NEW YORK â?? On Tuesday, November 9 at 11:00 a.m., the American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP will host a press conference to announce a lawsuit filed that day challenging the constitutionality of the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA). DOMA is a federal statute that defines marriage as a “legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.”
WHAT:
Press conference announcing lawsuit challenging the “Defense of Marriage Act” and press availability from client Edie Windsor and lawyers on the case.
WHO:
Edith “Edie” Windsor, Plaintiff
James Esseks , Director of the ACLU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Project
Roberta Kaplan , Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
WHEN:
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
11:00 a.m. ET
Media check-in begins at 10:00 a.m. ET
* There is no mult/press box : broadcast media need to bring their own mult/press box to access the sound system.
WHERE:
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues)
New York, NY
CONTACTS:
Robyn Shepherd, ACLU, (917) 302-7189 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (917) 302-7189      end_of_the_skype_highlighting or (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org
Brandy Bergman and Renee Soto, Sard Verbinnen & Co., (212) 687-8080 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (212) 687-8080
