Talkin' Q Politics - Dave Codell - Marriage Rights

Join HRC for an evening of Talkin Q'Politics, our popular monthly series hosted by the Los Angeles Political Committee.

The speaker planned for July is Dave Codell, an attorney who was part of the team who wrote the brief to the California Supreme Court, resulting in the 15 May 2008 decision ruling that denying gay and lesbian couples the right to marry is unconstitutional.

Mr. Codell is a sole practitioner in Los Angeles whose law practice focuses on constitutional litigation, intellectual property litigation and advising, and entertainment law.  As co-counsel with the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Lambda Legal, and the ACLU, Mr. Codell provided pro bono representation to Equality California and numerous same-sex couples in the Marriage Cases, in which the California Supreme Court recently ruled that the California Constitution requires California to permit gay and lesbian couples to marry.  Mr. Codell received his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard and served as a law clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States.

HRC is a member of Equality for All, the coalition of groups working together to defeat the marriage ban in California. For the past few months, HRC staff and volunteers have been fighting the initiative and will continue the battle to protect marriage rights.

HRC has set up a special fund – the HRC California Marriage PAC – to direct 100% of your contributions to the fight against Proposition 8 in California. These funds will support the coalition's efforts in our State, so please donate today. You can also volunteer your time and talents to preserve marriage equality…as California goes, so goes the Nation!

Speaker presentation scheduled for 7:30pm

Our thanks to our sponsor for the venue, who will also be providing complimentary appetizers:

East West Lounge

Event from 6:30 to 9 pm
Drink Specials Until 7:30