The Coalition for Equal Marriage is a British campaign group created in 2012 by Conor Marron and James Lattimore, a same-sex couple, to petition in support of civil marriages for gay couples.[1] The Coalition for Equal Marriage was created in response to the Coalition for Marriage, a Christian[2] group campaigning against same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.[1][3]
The coalition's website states the campaign started after Lattimore read a BBC News article regarding the Coalition for Marriage and seeing a comment from Lord Carey stating "The avowed intention to widen the scope of marriage as we see before us is a hostile strike, which rather than strengthening marriage, will destroy its meaning and diminish its importance drastically". Lattimore and his partner began working on the site and mimicked the look and design of the Coalition for Marriage website as a spoof, with Facebook and Twitter campaigns launched a day later. Signatures reached 10,000 roughly ten days afterwards[4] and 40,000 signatures in April 2012.[5][6]
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has signed the Coalition for Equal Marriage petition, and in an interview for The Independent Clegg was reported to have called it "a matter of how, not whether, equal marriage becomes legal in England and Wales."
Conor Marron, co-founder of the Coalition for Equal Marriage, released a statement thanking Nick Clegg and the MPs "who have voiced their position on the subject".[7]
Sponsorsedit
The Coalition for Equal Marriage is sponsored by many organisations, including LGBT organisations, anti-bullying groups, charities, political parties, human rights groups and activists, religions and religious groups, community groups, and also media companies.
Mike Buonaiuto created a viral advertisement on behalf of C4EM for release in late April 2012, with a teaser available before. The teaser features stills from the advert to the speech of David Cameron at the Conservative Party conference in 2011, when he announced "I don't support gay marriage in spite of being a Conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a Conservative."[9]
On 25 April 2012, Buonaiuto's short film was released encouraging support for the government plans to legislate in favour of equal civil marriage rights for LGBT people. The video shows British army members returning home to their families, with one reunion turning into a marriage proposal between a same-sex couple. The argument put forth in the video and by Buonaiuto directly is that if gay and straight people can fight in the army together, then they should be able to love and get married the same. Supporting parties, gave their backing to the short film, while PinkNews advertised it directly on their website.[10][11] The full advertisement reached 500,000 views in less than one week.[12]
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^[dead link] "Coalition For Equal Marriage". Coalition for Equal Marriage. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^"UK: Grassroots campaign 'Coalition for EQUAL Marriage' launches". Secular Europe Campaign. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^"Nick Clegg warns Tories against backing down on equal marriage". PinkNews. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^[dead link] "Our Supporters". Coalition for Equal Marriage. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^Gray, Stephen. "Video: New teaser for equal marriage ad". PinkNews. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
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^Gray, Stephen. . PinkNews. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^Gray, Stephen. "Coalition for Equal Marriage campaign film reaches 500,000 views". PinkNews. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
External linksedit
[dead link]c4em.org.uk, the organisation's official website
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The Coalition for Equal Marriage is a British campaign group created in 2012 by Conor Marron and James Lattimore a same sex couple to petition in support of civil marriages for gay couples 1 The Coalition for Equal Marriage was created in response to the Coalition for Marriage a Christian 2 group campaigning against same sex marriage in the United Kingdom 1 3 Coalition for Equal MarriageFounded2012 12 years ago 2012 TypeCampaign organisationPurposeSupport same sex marriageArea servedUnited KingdomKey peopleConor MarronJames Lattimore The coalition s website states the campaign started after Lattimore read a BBC News article regarding the Coalition for Marriage and seeing a comment from Lord Carey stating The avowed intention to widen the scope of marriage as we see before us is a hostile strike which rather than strengthening marriage will destroy its meaning and diminish its importance drastically Lattimore and his partner began working on the site and mimicked the look and design of the Coalition for Marriage website as a spoof with Facebook