By Lori Adelman • @ladelman • 14 years ago

The Sanctity of Marriage?!

As Courtney mentioned yesterday, the NJ State Senate said no to same sex marriage in a disappointing 20-14 vote. You can view individual voting records, as well as a play-by-the-play of the debate that went down in the State Senate here.
In light of this monumentally disappointing– if not entirely surprising– setback, I offer as very small comfort the following comment on the sanctity of marriage:

pic via. h/t to Kelly.
Update: Some commenters have pointed out there are a couple of inaccuracies in this map. The point of this post was to reinforce the hypocrisy of “sanctity of marriage” arguments against gay marriage. For a more detailed and up to date map of same sex marriage laws in the US, check this out.

Brooklyn, NY

Lori Adelman started blogging with Feministing in 2008, and now runs partnerships and strategy as a co-Executive Director. She is also the Director of Youth Engagement at Women Deliver, where she promotes meaningful youth engagement in international development efforts, including through running the award-winning Women Deliver Young Leaders Program. Lori was formerly the Director of Global Communications at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and has also worked at the United Nations Foundation on the Secretary-General's flagship Every Woman Every Child initiative, and at the International Women’s Health Coalition and Human Rights Watch. As a leading voice on women’s rights issues, Lori frequently consults, speaks and publishes on feminism, activism and movement-building. A graduate of Harvard University, Lori has been named to The Root 100 list of the most influential African Americans in the United States, and to Forbes Magazine‘s list of the “30 Under 30” successful mediamakers. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Lori Adelman is an Executive Director of Feministing in charge of Partnerships.

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