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DCLU Agenda 5/18/04
I. Gay
Marriage Event
A.
Friday, May 21, 7-9PM
B. Dartmouth
Hall 105
C. A panel
discussion on the political, cultural and legal implications of the
fight
for same-sex
marriage
D. Boykin
event????
E. Panelists:
JASON WEST, mayor of New Paltz, NY, the
27-year-old Green Party activist who is facing 19 criminal counts
for performing 25 same-sex marriages. Along with SF mayor Gavin
Newsom, West has been a lightning rod for national debate on this
issue
--KEITH
BOYKIN '87, Dartmouth and Harvard Law grad, founder of the National
Black Justice Coalition, which lobbies Black churches to oppose the
proposed federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage;
he's also the author of One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in
America;
--BETH
ROBINSON '86, Dartmouth grad and VT lawyer who argued the case for
same-sex marriage before the VT State Supreme Court, which resulted
in the nation's first civil union law;
--DAVID
CHAMBERS, emeritus professor, University of Michigan Law School and
expert on the legal implications of same-sex marriage, who argues
that civil unions are a useful goal;
--STEVE
SWAYNE, Dartmouth music professor, minister, and civil rights/gay
rights activist who has proposed some creative solutions to the
marriage muddle.
II. Cool
Upcoming Events
A.
"How Federal Lawmakers Distort Municipal
Decision-Making: The Case of Housing Assistance"
Robert C. Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property
and Urban Law, Yale Law School
1.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004- 4:30 PM
2.
Rocky 2
B.
"Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in American
History"
James Morone, author
and Professor of Political Science at Brown University
1.
Wednesday, May 26, 4:30pm
2.
Rocky 3
3.
Book signing in Morrison immediately before event
(His book:
The American Constitution firmly separates church and
state. Yet religion lies at the heart of American politics. How did
America become a nation with the soul of a church? In Hellfire
Nation, James Morone recasts American history as a moral epic. From
the colonial era to the present day, Americans embraced a
Providential mission, tangled with devils, and aspired to save the
world. Moral fervor ignited our fiercest social conflicts--but it
also moved dreamers to remake the nation in the name of social
justice. Moral crusades inspired abolition, woman suffrage, and
civil rights, even as they led Americans to hang witches, enslave
Africans, and ban liquor. Today these moral arguments continue,
influencing the debate over everything from abortion to foreign
policy. Written with passion and deep insight, Hellfire Nation tells
the story of a brawling, raucous, religious people. Morone shows how
fears of sin and dreams of virtue defined the shape of the nation.
(from Amazon.com)
III.
Northeastern Collegiate Civil Liberties Conference
a.
Speakers- finalize priorities
b.
Other schools
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