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More Mayors for the Freedom to Marry

More Mayors for the Freedom to Marry

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Several more mayors signed on to Mayors for the Freedom to Marry in the past week, bringing the total to 116.

Additions include Stephen Buxbaum of Olympia, Wash.; David Coss of Santa Fe, N.M.; Jim Gray (pictured) of Lexington, Ky.; Gary Norton of East Cleveland, Ohio; Michael Spano of Yonkers, N.Y.; Mike Summers of Lakewood, Ohio; Michael Tautznik of Easthampton, Mass.; and Alex Torpey of South Orange, N.J.

The coalition of mayors advocating for marriage equality is a project of the organization Freedom to Marry. "We stand for the freedom to marry because it enhances the economic competitiveness of our communities, improves the lives of families that call our cities home, and is simply the right thing to do," reads a statement from the mayors' group. Find out more here -- including how to ask your mayor to join.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
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