Beth Robinson, an attorney on a landmark same-sex marriage court case in Vermont, will discuss the topic during a speech titled “Changing Minds, Changing Times: Winning the Argument for Same-Sex Marriage in Vermont,” at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28 in Yeager Recital Hall, located on the Elon campus in the Faith Rockefeller Model Center for the Arts. The speech is free and open to the public.
Robinson won recognition for civil unions between same-sex partners as the lead attorney in Baker vs. Vermont, which was argued before the Vermont Supreme Court in November 1998. Civil unions allow same-sex partners in Vermont to enjoy the same benefits and protections under the law that are afforded to opposite sex, married couples.
A graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Chicago law school, Robinson founded the Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force. Robinson is a partner in the law firm of Langrock, Sperry and Wool in Middlebury, Vt., where she practices family law.
Robinson’s speech is sponsored by Elon’s Women and Gender Studies Program and the Center for Public Affairs.
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