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Insight News
April 10, 2018
Consequently, all the Obama administration's highlights, from saving the economy, to passing the Affordable Care Act, to the gay marriage initiative, came prior to 2016. That didn't discourage director Greg Barker from making “The Final Year.” After all, he had been afforded unusual access at that time toÃâà...
Slate Magazine
March 20, 2018
When the New York Times questioned her in 2013 about her support for de Blasio, she clarified that she wasn't “anti–Chris Quinn” and praised Quinn for her work on New York's equal-marriage initiative. “I think it's a sign of progress,” she said of the mainstreaming of LGBTQ equality in the Democratic Party,Ãâà...
Oxygen (blog)
February 1, 2018
Shockingly, a minimum age for marriage does not exist in several states, according to the Tahirih Justice Center's Forced Marriage Initiative. Johnson, now 58, is trying to change all of that. She's already making big, positive waves, and she's spent the last five years lobbying lawmakers to update these laxÃâà...
Seattle Medium
September 20, 2017
Terrence Lewis, who at the time was working with fathers on programs inspired by the African American Healthy Marriage Initiative, had organized a one-time event in the fall of 2009 as a way to celebrate those dads. That event became an annual affair, initially known as the Seattle Fall Ball, and later as theÃâà...
TeenVogue.com
September 9, 2017
If you are facing or fleeing a forced marriage or know someone who is, contact the Tahirih Justice Center's Forced Marriage Initiative to get help at fmi@tahirih.org. Visit preventforcedmarriage.org to find out more. Related: Child Marriage in the United States, Explained Ãâ÷ I Was Married at 14 Ãâ÷ What MostÃâà...
TeenVogue.com
September 7, 2017
Wedlocked is a Teen Vogue series about child marriage in the United States that examines the history of the practice and its modern reality, as all 50 states have laws with provisions that that allow people under 18 to marry. It's likely that some Americans assume child marriage happens only in developingÃâà...
Maryland Daily Record
August 30, 2017
Wednesday's report, part of its forced marriage initiative, found more than 200,000 individuals under the age of 18 were married nationwide between 2000 and 2015. “The public and policymakers are beginning to realize that America has a serious child marriage problem and that it hurts children here justÃâà...
Mother Jones
August 29, 2017
Horn was at the center of a minor scandal over the Bush administration's secret hiring of journalists to promote its marriage initiative in newspapers. He approved an HHS contract of more than $20,000 for Maggie Gallagher, a founder of the anti-gay marriage group National Organization for Marriage whoÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
August 14, 2017
If you or someone you know is facing or fleeing a forced marriage, contact the Forced Marriage Initiative at the Tahirih Justice Center for confidential help at fmi@tahirih.org or 571-282-6161. Visit preventforcedmarriage.org to find out more or to request assistance confidentially online. The Tahirih JusticeÃâà...
Oklahoma Watch
August 3, 2016
Wedding Ring Citing budget cuts, state officials are ending the controversial Oklahoma Marriage Initiative, a 17-year-old program originally aimed at reducing the state's high divorce rate. The state Department of Human Services announced it is eliminating its funding for the program because the agency isÃâà...
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