Identity and Equity

Marriage Equality and Social Change: Lessons for Advocates

May 5, 2015  • Justice and Society Program

Advocates for same-sex marriage turned public opinion in states around the nation — as measured by polls and in voting booths —with astonishing rapidity. At the same time, litigation in the Proposition 8 cases in California made a powerful rights argument for marriage equality. How that two-pronged approach to change-making was used, and how it is being studied by other advocates,is the topic of this panel discussion that marks the release of Professor Kenji Yoshino’s new book, “Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial.”

With panelists:
KENJI YOSHINO
Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law,
New York University School of Law

EVAN WOLFSON
Founder and President,
Freedom to Marry

JOHN FEINBLATT
President of Everytown for Gun Safety

Moderated by
MERYL CHERTOFF
Executive Director, The Aspen Institute Justice & Society Program