The Freedom to Marry

California Democratic Party

We support the LGBT Community in its quest for the right to legal marriage as well as the clergy’s complete religious freedom to solemnize marriages in accordance with their beliefs. [Adopted April 18, 2010]

Colorado Democratic Party

We support civil unions for all couples with all the benefits, protections and responsibilities of married spouses; and urge the defeat of the Federal Marriage Amendment and the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. [Adopted May 12, 2010]

Connecticut Democratic Party

Connecticut is a state in which same sex marriage is legal and we uphold the principle that same sex couples deserve equal rights and responsibilities under Connecticut law. [2010 Platform]

District of Columbia Democratic State Committee

The DC Democratic State Committee has passed a resolution in support of: Full civil marriage equality for all couples in the District of Columbia. [2009 Resolution]

Iowa Democratic Party

We support marriage equality. We oppose the Defense of Marriage Act. [Adopted June 10, 2010]

Louisiana Democratic Party

Louisiana has adopted the Democratic National Committee’s platform.

We support the full inclusion of all families, including same-sex couples, in the life of our nation, and support equal responsibility, benefits, and protections. We will enact a comprehensive bipartisan employment non-discrimination act. We oppose the Defense of Marriage Act and all attempts to usethis issue to divide us. [2008 National Platform]

Maine Democratic Party

We support a democratic government that: extends to gay and lesbian couples and their families all the same legal and social rights and protections that heterosexual couples now receive, including civil marriage, and opposes any constitutional amendment or legislation that would deny these rights. [2010 Platform]

Maryland Democratic Party

Maryland has adopted the Democratic National Committee’s platform

We support the full inclusion of all families, including same-sex couples, in the life of our nation, and support equal responsibility, benefits, and protections. We will enact a comprehensive bipartisan employment non-discrimination act. We oppose the Defense of Marriage Act and all attempts to use this issue to divide us. [2008 National Platform]

Massachusetts Democratic Party

We affirm our commitment to the Massachusetts constitutional guarantee to same-sex marriage; and all of its rights, privileges and obligations; and reject any attempt to weaken or revoke those rights. [2010 Platform]

Michigan Democratic Party

We will vigorously promote measures that ensure the full civil rights of Michigan’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) citizens. We support full inclusion of LGBT families in the life of our state and seek equal responsibilities, benefits, and protections for those families, including the right to adopt and raise children. We call for the repeal of 2004 Proposition 2, which adds discrimination to our State Constitution. [2010 Platform]

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

Support legislation to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota.  [Action Agenda 2010]

Libertarian Party of Minnesota

Freedom of Marriage: We hold that unions between adults are a private matter, and should not be the subject of government licensing, regardless of sex. We call for the State of Minnesota to not restrict or give preferential treatment to private contracts between adults. [Adopted June 13, 2009]

New Hampshire Democratic Party

Marriage equality is the law of New Hampshire and we will defend it against those who would turn their back on New Hampshire’s long tradition of respect for basic human rights and freedoms. [2010 Platform]

New Mexico Democratic Party

We value an ethical, open, and participatory government that protects the freedom and liberty of its citizens. We support: protecting constitutional rights and civil liberties, including reproductive choice and marriage equality. [Adopted March 13, 2010]

New York State Democratic Committee

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the New York State Democratic Committee reasserts its firm support for equal treatment under the law of same-sex couples and families; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the New York State Democratic Committee opposes any attempt to bar lesbian and gay couples from civil marriage, including constitutional amendments and federal, state or local legislation. 
[Adopted September 22, 2003]

Working Families Party of New York

The right to marry the person of one’s choice is a basic freedom. Marriage is one of society’s most important social institutions, and — with a healthcare system in crisis — marriage is also a key economic benefit gays and lesbians can’t be excluded from.

The Working Families Party supports efforts to open marriage to all Americans, regardless of sexual orientation. [Issues: Equal Rights]

Oregon Democratic Party

Ensure every American has the opportunity to serve their country, marry, and live life solely in accordance with their ability and desire without specter of unlawful discrimination.

Repeal or amend Oregon Constitutional Amendment Article 15, Section 5a (Ballot Measure 36 of 2004) that bans marriage equality for same-sex couples. Ensure full marriage equality for same‐sex Oregon couples and effect full legal recognition for same‐sex unions of other jurisdictions.

Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and reinstate status and benefits for service members previously discharged under DADT. [2010 Legislative Agenda]

Vermont Democratic Party

We celebrate having achieved legal equality in Vermont for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and couples, and we will continue to press our Congressional delegation to pass similar legislation at the national level and to repeal existing discriminatory laws. Likewise, we will urge our Attorney General to seek legal redress for the continuing federal discrimination against LGBT Vermonters. 
[Approved August 14, 2010]

Vermont Progressive Party

Progressives will preserve Vermont’s national leadership as a champion of civil rights, in the tradition of Vermont’s history as the first state to outlaw slavery. Progressives believe our right to personal privacy, as guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution, is unconditional. We will work to: Support marriage equity for same-sex couples. [2010 Platform]

Virginia Democratic Party

We continue to oppose the Marriage Amendment written into the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. We object to a measure that unconstitutionally infringes upon the civil rights of citizens of Virginia on the basis of sexual orientation. [2010 Platform]

Washington State Democratic Party

Marriage, as a legal union of consenting adults, should not be restricted by sexual orientation or gender identity. We call for: Ending legalized discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgendered (LGBT) people and seeking repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and the federal and state “Defense of Marriage” acts. [2010 Platform]

Wyoming Democratic Party

Wyoming Democrats opposes Government interference in our private lives. We support civil marriage for all, a woman’s right to choose, death with dignity, a person’s ownership of their genetic profile and the right to privacy. [Adopted May 15, 2010]