UPDATE: It’s National Marriage Equality Day and our photo contest is underway! Take a creative photo showing how you’re supporting marriage equality today and post it in our Contests section under our cover photo on our Facebook page http://facebook.com/
We are so happy that you are here with us to fight for marriage equality. Our original goal was to support Starbucks for being so supportive of our community and our rights. We specifically chose a brick-and-mortar chain to have visible support around the country on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in direct response to Mike Huckabee’s Chick-fil-A Day.
In an effort to heighten awareness for all companies and nonprofits contributing to the fight for marriage equality, we’ve decided to rename August 7 as National Marriage Equality Day. EquallyWed.com asks that you spend your money wisely on this day, and every day. It’s important to be an informed consumer. RSVP on Facebook here and join the conversation.
This expansion of focus is the result of the direct encouragement of Starbucks Corporate Headquarters who wanted other equality-minded companies and organizations to share in the appreciation.
On Aug. 7, please share your photos with us on Twitter and Facebook of how you’re supporting the right of everyone to have their marriages legally recognized.
National nonprofit organizations fighting for LGBT equality that could use your support:
 Courage Campaign |
| Human Rights Campaign (HRC) |
| Freedom to Marry |
| Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) |
| GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) |
| Lambda Legal |
| Marriage Equality USA |
| National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (The Task Force) |
| National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) |
| NOH8 Campaign |
| Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) |
| White Knot |
A partial list of national and international brands that support LGBT rights and equality-minded weddings (feel free to add more in the comments):
| Abercrombie & Fitch |
| Absolut Vodka |
| Amazon.com |
| American Apparel |
| Apple |
| Ben & Jerry’s |
| Best Buy |
| Delta |
| Disney |
| Ford |
| General Mills |
| Google |
| J.C. Penney |
| JP Morgan |
| Kenneth Cole |
| Kimberly-Clark (maker of Kleenex, Huggies, Kotex, Scott, Depends, Wypall) |
| Kimpton Hotels |
| Levi-Strauss |
| Macy’s |
| Marshalls |
| Microsoft |
| Nike |
| Sears |
| Southwest Airlines |
| Starbucks |
| Target |
| Tiffany & Co. |
| T.J. Maxx |
For more information, please visit our Facebook event page. We also encourage you to read the HRC’s Buyers Guide to learn more about the equality score of your favorite companies.
We’ve created a new Facebook page devoted to exclusively to the annual National Marriage Equality Day every August 7 so you can follow along throughout the year with updates exclusively about marriage equality (because our fabulous Equally Wed Facebook page is devoted to equality-minded LGBTQ weddings, honeymoons and marriage equality).
