Speak now : marriage equality on trial : the story of Hollingsworth v. Perry /

Speak now : marriage equality on trial : the story of Hollingsworth v. Perry / Kenji Yoshino.

Publisher's description: A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the trial that will stand as the most potent argument for marriage equality. In 2008, California voters passed Proposition 8, rescinding the right of same-sex couples to marry in the state. A...

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Main Author: Yoshino, Kenji (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]
Edition:First Edition.
Subjects:
Hollingsworth, Dennis, > 1967- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Perry, Kristin > Trials, litigation, etc.
Hollingsworth, Dennis, > 1967-
Perry, Kristin.
United States. > Defense of Marriage Act.
California. > Proposition 8 (2008)
Defense of Marriage Act (United States)
Proposition 8 (California : 2008)
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > United States > Cases.
Gay couples > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Cases.
Gay couples > Legal status, laws, etc.
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation.
Trials.
United States.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • BEFORE: The plaintiffs
  • The movement lawyers
  • The proponents
  • Getting to trial
  • THE TRIAL: Curtain up
  • The right to marry
  • A history of discrimination
  • Immutability
  • Political powerlessness
  • The ideal family
  • A threat to marriage
  • The bare desire to harm
  • The phantom witnesses
  • AFTER: The trial court
  • The Court of Appeals
  • The Supreme Court
  • Civil ceremonies
  • Epilogue : Epithalamium
  • Perry trial chronology
  • Marriage equality timeline.

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