September 20, 2022 Since June 26, 2015, same-sex marriage has been legal in the United States under the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. Flashforward seven years, a bipartisan group of senators is seeking to codify same-sex marriage nationwide and provide additional legal protections for marriage equality under the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA). Read more …
The National Organization for Women applauds the House for passing the “Respect for Marriage Act,” a critical – and bipartisan – step toward codifying the rights of millions of LGBTQIA+ families. Not only have the extremist justices on the Supreme Court confirmed that they no longer respect or consider precedent in their decisions, but they Read more …
The United States has earned an international reputation for seeking to protect women from the dangers of ongoing wars, repressive regimes, and human rights abuses in various parts of the world. The issue of women’s rights has thus historically been a focal point of American foreign policy. In numerous agendas, the U.S. has included the Read more …
There’s a surge of inspiring grassroots activism.
Now that marriage equality is the law of the land, the National Organization for Women and allies are re-directing our attention to a persistent and troublesome problem: widespread discrimination against LGBTQIA persons. Unfortunately, 31 states do not have fully-inclusive non-discrimination laws that address the many forms of discrimination encountered by LGBTQIA persons; 28 states permit employers to fire someone because they are gay or bisexual. NOW has campaigned for many years for passage of a comprehensive bill that would prohibit such unequal treatment
A man standing alone is often assumed to be straight. A man holding the hand of another man is often assumed to be gay. You don’t have to look very hard at our society to realize that it’s obsessed with binaries. You’re either good or bad, a man or a woman, straight or gay. There Read more …
The National Organization for Women (NOW) condemns Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s Executive Order BJ 15-8, a measure that uses religion to justify discrimination and denial of basic rights to same-sex couples. NOW has decided not to cancel our annual national conference in New Orleans June 19 – 21, despite Governor Jindal’s homophobic action.
On Friday, June 6 a federal judge ruled Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
When more than half of a country’s population is not equally represented in its constitution, then that country is not living up to its full potential as a democracy. Although much progress has been made, women, BIPOC communities, and the LGBTQIA+ community still face major roadblocks to full constitutional protection in the United States. Read more …
The National Organization for Women is elated for the many same-sex couples whose loving, committed relationships will now be recognized in law a result of today’s Supreme Court rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8.