Tag: Chad Griffin
Proposed GOP Platform Dramatically Out-of-Step with Mainstream American Values
Despite the fact that a majority of Americans – including increasing numbers within the GOP – support marriage equality, reports indicate that the Republican 2012 platform will not only reject marriage equality, but will push for a federal constitutional amendment banning committed gay and lesbian couples from marrying and stripping rights from legally married same-sex couples;
Shocker: Todd Akin is Backward on LGBT Equality, Too
Missouri GOP Congressman and Senate hopeful Todd Akin, who this weekend claimed that “legitimate rape” rarely led to pregnancy when discussing a woman’s right to choose, has an equally abysmal track record on issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality.
HRC Statment on Passing of Tom Anable
Tom Anable, a member of the Human Rights Campaign Dallas/Fort Worth Steering Committee passed away earlier yesterday. Tom was also the President of Fairness Fort Worth. Upon news of his passing, HRC President Chad Griffin and HRC Board Member Anne Fay, made the following statement.
First-of-its-kind resource shows Congress behind public on marriage for gays and lesbians
Today the Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation – released a comprehensive survey of the marriage equality positions of Members of Congress.