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Author:

Becker, Jo, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

The Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

470 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Hollingsworth, Dennis,--1967---Trials, litigation, etc.
Perry, Kristin--Trials, litigation, etc.
Locus standi--United States--Cases.
Same-sex marriage--Cases.--United States--Cases.
California.--Proposition 8 (2008)
United States.--Defense of Marriage Act.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies.
Hollingsworth v. Perry, 570 U.S. ???? (2013)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-450) and index.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1594204446 (hardback)
9781594204449 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)852222055

LCCN:

2014005342

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