"It's a combination of progress on so many fronts and increased openness combined with so much work yet to be done," Lee Swislow, executive director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, the Boston-based advocacy group known as GLAD, told CBSNews.com.
Date: Jun 13, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
December 14, 2012 ~ Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court | Religion ...
ge? The issue of same-sex marriage is widely expected to divide the court along liberal-conservative lines, but not necessarily. Lee Swislow of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders says there is a states rights component in the case that could win over some conservative justices.
Date: Dec 14, 2012
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Does States' Ratification of Same-Sex Marriage Signify Lasting Cultural Shift?
LEE SWISLOW, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders: I see it somewhat differently. I think it was hugely significant. And I think it indicates really the kind of journey that the American people have been on over the last several years.RAY SUAREZ: Lee Swislow, looking forward, can the United States sustain a map where we're sort of a patchwork quilt of marriage laws, where your marriage conducted not long after the law changed in Massachusetts is not respected in half the states?
"It is, of course, somewhat ironic that because of DOMA and because Barney is a federal employee, Jim won't be eligible for any of the benefits that any other spouse would be able to get," said Lee Swislow, executive director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, the Boston legal rights or