Members of Congress Supporting Marriage Equality

Published January 26, 2009 @ 08:37PM PT

U.S. Senate Ever wish there was a database of where members of the U.S. Congress stand on the issue of marriage equality?

Wish granted!

The folks at eQualityGiving.com have come up with a database of Congressmen and Congresswomen that support marriage equality. Their stats? Thirty-four current members of Congress support marriage equality. That number seems low to us, but they're still taking entries. The site also features quotes from these 34 members, and wow, some of the quotes are out of this world. We'll include some of our favorites below, but in the meantime, check out their site to know whether your members of Congress support same-sex marriage equality.

Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.): "We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. I've heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same-sex couples. Cut through the distractions, and they stink of the same fear, hatred, and intolerance I have known in racism and in bigotry."

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio): "There should be a federal law that would allow gay couples to be married, rather than leaving the matter to the states. We cannot have states making separate rules with respect to basic human rights."

Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.): "As someone who recently married, I feel no threat to my relationship because others may want to pursue a lifelong and legal commitment to their partner. I support same-sex couples having this right, the same as any couple."

Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-Calif.): "Marriage equality is perhaps the most profound civil rights issue of our generation."

Check out eQualityGiving for more statements and quotes from U.S. Representatives and Senators supporting marriage equality.

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Congressman John Lewis couldn't have said it any better. Behind all the nice lettering and promise of equal rights to marriage it contains the same bigotry, fear, and hatred other minorities of their time faced when their civil rights were on the chopping block we call "The Majorities Rule."

Posted by Chris Marshall on 01/26/2009 @ 11:28PM PT
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Michael, of all the threads that I have read from you in months on this blog, this particular thread is the very best and most promising piece of the information for the gay rights brand ever.

Of course, the classic liberals and classic libertarians agree that we should have our basic civil rights. The problem, of course, is that the neoliberals and the neoconservatives are locked into their homophobic views.

The neoliberal is the pragmatic closeted passive aggressive who wants to institutionalize second tier rights in the nation. The neoconservative, the antithesis of the libertarian, is an ideologue and right wing theocrat.

If they are cornered, they will insist upon the neoliberal compromise, with hooks, the largest being that the Constitution enshrine heterosexism in marriage.

President Obama is a pragmatist, and as he says, a principled one. If we find closet liberals among the neolibs, and libertarians among the neocons, we could increase our numbers.

Our staunchest opponents, however, are closeted lesbian and gay members of Congress or the Senate. This is true regardless of party affiliation, although one or two Democrats come to mind.
The GOP is where the closeted homophobes are....and they are always the most virulent against themselves. Self-loathing is poison

Again, kudos, Michael, for the emphasis you give marriage equality rather than kind or angry versions of stud book registry.LOL.

Posted by A B on 01/27/2009 @ 02:14AM PT
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Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He is the former Communications Director for the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, as well as the former Director of Communications for Pax Christi USA, a national Catholic peace and justice organization. Mike is a graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and he is also a proud sketch comedy writer.