Podcasts about Freedom to Marry

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit davidlat.substack.comHappy Pride—and happy June 26. As the Supreme Court hands down its final decisions of the Term over the next few days, it's worth reflecting on how June 26 is the day the Court issued three of its landmark gay-rights decisions: Lawrence v. Texas (2003), United States v. Windsor (2013), and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015).Obergefell was issued in 2015, the same year that my husband Zach and I got married. And I would say that we—and really all married same-sex couples in the United States—owe a debt of gratitude to my podcast guest for today: Evan Wolfson, founder of Freedom to Marry, the groundbreaking campaign that won marriage equality in the United States and ignited a global movement. Evan has garnered many awards for his work over the years, including recognition as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by The National Law Journal and one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine.What led Evan to focus his career on the fight for same-sex marriage? What was his thinking in launching Freedom to Marry? What are some secrets of the success of the marriage-equality movement? And what lessons can it offer to other struggles for social justice?Check out our conversation to learn all this and more. Thanks to Evan for joining me—and for his decades of work in advancing marriage equality and LGBTQ rights, both in the United States and around the globe.Show Notes:* Evan Wolfson bio, Dentons* What the Freedom to Marry Campaign Can Teach Middle East Peacemakers, by Evan Wolfson for U.S. News & World ReportPrefer reading to listening? For paid subscribers, a transcript of the entire episode appears below.Sponsored by:NexFirm helps Biglaw attorneys become founding partners. To learn more about how NexFirm can help you launch your firm, call 212-292-1000 or email careerdevelopment at nexfirm dot com.

Black History Month is a time for recognition, reflection, and inspiration as we acknowledge the contributions of African Americans to the progress of the United States. Dr. Nanika Coor introduces listeners to the landmark Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia that gave interracial couples nationwide the right to be legally married. Read the transcript on Quick and Dirty Tips. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the newsletter for more parenting tips. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.  Links:  https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/QDTProjectParenthood https://twitter.com/qdtparenthood

Evan Wolfson joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about founding Freedom to Marry, setting the gay marriage strategy and serving as President until their 2015 victory and how he now helps other social movements with their strategy.

An excerpt from Reflections on Marriage by Bob Garron (excuse the background noise)

In this week's headlines: • Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey had a really, really bad week • A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump's ban on transgender service members in the U.S. military • Don't miss the marriage equality documentary, “The Freedom To Marry,” now on Netflix • The first openly gay winner of “The Voice Australia” released his latest single, a marriage equality anthem as the mail-in same-sex marriage survey comes to a close All that and more on this episode of The Randy Report

In this week's headlines: • Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey had a really, really bad week • A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump's ban on transgender service members in the U.S. military • Don't miss the marriage equality documentary, “The Freedom To Marry,” now on Netflix • The first openly gay winner of “The Voice Australia” released his latest single, a marriage equality anthem as the mail-in same-sex marriage survey comes to a close All that and more on this episode of The Randy Report

On this episode of "Out Here in America," Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson, and Eddie Rosenstein, director of the new documentary “The Freedom to Marry,” join host Justin Mitchell and a live audience at the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education near Biloxi, Miss., to talk about the battle for nationwide marriage equality, and the progress the LGBTQ community can still make in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RADIO DREAMS, winner of the 45th Rotterdam International Film Festival’s Tiger Award, is the newest feature film from Iranian-British director Babak Jalali (FRONTIER BLUES). RADIO DREAMS creates the bizarre yet very real world of PARS-FM - a Farsi-language radio station broadcasting from the heart of San Francisco. The story unfolds over a single day as the station’s program manager, Hamid - a brilliant, misunderstood Iranian writer (played by the “Iranian Bob Dylan” Mohsen Namjoo) - prepares for a triumphant broadcast - a live performance pairing Metallica and Kabul Dreams, Afghanistan’s first rock band. Meanwhile, Hamid must juggle a dysfunctional mix of on-air talent, station managers, and performers while fending off the owner’s plans to wrest control of the station. RADIO DREAMS brings to life the sometimes bizarre experience of immigrants pursuing dreams in the U.S.A. with the perfect mixture of honesty, art, and socio-political topicality served up in an ingenious, offbeat transmission. For news and updates go to: radiodreamsthemovie.com facebook.com/radiodreamsmovie

On March 29, the NARO will air the new non-fiction film "The Freedom to Marry." The film explores the history of one of the most successful civil rights movements in America with insight from some of its key players. Today we're joined by Attorney General Mark Herring and Tony London for a discussion about the film and the battle for same-sex marriage legislation.

Katharine Murphy and Gabrielle Chan look back on the issue of the week: 18C. It is unlikely the legislation will pass the Senate but if the government was serious about freedom of speech would it really be focussed on the Racial Discrimination Act?

Paul Booth reviews THE FREEDOM TO MARRY coming to NYC (Village East) March 3rd and Los Angeles (Laemmle Monica) March 10th.

We’ve got movies coming out the wazoo this week! First, Dave and Kris tackle the ambitious Harry Potter prequel FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (at 4:00), which tries to cram five movies into one. Much to their annoyance, only three of those five movies are good. Next, Dave explores NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (at 24:56), writer/director/fashion designer Tom Ford’s sophomore film. It has two stories about toxic masculinity that don’t add up to a whole movie, so during the review Kris develops a new segment called “Dr. Kris, Medicine Man,” where he shares how he’d fix the film. Following that segment, Dave offers his brief thoughts on the music documentaries OASIS: SUPERSONIC and RUSH: TIME STAND STILL, which only seem to be for diehard fans. Evan bats cleanup with three more movies from the Boston Jewish Film Festival (at 51:00): the mediocre crime thriller GRAIN OF TRUTH, the emotionally compelling documentary FREEDOM TO MARRY, and the thought-provoking comedy doc THE LAST LAUGH.

