All of our recent media appearances

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Recent media appearances:

November 8, 2011: Readers of USA Today met AtMP board member Kevin Maillard, in a discussion on the growing number and acceptance of interracial marriages.

September 7, 2011: Readers of MSNBC met AtMP's board member Tom Amoroso, and learned that some doctors take extra precautions when treating hospital patients who live alone. While some patients feel they have no one to turn to, many receive great support from their 'care circle' of friends. 

August 22, 2011: Readers of the Washington Times met AtMP's board chair Ann Schranz, who explained the importance of relationships being mutually supportive and caring. These types of relationships positively affect everyone involved and society as a whole. Do you agree the quality of a relationship trumps marital status?

August 19, 2011: Readers of LearnVest might have been surprised to hear most couples marrying today cohabited first. Are you looking for advice on how to prepare for moving in with your partner(s)? We hope you find their tips helpful.

June 19, 2011: Readers of the New York Times met AtMP's board chair Ann Schranz, and learned that we value health of relationships, not the form of relationships.  AtMP introduced the Times reporter to Ms. Einhorn about a year ago.  Sharing stories about unmarried life is an important way to change culture and politics.  Please tell us if you'd share yours too!

May 26, 2011: Readers of VOA met AtMP's, Nicky Grist in a debate among experts on delaying marriage and marital status discrimination. We hope you agree it's most important that individuals in unmarried relationships can care for each other. 

April 26, 2011: Readers of Alternet were surprised to hear about government-sponsored marriage promotion. Are you looking for non-judgmental information about unmarried parenting?  Have you experienced disrespect or discrimination as an unmarried parent?  Please tell us your story - it will help us be better advocates.     

February 15, 2011: Readers of Ehow didn't get a lecture from us on the dis/advantages of un/marriage.  Here you'll find tons of tips, facts, and personal insights, as well as policy recommendations for how to make life more fair for everyone.  Check out our newly upgraded sections on Living Together, Living Single, and other ways to be unmarried!

January 10, 2011: Readers of Huffington Post's new divorce section saw our suggestion that unmarried partners have cohabitation agreements, as well as wills.  Get sample agreements and tips for writing them here.

December 20, 2010: Readers of the New York Times met AtMP's executive director, Nicky Grist, in a debate among experts on marriage, cohabitation and remarriage.  We hope you agree that helping diverse caring relationships is good for everyone, and we hope you'll join us!

December 19, 2010: Readers of the Baltimore Sun learned that AtMP "advocates for state and federal laws that don't give special treatment to married couples." With only 8.6% of your city's households containing married couples with children, and only 23% in Maryland and nationwide, doesn't that sound like a good idea? 

December 16, 2010: Readers of Alternet met AtMP board member Kevin Maillard, a law professor with his own unmarried relationship contract and a realistic appraisal of the types of contracts that courts will uphold.  If you're thinking about writing your own relationship contract, check out these resources.

December 7, 2010: Readers of the Washington Post's "On Faith" panel discussion about marriage: What do you think about Tom Flynn's secular preference for civil unions? If you're a different-sex couple living in Illinois, Nevada or DC, would you choose a civil union or domestic partnership instead of marriage?

November 22, 2010: Readers of SmartMoney.com learned about the potential costs of re-marriage from AtMP's Nicky Grist, as well as members Raymond & Kristina. 

November 18, 2010: Listneners of Together Again on Blogtalk Radio heard an hour-long discussion with executive director Nicky Grist, covering today's buzz about a study showing 40% of Americans believe marriage is obsolete, plus so much more!  Click here to download - the interview starts at 30:00.

November 18, 2010: Would you blend your households if you and your partner both had kids from previous relationships?  What are the alternatives to remarriage?  Read about the creative reality enjoyed by many of today's complex families, including AtMP member Jenni in MN.

November 1, 2010: Readers of GetCurrency now know that domestic partner health benefits may be within reach.  Learn more about how to get benefits, where to register your partnership, and even better ways to secure healthcare for everyone, partnered or not!

