70 Mayors say YES to Freedom to Marry!
70 MAYORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY JOIN IN SUPPORT FOR THE FREEDOM TO MARRY!
“In affirmation of the critical role that cities and their mayors have
played in advancing civil rights and equal treatment for all Americans,
we are proud to be chairs of Mayors for the Freedom to Marry. Mayors for
the Freedom to Marry is a broad-based and nonpartisan group of mayors
who believe that all people should be able to share in the love and
commitment of marriage. “
Started by
| Michael Bloomberg | Thomas M. Menino | Annise Parker | Jerry Sanders | Antonio Villaraigosa |
| Mayor of New York City | Mayor of Boston | Mayor of Houston | Mayor of San Diego | Mayor of Los Angeles |
The list is growing every week and is now up to 70!
How cool is that?!
| Michael Bloomberg – New York, NY (Chair) | Thomas Menino – Boston, MA (Chair) |
| Annise Parker – Houston, Texas (Chair) | Jerry Sanders – San Diego, CA (Chair) |
| Antonio Villaraigosa – Los Angeles, CA (Chair) | Samuel Adams – Portland, OR |
| Tom Barrett – Milwaukee, WI | Tom Bates – Berkeley, CA |
| William Bell – Durham, NC | David Berger – Lima, OH |
| Stacey Patch Bernot – Carbondale, CO | Richard Bloom – Santa Monica, CA |
| Cory Booker – Newark, NJ | Bruce Botelho – Juneau, AK |
| Ardell Brede – Rochester, MN | Carl Brewer – Wichita, KS |
| Christopher Cabaldon – W. Sacramento, CA | Tony Calderone – Forest Park, IL |
| John Callahan – Bethlehem, PA | Stephen Cassidy – San Leandro, CA |
| Julian Castro – San Antonio, TX | Craig Cates – Key West, FL |
| Mark Chilton – Carrboro, NC | Joshua Cohen – Annapolis, MD |
| Chris Coleman – St. Paul, MN | Michael Coleman – Columbus, OH |
| Dennis Coombs – Longmont, CO | Joy Cooper – Hallandale Beach, FL |
| Frank Cownie – Des Moines, IA | Karl Dean – Nashville, TN |
| John DeStefano – New Haven, CT | John Duran – West Hollywood, CA |
| Paul Dyster – Niagara Falls, NY | Jennifer Eckstrom – S. Tucson, AZ |
| Rahm Emanuel – Chicago, IL | Jo Emerson – White Bear Lake, MN |
| Bill Finch – Bridgeport, CT | Larry Forester – Sigal Hill, CA |
| Peter Fosselman – Kensington, MD | Bob Foster – Long Beach, CA |
| Laura Friedman – Glendale, CA | Ava Frisinger – Issaquah, WA |
| Debora Fudge – Windsor, CA | David Glass – Petaluma, CA |
| Marie Gilmore – Alameda, CA | Mike Gin – Redondo Beach, CA |
| Vincent Gray – Washington, D.C. | Michael Hancock – Denver, CO |
| George Heartwell – Grand Rapids, MI | John Hieftje – Ann Arbor, MI |
| Bobby Hopewell – Kalamazoo, MI | Sylvester James, Jr. – Kansas City, MO |
| Edward Kelly – Cleveland Heights, OH | Mark Kleinschmidt – Chapel Hill, NC |
| Joe Krovoza – Davis, CA | Mark Kruzan – Bloomington, IN |
| Don Lane – Santa Cruz, CA | Timothy Leavitt – Vancouver, WA |
| Edwin Lee – San Francisco, CA | Lee Leffingwell – Austin, TX |
| Craig Lowe – Gainesville, FL | David Lublin – Town of Chevy Chase, MD |
| Karen Majewski – Hamtramck, MI | Jan Marx – San Luis Obispo, CA |
| Mike McGinn – Seattle, WA | Alex Morse – Holyoke, MA |
| Lori Moseley – Miramar, FL | Jeri Muoio – West Palm Beach, FL |
| David Narkewicz – Northampton, MA | Don Ness – Duluth, MN |
| Michael Nutter – Philadelphia, PA | Mel Nieuwenhuis – Delavan, WI |
| Frank Ortis – Pembroke Pines, FL | Kitty Piercy – Eugene, OR |
| Steve Pougnet – Palm Springs, CA | John Preece – Delbarton, WV |
| Jean Quan – Oakland, CA | Stephanie Rawlings-Blake – Baltimore, MD |
| Thomas Richards – Rochester, NY | Douglas Richardson – Lakewood, WA |
| Clarissa Rowe – Arlington, MA | Matthew Ryan – Binghamton, NY |
| RT Rybak – Minneapolis, MN | Robert Sabonjian – Waukegan, IL |
| Helene Schneider – Santa Barbara, CA | Ann Schwab – Chico, CA |
| Pedro Segarra – Hartford, CT | Eric Senter – Franklinton, NC |
| Jeffrey Slavin – Town of Somerset, MD | Francis G. Slay – St. Louis, MO |
| Paul Soglin – Madison, WI | Joe Sinnott – Erie, PA |
| Greg Stanton – Phoenix, AZ | Marilyn Strickland – Tacoma, WA |
| Angel Taveras – Providence, RI | Nick Tell – Manhattan Beach, CA |
| Elizabeth Tisdahl – Evanston, IL | Setti Warren – Newton, MA |
| Bruce Williams – Takoma Park, MD | Dana Williams – Park City Park, UT |
