Film Screening and Discussion: 'The State of Marriage'
Hosted by the Vermont Humanities Council
Vermont State House
"The State of Marriage" is the untold story of how legal pioneer Mary Bonauto partnered with Vermont lawyers Beth Robinson and Susan Murray in a two-decade long struggle that built the foundation for the entire marriage equality movement.
Despite fierce opposition, Vermont became the first state to grant same sex couples legal recognition through a groundbreaking 1999 State Supreme Court decision and through Civil Unions in 2000, and the first to legalize marriage equality by legislative vote in 2009.
Film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with David Moats, filmmaker Jeff Kaufman, and others involved.