Same-sex Marriage

After a big win on election day in a variety of countries, activists who give support gay marriage and legalizing marijuana type has their eye on a bigger prize th. This: washington.

Lobby group on social issues some great hold on the state of their business, and it paid off in a big win at the initiative of voting tone. But although gop-controlled house, which is likely to be a steep hill to support social issues, they wanna put their success november.

Human rights national advertising campaign displayed narrated by morgan freeman oscar winner who celebrated the passage of the initiative among type tone wedding collection in maine, maryland and washington and the failure of the amendment in minnesota to describe marriage as a man and a woman.

There are so many bits of news coming out of the day of determination, said michael cole-schwartz, a spokesman for hrc. It's just the historical sweep all boards, but it is essential for us to highlight them win.

Taste victory really give people hope and optimism, he added.

Our focus every ounce of political power in congress and the courts and won a growing number of countries, said marc solomon, national campaign director for the freedom to marry. Uu defense missing until marriage, we can work very hard we passed congress.

The two groups are adding their federal lobbying. At the end of september, hrc been used increasingly over $ 1 million on lobbying efforts. It also recently signed with the government in the affairs of gephardt to lobby congress to end the taxation of domestic partner benefits to employee health through programs, such as lesbian, gay problem, bisexual and transgender. At the same time, hrc push for same-sex initiatives tone collection in rhode island, new jersey, delaware, minnesota, illinois and hawaii.

This group gave $ 929. 561 to candidates and party committees, as well as external expenditures reached $ 71. 912 during the 2012 elections, according to data compiled by the center for responsive politics.

And at the end of september, the freedom to marry is already using nearly 2 x more and more on federal lobbying due to use in the whole of 2011.

With all the work our lobby, it's become almost a default position for the democrats, said solomon. It is the turn of the whole of our area four years old. Then.

To challenge the gay marriage advocates type, the national organization for marriage, which uses $ 60. 000 on lobbying the federal government until september, to the halls of capitol hill day entry and exit days, said brian brown, group president.