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Miles rode into Washington D.C. on a bus, along with about 1,400 others. They all came to the National Equality March to join in the march for marriage equality. Here he tells us why he came and why marriage equality is important to him.

I met Randy & Holly in Washington D.C. at the National Equality March. They came fromYork, PA to march for equality for their bisexual son and for all people to have the freedom to marry. Here is their story.

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David is a young man from San Antonio, Texas, currently going to school in New York. He tells us why he came to Washington D. C. to march for marriage equality.  
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Wayne and David are together for 23 years and live in Jacsonville, Florida. They traveled to Washington, D.C. to march for eequality and tell us why and how not being able to marry has impacted their lives.


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While at the National Equality March, I met Scott and Hope and their son Tyler. They were there marching together for equality for all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. I asked them to share their story.

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I'm not the greatest videographer, but this is what I took with my camera and my experience marching for the freedom to marry with thousands of others on Sunday, October 11th in Washington, DC. There are three videos, all of them short. I hope if you weren't able to attend, you enjoy watching them and seeing what it was like from my perspective.

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Marching for marriage equality was an amazing experience. New reports vary the number of people in attendace between tens of thousands to 200,000. No matter the number, the feeling was wonderful to be with all those people fighting for LGBT rights.

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That’s me – I’m all about time with my family: my husband, my children & grandchildren (when I’m lucky enough to get it!), having fun and making memories.  And I take lots of pictures when I’m doing it so I can relive those precious moments time and time again.

I’ve always been that way, but today I actually do something concrete with my photos – I actually put them in albums and tell the story of my pictures.  When my children were young (and I was too) I didn’t have time to m...
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I’ve been asking myself lately, is Obama in favor of the freedom to marry or not? Is he committed to repealing DOMA or not? Did he mean what he said when he was campaigning or not?

All the while so many people were working so hard to get him elected; I was working hard to defeat Proposition 8. I rejoiced at his election. I was sitting alone in the Marin Headquarters for the No on 8 election day action listening to the radio. When the polls closed in California and the news channels announ...

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My sister, @PowerJourneys, aka Lynda, sent me a link to an article about an openly gay North Carolina State Senator who recently had her adoption upheld in court. 

“The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, Aug. 18, to preserve an adoption by the state’s only openly gay legislator. Sen. Julia Boseman’s (D-New Hanover) former partner, Melissa Jarrell, had sought to void Boseman’s parental rights. Jarrell gave birth to the couple’s six-year-old son, whom Boseman later adopt...

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