Debate on the Kansas Marriage Amendment broadcast

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Anyone who is interested in hearing this debate will be able to access an internet audio stream.

I will post the press release and the information for anyone interested in streaming this debate. I will be sitting front and center, the speaker for our side is a very close friend of mine, a tireless supporter. The moderator is fair and a good guy so this should be a good debate, nobody will be able to monopolize the stage. I will repost or kick this up on the day of the debate in case you are interested. Anyone living close by and wants to attend let me know. We are looking to get as many people as we can there since we know the other side always floods events like this.

K-STATE'S DOROTHY THOMPSON LECTURE SERIES TO FEATURE DEBATE ON CIVIL
RIGHTS AND SAME-SEX COUPLES

MANHATTAN -- Same-sex marriage and civil rights will be the topic of a
debate at Kansas State University between two attorneys who have
represented clients on opposite sides of the issue.

The debate, "Civil Rights and Same-Sex Couples," is part of K-State's
Dorothy L. Thompson Civil Rights Lecture Series. It will be at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 5, in the Banquet Room at the K-State Alumni Center.
Debating the issue will be attorneys Pedro Irigonegaray and Joel Oster.
Debate moderator will be Washburn University law professor Bill Rich.
The event is free and the public is invited.

Irigonegaray worked on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union with
a transsexual client accused of filing a false swearing on her marriage
license. Oster works with a conservative Christian legal group and
fought successfully to invalidate California marriage licenses issued
to same-sex couples.

Irigonegaray is a Topeka civil rights attorney committed to equality for
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Kansans. He is a Washburn Law
School graduate who has been in private practice in Topeka since 1973.

Oster is senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund and
previously was senior litigation counsel for Liberty Counsel. He is a
University of Kansas Law School graduate.

The Dorothy L. Thompson Civil Rights Lecture Series honors Thompson's
contributions to human rights on campuses throughout Kansas and the
nation. Thompson served K-State for more than 20 years in various roles,
including as the university's affirmative action director. She left
K-State to get her law degree at Washburn and returned to serve as
associate university attorney. Thompson, who died in 1992, was
recognized for an abiding respect for all people and a profound
commitment to fairness and equity. More information about the lecture
series is available at http://www.k-state.edu/dthompson/

The Dorothy Thompson Civil Rights Lecture scheduled for April 5th
featuring a debate on the Kansas Marriage Amendment will be broadcast
live over the internet.

The audio stream is located at the following URL:
http://www.ksu.edu/dthompson

The debate begins at 7:00PM.

Later it will be broadcasted over the KSU Public Access Television
Channel 8 (Manhattan cable subscribers only) on the following days:
April 9th at 7: 00 p.m.
April 10th at 6:30 p.m.
April 11th at 8:30 p.m.

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1. Tonight.

This is a step to fighting the amendment here in Kansas. Pedro is working with the ACLU and KEC on bringing this state back around to supporting equality for all the citizens in our state. Listen if you can. I can tell you that it will be interesting, moderated fairly and a first step to bringing thought into this issue.