Chelsea Clinton Dials for N.Y. Marriage

Following on the heels of Bill Clinton putting his weight behind New York's equality push, The Advocate's Julie Bolcer reports that daughter Chelsea Clinton helped kick off statewide phone banking efforts in Manhattan.

“I was very grateful that my father gave me yet another reason to be proud this morning,” Chealsea said in the article. She was speaking to a group of aprroximately 50 volunteers at the headquarters of 1199 SEIU in Midtown. “I am unabashedly biased toward my parents, and I am also unabashedly biased toward the right to marry.”

Volunteers continue to be recruited by the New Yorkers United for Marriage coalition, which includes HRC, Empire State Pride Agenda, Freedom to Marry, the Log Cabin Republicans of New York, and Marriage Equality New York. The 3-1/2 hour sessions take place twice per week on Mondays and Thursdays, becoming more frequent as an anticipated vote on marriage equality nears in the state legislature.

Clinton added to her comments, saying, “I also know, having grown up in politics, that sometimes we need to help politicians do the right things, and that we need to help constituents understand what’s really at stake and how best to not only push but also thank their representatives.”

Read the full story on The Advocate.

Following on the heels of Bill Clinton putting his weight behind New York's equality push, The Advocate's Julie Bolcer reports that daughter Chelsea Clinton helped kick off statewide phone banking efforts in Manhattan.

“I was very grateful that my father gave me yet another reason to be proud this morning,” Chealsea said in the article. She was speaking to a group of aprroximately 50 volunteers at the headquarters of 1199 SEIU in Midtown. “I am unabashedly biased toward my parents, and I am also unabashedly biased toward the right to marry.”

Volunteers continue to be recruited by the New Yorkers United for Marriage coalition, which includes HRC, Empire State Pride Agenda, Freedom to Marry, the Log Cabin Republicans of New York, and Marriage Equality New York. The 3-1/2 hour sessions take place twice per week on Mondays and Thursdays, becoming more frequent as an anticipated vote on marriage equality nears in the state legislature.

Clinton added to her comments, saying, “I also know, having grown up in politics, that sometimes we need to help politicians do the right things, and that we need to help constituents understand what’s really at stake and how best to not only push but also thank their representatives.”

Read the full story on The Advocate.