{"id":86,"date":"2013-04-10T15:03:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2013-04-15T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T14:16:27","slug":"marriage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/?page_id=86","title":{"rendered":"Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage is a powerful legal and social institution that protects and supports intimate family relationships by providing a unique set of rights, privileges, and benefits. However, with the exception of the following states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>Iowa<\/li>\n<li>Maine<\/li>\n<li>Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Maryland<\/li>\n<li>New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>New York<\/li>\n<li>Vermont<\/li>\n<li>Washington<\/li>\n<li>Washington, DC<\/li>\n<li>Coquille Indian Tribe (Oregon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>same-sex couples are currently denied the right to marry in every state in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2000, PFLAG has had\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/community.pflag.org\/Page.aspx?pid=282#F\"><strong>an official policy statement on marriage equality<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that states its opposition to any attempts at either the federal or state level to introduce constitutional amendments restricting marriage to heterosexual couples, rendering LGBT people second-class citizens.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Understanding the Issue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/community.pflag.org\/page.aspx?pid=551\"><strong>Rights, Privileges, and Benefits of Marriage<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/community.pflag.org\/page.aspx?pid=553\"><strong>Cost of Marriage Inequality<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/community.pflag.org\/page.aspx?pid=552\"><strong>Marriage Q and A<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Federal Opposition To Marriage Equality:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/community.pflag.org\/page.aspx?pid=542\"><strong>Federal Marriage Amendment<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/community.pflag.org\/page.aspx?pid=560\"><strong>Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>State Opposition To Marriage Equality:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/community.pflag.org\/page.aspx?pid=550\"><strong>PFLAG Takes Lead in Three New York Marriage Case Briefs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Marriage Resources:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/community.pflag.org\/page.aspx?pid=554\"><strong>Links to other organizations and groups on this issue<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage is a powerful legal and social institution that protects and supports intimate family relationships by providing a unique set of rights, privileges, and benefits. However, with the exception of the following states: Connecticut Iowa Maine Massachusetts Maryland New Hampshire New York Vermont Washington Washington, DC Coquille Indian Tribe (Oregon) same-sex couples are currently denied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":45,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions\/161"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonprofit.jonathan-belanger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}