LEADER 02952nam 2200481 450 001 9910797646403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61168-919-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000483715 035 $a(EBL)4003897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4003897 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4003897 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11171838 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL830717 035 $a(OCoLC)945605854 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000483715 100 $a20140325h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aWinning Marriage $eThe Inside Story Of How Same-Sex Couples Took On The Politicians And Pundits -- And Won /$fMarc Solomon ; Foreword By Governor Deval Patrick 205 $aned 210 1$aLebanon, NH :$cForeEdge,$d[2014] 210 4$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (426 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-61168-899-X 330 $aTen years ago no state allowed same-sex couples to marry, support for gay marriage nationwide hovered around 30 percent, and politicians everywhere thought of it as the third rail of American politics -- draw near at your peril. Today, same-sex couples can marry in seventeen states, polls consistently show majority support, and nearly three-quarters of Americans believe legalization is inevitable. In Winning Marriage Marc Solomon, a veteran leader in the movement for marriage equality, gives the reader a seat at the strategy-setting and decision-making table in the campaign to win and protect the freedom to marry. With depth and grace he reveals the inner workings of the advocacy movement that has championed and protected advances won in legislative, court, and electoral battles over the decade since the landmark Massachusetts ruling guaranteeing marriage for same-sex couples for the first time. From the gritty battles in the state legislatures of Massachusetts and New York to the devastating loss at the ballot box in California in 2008 and subsequent ballot wins in 2012 to the joyous victories of securing President Obama's support and prevailing in the Supreme Court, Marc Solomon has been at the center of one of the great civil and human rights movements of our time. Winning Marriage recounts the struggle with some of the world's most powerful forces -- the Catholic hierarchy, the religious right, and cynical ultraconservative political operatives -- and the movement's eventual triumph. 606 $aSame-sex marriage$zUnited States 606 $aSame-sex marriage$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aSame-sex marriage 615 0$aSame-sex marriage$xLaw and legislation 676 $a306.84/80973 700 $aSolomon$b Marc$f1966-$01506282 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797646403321 996 $aWinning Marriage$93736452 997 $aUNINA