Washington, D.C. — Today John Podesta, Chair of the Center for American Progress and Co-Chair of the American Foundation for Equal Rights advisory board, issued the following statement reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on California’s Proposition 8 case, Hollingsworth v. Perry:
Almost exactly 46 years to the day after the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Loving v. Virginia, the Court has made yet another historic ruling reaffirming that marriage is one of our most basic civil rights. While today’s rulings represent a huge victory for LGBT Americans and we should celebrate the return of the freedom to marry to our most populous state, it’s unfortunate that the Court did not guarantee all Americans the right to marry the person they love. Nevertheless, the momentum for marriage equality is undeniable and unstoppable. I’m confident that all 50 states in the union will soon recognize that same-sex couples deserve all of the rights and responsibilities of marriage.
CAP experts available for comment
The following legal, political, and LGBT policy experts from the Center for American Progress are available for comment:
- Neera Tanden, President, Center for American Progress
- Winnie Stachelberg, Executive Vice President, External Affairs
- Andrew Blotky, Director, Legal Progress
- Ian Millhiser, Senior Policy Analyst, Constitutional Policy
- Bishop Gene Robinson, Senior Fellow
- Aisha Moodie-Mills, Advisor, LGBT Policy & Racial Justice
- Zack Ford, LGBT Editor, ThinkProgress
To speak with a CAP expert, please contact Anne Shoup at [email protected] or 202.481.7146.
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