New York, NY (PRWEB) February 13, 2008
Valentine’s Day sucks if you’re single, but New Yorkers are being shown a little extra love this year. ExtendLove.org will be giving out roses at Union Square on Valentine’s Day to demonstrate that love should be extended to everyone. ExtendLove.org is a new website that tracks and consolidates information on state legislation affecting same-sex marriage and relationship recognition.
“On a holiday that celebrates love and relationships, many Americans are reminded that their committed relationships aren’t legally recognized, their love dismissed,” explained ExtendLove founder Steven Mattson Hayhurst. “Giving out roses on Valentine’s Day is a symbolic gesture of extending love to everyone, because the recognition of same-sex couples’ love should be extended.”
To engage politicians, ExtendLove.org sent roses to presidential candidates with letters urging them to support marriage equality. The website also allows visitors to send roses with personalized letters to their legislators.
“Marriage equality continues to be a controversial topic in contemporary political dialogue. By sending roses, we focus the discussion on the core issue: love,” explained Hayhurst. “We hope to flood legislators’ offices with roses this year.”
“Using roses to convey our message is a bit ironic, however,” said Hayhurst. “The rose–an unmistakable symbol of love–is the national flower, yet in the U.S. only one state recognizes same-sex marriages and six others have laws affording full spousal rights to same-sex couples in civil unions or domestic partnerships.”
Event Details:
7:30 PM
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Union Square, southwest corner
Marriage and Relationship Recognition Laws:
Only Massachusetts issues marriage licenses to same-sex marriages, which began May 17, 2004.
Six states–Vermont (2001), Connecticut (2005), California (2006), New Hampshire (2008), New Jersey (2007), and Oregon (pending court decision)–have laws securing the equivalent of state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples in civil unions or domestic partnerships.
Three states–Hawaii (1997), Maine (2004), Washington (2007)–and the District of Columbia (2002) have laws providing partial spousal rights to same-sex couples.
The rose as the national flower:
*In 1986 Reagan signed legislation to make the rose the national flower of the USA. Title 36, Chapter 10, Section 187 United States Code.
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NY Passes Gay Marriage Bill: Gay Relationship and Dating Expert from oneGoodLove.com Available for Insight, Statistics and Comments About What Gays and Lesbians Want
West Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) June 25, 2011
NY Passes Gay Marriage Bill: Gay relationship and dating expert from oneGoodLove.com available for insight, statistics, conflicts, quirks and comments about what gays and lesbians want in a marriage partner.
WHAT: On June 24, 2011 New York became the sixth state in the Union to allow same-sex marriage. oneGoodLove.com, the premier dating site for lesbians and gays seeking loving relationships and marriages, can provide unusual perspective on the likes, hopes and desires of lesbians and gays seeking marriage.
WHO: Frank Mastronuzzi is a nationally recognized gay and lesbian flirting and dating expert, and somewhat of a statistician on what?s hot and not so hot in the world of lesbian and gay romance. As founder of oneGoodLove.com, the world?s leading lesbian and gay relationship-focused online dating community, Mastronuzzi has his finger on the often raging pulses of LGBT singles. By mining oneGoodLove?s extensive database of lesbian and gay dating preferences and quirks, and polling the site?s members when breaking news impacts their romantic lives, Mastronuzzi is able to tell the story of dating and seeking love in the lesbian and gay community. He can also help journalists with specific data requests or article contributions.
About ONEGOODLOVE.COM:
oneGoodLove Inc. is the online dating site built specifically for the relationship-minded gay community by the gay community. Their proprietary Personality Profile Test and matching algorithm was formulated specifically for gay and lesbian singles. oneGoodLove.com was created with the sole intent to be the best online dating community for the relationship-minded gay and lesbian community.
For more information go to: http://www.onegoodlove.com
Press Contact: Frank Mastronuzzi
Phone: (310) 927-8019
Email: frank(at)onegoodlove(dot)com
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