MARRIAGE EQUALITY USA EXPANDS OUTREACH BY SEEKING MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS TO STRENGTHEN ITS ABILITY TO SECURE MARRIAGE EQUALITY

Louisville, KY -- With the number of chapters it has growing, Marriage Equality USA today announced a new plan to bring statewide, regional, county, and city organizations into the marriage equality movement.

The new plan allows independent organizations committed to Marriage Equality USA's Mission Statement to join as a member organization.

"We wanted a plan to bring existing organizations into the marriage equality movement so they can share resources, ideas, and coordinate efforts with Marriage Equality USA nationally, and with our local chapters," stated Jordan Palmer, Vice President of Development and Organizational Relationships for Marriage Equality USA.

Both member organizations and Marriage Equality USA will benefit by sharing action alerts, organizational successes, set-backs, experiences, information, and knowledge. Joint fundraising activities are also a possibility.

Despite the November election which resulted in three additional state constitutional amendments restricting marriage to be between a man and a woman and another amendment that restricted adoption to married couples, Marriage Equality USA remains committed to marriage equality throughout the United States.

"The unprecedented nationwide rallies in support of marriage equality illustrate this issue is not limited to California but important across the United States," says Jordan Palmer, Vice President of Development and Organizational Relationships for Marriage Equality USA. "We will continue our fight for marriage equality state by state, and thank everyone for their enormous support."

Interested organizations should visit the member organizations section of the Marriage Equality USA website at www.marriageequality.org for additional information.