Get married, have kids, stay married. That’s the script for how adult lives are supposed to unfold. Never mind that in the U.S., the script maps onto the real lives of fewer and fewer people all the time. Nearly half of all adults 18 and older are legally single, and growing numbers of them never […]
Unmarried Americans as Home Buyers and Home Creators
December 21, 2015 by
Want to know who buys homes in the U.S. and why? If so, you will need to look way past people who are married, who are now just one of the many categories of people buying a home and making a home. In the most recent of their annual reports of home buyer profiles, the […]
The Right to Be Single
November 21, 2015 by
Now that all couples have a right to marry, can we now have a right to be single?
Nuclear Family Privilege: Naming It and Slaying It
October 12, 2015 by
Our organization is called Unmarried Equality for good reason. Those two words should go together. Only they don’t. If you are unmarried, you are unequal. Unequal under the law, unequal in the workplace, unequal in the marketplace, and unequal in everyday life.
Is Marriage a Greedy Institution?
September 14, 2015 by
[This is the sixth in my new series of monthly columns. The views expressed here are my own and not the official positions of Unmarried Equality.] In our matrimaniacal society, there is a lot of bedrock talk about marriage. The institution, we are told, is the bedrock of society, the very foundation of civilization. It […]
Housing Discrimination against People Who Are Not Married: What We Just Don’t Get
August 16, 2015 by
[This is the fifth in my new series of monthly columns. The views expressed here are my own and not the official positions of Unmarried Equality.] When advocates for same-sex marriage tried to make their case, there was one obstacle they did not often face – they did not have to persuade many people that […]
Now It’s Really Time for Unmarried Equality
July 18, 2015 by
[This is the fourth in my new series of monthly columns. The views expressed here are my own and not the official positions of Unmarried Equality.] Now that the Supreme Court, in Obergefell v. Hodges, has made same-sex marriage legal across the land, one of the most popular questions has been, “What’s next?” I think […]
UE Statement on Obergefell v. Hodges
June 27, 2015 by
Unmarried Equality joins in the celebration of the Supreme Court’s long overdue decision that marriage will now be a CHOICE for all! We also call on the U.S. to remember all of us are not married — single people and those in relationships who choose not to marry or cannot marry for a variety of […]
3 Roads to Social Justice – For Lasting Change, We Must Follow Them All
June 14, 2015 by
[This is the third in my new series of monthly columns. The views expressed here are my own and not the official positions of Unmarried Equality.] “Unmarried Equality (UE) advocates for equality and fairness for unmarried people, including people who are single, choose not to marry, cannot marry, or live together before marriage.” That’s the […]
UE is Seeking New Members for our Board
August 23, 2014 by
Unmarried Equality is seeking individuals willing to serve on our board of directors. The main commitment for board members is to be on monthly board meeting conference calls that last about an hour. The board also has standing committees that can take an hour or two per month of your time. Being a board member […]
