| Marriage Equality USA | |
| Location: | New York, NY, USA |
| Area Served: | USA |
| Leader Title: | Executive Director |
| Leader Name: | Brian Silva |
| Founded Date: | 1998 |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Founder: | Connie Ress, Jesus Lebron, L.J. Carusone, Michael Thurber, Jim DeLaHunt, Molly McKay, Davina Kotulski |
| Focus: | LGBT rights |
| Method: | Education, advocacy, grassroots organizing, partnerships and action |
| Homepage: | www.marriageequality.org |
Marriage Equality USA was an organization working for the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in the United States. The group worked by doing public education and outreach, media campaigns and holding visibility events. Marriage Equality, Inc. was founded in 1998.[1] [2]
In the months after the passing of Proposition 8, Marriage Equality USA sponsored a statewide poll to determine opinions on same sex marriage. Polling data was presented in over forty cities in a town hall forum dubbed the "Get Engaged Tour". At the events participants were presented the results of the statewide polling data, as well as an opportunity to discuss next steps in moving forward with an effort to bring about marriage equality.[3] [4]