Important Announcements About the March for Marriage!

From Brian S. Brown, President
National Organization for Marriage

With the March for Marriage just over a week from now, emails are pouring in from around the country, excited individuals and groups are sharing their stories about making final plans to be with us in Washington, DC on March 26th to stand for marriage, family, and the liberties we hold dear.

The program for the March is also its final planning stages, and today I am very happy to announce a few exciting additions to the rally schedule:

Alongside the other great speakers we've already got lined up, we are very happy to add the name of Professor Robert Lopez, who gained national attention this past August with his heartfelt appeal in support of marriage, particularly in an article that tells his story "Growing Up with Two Moms: The Untold Children's View." I look forward along with you to hearing Professor Lopez at the March, giving his compassionate but honest assessment of the consequences of same-sex marriage for children in our society.

To help motivate and embolden us for the March, we will also be featuring some great live musical acts, and I'm very pleased to announce two of them today:

The Lee Boys, one of America's finest African-American sacred steel ensembles, consists of three brothers — Alvin, Derrick, and Keith Lee — along with three of their nephews. Their music is a unique style of Gospel with a hard-driving, blues-based beat, drawing influences from rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, funk, hip-hop and other genres. The Lee Boys have performed throughout Europe and North America. We are very pleased to welcome them to our stage for the March for Marriage!

Ultramontane is one of the most rousing, energetic, and eclectic acts you could ever have the chance to see. Their music has its roots in the Celtic folk tradition, but infuses styles from all around the world, especially Eastern European, as well as blending music genres from punk-rock to bluegrass! With rousing "dueling fiddles" in ensemble with varied instruments including fiddle, rhythm guitar, banjo, accordion, and world percussions, Ultramontane is sure to give our marches the smiling faces and the energy they'll need for the important work of the day.

Finally, I want to let you know that the March now has an official color scheme — what could be more appropriate than red, white, and blue for patriotic Americans who cherish so much the rights our ancestors bravely fought to pass on to us for the good of our families? We follow in some important footsteps with our March, knowing that it is now our task to stand in defense of the rights we cherish and to preserve them for future generations.

For the day of the March, we'll hope that our marchers will display the following colors prominently: Blue for Gentlemen marchers; Red for Lady marchers; and White for our boy and girl marchers.

We have more exciting things in store for those of you who can attend the March on March 26th in Washington, D.C. Please continue to check MarriageMarch.org for updates and spread the word by word of mouth, email, Facebook and Twitter!