On the anniversary of Massachusetts's ruling on marriage equality, Mary Bonauto, the lead counsel for the same-sex couples involved in the case, writes about how LGBTQ+ history was made and how to keep going.
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this marriage case decided today by the supreme court. it was the first time she had ever argued a case at the u.s. supreme court, but it was not the first time she had taken a case all the way or made history with it. the first time any state recognized equal marriage rights, it was also because of mary bonauto and the case she brought to the massachusetts supreme court more than a decade ago. now she s done it nationwide. there are a lot of high-profile people, high-profile lawyers, high-profile activists, high-profile plaintiffs who have been involved in this issue as it has progressed through the courts and progressed through american politics but the alpha and the omega, the architect of this whole strategy really is a knowable person a person named mary bonauto. she started it she plotted its course, and today she finished it. decisive, done nationwide, forever. joining us now for the interview is mary bonauto, who, as i said a moment ago, did it. ms. bonauto, thank you very much