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Evann Orleck-Jetter testified at the public hearings on gay marriage last month before Vermont’s Joint Senate and House Judiciary Committees. Many legislators later told Evann and her parents that her testimony had moved them to support the bill.
We speak with a young advocate for legalizing gay marriage. Evann Orleck-Jetter testified at the public hearings on gay marriage last month before Vermont’s Joint Senate and House Judiciary Committees.
Many legislators later told Evann and her parents that her testimony had moved them to support the bill. Evann Orleck-Jetter joins me now from Burlington, Vermont.
Evann Orleck-Jetter, Twelve-year-old from Thetford Center, Vermont. The daughter of lesbian parents, she testified at the public hearings on gay marriage last month.
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