ECU Experts To Discuss Marriage Rights | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: This article was originally posted by ECU News Services.

    Later this month, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear legal arguments on the constitutionality of amendments in four states that limit marriage to heterosexual couples. East Carolina University experts will present a panel discussion titled "Continuing Debates Around Federal, State and Individual Rights: The Case of Marriage in the United States" at 6 p.m. April 15 in the Rivers Building — Room 105A on ECU's campus. The event is free and open to the public.

    Panel experts to address the debate within social, legal and cultural contexts include:

  • Christine Avenarius, anthropology
  • Melinda Kane, sociology
  • Hugh Lee, JD, bioethics and interdisciplinary studies
  • Mary Nyangweso, religious studies
  • Marieke Van Willigen, sociology
  • Ed Wall, philosophy
  • Moderator Jonathan Morris, political science

    The event will feature a Q&A and is sponsored by the departments of sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, religious studies and the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. Parking will be available next to the Rivers Building with no permit required, with overflow across 10th Street on College Hill.
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