058 - Thematic Session. Same-Sex Marriage and the U.S. Supreme Court: One Year Later

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

This session draws together reflections on the social, political, legal and cultural status of same-sex marriage one year after the U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act (United States v.Windsor) and California Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v. Perry). Panelists will address the significance and impact of the decisions from several vantage points: transformations in legal and social definitions of marriage and family, the role of social science in law and social change, and the evolution of social movements for and against LGBT rights. The panel combines insights from academic sociology and LGBT legal activism.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Kathleen E. Hull, University of Minnesota

Presider

• Kathleen E. Hull, University of Minnesota

Panelists

• Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights

• Kimberly D. Richman, University of San Francisco

• Verta A. Taylor, University of California-Santa Barbara

• Mary Bernstein, University of Connecticut

• Michael J. Rosenfeld, Stanford University

Discussant

• Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University