MEDIA
STATEMENT
New
York Votes Against Marriage
Equality
Statement from Executive Director Jennifer
Chrisler;
Media
Interviews Available
Boston,
MA (December 2, 2009)—Today
despite Governor Paterson’s support, in a long awaited vote, the
New York State Senate denied marriage equality 24-38.
Statement of Jennifer
Chrisler, Executive Director, Family
Equality Council:
“There are over 45,000
thousand lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) families in
New York, over a quarter of which are raising thousands of
children. The children in LGBT families need and deserve the legal
protection and recognition that full marriage equality provides.
Every day that LGBT families in New York struggle to support,
protect, and provide for one another due to the lack of legal
family recognition is a day too many, and Family Equality Council
will push on alongside our New York families until the days of
partial rights and inequality are a relic of the
past.”
While this is a disappointing
result, Family Equality Council will continue to fight for full
equality until it is achieved in New York and across the U.S. This
includes not taking our eyes off New Jersey, where Governor Corzine
has promised to sign a marriage equality bill if it reaches his
desk before the end of his term.
Family Equality Council is
the leading LGBT family advocacy organization and is a proud
partner of Empire State Pride Agenda and Marriage Equality New
York.
EDITORS:
To book an
interview with Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the
Family
Equality Council, please call or email the media contacts
listed below.
About the Family Equality
Council
Family Equality Council works
to ensure equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
families by building community, changing hearts and minds, and
advancing social justice for all families. For more information,
visit www.familyequality.org.
Contact:
Tina Walker-Morin
Senior Marketing & Communications Manager
Family Equality
Council
617.502.8700 x 226
tina.walker-morin@familyequality.org
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