various high-profile personalities and now open to the American
public. The letter calls for leadership from President Obama, who has
characterized his position on marriage equality as “evolving.” The letter
will be delivered to the White House later this spring.
Read the full text of the letter here.
According to a news release, “First Signers to the letter include actors
Anne Hathaway, Jane Lynch, Eric McCormack, Martin Sheen, and Lily Tomlin;
television host Ellen Degeneres and actor Portia Degeneres; musicians
Melissa Etheridge, Mya, and Rufus Wainwright; high-tech entrepreneurs Jack
Dorsey (co-founder of Twitter), Chris Hughes (co-founder of Facebook), Sean
Parker (co-founder of Napster), and Mark Pincus (co-founder and CEO of Zynga
); media/entertainment execs David Geffen (co-founder of Dreamworks SKG) and
Bob Wright (former chairman and CEO of NBC Universal); NFL players Brendon
Ayanbadejo and Scott Fujita; playwright Tony Kushner; civil rights icons
Julian Bond (Chairman Emeritus of the NAACP) and Helen Fabela Chavez (widow
of Cesar Chavez and founder of Cesar E. Chavez Foundation); Rev. Peter
Morales (president, Unitarian Universalist Association); and Freedom to
Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson.”
See a full list of signers here.
In addition, the Say "I Do" campaign will also share same-sex couples’
stories with the president through a variety of media. Freedom to Marry has
vowed to continue the campaign until President Obama supports marriage
equality in a public statement. |
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