Cal State Fullerton to Host Dialogue
on Same-Sex Marriage
October 14, 2004 :: No. 57
“Same-Sex Marriage” is the focus
of a Wednesday, Oct 27, Town Hall at Cal State Fullerton —
the latest in the university’s “Issues That Divide”
series of town hall programs.
The 7:30 p.m. program, moderated by John Bedell, Academic
Senate chair and professor of sociology, will explore the issue
from sociological, legal, civic and religious perspectives.
“This is one of the most talked-about issues
in the last five years,” Bedell noted. “For some, same-sex
marriage is a civil rights issue; for others, it is an abomination.
We need a respectful dialogue on both the facts and fictions of
same-sex marriage, if we are to have an understanding of the complexities
and legalities surrounding it,” he added.
Craig Smith, director of the Center for First Amendment
Studies and professor of communication studies at Cal State Long
Beach, will provide the forum’s opening remarks.
The town hall panelists are: Rhianne Paz Bergado,
CSUF alumna and past member of the university’s Lesbian Gay
and Bisexual Alliance, Association for Inter-Cultural Awareness
and Titan Student Union Governing Board; Ronni Sanlo, director of
UCLA’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center
and lecturer in UCLA’s Graduate School of Education; Peter
Sprigg, senior director of policy studies, Family Research Council,
Washington, D.C.; and Ken Williams, physician and member of the
Orange County Board of Education.
Phillip J. Gianos, director of the CSUF Center for
Public Policy and professor of political science, will make a brief
presentation focusing on Orange County residents’ opinions
on same-sex marriage based on a recent survey conducted by the center.
Max Dery, professor of criminal justice, will provide the town hall’s
closing remarks.
Sponsors of the event in the Titan Student Union’s
Portola Pavilion are the university’s Center for Community
Dialogue and Center for Public Policy.
Additional information is available at 657-278-4854
or www.fullerton.edu/townhall.
Media Contact: |
Susan Katsaros of Public Affairs at 657-278-4854 or skatsaros@fullerton.edu |
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