The Alliance for Marriage has pushed for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages nationwide.

The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford is in Hartford, Conn. Estelle Kafer is executive director.

The Alliance Defense Fund opposes same-sex marriage and efforts to circumvent DOMA.

The United for Marriage Coalition is an umbrella group advocating for marriage rights for gays and lesbians. Faith groups (and nontheist organizations) are among the group’s members.

Lambda Legal works to achieve full recognition of rights, including marriage, for LGBT people.

The Interfaith Alliance is the national nonpartisan advocacy voice of the interfaith movement. Media inquiries can be submitted through a form on the alliance’s website.

The New York City-based organization Freedom to Marry is working to obtain same-sex marriage rights nationwide and to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Evan Wolfson is president.

Bikkurim: An Incubator for New Jewish Ideas is an entrepreneurial organization that supports, develops and promotes new ideas in the Jewish community in North America. It has provided seed money and support to a range of groups, including those that encourage Jewish stewardship of the environment, promote Jewish heritage, produce Jewish music and engage in cross-cultural […]

Rabbi Eric Yoffie is the president emeritus of the Union for Reform Judaism.