On October 11th, dozens of Fairness WV supporters marched alongside tens of thousands of people from across the country at the National Equality March in Washington, DC. Click here for slideshow of pictures from the event. Enjoy!

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If you're planning on coming to the National Equality March this Sunday in Washington, D.C., march with Fairness West Virginia.

We've updated our earlier announcement and changed locations. We'll all be meeting up before that march at the Starbucks at 14th and New York Avenue NW - just a few blocks south of the McPherson Square metro station on the Orange/Blue lines.

I'll be there at 11. We'll all head over to the march, just a few blocks away, around 11:45. Hope to see you there!

Are you planning on attending the National Equality March on October 11th in Washington, D.C.? If so, march with us!

Here are the details so far:

1. West Virginia folks will be meeting prior to the march at 11 a.m. at Capitol Lounge (229 Pennsylvania Ave NW, near the Capitol South metro stop). Some folks from Fairness WV will be there and it’ll be a great way to meet other supporters.
2. The march will begin at noon somewhere near the grounds of the U.S. Capital building.

I’ve set up some message boards on the Fairness WV site for those of you looking to carpool or if you just want to share ideas. Check it out here: http://www.fairnesswv.org/?q=forum. 

There is a whole weekend of events planned if you make it up on Saturday. Here’s the official schedule for the weekend: http://nem.gaycities.com/events/655-national-equality-march-guide/more.

While I’m a proud West Virginian, I currently live in Washington so if you have any questions about the city—parking, getting around, attractions—don’t hesitate to contact me. I’d be happy to help.

During today's joint judiciary committee hearing, lawmakers and advocates will be discussing an unnecessary "marriage protection" amendment. Fairness West Virginia will be there testifying and sending updates from the hearing.

Follow the action at our Twitter account (you don't have to sign up to see the updates!).

Today, in a unamious ruling, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing gay foster parents in Fayette County.

In a unanimous decision released on Friday, the justices determined that Fayette Circuit Judge Paul Blake erred when he allowed the state Department of Health and Human Resources to approve the infant's removal from her foster home.

The child had lived with Kathryn Kutil and Cheryl Hess, a same-sex
couple who had already been approved as foster parents, for her entire
life after having been born to drug-addicted mother in December 2007.

Blake agreed with Thomas Fast, the child's court-appointed
guardian-ad-litem, and the DHHR's recommendation to relocate the child,
and decided that the child would be better off in a home with a
"traditional" family, i.e. a married mother and father.

This is great news for West Virginia families. According to the opinion from the court:

"It is more than apparent that the only reason why [Kutil and Hess]were being replaced as foster care providers was to promote the adoption of [the child] by what [Blake] called in his November 12, 2008, order a 'traditionally defined family, that is, a family consisting of both a mother and a father,'" the opinion reads.

A great way to end the week!

Fairness held an event in Morgantown yesterday to grow support for SB 238. WVU's Daily Athenaeum wrote about the event.

The Blue Moose Cafe will host a rally Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to
raise awareness for Senate Bill 238, which, if passed, will ban
discrimination based on sexual orientation.