About the Show
This Way Out (LGBT)
This Way Out leads off each week with NewsWrap, a summary of some of the major news events in or affecting the lesbian/gay community, compiled from a variety of publications and broadcasts around the world.
On this week’s edition of This Way Out:
On this week’s special program, This Way Out looks back at major legal developments in the advance of marriage equality in the United States during the past 12 months. By the end of 2013, 14 states and the District of Columbia had opened civil marriage to same-gender couples. “Courting Marriage 2014” reviews how the number of those states more than doubled this year, and features Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fischer; 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Richard Posner, Ann Claire Williams & David Hamilton; legal eagles Camilla Taylor & Kenneth Falk; journalist Chris Gender; marriage equality activist Evan Wolfson; MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow; The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer; Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert; U.S. House Speaker John Boehner; Newsy’s Christian Bryant; NPR’s Nina Totenberg; and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Credits:
Hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle. Add’l content: Carole Meyers & Wenzel Jones; Steve Pride; Janis Ian. Theme Music: Kim Wilson. Add’l music: Romanovsky & Phillips; The Beach Boys; Arro Verse.
