Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover)

Forcing the spring, inside the fight for marriage equality, Jo Becker

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Forcing the spring, inside the fight for marriage equality, Jo Becker
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-450) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Forcing the spring
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
852222055
Responsibility statement
Jo Becker
Sub title
inside the fight for marriage equality
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
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