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Evan Wolfson

Who

Evan Wolfson · Civil Rights & Human Rights

What

Founder of Freedom to Marry and long considered an architect of the legal strategy for marriage equality in the US.

When

1957, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Where

New York City

Biography

Evan Wolfson is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Founder of Freedom to Marry and long considered an architect of the legal strategy for marriage equality in the US.

How & why

Evan Wolfson is a Jewish American lawyer who founded Freedom to Marry and is widely regarded as an architect of the legal and political strategy for marriage equality in the United States. For decades he argued that winning the freedom to marry required a sustained, state-by-state campaign, an approach vindicated by the Supreme Court in 2015. He is one of the leading figures of the LGBTQ civil rights movement.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Wolfson

Contributions & Sources

Founder of Freedom to Marry and long considered an architect of the legal strategy for marriage equality in the US.

1957

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Wolfson