LawTalk Ep. 2 - Marriage Equality in Minnesota: A Horatio Ellsworth Kellar Webinar

This episode, “Marriage Equality in Minnesota: A Horatio Ellsworth Kellar Webinar,” is from an online discussion examining marriage equality and its history in Minnesota. This virtual event featured Minnesota Law Alumnus Jack Baker and Michael McConnell, the first legally married same-sex couple in the history of the United States, and an overview of the 2012 marriage amendment campaign and the 2013 adoption of same-sex marriage by statute in Minnesota. The panel discussion also includes: William Eskridge, the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School, and Christopher R. Riano, President of the Center for Civic Education and a Lecturer at Columbia University, who discuss their book, The Marriage Equality Debate: From Outlaws to In-Laws, as well as the history of same-sex marriage in Minnesota; Gail Langer Karwoski an author and educator based in Athens, Georgia who worked with Baker and McConnell on a book titled, The Marriage Heard ‘Round the World Cristine Almeida, Attorney at Law and Owner of Almeida Public Affairs, and Richard Carlbom, Founder of United Strategies, Who both guide a discussion about the 2012 marriage amendment campaign and the 2013 adoption of same-sex marriage by statute in Minnesota. Dean Garry W. Jenkins opens with remarks and an overview of the history of same-sex marriage in Minnesota. Dale Carpenter, constitutional law professor at SMU Dedman School of law and former Minnesota Law Faculty member, moderates the remainder of the 90 minute discussion. A note for listeners: Please be advised that, during this discussion, a brief video is played that contains strong language. This webinar was originally recorded on October 15, 2020. Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast network, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Watch a rebroadcast of the webinar here: https://youtu.be/UtmGsXzENdE Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool. Find a transcript of this podcast at: https://z.umn.edu/Ep2Transcript