FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 10, 2008
LGBT Organizations Urge Couples Marrying in California to “Make Change, Not Lawsuits”
(New York, NY, June 10, 2008)—Four LGBT legal organizations and five other leading national LGBT groups have issued a statement entitled “Make Change, Not Lawsuits.” The statement explains that while couples who go to California to marry should ask friends, neighbors and institutions to honor their marriages, they generally shouldn’t sue. The statement says that ill-timed lawsuits are likely to set the fight for marriage back, and that there are other ways to fight which are more likely to win.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education. NCLR is lead counsel in In re Marriage Cases. http://www.nclrights.org/
Calla Devlin
Communications Director
National Center for Lesbian Rights
office: 415.392.6257 x324
mobile: 415.205.2420
cdevlin@nclrights.org
Molly Tafoya
Communications and Media Assistant
National Center for Lesbian Rights
office: 415.392.6257 x305
mobile: 415.828.9640
mtafoya@nclrights.org
212.549.2666
media@aclu.org