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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Becker, Jo (Journalist)
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Hollingsworth, Dennis, > 1967- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Perry, Kristin > Trials, litigation, etc.
Locus standi > United States > Cases.
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > United States > Cases.
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > California > Cases.
California. > Proposition 8 (2008)
United States. > Defense of Marriage Act.
Genre:
Trials, litigation, etc.
Cases.
Physical Description:470 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The "pact"
  • A conservative icon joins the cause
  • "Just wait"
  • A mad dash
  • Going public
  • "Prove it"
  • Where's David?
  • An unexpected development
  • "All rise!"
  • "A higher arc"
  • History lessons
  • A day of surprises
  • Stigma
  • On parents and families
  • Who's a bigot?
  • A courtroom journey to the Netherlands, via Massachusetts
  • A judge's memories
  • God, gays, and political power
  • The naughty boy
  • The science of sexuality
  • The plaintiffs rest
  • Cooper's turn
  • "A high ol' time of it"
  • Victory
  • A trump card, reluctantly played
  • "Sometimes prayers work"
  • When a nightingale sings
  • Some "grist for Justice Kennedy"
  • 8
  • Obama "comes out"
  • Chad and the case enter a new phase
  • A star witness's mea culpa
  • Chad's big test
  • "Don't they have a responsibility to act?"
  • Selma to Stonewall
  • Framing the arguments
  • Kennedy v. Kennedy
  • "Skim milk marriages"
  • "Dignity"
  • June is for weddings.