Mary Bonauto

Mary Bonauto, legendary civil rights attorney (from Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders), has been chosen to represent the movement in this case. To most, this was no surprise. Mary has been fighting for this cause for decades – in court, in legislatures and even door to door. She helped guide the Vermont marriage battles in the mid 1990s, then won the landmark Goodridge case in 2003, making Massachusetts the nation’s first ‘marriage state’. A passionate soul, Mary has called the Thurgood Marshall of our times. But with little time to prepare, and having never argued before the Supreme Court before, even Mary Bonauto is nervous. She understands the stakes all too well.