The flag of equal marriage.
This is a protest flag for equal marriage rights in the United States. The flag only has two stars, for Connecticut and Massachusetts (the 5th and 6th states in the union), the only states with legalized gay marriage.
- Here are two tiny versions
of the flag for use on your website. - You can support equal marriage rights by buying a t-shirt, mug, or tote bag; proceeds will benefit Marriage Equality USA.
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The back story
in 1902, when the women's suffrage movement was just getting warmed up, the American flag had 45 stars:
(source: Flags of the World)
In protest, the suffragists created their own US flag with only four stars, representing the four states that allowed women to vote:
(source: The Oldest and Largest Herstory Site on the Internet)
This flag flew at the podium of the First International Womens Suffrage Conference in 1902, and it was my inspiration for a 2004 re-appropriation of the American flag. Unfortunately, three of the four states that were so progressive regarding women's suffrage in 1902 have state-wide gay marriage bans today. And today's American flag feels co-opted as a logo for pro-war nationalism and conservative "family values". So I'm taking it back for gay marriage.
I'll republish this flag with more stars when more states follow suit.
Buy a t-shirt, mug, or tote and let your feelings be known; proceeds will benefit Marriage Equality USA.
A few gay marriage resources
- Gay Marriage: The Arguments and the motives: An excellent personal essay by Scott Bidstrup
- Google "gay marriage" top news
- Boston.com Same-Sex Marriage Debate Page
The Rest
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