Forcing the spring : inside the fight for marriage equality

Book 2015

"Forcing the Spring begins on Election Night 2008, when a controversial California ballot initiative called Proposition 8 - which removed the right of gay men and women to marry - passed alongside Barack Obama's election victory. Forcing the Spring details how a small but determined group of political and media insiders took the fight for marriage equality all the way to the Supreme Court. Gay activists and Hollywood liberals joined together to e...

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California. Proposition 8 (2008)

Gay rights Political aspects United States

Hollingsworth, Dennis, 1967- Trials, litigation, etc

Locus standi United States Cases

Perry, Kristin Trials, litigation, etc

Same-sex marriage Law and legislation California Cases

Same-sex marriage Law and legislation United States Cases

United States. Defense of Marriage Act

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ISBN:

9780143127239

Description:

481 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes new afterword
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

The "pact"
A conservative icon joins the cause
"Just wait"
A mad dash
Going public
"Prove it"
Where's David?
An unexpected development
"All rise!"
"A higher arc"
History lessons
A day of surprises
Stigma
On parents and families
Who's a bigot?
A courtroom journey to the Netherlands, via Massachusetts
A judge's memories
God, gays, and political power
The naughty boy
The science of sexuality
The plaintiffs rest
Cooper's turn
"A high ol' time of it"
Victory
A trump card, reluctantly played
"Sometimes prayers work"
When a nightingale sings
Some "grist for Justice Kennedy"
8
Obama "comes out"
Chad and the case enter a new phase
A star witness's mea culpa
Chad's big test
"Don't they have a responsibility to act?"
Selma to Stonewall
Framing the arguments
Kennedy v. Kennedy
"Skim milk marriages"
"Dignity"
June is for weddings

LCCN:

2015372415

Control Number:

3193649

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