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Forcing the spring : inside the fight for marriage equality

Title
Forcing the spring : inside the fight for marriage equality / Jo Becker.
Author
Becker, Jo
Publication
New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.

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470 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"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 stunning 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 enlist attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies--the opposing counsels on the Supreme Court's infamous Bush v. Gore ruling--to bring a controversial legal case against Proposition 8 before the highest court in the land. Forcing the Spring is the extraordinary ringside account of this unprecedented effort to shift public opinion and reengineer the political certainties of an era"--
Subject
  • Hollingsworth, Dennis, 1967- > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Perry, Kristin > Trials, litigation, etc
  • California
  • United States
  • Locus standi > United States > Cases
  • Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > Cases. > United States
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies
  • Hollingsworth v. Perry, 570 U.S. ???? (2013)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-450) and index.
Call Number
JFE 15-2779
ISBN
  • 9781594204449
  • 1594204446
LCCN
2014005342
OCLC
2014005342
Author
Becker, Jo, author.
Title
Forcing the spring : inside the fight for marriage equality / Jo Becker.
Publisher
New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-450) and index.
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Indexed Term
Hollingsworth v. Perry, 570 U.S. ???? (2013)
Research Call Number
JFE 15-2779
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