October 12, 2010: Readers of Bioethics Forum got a good overview of how hospital visitation rules should be improved so all patients can be supported by their beloved people. Learn more about our work on hospital rights, including easy steps everyone should take!

October 11, 2010: Readers of the Fiscal Times, which quotes AtMP members Michele & Gray, may have lots in common with them, and with so many other couples considering the financial impact of getting married. AtMP wants everyone to be legally and economically free to choose marriage or other healthy relationships. Meanwhile, check out our practical tips and help us call for change.

October 1, 2010: Readers in Milwaukee, where unmarried people are in the majority, have come to the right place for realistic and practical ideas about being unmarried.

September 20, 2010: Readers of Change.org, read a report on AtMP's 'care time' campaign.  Have you ever been denied time off work to take care of a friend or loved one?  Your stories will shape our campaign!  

September 19, 2010: Readers of Single Women Rule read Nicky Grist's guest post kicking off the beginning of Unmarried and Single Americans Week.  Follow guest bloggers all week long with the creative blog crawl, concluding right here with a post by Bella DePaulo next Saturday.

September 15, 2010: Readers in Kansas City and many other places carried the AP wire story about Americans' changing definition of family.  It quotes AtMP executive director Nicky Grist's reminder that political rhetoric about families can seem to leave out singles.  

September 1, 2010: Readers of the Ms. Magazine Blog: if you're questioning the legal and cultural dominance of marriage, you've come to the right place!

August 27, 2010: Readers in Fayetteville, NC saw just a few of the tips that AtMP's founders offered for how to succeed at living together before - or instead of - marriage. Get their top 10 tips here, free!  Ready to invest in your relationship?  Browse the bookstore for help with everything from important conversations to legal agreements.

August 23, 2010: Listeners of WFUV heard AtMP executive director Nicky Grist describe what can go wrong when hospitals don't let patients receive visits from their partners and friends, and how a new federal regulation can guarantee visitation rights for everyone.

August 20, 2010: KRCL listeners and readers of Q Salt Lake met our friend Dr. Bella DePaulo, who explained why Salt Lake City's 'adult designee' law does more for equality than Judge Walker's Prop 8 decision.

July 26, 2010: YouTubers have been watching "It's Time to End Marital Status Discrimination," a video by NOW's awsome chapter in Morris County NJ.  Don't miss the "three huge categories of discrimination" in Part 2, or the eye-openers about employment and adoption in Part 3 of this half-hour interview with Nicky Grist, AtMP's executive director.

July 12, 2010: Readers of the Chicago Tribune saw just a few of the tips that AtMP's founders offered for how to succeed at living together before - or instead of - marriage.  Get their top 10 tips here, free!  Ready to invest in your relationship?  Browse the bookstore for help with everything from important conversations to legal agreements.

June 21, 2010: California renters and housing advocates read the guest blog post by AtMP Communications Assistant Jessica Gafkowitz, titled Kagan Proves It's Time To Amend The Federal Fair Housing Act. Need we say more?

May 26, 2010: Readers in Memphis read the local buzz about FedEx, who is raising awareness about how many unmarried people need access to health insurance. Do you believe that domestic partner benefits should be widely available? Speak out here!

April 19, 2010: Readers of AdWeek read quotes by Nicky Grist on the diversity of the unmarried population. What are you doing to reach 100 million unmarried consumers?  You can start by learning about some of the issues that concern us, songs we like, and people we identify with.

April 16, 2010: Listeners of WFUV radio in New York heard Nicky Grist commend President Obama for telling hospitals to let patients receive visits from anyone they choose. Learn more about what the President's announcement does, and doesn't do.

April 14, 2010: Readers of Alternet met executive director Nicky Grist, as well as our friends David Hoffman and Dennis Ventry, as they explained how that neither hospital rights nor taxes are good reasons to get married.   

March 3, 2010: 'Successful LA singles!' got a taste of AtMP's command of statistics as well as our sense of romance at Singular City. Want to know more about our prescriptions for getting and keeping health insurance regardless of marriage?  Click here to download a free fact sheet (hint: print it out and give it to your boss!)

