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LGBT activists too focused on marriage, coalition says

It is about time!

The 25-page document released Wednesday suggests that same-sex marriage is diverting too many resources that could be used to fight for equality for others who have no plans to marry.

"Marriage is not the only worthy form of family or relationship and it should not be legally and economically privileged above all others," says the statement, which outlines central principles such as separation of church and state, access to health care and housing and freedom from state regulation of sexual lives, gender choices and identities and expressions.

The statement's authors assert that focusing on marriage equality as a standalone issue has "left us isolated and vulnerable to a virulent backlash."