Family Equality Council

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  Trump grants antigay clergy ‘free speech & religious liberty’ protections

  Thursday, May 4, 2017

  The president declared he's directed the Department of Justice to "develop new rules" to ensure religious free speech.

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  Advocates warn Senators: Gorsuch poses a ‘significant threat’ to our community

  Friday, March 17, 2017

  "His views are fundamentally at odds with the notion that LGBT people are entitled to equality, liberty, justice and dignity under the law,” say LGBTQ advocates.

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  Children of gay parents speak out in support of LGBT families (Video)

  Saturday, July 13, 2013

  In a new video from the Family Equality Council's "Outspoken Generation," young people from around the country who were raised by LGBT parents share their experiences of growing up in happy, healthy families.

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  Advocacy groups decry study that suggests negative outcomes for kids of gay parents

  Monday, June 11, 2012

  WASHINGTON -- Leading LGBT advocacy organizations on Monday widely criticized a study released by right-wing conservative author Mark Regnerus of the Department of Sociology and Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, that…

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  FRC president Tony Perkins ‘accepts’ invitation to dinner with LGBT family

  Tuesday, May 29, 2012

  WASHINGTON -- Tony Perkins, president of the anti-gay hate group Family Research Council, has accepted -- somewhat -- an invitation to dinner in the home of a married, same-sex couple and their family.

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  Zach Wahls to co-chair Family Equality Council’s ‘Outspoken Generation’

  Friday, April 6, 2012

  WASHINGTON — Zach Wahls — the the former University of Iowa student whose impassioned testimony in support of marriage equality went viral last year — will serve as co-chair for “The Outspoken Generation,” the Family Equality…

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