Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning the ban on interracial marriage

Today, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in the case of Loving v. Virginia. Richard Loving (a white man) and Mildred June 12, 2007

The radical right means what they say (and so do we)

Rummaging through the Family Pride archives recently, I came across an undated “memorandum” put out by the Concerned Women for America, a radical right organization June 12, 2007

new york times: civil unions are inadequate

Thank you to our friend Evan Wolfson at Freedom to Marry for passing along this great opinion editorial titled “The Inadequacy of Civil Unions” that June 11, 2007

Surgeon General’s Warning: Bush’s Anti-Gay Nominee

President Bush has nominated Kentucky doctor James Holsinger as Surgeon General, the nation’s number one spokesperson for American health. Supporters of Holsinger note his 41-page June 10, 2007

Adopted Children Have Accomplished “Siblings”

There are many ways to create community. Parents who adopt children often struggle with teaching them about their roots, which can be hard to define. June 9, 2007

research fellow gathers facts about our families

My name is Rachel Farr and I am working for Family Pride as a research fellow this summer. The idea is that I will help June 8, 2007

I’m a girl dad: what does it matter?

I am many things, a successful business analyst, a homeowner, a parent, a friend, a neighbor, a female… a dad, a girl dad. What? Yeah, June 7, 2007

calling all pride families!

With June’s arrival, we welcome in a month of pride in commemoration of the historic Stonewall uprising on June 28, 1969. We proudly celebrate all June 6, 2007

plans to crash MI pride event thwarted by misspelling

The radically conservative American Family Association of Michigan had plans to crash the Motor City Pride event in Ferndale, MI by flying a plane over June 5, 2007

OUTSpoken “Family Voices” to run on Mombian.com

On Tuesdays throughout the summer, our friend Dana Rudolph at Mombian.com will be posting interviews from a handful of our OUTSpoken families. The series is June 5, 2007

marriage equality in MA is under fire

It appears that early this morning a mass email was distributed to Massachusetts citizens titled “Urgent: Help restore traditional marriage in Massachusetts”. The email, penned June 4, 2007

Building a Family

The players: Lois (39 and the bio mom), Holly (30 and the non-bio mom) and Andrew (baby boy born 2/8/07). We have been together over June 3, 2007