It was both a rainy day and a Monday here in Washington but we had an exciting line-up on last night’s The Agenda with Joe Solmonese.

We started off with a woman the New York Times called the “Thurgood Marshall of the gay marriage movement.” That’s Mary Bonauto of the Boston-based legal group Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders. Not only is it their 30th anniversary, they are also celebrating the fourth anniversary this week of the first legal marriages in Massachusetts between people of the same sex. Listen in parts one and two.

Still with our eye on history we turned to author and history professor Vicki Eaklor. She discussed her new book “Queer America” that looks at the history of the modern GLBT rights movement as well as her work editing the memoirs of HRC founder Steve Endean. Listen in.

HRC’s Clergy Call 2009 is one year away and we previewed the event last night as well as looked at the Religion and Faith Program’s efforts over the next year to spur education and dialogue over inclusive workplace protection legislation. Rev. Joe Hoffman of the First Congregational United Church of Christ of Asheville, NC was our guest. Listen in.

Turning to the theater, we were thrilled to welcome renowned playwright Paul Rudnick live from our New York studios. His new collection of four one-act plays called “The New Century” is currently running at Lincoln Center.
Listen in.

Finally we got our fix of politics from New York magazine’s John Heilemann. He’s been out on the campaign trail and discussed his recent column that looks back at how things might have turned out differently for Sen. Hillary Clinton.

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