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The Unsinkable Molly McKay
Molly McKay, National Media Director of Marriage Equality USA, has not let the defeat of gay marriage in California beat her. She has re-doubled her efforts to fight Prop 8 and is leading rallies across the state with her inevitable, wonderfully positive songs.
A round of applause, please, for the Unsinkable Molly McKay!
About Molly
Since, 1998, Molly McKay has been active in the fight to secure marriage equality for same-sex couples through grassroots organizing. She is currently the National Media Director of Marriage Equality USA®.
She and her wife, Davina Kotulski co-founded the annual national marriage counter actions on Freedom to Marry Day in 2001 where same-sex couples request marriage licenses at their local marriage counters to render the discrimination visible and tell their stories of how they are harmed by the inability to marry. Molly and Davina were one of the first couples to be married in San Francisco in 2004 (later nullified by the California Supreme Court) and re-married on their 12th anniversary in September 2008.
As former Field Director for Equality California, she led the statewide field efforts responsible for passing the historic "Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act" through both the California Senate and Assembly in 2005 (this bill was later vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger).
She is featured in several documentaries including: "Freedom to Marry: Journey to Justice," "Pursuit of Equality: The Unfinished Work of American Democracy" and "I Will, I Do, I Did" and has been a featured keynote speaker (and signer) at innumberable local, state and national rallies and outreach events and has debated opponents on CNN, Chris Matthew's Hardball and CBS Evening News with Katie Curic. She recently travelled to New Dehli, India to discuss the international movement to secure equality for LGBT people.
McKay has been recognized for her contributions including Alice B. Toklas Community Service Award (2008), GLOBE Community Service Award (2008), Harvey Milk Democratic Club Community Service Award (2005), "Saints Alive" award from the San Francisco Metropolitan Community Church (2004) and was "sainted" by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (2004) and "Defenders of Love" Award from the East Bay Pride Committee (2003) for her activism and advocacy on behalf of full marriage equality for all couples.
Molly McKay is a practicing attorney who graduated from UC Hastings in 1996.
For more information on how you can join Molly in the fight for marriage equality, visit marriageequality.org.
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