When reading Pam’s post noting that Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) has changed his mind and now supports marriage equality, I began wondering: Do we have a list of who in the House and the Senate is on the record as a marriage supporter?
In addition to Sens. Harkin (D-IA) and Dodd, who are noted in Pam’s post as being in favor of marriage equality, I know off-hand of Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand (both D-NY). I’m going to ask for readers to please use the comments here to point — with links — to any other U.S. senators who have supported marriage equality.
I’ll then compile them into a single post, to which I will provide a link on my sidebar and keep updated.
And, this isn’t only about marriage and DOMA. I just would think it is rare that one would find a member of Congress who has publicly announced support for marriage equality, but wouldn’t be a good target for legislative leadership on our other issues.
Also, if a comprehensive list of marriage equality supporters, with references, exists already, let me know that, too.
The next post will be an open thread to list House members.
The list (thus far):
- Boxer
- Dodd
- Feingold
- Feinstein
- Gillibrand
- Harkin
- Kennedy
- Lautenberg
- Merkley
- Sanders
- Schumer
- Whitehouse (better source needed)
- Wyden (better source needed)
Here is Freedom to Marry’s list of marriage supporters, which is more complete but without links.
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political editor at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, The American Prospect, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found
Chris, similar to this subject…do you know of any resource or website or Excel spreadsheet that lists all the names of the members of Congress? I would love to send a letter to every single Senator and Rep. It would be so much easier if I had an Excel spreadsheet with their addresses so I could do a mail merge.
Any ideas? Before I go and make one for every member of Congress…
Thanks,
James Ashburn
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
US citizen living in exile due to discriminatory US immigration laws
Dodd (link from Andrew Sullivan):
http://forums.ctrecord.com/showthread.php?t=3739
As you build out this list, it might be useful to group folks by state, especially once you get to the House.