A Constitution Day Panel: Marriage Equality and Beyond; University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 9/17/15

University of Pittsburgh School of Law; A Constitution Day Panel: Marriage Equality and Beyond:

"Marriage Equality and Beyond: An Armchair Discussion of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Fight for Marriage Equality, and the Future of the LGBT Civil Rights Movement

Moderator: William M. Carter Jr. Professor and Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Please join us for a special Constitution Day program, featuring attorney Evan Wolfson, who often is credited with being the founder and leader of the same-sex marriage movement. Wolfson, along with Pitt Law Professor Anthony Infanti, will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges; the history of the effort to attain marriage equality for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community; and what legal and social challenges lie ahead for the community. Rounding out the discussion will be PA Representative Dan B. Frankel who represents the 23rd District.

Evan Wolfson is founder and president of Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage equality nationwide. He wrote his Harvard Law School thesis in 1983 on gay people and the freedom to marry, served as cocounsel in the historic Hawaii marriage case that launched the ongoing global movement for the freedom to marry, and has participated in numerous gay rights and HIV/AIDS cases. Citing his national leadership on marriage and his appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, The National Law Journal in 2000 named Wolfson one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America. Newsweek and the Daily Beast dubbed him “the godfather of gay marriage,” and TIME magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004. In 2012, he received the Barnard Medal of Distinction alongside President Barack Obama.

This program is free and open to the public."