Family Equality Council

Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Karen Handel recently said gay parenting is not “in the best interest of the child.” Handel admitted in an interview she does not know any gay parents, so she's been invited to share a family dinner with executive director of Family Equality Council - Jennifer Chrisler (pictured with her family).

Family Week is the largest national gathering of GLBT families and their friends in the US, and registration has started! Join hundreds of GLBT families in P-town for the 15th annual celebration of lesbian and gay families July 31 - August 7 in Provincetown, MA. It's a powerful and fun family vacation!

Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of Family Equality Council, uses FEC's Blog to respond to President Obama's Mother's Day Presidential Proclamation.

Despite Governor Paterson’s support - the New York State Senate denied marriage equality with a vote of 24 to 38.

From Family Equality Council Blog:

Statement of Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director, Family Equality Council:

Maine voted 53 to 47 to reject gay marriage. The closely watched — and not very close — vote extended the winning streak of gay-marriage opponents nationwide, who have now prevailed in more than 30 straight state elections over whether to allow marriage equality.

Still, the issue will not go away.

TIME magazine reports:

Scholastic has reversed its decision about 'Luv Ya Bunches', a book which features a teen with lesbian parents.

The company issued a statement on its corporate blog:

The Washington Post reports:

President Obama made clear that he favors the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA], and intends to ask Congress to repeal the 13-year-old law that denies benefits to domestic partners of federal employees and allows states to reject same-sex marriages performed in other states.