“Courts should always do the right thing. But if winning were as simple as making a good argument and filing a good brief, then we would have won the freedom to marry 40 years ago. We must put the legal work next to the public education work next to the legislative work next to the organizing work, and that's what's brought us so far.”
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Evan Wolfson
Evan Wolfson is an American attorney renowned for his leadership in the movement for same-sex marriage equality. Born on February 4, 1957, he has been dedicated to advocating for the legalization of same-sex marriage since the 1980s. Wolfson is the founder of Freedom to Marry, a core organization in the American same-sex marriage equality movement. more
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