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Coalition Letter to the House Urging Co-sponsorship of the Respect for Marriage Act (09/11/2009)

Coalition Letter in Support of H.R. 2517, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (07/08/2009)
We, the undersigned organizations, write in support of the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act, H.R. 2517. The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act would provide health care, retirement, and other benefits to all federal civilian employees with qualifying same-sex domestic partners on the same basis as spousal benefits. The Act also provides benefits for domestic partners’ children, even if they are not the biological or adopted children of the employee.

Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Urging Support of H.R. 2221, the Uniting American Families Act (06/11/2007)

Letter to the U.S. Senate Urging Support of S. 1328, the Uniting American Families Act (06/11/2007)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Members to Consider Harmful Consequences of the "Sleeper Sentence" in the Federal Marriage Amendment (09/14/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Members to Consider Harmful Consequences of the "Sleeper Sentence" in the Federal Marriage Amendment (09/14/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter of Organizations Opposed to Federal Jurisdiction Stripping Legislation, H.R. 3313, the "Marriage Protection Act" (07/21/2004)

Letter of New York University Law Professor Barry Friedman and University of Pennsylvania Law Professor Stephen B. Burbank to the House Urging Opposition to the Marriage Protection Act (07/19/2004)

Letter to the House from former member of Congress Bob Barr on H.R. 3313, the Marriage Protection Act (07/19/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Opposition to H.R. 3313, "The Marriage Protection Act" (07/19/2004)

Letter to the House Urging Members to Oppose H.R. 3313, the Marriage Protection Act (07/13/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment (07/09/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Them to Consider Consequences of the "Sleeper Sentence" in the Federal Marriage Amendment (07/09/2004)

Written Testimony of Bob Barr at a Hearing on the Federal Marriage Amendment before the Senate Judiciary Committee (06/22/2004)

Testimony By Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Office, Before the Democratic Party Platform Committee (06/19/2004)

Statement by MALDEF's Regional Counsel Marisa Demeo Condemning Proposal to Amend the Constitution to Discriminate Against Gay Men and Lesbians (05/14/2004)

Testimony of Rep. Barney Frank before the Subcommittee on the Constitution at a Hearing on H.J. Res. 56, the Federal Marriage Amendment (05/13/2004)

Statement by Japanese American Citizens League Director of Public Affairs Kristine Minami Opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment (05/13/2004)

Testimony of Jill G. Joseph, MD, PhD, at a Oversight Hearing on "Legal Threats to Traditional Marriage: Implications for Public Policy" before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Judiciary Committee (04/22/2004)

Testimony Submitted by Bob Barr, Former Member of Congress, to the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution on the Defense of Marriage Act and the Federal Marriage Amendment (03/30/2004)