[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/national-marriage-equality-day-august-7\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/national-marriage-equality-day-august-7\/","headline":"National Marriage Equality Day | August 7","name":"National Marriage Equality Day | August 7","description":"National Marriage Equality Day | August 7","datePublished":"2012-08-03","dateModified":"2021-07-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/national-marriage-equality-day.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/national-marriage-equality-day.jpg","height":776,"width":600},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/national-marriage-equality-day-august-7\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":524,"keywords":[" marriage equality","equality-minded weddings"],"articleBody":" 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\u00a0http:\/\/facebook.com\/equallywedmagazine.Read the brief list of rules before you start snapping. (Such as this photo must be taken today, you must be patronizing a LGBT-friendly business or donating to a marriage-equality nonprofit TODAY and your photo must creatively show you doing these things … today!)Your peers will be voting all week. Grand prize is $100 Amazon.com gift card and top 10 finalists will win $10 Starbucks gift cards. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Happy Marriage Equality Day!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\u2019s Chick-fil-A Day.In an effort to heighten awareness for all companies and nonprofits contributing to the fight for marriage equality, we\u2019ve 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\u2019s important to be an informed consumer. RSVP on Facebook here\u00a0and 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\u00a0and Facebook of how you\u2019re supporting the right of everyone to have their marriages legally recognized.National nonprofit organizations fighting for LGBT equality that could use your support:\u00a0Courage Campaign\u00a0Human Rights Campaign (HRC)\u00a0Freedom to Marry\u00a0Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)\u00a0GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)\u00a0Lambda Legal\u00a0Marriage Equality USA\u00a0National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (The Task Force)\u00a0National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)\u00a0NOH8 Campaign\u00a0Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)\u00a0White KnotA partial list of national and international brands that support LGBT rights and equality-minded weddings (feel free to add more in the comments):\u00a0Abercrombie & Fitch\u00a0Absolut Vodka\u00a0Amazon.com\u00a0American Apparel\u00a0Apple\u00a0Ben & Jerry’s\u00a0Best Buy\u00a0Delta\u00a0Disney\u00a0Ford\u00a0General Mills\u00a0Google\u00a0J.C. Penney\u00a0JP Morgan\u00a0Kenneth Cole\u00a0 Kimberly-Clark (maker of Kleenex, Huggies, Kotex, Scott, Depends, Wypall)\u00a0Kimpton Hotels\u00a0Levi-Strauss\u00a0Macy\u2019s\u00a0Marshalls\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0Nike\u00a0Sears\u00a0Southwest Airlines\u00a0Starbucks\u00a0Target\u00a0Tiffany & Co.\u00a0T.J. MaxxFor more information, please visit our Facebook event page. We also encourage you to read the HRC’s Buyers Guide\u00a0to 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)."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"National Marriage Equality Day | August 7","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/national-marriage-equality-day-august-7\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]