Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

Video: Georgia GOP Candidate Would Outlaw Gay Adoption, Says Gays Unfit to be Parents

Karen Handel, a Republican candidate for governor in Georgia, told a local TV station (video below and here) she’s against marriage equality and supports outlawing July 16, 2010

We’re not surprised at the Washington Times

The conservative Washington Times refused to publish our letter to the editor responding to the paper’s silly editorial on the traditional family. So, we’re publishing July 15, 2010

DOMA and Our Kids

We sent this action alert to Family Equality members yesterday. Take a minute to check out our Action Center to kick start the DOMA discussion July 15, 2010

$4.5 million for homophobia

That’s how much money we the taxpayers spent on an utterly homophobic “survey” of U.S. troops to gauge their views—and those of their families—on “Don’t July 13, 2010

LA Times on DOMA

Check out this great editorial in today’s LA Times. It places a much-needed focus on the issue of childrearing and parenting in the DOMA debate: July 13, 2010

Defense of Marriage Act Beginning To Crack

Today the U.S. District Court for the First Circuit found Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional and found that married same-sex July 8, 2010

Photos from Dept. of Labor Meeting on Family Medical Leave for LGBT Parents

Last month, the Department of Labor issued a new interpretation of the Family Medical Leave Act. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis explained what this new interpretation July 7, 2010

Kate Clinton Talks about Family Week

Our pal Kate Clinton does a video promo for Family Week coming up July 31. You can sign up here if you haven’t already. Thanks July 6, 2010

NOM’s Anti-Marriage Campaign in Washington, DC

DC residents know that the National Organization for Marriage is walking the streets of our nation’s capital handing out leaflets urging residents to vote this July 6, 2010

Good for Google

The New York Times reported this morning that Google has decided to cover the cost that gay and lesbian employees must pay when their partners receive July 1, 2010

Say Hello to Our Impressive Crop of Summer Interns

This may be the best summer yet for interns at FEC. We asked each intern to write a short post about who they are and July 1, 2010

Why gay parents are good parents

I want to share this article published on CNN.com last week with all the moms out there who agree our child’s well being comes first–-and June 30, 2010