Post by Laura Kiritsy, Manager of Public Education
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| GLAD Civil Rights Project Director Mary Bonauto (right) discusses DOMA and the Supreme Court on the Rachel Maddow Show March 27 |
On the heels of two of the most exciting and important days
in recent LGBT history – the Supreme Court arguments in the Perry and Windsor cases – our own Mary L. Bonauto gave her expert analysis on
the arguments in a conference call with GLAD’s Equal Justice Council late last
week. Not surprisingly, we had the most RSVPs we’ve ever had for one of our
monthly EJC calls.
Before
summarizing Mary’s analysis, allow me to kvell for a moment, and point you
toward a recent New York Times profile
that does a fantastic job detailing Mary’s and GLAD’s historic and strategic
contributions to the marriage movement, work that made last week’s Supreme
Court showdown possible. She also wound up on Rachel
Maddow’s show –– and went head
to head with the Family Research Council’s Ken Klukowski on PBS News Hour, among several other media
appearances.
Now, a few highlights of Mary’s analysis, which was offered
with the caveat that she was giving her “tentative impressions” of the
arguments and the questions the justices asked, rather than making a prediction
about case outcomes.
