August 4, 2010

>GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard’s Initial Take on Prop 8 Decision

>We’re still reading through the Prop 8 decision and hope to have deeper analysis tomorrow, but here’s a quick take from GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard, who has a PhD in United States History from Columbia University.

This historic decision will one day be part of every student’s curriculum. It represents a remarkably clear and unequivocal statement about the reach and meaning of constitutional protections heretofore not applied to the issue of marriage or to the standing of lesbian and gay people before the courts.

   

About Daryl Presgraves

       

Daryl Presgraves is the Director of Communications at GLSEN--the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network.