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How can I help make same-sex marriage legal?

Mrs. Pterodactyl — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:46:22 -0800

The legalization of same-sex marriage is very important to me. What can I do to help? I don't have much money to donate and I'm wondering what avenues would be best in terms of volunteering my time. Quick background, in case this is relevant in any way: I am a woman married to a man, my mother is an Episcopal priest who agrees with me on this issue and I live in DC so I don't have any congresspeople to whom I can write. What can I do to help make same-sex marriage legal throughout the country?

Can I change my name now, but start using it later?

fiercecupcake — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:45:38 -0800

Complicated name-change issues. I am changing my last name, but not due to a legal marriage. Can I get my name changed now, but start using it for everything later? My (same-sex) partner and I live in Texas; thus, we can't get legally married. However, we share finances (including several joint accounts) and have lived at the same address for over two years, as evidenced by our driver's licenses and growing amount of mass mailings. Now we are "lawyering up" in order to make a will, take care of powers of attorney, and do other assorted health/property-related paperwork.

We are having a wedding in October; however, all of this official stuff will be done before then. I want to change my name by adding her last name after my current last name, but it would be best to do it now and have that name be correct on all the paperwork we are filing, and I need to apply for a passport, and I would want that to be in the new last name, too.

So: Can I change my last name legally right now, use it for this paperwork and maybe even the passport, and then start using it in October? Or can I go ahead and change it everywhere legally now, and just tell people in October? If my last name is still part of my name (I want to go by MyFirst MyLast HerLast), I shouldn't have any problems depositing checks or the like, right?

Parental discretion

x_3mta3 — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 06:03:15 -0800

Painquale's question from yesterday reminded me of the disclaimer broadcast before the Simpson's last night, and I was wondering if it was just a local thing (Georgia) or national? This episode contains discussion about same-sex marriage. Parental discretion is advised.
WTF?

Can you recommend good resources for journalists covering same-sex marriage?

grrarrgh00 — Mon, 03 May 2004 22:04:31 -0800

Compiling a list of resources for journalists covering same-sex marriage. Can you think of any good ones I might have missed? [MI]

Long overview of events since 1970 from BuddyBuddy.com

Abbreviated overview of events since 1993 from the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

Boston Globe timeline

Massachusetts-specific timeline from NBC-10, Providence

Washington Post graphical timeline

Stateline 50-state rundown of same-sex marriage laws

PollingReport.com collection of polls

NLGJA style supplement

BeliefNet coverage

Religion Newswriters Association links and contact info

Coverage from news organizations:
· The Oregonian
· The Washington Post
· The Boston Globe
· The Boston Herald
· San Francisco Chronicle