Pennsylvania
For several years now, the Pennsylvania legislature has stopped a bill from advancing that would add an anti-marriage amendment to the state constitution. State advocacy groups continue to work to defeat such anti-gay bills and move towards ending the exclusion of same-sex couples and their families from marriage.
Status: Anti-Marriage Law
Groups Actively Working on Marriage
Equality Advocates Pennsylvania: (formerly The Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights) working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in Pennsylvania through direct legal services, education and policy reform
Freedom to Marry Pennsylvania: a steering committee and a list of supporting organizations for a series of events running Feb 6th to Feb 16th, 2010 to celebrate Freedom to Marry Week
Take Action by thanking the legislators who stopped the anti-gay amendment.
Blog Posts Related to Pennsylvania
Freedom to Marry, Equality PA, and Courage Campaign launch “Tell Casey to Commit” campaign
It's been two months since we launched our campaign asking Senator Bob Casey to cosponsor the Respect for Marriage Act, and after receiving 2,400+ constituent signatures and stories from folks around the state, he's remaining silent. So today, Freedom to Marry, Equality PA, and Courage Campaign are launching our "Tell Casey to Commit" campaign.
Will Senator Casey listen to his constituents?
Today, Freedom to Marry, Courage Campaign, and Equality Pennsylvania will deliver over 2,400 signatures of constituents calling on Senator Bob Casey to cosponsor the Respect for Marriage Act.
Senator Casey, we aren’t strangers
We're teaming up with Equality Pennsylvania, Courage Campaign, and David & David, a legally married couple from Central Pennsylvania, to urge Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) to cosponsor the Respect for Marriage Act.
Resources Related to Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Census Snapshot
Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Pennsylvania.
Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the American Community Survey
Groundbreaking research showing a huge increase in same-sex couples identifying themselves as "unmarried partners".
