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Speak Now tells the story of a watershed trial that unfolded over twelve tense days in California in 2010. A trial that legalized same-sex marriage in our most populous state. A trial that interrogated the nature of marriage, the political status of gays and lesbians, the ideal circumstances for raising children, and the ability of direct democracy to protect fundamental rights. A trial that stands as the most potent argument for marriage equality this nation has ever seen.
In telling the story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the groundbreaking federal lawsuit against Proposition 8, Kenji Yoshino has also written a paean to the vanishing civil trial—an oasis of rationality in what is often a decidedly uncivil debate. Above all, this book is a work of deep humanity, in which Yoshino brings abstract legal arguments to life by sharing his own story of finding love, marrying, and having children as a gay man.
Intellectually rigorous and profoundly compassionate, Speak Now is the definitive account of a landmark civil-rights trial.
— Winner, Stonewall Book Award
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- ISBN: 9780385348812
- File size: 1025 KB
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- ISBN: 9780385348812
- File size: 1269 KB
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- English
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April 1, 2015
Yoshino (constitutional law, Columbia Univ.) has long been an astute observer-participant at the intersection of law and LGBT experience. His influential Covering documented the precarious socioeconomic and legal position of those who fail to mute the aspects of themselves marked as different. Here Yoshino returns to the interconnection of law and culture by focusing on the Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013) civil court trial which illuminated the arguments for and against legal recognition of same-sex marriages. He skillfully weaves his family's experience fighting for legal recognition with an account of the Hollingsworth lawsuit from inception to Supreme Court ruling. Drawing on the extensive legal documentation as well as interviews conducted with most of the key players, Yoshino masterfully guides lay readers through the intricate legal landscape, arguing that District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's decision to hold a full-court trial offered a unique opportunity for Americans to hear arguments for and against same-sex marriage subject to rigorous cross-examination. Yoshino's passionate and forceful prose is, as always, a delight to read. VERDICT Required reading for anyone who cares about the power of law, in particular civil trials, to expand civil rights and shape public opinion in the United States.--Anna J. Clutterbuck-Cook, Massachusetts Historical Soc. Lib., Boston
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