and Twitter campaigns launched a day later Signatures reached 10 000 roughly ten days afterwards 4 and 40 000 signatures in April 2012 5 6 Contents 1 Signing of Nick Clegg 2 Sponsors 2 1 Secular and humanist organisations 2 2 LGBT and human rights organisations 2 3 University and community groups 2 4 Political groups 2 5 Media 2 6 Religious organisations 3 Advertising 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksSigning of Nick Clegg editDeputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has signed the Coalition for Equal Marriage petition and in an interview for The Independent Clegg was reported to have called it a matter of how not whether equal marriage becomes legal in England and Wales Conor Marron co founder of the Coalition for Equal Marriage released a statement thanking Nick Clegg and the MPs who have voiced their position on the subject 7 Sponsors editThe Coalition for Equal Marriage is sponsored by many organisations including LGBT organisations anti bullying groups charities political parties human rights groups and activists religions and religious groups community groups and also media companies Secular and humanist organisations edit British Humanist Association The Gay amp Lesbian Humanist Association Humanist amp Secularist Liberal Democrats National Secular Society Pink Triangle Trust Rationalist Association LGBT and human rights organisations edit Consortium LAGLA Lesbian and Gay Lawyers NUSLGBT Peter Tatchell Foundation The Rainbow Project Scottish Transgender Alliance Stonewall T Form University and community groups edit GRIN LGBT Union Metro NUSScotlandLGBT Proud Voices Pink Singers Space Youth Project Political groups edit LGBT Labour LGBT Liberal Democrats LGBTIQ Green Party LGBTory Liberal Youth Scotland Media edit Attitude magazine Bi Community News magazine Gay Times magazine Gaydar Gaydar Radio radio station Gaydio radio station PinkNews online newspaper Polari Magazine The Pod Delusion So So Gay Religious organisations edit KeshetUK Lesbian Gay Christians Liberal Judaism United Kingdom MCC Metropolitan Community Church of North London Neo Druidism OneSpirit Interfaith Organization Sarbat net an LGBT Sikh organisation 8 WiccaAdvertising editMike Buonaiuto created a viral advertisement on behalf of C4EM for release in late April 2012 with a teaser available before The teaser features stills from the advert to the speech of David Cameron at the Conservative Party conference in 2011 when he announced I don t support gay marriage in spite of being a Conservative I support gay marriage because I am a Conservative 9 On 25 April 2012 Buonaiuto s short film was released encouraging support for the government plans to legislate in favour of equal civil marriage rights for LGBT people The video shows British army members returning home to their families with one reunion turning into a marriage proposal between a same sex couple The argument put forth in the video and by Buonaiuto directly is that if gay and straight people can fight in the army together then they should be able to love and get married the same Supporting parties gave their backing to the short film while PinkNews advertised it directly on their website 10 11 The full advertisement reached 500 000 views in less than one week 12 See also edit nbsp LGBT portal nbsp Politics portal Civil partnership in the United Kingdom Same sex marriage in the United KingdomReferences edit a b Comment Why we re building a coalition for equal marriage PinkNews Retrieved 7 February 2013 Christian coalition petitions to stop gay marriage law BBC News 20 February 2012 Retrieved 7 February 2013 dead link About Us Coalition for Equal Marriage Archived from the original on 29 April 2012 Retrieved 7 February 2013 dead link How It All Began Coalition for Equal Marriage 5 March 2012 Archived from the original on 31 July 2012 Retrieved 7 February 2013 dead link Coalition For Equal Marriage Coalition for Equal Marriage Archived from the original on 2 January 2013 Retrieved 7 February 2013 UK Grassroots campaign Coalition for EQUAL Marriage launches Secular Europe Campaign Archived from the original on 14 July 2012 Retrieved 7 February 2013 Nick Clegg warns Tories against backing down on equal marriage PinkNews Retrieved 7 February 2013 dead link Our Supporters Coalition for Equal Marriage Archived from the original on 22 July 2012 Retrieved 7 February 2013 Gray Stephen Video New teaser for equal marriage ad PinkNews Retrieved 7 February 2013 Comment I hope my Equal Marriage film wakes us all up to support changing the law PinkNews Archived from the original on 24 June 2017 Retrieved 7 February 2013 Gray Stephen Video Coalition for Equal Marriage releases beautiful viral campaign film PinkNews Archived from the original on 1 January 2013 Retrieved 7 February 2013 Gray Stephen Coalition for Equal Marriage campaign film reaches 500 000 views PinkNews Retrieved 7 February 2013 External links edit dead 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