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008 140228s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014005342
020 $a9781594204449 (hardback)
020 $a1594204446 (hardback)
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084 $aPOL004000$aSOC012000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBecker, Jo,$eauthor.
245 10 $aForcing the spring :$binside the fight for marriage equality /$cJo Becker.
264 1 $aNew York :$bThe Penguin Press,$c2014.
300 $a470 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Forcing the Spring begins on Election Night 2008, when a controversial California ballot initiative called Proposition 8--which removed the right of gay men and women to marry--passed alongside Barack Obama's stunning victory. Forcing the Spring details how a small but determined group of political and media insiders took the fight for marriage equality all the way to the Supreme Court. Gay activists and Hollywood liberals joined together to enlist attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies--the opposing counsels on the Supreme Court's infamous Bush v. Gore ruling--to bring a controversial legal case against Proposition 8 before the highest court in the land. Forcing the Spring is the extraordinary ringside account of this unprecedented effort to shift public opinion and reengineer the political certainties of an era"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe "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.
600 10 $aHollingsworth, Dennis,$d1967-$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aPerry, Kristin$xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 $aSame-sex marriage$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xCases.
650 0 $aSame-sex marriage$xLaw and legislation$zCalifornia$xCases.
650 0 $aLocus standi$zUnited States$xCases.
650 0 $aGay rights$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States.
610 10 $aCalifornia.$tProposition 8 (2008)
610 20 $aUnited States.$tDefense of Marriage Act.
653 $aHollingsworth v. Perry, 570 U.S. ????, 133 S.Ct. 2652 (2013)
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uftp://ppftpuser:welcome@ftp01.penguingroup.com/Booksellers and Media/Covers/2008_2009_New_Covers/9781594204449.jpg