March Forth on March Fourth!
Dear NCLR Champion,
In mid-February I grabbed some sandwiches and headed to the top of a neighborhood overlooking the Castro and the city of San Francisco. As I sat in the living room of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon enjoying the spectacular view from the small cottage they have shared together for decades, I thought how lucky I am . . . On this particularly beautiful February day, the three of us reminisced about what we were doing four-years ago at about this very same time. We, and the entire City of San Francisco, were living through the electric and historic "marrage moment". On February 12, 2004, I picked Del and Phyllis up at 8:30 a.m. and we drove to City Hall, where they became the first couple to be married after Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the City and County of San Francisco to begin issuing marriage licenses to lesbian and gay couples. That day, and the 30 days that followed were among the most enthralling and exhilarating of my life. On March 4, those adrenaline days come full circle with our oral argument before the California State Supreme Court challenging the exclusion of lesbian and gay couples from the right to marry.
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Watch history in the making!
On March 4, 2008 at 9:00 a.m., the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in In re Marriage Cases, which challenges the constitutionality of state laws that discriminate against same-sex couples in marriage. NCLR Legal Director Shannon Minter will appear before the court in this historic case.
Watch the arguments online:
California Channel Live Webcast
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Watch the arguments on TV in California:
California Channel Live TV Broadcast click here for your local channel listing http://www.nclrights.org/site
Watch the arguments on TV in the Bay Area:
San Francisco Government Television (SFGTV) Channel 26
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Watch oral arguments at the California Supreme Court
Due to the large number of parties in these cases, seating in the courtroom is already reserved. However, public viewing of the oral arguments will be available on closed circuit television in an overflow viewing auditorium in the Milton Marks Conference Center.
Hiram Johnson State Office Building, Lower Level
455 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California
Watch oral arguments at UC Hastings College of Law
University of California Hastings College of Law is offering a live TV feed of the oral arguments, and is open to the general public. Panel discussion follows featuring Professors Hillman, Massey, and Weithorn.
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UC Hastings
198 McAllister Street
Louis B. Mayer Auditorium
San Francisco, California
Watch oral arguments at the San Francisco LGBT Center
The Center and Vince & Pete's Three Dollar Bill Cafe invite the community to watch the oral arguments on March 4. http://www.nclrights.org/site
Three Dollar Bill Cafe, in the San Francisco LGBT Center
1800 Market Street (at Octavia)
San Francisco, California
