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The Best Ways to Show Your Support for Marriage Equality on Facebook

TheFW Staff — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:19:24 +0000

This week the Supreme Court is hearing arguments for Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California. They are also weighing the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

To show their support for the LGBT community, people have been changing their profile pictures on Facebook. It started as big blocks of solid red. Then changed to a red block with a pink equal sign, which is symbol of the Human Rights Campaign. Now things have gotten a little out of control and some more creative options have popped up. Here are our favorites.

Cheryl Cole Supports Gay Marriage

Alexandra Capotorto — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:00:08 +0000

U.K. government officials have recently announced that they are going to give gay partners who have entered into civil unions the same rights as heterosexual married couples, and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole is backing their decision.

Maryland Senate Approves Gay Marriage Bill

Shauna Wright — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:57:58 +0000

On Thursday, the Maryland Senate approved a gay marriage bill that puts it on tap to become the eighth US state to permit same-sex couples to wed. Gov. Martin O’Malley is expected to sign the legislation into law. Shortly after the Senate passed the measure, he tweeted, “Maryland will now be able to protect individual [...]