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Re Maryland, a legislative victory on marriage in 2011 will likely be put to the ballot in 2012. What, specifically, has MD learned from the loss in ME that would reassure donors that a victory in 2012 is possible?
Questions for Marc: 1) In which other states do you expect that we will win marriage in the next two years? 2) In which states do you expect constitutional amendments banning marriage in 2012? Can we win those battles?
Participation as part of the "T" There is a cautiousness among those of us who are T when it comes to participating in GLB issues. In part that cautiousness comes from the misunderstanding between Transgender views and Cis-gender views. I am not here arguing whether the T belongs in the TGLB or not my personal view is it does My question however is in What assurances we who are Transgender have that what happened in the past where we were dropped from legislation in hopes of gaining equality for the remainder for the GLB won't happen again? I have been sitting here watching as the fight for equality in marriage takes place and here where I live I give that fight my full support, but find that in places like Maryland I cannot give my open support because of the lack of equality for the trans community there. Also I am curious why the transgender people of Maryland should have to settle for something like hb235 which leaves out public accommodations while at the same time celebrate that the GLB gets their rights to marriage. There seems to be a very definite inequality here since the bill leaving out public accommodations for transgender Marylanders is sponsored by the same GLB Org that is sponsoring the marriage equality bill. Thank you for you time and answers> Jayne A Maynes
My question goes to Morgan Meneses-Sheets sheets, Why has Equality Maryland banned Danna LaRoccaa a well spoken transgender journalist from your facebook page. Why has Equality Maryland has continually removed links and comments from transgender people who oppose HB235 as written without public accommodations. Equality Maryland is censoring the transgender community and attempting to force its will on transgender people by using the full membership of Equality Maryland to lobby the legislature for HB235. It is common sense that a bill framed as a "equality" bill without public accommodations is useless. The transgender community is asking you to stop censoring the conversation and let free speech be the bell weather of full transgender equality. What will it take for you to let this bill die? The transgender community does not want it.
There are roughly 1 million LG couples, and 25 million LGBT people, and no way the federal government is going to outlaw marriage discrimination as a political matter. Can someone please explain: 1. why Obama is talking about marriage and 2. why HRC is pushing Obama on marriage? Is this some sort of clever attempt to prepare the U.S. population for a big win in Prop. 8? Or is it just misplaced priorities, designed to keep the money flowing to the DNC? Ultimately, with 44 states with Constitutional amendments or laws AGAINST marriage equality, what's the real goal here for our movement in the short term?
My question is for each panelist individually and collectively. What do you see is the incentive for the trans community to sign off on a legislative agenda that clearly does not value us equally? I am not being sarcastic, I would truly appreciate a straight answer. Why should I for example, support marriage equality (an issue that absolutely will impact my life personally) above gender identity protections that either a) don't exist, as in my state; or b) are lacking key protections, as in bills like the one proposed in MD? On a broader note, how can we justify advancing an issue that will effect only a minority, i.e. those in the LGBT community that want to be married, over the need of the majority to be protected at work, in their need for housing, and regarding public accommodations? Thank you each in advance for your consideration.
I see a number of representatives from groups active in states that don't have any protections for transgender/transsexual people. Do you honestly think it is good policy to move forward on marriage legislation before getting basic protections in place for the TG/TS populations? If so, how do you explain this to people? Considering that many of the groups represented, as well as Mr. Sudbay's blog home, have either traded away, or criticized groups who didn't want to trade away, trans protections - should the trans community feel justified in its wariness in supporting marriage amendments? I'd like all the participants to address their groups past and current relationships with their state's trans communities.
With federal legislation, we all know voices count most, energy is used best, when we target our own House Rep and both of our US Senators. When states are working hard for marriage equality: 1) What can people in other states do to support their work, if anything -- do out-of-state voices help, and how do we know which are the priority states, or are all state efforts timed at their pleasure versus orchestrated purpose? and 2) Who will send us the 'call to action'-- do state groups reach Marc at Freedom to Marry or is every state on its own? Thanks for being on this call.
Our opposition in Wyoming is well funded and supported by national organizations like NOM. They pay a lawyer from Alliance Defense Fund to argue their positions and lobby legislators. The Wyoming LGBT community has no such advantage. It seems the national movement and media don't pay much attention to places like Utah and Wyoming where we are facing serious lgbt legislative crises. I want to ask the people on the panel if anyone honestly is willing to give some attention to the immense struggles we are facing in places where marriage equality is not currently attainable. We may very well end up with anti-lgbt laws in Wyoming when so many others are winning equality. I hope that doesn’t happen-- I hope the momentum the grassroots movement here has gained will be enough to block anti-lgbt legislation. But in any case, how does the national movement respond to the damage that is being done in places like Wyoming and Utah, which are consistently targeted by hate groups, but never on the radar of national LGBT allies.
MARRIAGE DISCREPANTCY FROM STATE TO STATE AND STATE VS FEDERAL For purposes of this question, let's assume that DOMA part 3 is declared unconstitutional. 1. Can a couple from GA get married in MA and quickly return to GA and still have all the federal benefits of marriage? 2. Can you describe the mess or scenario you foresee if a couple gets legally married in MA and lives there for some time, then a job takes them to GA. Please tell us some of the problems you foresee -- all the way to death of one of the spouses and the Estate Tax situation that would result. 3. Is there a parallel to any of these questions based on the court history of inter-racial marriage and those couples moving from state to state?
Politics aside, what is the law on this: Does Congress have the legal power under the Constitution to pass a law that would outlaw discrimination in marriage for same-sex couples throughout the country?
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