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Forcing the spring : inside the fight for marriage equality / Jo Becker.

By: Becker, Jo [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2014Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 470 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781594204449 (hardback); 1594204446 (hardback).Subject(s): Hollingsworth, Dennis, 1967- -- Trials, litigation, etc | Perry, Kristin -- Trials, litigation, etc | California. Proposition 8 (2008) | United States. Defense of Marriage Act | Locus standi -- United States -- Cases | Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States -- CasesDDC classification: 346.79401/68
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.
Summary: Shows how a determined group of political and media insiders took the fight for marriage equality all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Shows how a determined group of political and media insiders took the fight for marriage equality all the way to the Supreme Court.

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