Love unites us : winning the freedom to marry in America /

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Imprint:	New York, New York : The New Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	viii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History. Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. Gay rights -- United States -- History. Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. Gay rights. Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10804427

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Other authors / contributors:	Cathcart, Kevin M., editor. Gabel-Brett, Leslie J., editor.
ISBN:	9781595585509 1595585508
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-345) and index.
Summary:	"Victory may sometimes look like a sudden revolution when, in truth, it rests on years of struggle. The June 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges is a sweeping victory for the freedom to marry, but it was one step in a long process. Love Unites Us is the history of activists' passion and persistence in the struggle for marriage rights for same-sex couples in the United States, told in the words of those who waged the battle. Launching the fight for the freedom to marry was neither an obvious nor an uncontested strategy. To many activists, achieving marriage equality seemed far-fetched, but the skeptics were proved wrong. Proactive arguments in favor of love, family, and commitment were more effective than arguments that focused on rights and the goal of equality at work. Telling the stories of people who loved and cared for one another, in sickness and in health, cut through the antigay noise and moved people-not without backlash and not overnight, but faster than most activists and observers had ever imagined. With compelling stories from leading attorneys and activists including Evan Wolfson, Mary L. Bonauto, Jon W. Davidson, and Paul M. Smith, Love Unites Us explains how gay and lesbian couples achieved the right to marry"--

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Love Unites Us
I. Opening Arguments, 1970-98
The First Marriage Cases, 1970-74
Gay Marriage: A Must or a Bust? Two Essays from Out/Look, 1989
Why Gay People Should Seek the Right to Marry?
Since When Is Marriage a Path to Liberation?
The Hawai'i Marriage Case Launches the U.S. Freedom-to-Marry Movement for Equality
Evan Wolfson, reprinted with permission from Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships: A Study of National, European and International Law
"Neither the first nor the last"
II. Sex Before Marriage: Striking Down Sodomy Laws
The Sodomy Roundtable
"Not tonight, dear-it's a felony": Lawrence v. Texas and the Path to Marriage Equality
Arguing Lawrence v. Texas at the Supreme Court
III. Victories, Defeats, and a Plan to Win Marriage, 1996-2009
The Litigation: First Judicial Victories in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut
My Mothers Said "I do"
Love Makes a Family in Connecticut
The Plan to Win Marriage
Movement + Strategy + Campaign: The Freedom to Marry Winning Combination
Losing Forward: The Marriage Case in New York
"Our liberties we prize": Winning Marriage in Iowa
IV. The Long, Winding Road to Marriage in California, 2004-13
California Dreaming: Winning Marriage Equality in the California Courts
Parallel Journeys Through Discrimination: Asian Americans and Modern Marriage Equality
Translating Equality: On the Role of LGBT Latinas/os in the Marriage Movement
This Changes Everything: Proposition 8
Restoring Marriage to California: Hollingsworth v. Perry
V. Hopes Rise and DOMA Falls, 2007-15
New Frontiers: State Legislative Wins and Federal DOMA Challenges?
Tested at the Ballot Box in 2012?
Putting Faith to the Test: Black Leaders and the Maryland Victory
"The words 'gay' and 'marriage' were not even used in the same sentence." Remembering Illinois plaintiffVernita Gray
Don't Postpone Joy: Taking Down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)?
The Wait Is Over: Eleven Years to Marriage in New Jersey
The Unlikely Domino: Kitchen v. Herbert?
Hoosiers IN Love: Indiana's Express Path to Equality
Justice Justice You Shall Pursue
A Long Battle Finally Won: Marriage in Florida
VI. Closing Arguments, 2015
10:02 on Tuesday Morning: Arguing Obergefell Before the U.S. Supreme Court
My Thirty-Year Journey to the Obergefell Case
Obergefell v. Hodges-A Leap of Love?
After Thirty-Nine Years, Married Under the Law
VII. Looking to the Future
A Glass Only Half Full: The Ongoing Struggle for LGBT Rights?
My Love-Hate Relationship with Marriage
Gender Identity Defines Sex: Updating the Law to Reflect Modern Medical Science Is Key to Transgender Rights?
From Lavender Scare to Rainbow House: The Ongoing Fight for Full Federal Equality
Fighting for an AIDS-Free Generation?
A Return to the Root
Shields Not into Swords: Stopping the Misuse of Religious Freedom for Discrimination?
Notes
Index

Love unites us : winning the freedom to marry in America /

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