Vitaly Bokser interviews Eddie Rosenstein, the Director / Producer behind “Sandhogs” doc about NYC Water Tunnel Workers, and “Freedom To Marry”, a film about the gay rights movement to secure Marriage Rights. check it out here http://freedomtomarrymovie.com/ BOATLIFT : 9/11 Doc Narrated by Tom Hanks Follow me: CinemaDP on Twitter

Vitaly Bokser interviews Eddie Rosenstein, the Director / Producer behind “Sandhogs” doc about NYC Water Tunnel Workers, and “Freedom To Marry”, a film about the gay rights movement to secure Marriage Rights. check it out here http://freedomtomarrymovie.com/ BOATLIFT : 9/11 Doc Narrated by Tom Hanks Follow me: CinemaDP on Twitter

Vitaly Bokser interviews Eddie Rosenstein, the Director / Producer behind “Sandhogs” doc about NYC Water Tunnel Workers, and “Freedom To Marry”, a film about the gay rights movement to secure Marriage Rights. check it out here http://freedomtomarrymovie.com/ BOATLIFT : 9/11 Doc Narrated by Tom Hanks Follow me: CinemaDP on Twitter

Vitaly Bokser interviews Eddie Rosenstein, the Director / Producer behind “Sandhogs” doc about NYC Water Tunnel Workers, and “Freedom To Marry”, a film about the gay rights movement to secure Marriage Rights. check it out here http://freedomtomarrymovie.com/ BOATLIFT : 9/11 Doc Narrated by Tom Hanks Follow me: CinemaDP on Twitter

On August 6 at noon, Peter Wallenstein delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Quest for Loving: Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry." Mildred Jeter was not a white woman. Richard Loving, all agreed, was a white man. So Virginia state law not only rendered their 1958 marriage illegal but also required a penalty for it of at least a year in prison. Circuit Court Judge Leon F. Bazile chose, though, to suspend their prison sentences if they agreed to leave the state. After a few years of exile, the Lovings sought legal assistance to let them return home, and this they obtained from Bernard S. Cohen and Philip J. Hirschkop. The court appeal elicited from the judge a declaration that “Almighty God created the races” and, intending that they never cross racial lines and marry, “placed them on separate continents.” Two young lovers, two young lawyers, and an elderly local judge—this talk explores their tangled biographies on the way toward a breakthrough Supreme Court ruling in 1967, a ruling that resonates down to the present. Peter Wallenstein is an award-winning professor of history at Virginia Tech. His many books include Cradle of America: A History of Virginia and Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry: Loving v. Virginia.

On August 6, 2015, Peter Wallenstein delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Quest for Loving: Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry." Mildred Jeter was not a white woman. Richard Loving, all agreed, was a white man. So Virginia state law not only rendered their 1958 marriage illegal but also required a penalty for it of at least a year in prison. Circuit Court Judge Leon F. Bazile chose, though, to suspend their prison sentences if they agreed to leave the state. After a few years of exile, the Lovings sought legal assistance to let them return home, and this they obtained from Bernard S. Cohen and Philip J. Hirschkop. The court appeal elicited from the judge a declaration that “Almighty God created the races” and, intending that they never cross racial lines and marry, “placed them on separate continents.” Two young lovers, two young lawyers, and an elderly local judge—this talk explores their tangled biographies on the way toward a breakthrough Supreme Court ruling in 1967, a ruling that resonates down to the present. Peter Wallenstein is an award-winning professor of history at Virginia Tech. His many books include Cradle of America: A History of Virginia and Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry: Loving v. Virginia. The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

June 26, 2015 The Supreme Court Rules All 50 States Legal in a historic 5-4 decision. LouddMouthradio.com & MayDay Equality host the No Ordinary Love LGBTQ Wedding Ceremony weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida June 25-27, 2015. Sonny & Jazzie reports live from Tampa Bay and what this means for LGBTQ nationwide.  http://www.louddmouthradio.com/no-ordinary-love-lgbt222.html  

OUTSpoken boyz interview Freedom to Marry.

A discussion with leaders of Freedom to Marry and the National Rifle Association. What can we learn from their success in changing U.S. constitutional law? Speakers: David Cole, David Keene, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Evan Wolfson. (Recorded: Jan 23, 2014)

Evan Wolfson is Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide. Before founding Freedom to Marry, Evan served as marriage project […] The post I14 – Interview with Evan Wolfson from Freedom to Marry appeared first on A Shanty No Lemon / Gay Comedy Podcast / This Week In Gay.

Evan Wolfson, Founder and Executive Director of Freedom to Marry discuses status of same-sex marriage. Commentary - Why marriage is important.

Margaret Cho Cho's performance at the benefit wedROCK supporting equal right for same-sex marriage. 21 MB (21 min) http://indieville.net/podcasts/DS_20033_cho.mp3wedROCK: A Benefit Concert for Freedom To MarryHowever you feel about the institution, are we really going to sit back and let Bush enshrine fear and loathing into the Constitution?” – John Cameron Mitchell“Being a real American, all about that freedom, I can’t think of anything more hateful and Un-American than someone taking the time to block the union of two people: When I see the happiness of the faces of the same sex couples as they take their vows, it’s so completely wonderful and brave and American.” – Henry Rollins“ The fact that the right is making a gigantic moral issue of gay marriage should outrage most Americans. If you take the religious argument out of the picture, you eliminate a lot of therhetoric that the Right base their arguments on.” – Bob MouldYou can always visit http://indieville.net for more information about indie events and other cool stuff!Enjoy!WED ROCK, MARGRET CHO, COMEDIAN INTERVIEW, CHO INTERVIEW, COMEDIAN PODCAST, COMEDY AUDIO, COMEDY MP3