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June 10, 2008

Couples Marrying in CA Urged to “Make Change, Not Lawsuits”

Four LGBT legal organizations, including GLAD, and five other leading national LGBT groups have issued a statement entitled “Make Change, Not Lawsuits.” The statement explains that while couples who go to California to marry should ask friends, neighbors and institutions to honor their marriages, they generally shouldn’t sue. The statement says that ill-timed lawsuits are likely to set the fight for marriage back, and that there are other ways to fight which are more likely to win.

Read the statement [PDF]