2016 Articles

Reflections on Obergefell and the Family-Recognition Framework's Continuing Value

Goldberg, Suzanne B.

Unlike a typical law review essay, I offer reflections here based largely on my own past work in LGBT rights advocacy. Together with related scholarship, I rely on these experiences to argue that the 'family recognition"framework underlying earlier advocacy has value going forward, even after the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of nationwide marriage equality.