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Take Two

The slow-building momentum behind gay marriage legalization

By Take Two Staff
Published Jan 24, 2014
Jerry Bowman (left) and David Strzepek demonstrate at a marriage-equality rally in Springfield, Ill.

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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The slow-building momentum behind gay marriage legalization

There's been a tremendous amount of momentum on the state level to legalize gay marriage. But prior to last summer's decision by the Supreme Court about DOMA and California's Prop 8 that movement was very slow. And that was on purpose.

To talk about this shift and the strategy by advocates to legalize gay marriage, we're joined for more by Douglas NeJaime, professor of law at UC Irvine