Evan Wolfson Videos
Lizz goes one one one with Evan Wolfson
Evan Wolfson breaks it down for the good folks at Shoot The Messenger. Shoot The Messenger is a satirical wrap-up of the week's news from the brain of Daily Show Co-creator Lizz Winstead. A live sketch-comedy show incorporating multi-media elements, it gives us the world as seen through the filters of the fictional producers and on-air talent at Wake-up World - America's first and only 6 hour Morning Show which is coincidentaly on 24/7 America's first and only infonewsment network.
Evan Wolfson on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
June 26, 2007
CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer looks to Evan Wolfson to give John and Elizabeth Edwards' disagreement on giving gay and lesbian couples the legal protections and responsibilities of marriage some context — and included footage of the couple's couch chat with Leno. Thanks in part to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, national attention on where the presidential candidates stand on marriage isn't going away anytime soon.
Evan Wolfson at Google
May 29, 2007
Evan Wolfson visited the NYC Google office to discuss his book Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry.
Public Policy Lecture Series: "Should State Legislatures Approve Same-sex Marriage?"
March 14, 2007
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 at Pace Law School.
Streaming video from Pace Law School
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Evan's opening remarks on YouTube
Evan Wolfson on CNN Situation Room
CNN
March 14, 2007
Evan Wolfson responds to Senator Clinton's statement on the morality of same-sex relations, that she would "leave that to others to conclude," following General Pace's discriminatory statement on the issue. Mr. Wolfson expresses hope that Senator Clinton would make her stance clear.
Marriage? Babies Required!
MSNBC
February 8, 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!
Evan Wolfson on Richard French LiveVIDEO: "Marriage Training Institute" at NGLTF's Creating Change Conference
Non-gay leaders share key lessons learned in their work to engage constituents in the fight for the freedom to marry. Panel held at Freedom to Marry's "Marriage Training Institute" in Oakland, CA, 11/10/05, at the Creating Change Conference, a program of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
Heads or Tails trailer
To Be Released
Some interview clips from the upcoming documentary film, "Heads or Tails," featuring Evan Wolfson
Will and Right: Religion Politics and Gay Marriage — FULL
2004
On February 24th, 2004 President George W. Bush announced his support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. Three days later in response to the President's words and inspired by events in Massachusetts, Village of New Paltz Mayor, Jason West, began solemnizing same-sex marriages in Upstate NY. Will & Right takes a deeper look into those fighting for equality and the effects it has on individuals, family values and the nation.
Evan Wolfson debates Rabbi Levin
Fox News looks to Evan Wolfson to provide a compassionate, factual reaction to the news of Massachussetts marriage decision.
Charlie Rose
March 27, 1996
First, an interview with Christopher Darden, a Los Angeles attorney and one of the prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, about his book, "In Contempt", in which he details the profound impact of the case on his life and career. Then, a panel discussion with Evan Wolfson, an attorney with the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Robert George, associate professor of politics at Princeton, Andrew Sullivan of The New Republic, and Bob Knight, director of Cultural Studies at the Family Research Council, on the topic of gay marriage following a state court decision in Hawaii that may force states throughout the union to recognize same-sex marriages.
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Why Marriage Matters America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry.
By Evan Wolfson
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