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Thurston, the only lawyer at the panel and a member of the Mormon Church, said he predicts that California’s state constitution will change to allow same-sex marriage within a few years.
Five representatives from religious and advocacy groups gathered to discuss the legal ramifications of same-sex marriage at an event held yesterday at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Isaacson, McCarthy, and Thurston each spoke in favor of same-sex marriage. Isaacson, co-chair of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, addressed the "terra firma" aspects of the issue.
McCarthy, director of the Carr Center’s Human Rights and Social Movements Program and a lecturer at HKS and the College, drew parallels between the movement to legalize same-sex marriage and the civil rights movement.
"We want people to think about the issue in a different way," said Helen M. Keefe ’11, the vice president of speakers for Harvard Right to Life, which organized the event. "The criticism from the other side is that we don’t care about women...