The internet site WikiLeaks is credited with helping topple the regime in Tunisia, and exposing a variety of U.S. government secrets. Its founder, Julian Assange is in London fighting extradition to Sweden in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct. Assange's troubles have complicated his quest for making classified information public.
Last week I told you about the launch of Why Marriage Matters, Freedom to Marry's groundbreaking new national public education campaign. Why Marriage Matters will use every means of reaching people -- TV, radio, internet, and your participation -- to spur conversations that change hearts and minds. Our goal: growing the majority for marriage by persuading the reachable-but-not-yet-reached 5-15% of the public.
Today, Valentine's Day, I have some super exciting news.
Freedom to Marry is launching the initial Why Marriage Matters television ad in a national ad buy. Believe it or not, the ad will run multiple times today on
CNN during the primetime hours of noon to 10 p.m. in all 50 states.
The ad features loving and committed couples, both gay and straight, talking about the meaning of marriage in their lives. We are going to get people talking -- in the language that will move the middle.
Watch the ad and donate to Freedom to Marry to help run more ads like this.
http://freedomtomarry.org/MoreAdsAcross the country, the thinking of many Americans -- from the president to the people next door -- continues to, as
President Obama put it, 'evolve' toward support for marriage for same-sex couples. To accelerate this evolution, Freedom to Marry has pledged to raise and spend $10 million over the next three years to increase majority support.
With your help, we'll be able to run more ads to elevate the national conversation around marriage and grow and diversify the majority for marriage.
Watch the ad and make a donation to Freedom to Marry:
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A new nationwide study has found a sharp rise since the mid-1990s in the number of young Americans being hospitalized for strokes, even as the number of elderly Americans admitted for strokes showed a significant decline. VOA's Vidushi Sinha has details.
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