WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage nationwide, will launch Mayors for the Freedom to Marry at a press conference during the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C. tomorrow, January 20. More than 75 Republican, Democrat and Independent mayors from cities across the country have pledged to support gay and lesbian couples' freedom to marry. By joining the group, mayors hope to expand public and political support for ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage.
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The broad-based coalition of mayors includes Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Annise Parker of Houston, and is chaired by mayors Jerry Sanders of San Diego, Thomas Menino of Boston, Michael Bloomberg of New York, and U.S. Conference of Mayors President Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles.
Date: | Friday, January 20, 2012 |
10:00 a.m. ET | |
Location: | Capital Hilton Hotel |
2nd Floor Foyer outside Presidential Ballroom | |
1001 16th Street NW | |
Washington, D.C. | |
Participants: | Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa of Los Angeles |
Mayor Jerry Sanders of San Diego | |
Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston | |
Mayor Annise Parker of Houston | |
Mayor Marilyn Strickland of Tacoma | |
Marc Solomon, National Campaign Director of Freedom to Marry | |
Tom Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO and Executive Director |
Journalists who are unable to make it in person will be able to conference in by phone. Those interested in dialing into the press conference by phone should please contact Angela Dallara atangela@freedomtomarry.org / 646-430-3925for conference line information.
Freedom to Marryis the campaign to win marriage nationwide. We are pursuing our Roadmap to Victoryby working to win the freedom to marry in more states, grow the national majority for marriage, and end federal marriage discrimination. We partner with individuals and organizations across the country to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage and the protections, responsibilities, and commitment that marriage brings.
SOURCE The U.S. Conference of Mayors