March 2, 2010: Chicagoans met Executive Director Nicky Grist and AtMP member Tom Giesler, among other singles and unmarried partners, in the Red Eye.  For over a decade, survey responses have shaped AtMP's advocacy on behalf of all unmarried people.  Take a minute to tell us your story!

March 1, 2010: Readers of LiveStrong, if you're looking for more detailed, practical and accurate information about cohabitation, you've come to the right place!  Explore the Living Together section for general information, then browse Facts and Fun for more specifics.  Wondering why so much media is biased against unmarried people?  Check out our assessment of the marriage movement.

February 17, 2010: Readers of The Faster Times are curious about the contrast between "A Little Bit Married" (a new book on relationships) and "Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Couple," by the founders of the Alternatives to Marriage Project. You'll find lots of updated information about living together here, and much more!

February 11, 2010: Readers in Vancouver, Canada are excited that the Winter Olympics are coming to town, and that satisfied singles are well represented in the WestEnder's issue on modern love.

January 3, 2010: Readers of the Boston Globe met Jay, Tom, Valerie and other AtMP members who discuss the realities of polyamory.  

December 18, 2009: Readers of the Work and Family Blog learned about proposals, including ours, to make health insurance and "family" leave more fair to unmarried people.  Read our backgrounders on how to achieve truly universal health care here, and follow ongoing health care campaigns and analysis on the Unmarried Blog.  

December 16, 2009: South Carolina's local newspapers quoted AtMP's perspective on common law marriage.  Tell us what you think: Should SC stop recognizing new common law marriages?  If you're curious about common law, check out our popular fact sheet.

November 4, 2009: Readers of Care2 met Meaghan Lamarre, the chair of AtMP's Board of Directors, through her first-person account of testifying on Washington D.C.'s proposal to recognize same-sex marriages and end domestic partnerships. Now you can watch her testify on YouTube!

November 2, 2009: Readers of Huffington Post and Psychology Today are among the first people to ever see a personal interview with AtMP's somewhat shy executive director, Nicky Grist.

October 8, 2009: Readers of Savage Love: Are you boycotting marriage until same-sex marriage is legal everywhere?  Or are you critical of marriage as a cultural institution?  Maybe you're ok with marriage as a religious/social idea but want it separate from law, economics and politics?  Everyone's welcome here!

September 28, 2009: Readers of the Washington Times read about AtMP's site as "a bounty of positive advice, resources and suggestions about living together" and about living single too in an article by staff writer Cheryl Wetzstein. 

September 18, 2009: Readers of the Chicago Sun-Times met AtMP members Tom Giesler, Yasmin Nair, Bella DePaulo and Tom Coleman in an article we helped put together about the beginning of Unmarried and Single Americans Week.

August 2, 2009: Readers of Free Inquiry learned about AtMP through editor Tom Flynn's commentary on behalf of "social-change activists http://www.unmarried.org/search.html?searchword=0

Unmarried Bliss: Living Happily Ever After Doesn't Necessarily Require a Marriage License by Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller.
This article, which appeared in the Providence Phoenix on January 8, 1999, is a good overview of the issues facing unmarried people. It's great to show to a relative or friend who just doesn't get it!

Southern Governors Declare War on Divorce, by Lisa Moricoli Latham
Salon.com, January 24, 2000
A reporter showed our 10 Problems with the National Marriage Project's Cohabitation Report to four prominent sociologists, and all agreed that our criticisms hit the mark.

Changing the Shape of the American Family, by Karen Peterson
USA Today, April 18, 2000
An overview of cohabitation

The Legal Path to Unmarried Bliss, by Karen Peterson
USA Today, April 18, 2000
Our recommendations for how unmarried couples can protect themselves legally

Wedded To Relationship But Not Marriage, by Karen Peterson
USA Today, April 18, 2000
A feature on Alternatives to Marriage Project members Janna Cordeiro and Sebastian Toomey