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’) Home How It Happened Why It Matters Lessons Learned Vision & Strategy Public Support Winning in the States Ending Federal Discrimination Digital & Earned Media Funding the Campaign Winning at the Supreme Court in 2015 Oral History Project Winning in the States Archive Blog Stories Videos International By Evan WolfsonThe Team Founder Evan Wolfson In the News Publications Donors Testimonials Celebration Video Annual Reports Global How It Happened Why It Matters Lessons Learned Vision & Strategy Public Support Winning in the States Ending Federal Discrimination Digital & Earned Media Funding the Campaign Winning at the Supreme Court in 2015 Oral History Project Winning in the States Archive Blog Stories Videos International By Evan WolfsonThe Team Founder Evan Wolfson In the News Publications Donors Testimonials Celebration Video Annual Reports Global Winning the Nationwide On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the freedom to marry nationwide. This is the story of the movement that transformed a nation, and the campaign that led to victory: . How it Happened Why it matters Lessons Learned How do you change the deeply held beliefs of a nation? And what does it take to bring about real national progress? Here, we’ve compiled key lessons and tangible takeaways from every corner of the decades-long campaign for the freedom to marry. View all Lessons Vision and Strategy How the vision and strategy were crafted. Building a Critical Mass of Public Support How we built super-majority support, creating the climate for victory. Winning in the States How we won a critical mass of states to set the stage for a national win. Ending Federal Marriage Discrimination How we laid the groundwork for the dismantling of DOMA. Digital & Earned Media How we used digital and earned media to build the movement and drive the conversation. Funding the Campaign How we built the funding engine to fuel the movement. Featured Resources Dive deep into the strategy, story, and development of the vital programs and tactics used to drive a national movement to victory: Winning in Court Many people presume that judges issue rulings in court based simply on the facts at hand, without public opinion playing any role at all. However, history tells us that how judges… Read More Winning Legislative Campaigns For many years into our campaign, pundits (and even some movement colleagues) declared that a state legislature would never vote in favor of the freedom to marry – the politics… Read More Winning at the Ballot Through hard work and many ups and downs, we learned how to win marriage in the courts, in the legislatures, in the heartland as well as the coasts, and with Republicans as well as… Read More The Roadmap to Victory ’s goal was to win marriage for same-sex couples nationwide, no more and no less. was created as the eyes-on-the-prize campaign to drive the… Read More Messaging, Messengers and Public Support led our movement in cracking the code” on how to talk with Americans about marriage. Our approach led to decisive victories at the ballot in 2012, followed by… Read More Using Digital to Build the Marriage Movement ’s use of digital played a critical role in the organization’s work and the implementation of its national strategy, the Roadmap to Victory.” The digital… Read More Learn More Winning in the States The marriage movement secured state victories by every possible means – with legislative measures, litigation, and, critically, at the ballot. These resources below showcase how these various types of campaigns differ – and highlight best practices for other movements working to create national momentum through state work. Or, select a state below for detailed information on its specific journey to winning the freedom to marry. AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT Native American Territories NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX US Territories UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Choose a State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Native American Territories Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas US Territories Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming View State List Facebook Twitter was the campaign to win marriage nationwide. With the Supreme Court victory on June 26, 2015, the work of this strategic campaign – though not the larger movement – was achieved, and wound down its operations, closing in early 2016. For information about Global, click...