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Effort to build gay marriage support heads south
Associated Press ^ | Feb 24, 2014 8:36 PM EST | Christina A. Cassidy

Posted on 02/24/2014 11:11:11 PM PST by Olog-hai

Less than two weeks after a federal judge declared Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, a new effort has been launched in the South seeking to build wider acceptance of gay and lesbian couples in the hope of overturning similar bans across the region.

The $1 million effort will be focused on field organizing and sharing the stories of gay couples through local community and business events as well as social media in 14 Southern states.

The key, supporters say, will be to share stories like those of Linda Ellis and her partner, Lesley Brogan, who appeared at Monday’s event. The two have been together since 1988 and are raising their sons John, 15, and Sam, 12, in Decatur, Ga. …

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

how? homosexuals are less than 2% and those that “marry” are less than 10% of that 2%.

No children.
Brief relationships.
low lifespans.

no money there.


21 posted on 02/26/2014 10:28:37 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory

They still get divorced, though; e.g. Jane Lynch.

There may be some “gay” “marriages of convenience” in the future just because they can.


22 posted on 02/26/2014 11:43:36 AM PST by Olog-hai
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