Just Wear It, Dang It!

Click on the image to go the WhiteKnot.org and wear something to show the world that we’re everywhere. We’re not going to hide in the shadows afraid to make waves in a conservative world. We deserve equality and we’re not going to give up till we get it.

The following is from White Knot:

Wear a White Knot to show support for Marriage Equality.

The White Knot is the symbol for marriage equality. Wear it every day to show your support and to create conversation. Use it to tell someone today that equal rights are important to everyone. Share the White Knot and
spread the word that all loving couples deserve the same legal rights, benefits, and respect that civil marriage bestows. Visibility is the goal. Whether you are gay, straight, or otherwise, please show your support by
wearing the Knot and telling people why you are wearing it. Wear your White Knot to work, to school, to your place of worship. Together, we will keep the topic at the top of people’s minds and keep the conversation going.

Make your own White Knots. There are instructions on the WhiteKnot.org website. Have a Tie-the-Knot party where you and your fiends make White Knots that you can hand out.

Go to www.whiteknot.org for more information and resources including:
• Knot kits
• Knot making instructions
• Blog Badges
• White Knot merchandise
• Event information

15 Reasons Why Marriage Matters
From Marriage Equality USA

1	Marriage offers 1,138 Federal benefits and responsibilities (PDF), not including hundreds more offered by every state.
2	In times of crisis, spouses have hospital visitation rights and can make medical decisions in event of illness or disability of their spouse.
3	Employers offer spouses sick leave, bereavement leave, access to health insurance and pension.
4	The law provides certain automatic rights to a person’s spouse regardless of whether or not a will exists.
5	Married couples in elderly care facilities are generally not separated unless one spouse’s health dictates hospitalization or special care.
6	Married couples are permitted to give an unlimited amount of gifts to each other without being taxed.
7	The law presumes that a married couple with both names on the title to their home owns the property as “tenants by the entirety.”
8	A married couple, by statute, has creditor protection of their marital home.
9	Many married people are entitled to financial benefits relating to their spouses, such as disability, pension and social security benefits.
10	With marriage, a couple has the right to be treated as an economic unit and to file joint tax returns (and pay the marriage penalty), and obtain joint health, home and auto insurance policies.
11	When a spouse dies, there is no need to prove ownership of every item in the household for taxable purposes.
12	A child who grows up with married parents benefits from the fact that his or her parents’ relationship is recognized by law and receives legal protections.
13	Spouses are generally entitled to joint child custody and visitation upon divorce (and bear an obligation to pay child support).
14	The mark of a strong family and healthy children is having parents who are nurturing, caring, and loving. Parents should be judged on their ability to parent, not by their age, race, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
15	For adults, a stable, happy marriage is the best protector against illness and premature death. Decades of research have clearly established these links. (Burman & Margolin, 1992; Dawson, 1991; Verbrugge, 1979).

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