Patt Morrison for Wednesday, June 16, 2010

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:30

Gay marriage on trial: closing arguments in landmark Prop. 8 case

It’s been 5 months since the last piece of evidence was presented in the federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, but there is still one final act to be made in the landmark case on Proposition 8.  This morning lawyers will be making their closing arguments in the case and specifically addressing several questions from Chief District Court Judge Vaughn Walker who gave each side 27 clarifying questions to answer.  Judge Vaughn wants lawyers to discuss “choice” in sexual orientation; he asks whether gays and lesbians should be treated identically under the Equal Protection Clause; and he asks the supporters of Prop. 8 how same-sex marriage would have negative social consequences and how it would drastically change marriage as an institution.  Even while we discuss the outcome of this case remember that no matter how it’s decided it will be going to the Supreme Court—and should courts or voters be making the ultimate decisions on equal rights?

 

Guests:

PRO PROP 8

Bruce Hausknecht (HOUSE-knekt), judicial analyst for Focus on the Family.

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AGAINST PROP 8

Geoff Kors, Executive Director for Equality California, a non-profit, non-partisan statewide advocacy organization for LGBT rights; Kors is an attorney who wrote San Francisco’s Equal Benefits Ordinance

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ON THE BALLOT BOX VS. THE COURTS

Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Director of the Human Rights and Social Movements Program at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School

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1:30 - 1:58:30

Anthony Bourdain’s Medium Raw:  A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

What do you get when you give a chef a pen?  Sorry, no crème brûlée.  Instead of a traditional cookbook, Anthony Bourdain threw us into the intense and sometimes downright masochistic world of a cook with his first memoir, “Kitchen Confidential.”  Now a famous cookbook author and star of the Travel channel’s “No Reservations,” Bourdain takes another look into professional cooking with his newest memoir “Medium Raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the people who cook.”  From television cooking stars to world-renowned chefs, Bourdain lays out his heroes and villains and critiques food trends, relishing in his past experiences with a perfect meal.

 

 

Guest:

Anthony Bourdain, chef and host of the Travel channel’s “No Reservations.” His new book is Medium Raw:  A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook.  

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2:06 – 2:30

The end of the filibuster?  Common Cause tries to shake up a gridlocked Congress

Appointments of all kinds, from judges to agency heads, held up due to partisan bickering in the Senate; legislation from both sides of the aisle with potentially significant impact dies in committees without ever getting consideration from the full Congress; special interests loading down bills with self-serving amendments.  Welcome to the modern U.S. Congress, gridlocked on the most important issues and bitterly partisan in every step.  Enter Common Cause, the political advocacy group that has worked hard to limit the influence of money in politics and to encourage responsible leadership in Congress, that is launching a new program to break perpetual gridlock in Washington.  The centerpiece of their proposal is the elimination of a sacred part of the legislative process—killing the filibuster and all its potential misuse in the Senate.  While their goals may be worthy, are they realistic?

 

Guest:

Bob Edgar, president & CEO of Common Cause; former Congressman representing the 7^th District of Pennsylvania

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2:30 – 2:39

OPEN

 

 

2:41 – 2:58:30

Bret Easton Ellis: Imperial Bedrooms

In the sequel to his wildly popular cult classic novel “Less Than Zero,” author Bret Easton Ellis follows those main characters through their middle-aged lives in his new book “Imperial Bedrooms.” From the tortured and brutal world of drugs, sex and confusion of “Less Than Zero,” Ellis continues the journey into the human psyche and what it looks like 25 years later.  “Less Than Zero” explored the uncertainty and fragility of the teenage years; now “Imperial Bedrooms” revels that not much changes in middle-age.  Can a character really mature with the author?

 

Guests:

Bret Easton Ellis, author of six novels, including “Less Than Zero” and “American Psycho.” His newest book is “Imperial Bedrooms.”

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Jonathan Serviss

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