Rep. Barney Frank

Family Equality Council, America’s foremost advocate for LGBT family equality, offers its full support for the Respect for Marriage Act just introduced in the U.S. Senate. “For LGBT families raising children, marriage is more than just benefits and protections,” said Family Equality Council Executive Director Jennifer Chrisler. “Marriage is also an institution that carries with it a universal definition of family.

The highest-profile openly gay lawmaker in the US predicts that we soon could see an end to legalized discrimination based on sexual orientation. "We are on the verge of major breakthroughs," Representative Barney Frank told the Reuters Face of the Future Summit. He's positive about President Obama's decision to stop defending DOMA, and a vote by Congress that will lead to an end of the ban on gays serving openly in the military.

Tens of thousands of gay rights supporters rallied in the nation's capital Sunday, marching from the White House to the Capitol demanding federal action on a whole host of issues from workplace discrimination to marriage.

The march was first announced earlier this year by famed activist Cleve Jones at Utah's gay pride parade and on Sunday, Jones said the goal was nothing less than full equality on every issue in every state.