GAY RITES: UH EXPERTS AVAILABLE
TO DISCUSS SAME SEX MARRIAGE ISSUES
With President Bush recently announcing his support of a constitutional
amendment prohibiting same sex marriages, an already hot topic has
heated up even more. The following University of Houston faculty
resources are available to the media to comment directly on various
aspects of this complex subject or to provide background information.
If you are unable to contact them directly or have a request for
a topic not listed below, please contact the External Communications
office at 713-743-8189.
- Victor B. Flatt, who holds the A.L. Quinn Chair in Environmental
Law at the UH Law Center, is also an authority in gay, lesbian,
bisexual and trans-gendered issues. He was one of the authors
of the groundbreaking Atlanta Human Rights Ordinance of 2001,
which provided for strong protections and remedies for sexual
orientation discrimination. Flatt is a member of the National
Board of Directors of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Phone: 713-743-2155. E-mail: vflatt@uh.edu.
- G. Sidney Buchanan, Baker & Botts Professor of Law at the
UH Law Center, is a noted constitutional scholar and author of
“Sex, Morality, and the Constitution.” Phone: 713-743-2178.
E-mail: sbuchanan@central.uh.edu.
- Luis L. Salinas, professor of sociology, specializes in research
about marriage and family issues. Phone: 713-743-3957. E-mail:
lsalinas@uh.edu.
- Patti Aldredge, a clinical instructor in the Graduate School
of Social Work, is an authority in the fields of social and economic
justice for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered persons.
Phone: 713-743-8094. E-mail: paldredge@uh.edu.
- Laura E. Oren, professor of law, teaches Family Law and Constitutional
Law and her scholarship has often been about the intersection
of these two fields. Phone: 713-743-2170. E-mail: loren@uh.edu.
- J. Thomas Oldham, John H. Freeman Professor of Law at the UH
Law Center, teaches Family Law and specializes in Marital Property.
He is the author of “Divorce, Separation and the Distribution
of Property.” Phone: (713) 743-2161. E-mail: toldham@central.uh.edu.
- Barbara Tatum, director of counseling and advising in the School
of Pharmacy, is an authority on anxiety and stress with regard
to marriage and divorce. Phone: 713-743-1264. E-mail: Tatum@uh.edu.
For more information about UH visit the university’s ‘Newsroom’ at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.
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