Abstract
The equal right to marry for same-sex couples in the United States has garnered increasing public support over time, with a number of state-level laws passed and others currently in contention. Beyond being a couples’ issue, arguments in support of legally recognizing same-sex marriage strike at the heart of LGBT civil rights and antidiscrimination efforts. This interview with Matt Coles, a leading American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney who has spearheaded a variety of LGBT rights challenges for more than two decades, reveals the past trajectory of legal battles to recognize same-sex marriage as well as strategies for moving forward. As Mr. Coles says of the fight for legal recognition of same-sex marriage, “We can make this into the engine that destroys most of the discrimination.”
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