Freedom To Marry

CBS News Face the Nation
Posted on May 13, 2012

Given the political implications of the recent vote on marriage in North Carolina, some have suggested the Democratic Party should move its convention this year to another state. Evan Wolfson, president and founder of Freedom to Marry, said the convention should stay there. “I think what we need in North Carolina and throughout the country is exactly what the president exemplified, which is talking about the conversations he’s had in his life with real gay people, real families,” he said. “These are the kinds of conversations that are changing hearts and minds. We’re going to see more of those conversations in North Carolina.”

goodasyou.org
Posted on Nov 10, 2010

Read commentary and watch video of debate between Evan Wolfson and Maggie Gallagher posted on Good As You.

Yale Daily News
Posted on Oct 07, 2010

Summary of a debate at Yale University between Evan Wolfson and Maggie Gallagher, the former President of the National Organization for Marriage.

They were joined by about 250 students and guests in Sudler Hall for a YPU debate titled “Resolved: Same-Sex Couples Should be Allowed to Marry.”

You Tube
Posted on Aug 05, 2010

Watch video of CNN Rick’s List debate between Evan Wolfson and Tony Perkins.

The Michael Medved Show
Posted on May 24, 2010

Listen to the debate from the Michael Medved radio show between Evan Wolfson and David French of the Alliance Defense Fund on Thursday, May 20th 2010 over the issues surrounding the freedom to marry.

Stanford University
Posted on Feb 11, 2010

Listen to the debate between Evan Wolfson and Traditional Values Coalition leader, Lou Sheldon, over ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage.

C-SPAN
Posted on Feb 11, 2010

From C-SPAN, Evan Wolfson debates parenting and marriage equality with David Blankenhorn of the Institute for American Values.  Evan draws on the leading experts (American Academy of Pediatrics, Family Law Quarterly) who say ending discrimination in marriage would help families and hurt no one. This debate was held on March 14, 2007 at Pace Law School. / Streaming video from Pace Law School /

Evan’s opening remarks on YouTube

CNN: Anderson Cooper 360
Posted on Nov 04, 2009

Video: Anderson Cooper interviews Tony Perkins, president of the anti-gay Family Research Council, and Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, about the 2009 Maine ballot initiative that took away marriage equality.

CSPAN
Posted on Mar 13, 2007

Evan Wolfson debates parenting and marriage equality with David Blankenhorn of the Institute for American Values. Evan draws on the leading experts (American Academy of Pediatrics, Family Law Quarterly) who say ending discrimination in marriage would help families and hurt no one. This debate was held on March 14, 2007 at Pace Law School. / Streaming video from Pace Law School /
Download video / Evan’s opening remarks on YouTube

MSNBC
Posted on Feb 07, 2007

Evan Wolfson debates Charmaine Yoest MSNBC News Live regarding the merits of Washington State’s Initiative 957 which would require couples who have not procreated after 3 years of marriage to lose their license. The initiative is a clear attempt to challenge the Washington State Supreme Court’s mandate that same sex couples exclusion from marriage is warranted by the need for non-gay couples to and their kids to have their reproduction privileged by the state. What about gay couples and their kids? No protections for them? Evan Wolfson lays bare the claims of the anti-gay Family Research Council in mere seconds!

MSNBC
Posted on Feb 06, 2007

Evan Wolfson debates Charmaine Yoest MSNBC News Live regarding the merits of Washington State’s Initiative 957 which would require couples who have not procreated after 3 years of marriage to lose their license. The initiative is a clear attempt to challenge the Washington State Supreme Court’s mandate that same sex couples exclusion from marriage is warranted by the need for non-gay couples to and their kids to have their reproduction privileged by the state. What about gay couples and their kids? No protections for them? Evan Wolfson lays bare the claims of the anti-gay Family Research Council in mere seconds!

Virginia Law Weekly
Posted on Oct 20, 2006

Evan Wolfson debated VA Delegate Bob Marshall, co-sponsor of a proposed amendment to the VA Constitution to prohibit legal recognition or benefits for same-sex relationships October 5 in VA. Though there were rumors of planned protests and disruptions, the only incident during the controversial debate was a silent protest by two students who stood and turned their backs during Delegate Marshall’s opening statements. Wolfson, the obvious favorite of the crowd in attendance, did not suffer any disruptions while speaking.

Virginia Law Weekly
Posted on Oct 19, 2006

Evan Wolfson debated VA Delegate Bob Marshall, co-sponsor of a proposed amendment to the VA Constitution to prohibit legal recognition or benefits for same-sex relationships October 5 in VA. Though there were rumors of planned protests and disruptions, the only incident during the controversial debate was a silent protest by two students who stood and turned their backs during Delegate Marshall’s opening statements. Wolfson, the obvious favorite of the crowd in attendance, did not suffer any disruptions while speaking.

Jewish Theological Seminary, New York
Posted on Oct 15, 2006

Debating Maggie Gallagher of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, a prolific opponent of gay couples’ freedom to marry, Evan Wolfson quotes Ronald Reagan’s critique of those who “see something happen in practice and wonder if it will work in theory.”

University of Virginia School of Law
Posted on Oct 05, 2006

Evan Wolfson’s October 5, 2006, debate with VA Delegate Bob Marshall, co-sponsor of a proposed amendment to the VA Constitution to prohibit legal recognition or benefits for same-sex relationships.

The Capital Times
Posted on Sep 21, 2005

Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family and Evan Wolfson, head of Freedom to Marry debated “why marriage matters” — also the title of each author’s book, last night in Madison, WI. While Stanton believes marriage should remain an “exclusive province of heterosexual couples,” Wolfson argues that this denial of marriage to a group of people is contrary to the American traditions of equality and justice. Wolfson stressed that marriage is a powerful statement about the love and commitment between two people, and legal barriers to that commitment “is hurtful and wrong. In America we all have the right to be both equal and different and no one has to give up their differences to be treated equally under the law.” A packed theater listened to the debate, as a proposed anti-gay marriage amendment is likely to reach voters in Fall 2006. Wolfson is confident that “fair-minded people will rise to fairness” once they have had a chance to receive and absorb information about the proposed ban.

Freedom To Marry
Posted on Sep 20, 2005

Debating equal rights for same-sex couples at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family and Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry agree that marriage matters. A proposed marriage amendment is due to arrive in the Wisconsin legislature and many have the question of why marriage matters on their minds. Debating the importance of marriage and ending discrimination in marriage to same-sex couples, Wolfson and Stanton debate the important issue in front of a packed amphitheater.

Freedom to Marry
Posted on Sep 05, 2005

Debating equal rights for same-sex couples at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family and Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry agree that marriage matters. A proposed marriage amendment is due to arrive in the Wisconsin legislature and many have the question of why marriage matters on their minds. Debating the importance of marriage and ending discrimination in marriage to same-sex couples, Wolfson and Stanton debate the important issue in front of a packed amphitheater.