Thank You for an AWESOME 2013!
Thank You for an AWESOME 2013
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VICTORY: Judge’s Ruling Sets Course for Fighting Ohio’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
John Arthur, a terminally ill Ohio resident, was concerned that he would die without his partner, Jim Obergefell, being formally recognized as his spouse. So the couple flew to Maryland to be legally married, and a judge issued a temporary order requiring Ohio to list Obergefell as Arthur’s “surviving spouse” on his death certificate—but Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine threatened to appeal the judge’s decision. That’s why Steve Bluestein started a MoveOn Petition telling Ohio officials to recognize the marriage.
VICTORY: Mental Health Services Stay Open in Southern Tier
In July, the New York State Office of Mental Health announced plans to close two mental health facilities in the state’s Southern Tier—a move that would deny more than a million rural New Yorkers access to local mental health care. Morgan Willoughby started a MoveOn Petition to save the facilities and keep those vital services in the region.
Statement on Democratic senators working to undermine President Obama’s diplomacy with Iran
.@MoveOn releases statement calling out @SenSchumer & @SenatorMenendez to stop working w/GOP to undermine Iran diplomacy.
Here’s Why Your Boss Shouldn’t Get to Deny You Contraception
Listen up, Hobby Lobby: 1 in 3 women has struggled to pay for prescription birth control, and 99% of sexually active American women have used it!
Why Folgers Is Not the Best Part of Waking Up
The best part of waking up isn’t Folgers, once you realize Folgers’ coffee bean roaster just tried to cut employees’ pay in half.
ACA Beneficiaries Turned Away from CBS News HQ in New York for Demanding More Balanced Coverage of the Affordable Care Act
CBS Evening News refused to meet with Affordable Care Act (ACA) beneficiaries, Selena Martinez and her daughter Julia, when they attempted to deliver a petition to the network executives signed by 70,000 concerned Americans. Here’s their attempt to meet with producers:
VICTORY: Erie County Bans Fracking
All across the country, MoveOn members are standing together against fracking. And in Erie County, New York, public sentiment against fracking was so strong that the county chair introduced a bill to ban fracking on county-owned land. Sarah Alexander of the organization Food & Water Watch started a MoveOn Petition to the Erie County Legislature, asking them to support the bill.
New MoveOn TV ad: Let’s increase Social Security benefits
MoveOn members are doubling down on our campaign for an increase in Social Security benefits with a new TV ad that comes in response to Wall Street front group The Third Way’s recent attack on Social Security expansion. In the new ad, MoveOn.org Political Action urges members of Congress to listen to their constituents, stop […]