Marriage Equality Forum: A Legal Perspective

Camilla Taylor was lead counsel when the Iowa Supreme Court voted unanimously that the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples. She is Senior Staff Attorney with Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered. She received her J.D. from Columbia Law School and her B.A. From Yale College, and is currently an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law. Mark Kende is the James Madison Chair in Constitutional Law and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Drake University Law School and teaches both sides of the ruling. He received his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Iowa State philosophy professor Clark Wolf will moderate. Wolf is director of the Bioethics Program, and much of his published work is in political and legal philosophy.