Same-Sex Marriage - AllFacebook http://allfacebook.com The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More! Copyright 2013 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 How The Equality Symbol Spread Through Facebook On March 26, several people all over Facebook changed their profile photos to red and light-shaded equality signs in support of the Human Rights Campaign and same-sex marriage. While Facebook couldn’t track specifically the numbers of those who changed their profile pictures to this image, the site’s data science team tracked how many users changed their profile photos that day — an increase of 120 percent.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/how-the-equality-symbol-spread-through-facebook_b114145#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/how-the-equality-symbol-spread-through-facebook_b114145 http://allfacebook.com/?p=114145 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:01:22 +0000 Facebook Talk Meter: Equality Top Term Related To Supreme Court Same-Sex-Marriage Arguments This week’s Supreme Court hearings on two cases related to same-sex marriage have taken over many a Facebook News Feed, and according to a post on the LGBTQ@Facebook page, “equality” was the top related term on the Facebook Talk Meter.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/facebook-talk-meter-equality_b113913#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-talk-meter-equality_b113913 http://allfacebook.com/?p=113913 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:20:54 +0000 HRC Red Equal Sign In Support Of Same-Sex Marriage Goes Viral On Facebook Facebook users who are puzzled by seeing red equal signs all over their News Feeds, here’s what they’re all about: With the Supreme Court hearing arguments Tuesday on California’s Proposition 8, which mandates that the state recognize only marriages between men and women, Human Rights Campaign is urging Facebook users who support same-sex marriage to change their profile pictures to the red equal sign image.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/hrc-red-equal-sign_b113826#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/hrc-red-equal-sign_b113826 http://allfacebook.com/?p=113826 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:40:37 +0000 Facebook Backs Same-Sex Marriage In Supreme Court Filings Facebook joined the growing list of companies expressing their support for same-sex marriage, announcing in a post on its LGBTQ@Facebook page that it will submit briefs on the topic to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/same-sex-marriage-supreme-court_b111709#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/same-sex-marriage-supreme-court_b111709 http://allfacebook.com/?p=111709 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:30:09 +0000 Dr Pepper Evolution Ad On Facebook Leads To Controversy Beverage company Dr Pepper became the latest brand on Facebook to discover that when interacting with a social network that boasts more than 955 million average monthly users, many of those users lack a sense of humor.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/dr-pepper-evolution-ad_b99719#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/dr-pepper-evolution-ad_b99719 http://allfacebook.com/?p=99719 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:08:21 +0000 Did Chick-Fil-A Create The Facebook Profile Of Abby Farle? Not long after Atlanta-based fast food restaurant Chick-Fil-A was grilled on Facebook for its stance on gay marriage, the company is under fire again for its use of the social network. Various outlets reported that Chick-Fil-A opened a Facebook account as a teenage girl named Abby Farle as a way to argue claims in a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page, but a Chick-Fil-A spokeswoman told AllFacebook that this is false.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/chick-fil-a-abby-farle_b95527#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/chick-fil-a-abby-farle_b95527 http://allfacebook.com/?p=95527 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:33:33 +0000 Russian Orthodox Community Targets Facebook Over Same-Sex Marriage Icons Facebook’s introduction earlier this month of icons depicting same-sex marriage drew the ire of religious activists in Russia, who mounted a campaign to ban the social network in the country.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/russian-orthodox-same-sex-marriage-icons_b94411#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/russian-orthodox-same-sex-marriage-icons_b94411 http://allfacebook.com/?p=94411 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:34:32 +0000 Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes And Longtime Boyfriend Tie The Knot Not long after Facebook announced same-sex marriage icons, the social network’s co-founder, Chris Hughes, posted to his page that he married his longtime boyfriend, Sean Eldridge.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/facebook-chris-hughes-marriage_b93530#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-chris-hughes-marriage_b93530 http://allfacebook.com/?p=93530 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:40:18 +0000 Facebook Adds Icons For Same-Sex Marriage Facebook followed up last year’s additions of in a civil union and in a domestic partnership as relationship status options with the introduction of new same-sex marriage icons, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced.

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