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DESCRIPTION:The Santa Cruz Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union presents 
 MARRIAGE, EQUALITY AND THE LAW, a community forum co-sponsored by the First 
 Congregational Church, The Diversity Center, and the GLBT Alliance of Santa 
 Cruz.\n\nAmericans have deep convictions about marriage, and about equality 
 before the law.  More and more these days, however, these convictions 
 appear to be in conflict.  How can we honor and grant legal status to 
 voluntary unions formed by people who love and undertake commitments to one 
 another, without continuing to grant legal status to, and even 
 institutionalize, the practice of discrimination?\n\nThe forum features 
 testimonies by STUART GAFFNEY AND JOHN LEWIS, who are litigants in the 
 ACLU's case against the State of California for marriage discrimination; 
 and recent UCSC graduates MARY LUNETTA AND MAX HARTMAN, who have decided 
 not to marry until everybody can.  \n\nPanelists include GAIL L. PELLERIN, 
 Santa Cruz County Clerk; MERRIE SCHALLER, Co-chair of the GLBT Alliance of 
 Santa Cruz County; BOB CORREA, Communications Director of The Diversity 
 Center; REV. HEATHER DILLASHAW, Minister-Family Life and Youth Ministries 
 for the First Congregational Church; and DAVID G. SWEET, Professor Emeritus 
 of Latin American History, UCSC.  \n\nModerated by REV. SHANNON SPENCER, 
 Minister for Outreach and Young Adult Ministries for the First 
 Congregational Church, topics to be addressed include: the current state of 
 California marriage law and the handicaps it creates for committed 
 relationships between unmarried and same-sex couples; a reexamination of 
 the Biblical view of marriage; and an argument that the performance of 
 marriage ceremonies by clergy violates the separation of Church from 
 State.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/27/18406051.php
SUMMARY:ACLU-Marriage, Equality & the Law
LOCATION:First Congregational Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/27/18406051.php
DTSTART:20070516T020000Z
DTEND:20070516T033000Z
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