The People's Victory
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Overview
In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create one of the most miraculous political victories in modern American history. Opponents attacked the issue of marriage equality as amoral and a direct threat to families. Allies warned that it was a generation away from being practicable and a selfish drain of precious political capital.
A stirring oral history told by those who almost inexplicably found themselves fighting on the front lines, The People's Victory recounts the successes – and the setbacks – that only served to strengthen everyone’s resolve to resist, fight, and bring equal marriage rights to an entire nation. Through it all, these love warriors found their voice and home in Marriage Equality USA, the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots organization of its kind. While high profile books, articles and documentaries have covered the judicial and legislative machinations, this book puts a human face on the people who made the everyday personal sacrifices to keep the movement alive.
The People’s Victory shares deeply moving personal testimonies of over sixty people, from Marvin Burrows, who was forced out of his home and lost many treasured possessions after losing his lost his partner of fifty years; to Kate Burns, who risked arrest for the first time when she stood up for her relationship; to Mike Goettemoeller, who pushed his mother in a wheelchair with Marriage Equality USA to fulfill her dream of marching in a Pride parade.
Edie Windsor, the triumphant lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case United States vs. Windsor recounts shouting down a major LGBTQ organization with “I’m 77 years old and I can’t wait!!” when they attempted to belittle marriage as a critical issue. Writer and producer Del Shores shares the touching moment his young teenage daughter used tears and laughter to console him after the passage of Proposition 8 in California dealt a blow to the cause.
The People’s Victory is an inspirational roadmap for anyone who has felt passionately about an issue, but has questioned whether one person’s contribution can make a difference. These candid accounts once again prove that every movement for important social change must be built on the acts of everyday. In fact, that is the only way the people have ever been victorious.
In his introduction, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom writes: “I hope these stories inspire you to resist, to fight, to win and in the end write the next stories in our continuing push for a more just and perfect union.”
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781495639081 |
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| Publisher: | Marriage Equality USA |
| Publication date: | 10/02/2017 |
| Pages: | 230 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
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Table of Contents
Foreword Lieutenant Gov. Gavin newsom 10
Introduction Brian Silva 11
The Walls, Did Indeed, Talk Christine Allen 14
Meny's "Say 'I Do' Tour" Fred Anguera 17
Live Your Life Out Loud -You Can Change the World Shelly Bailes 19
Defining Marriage: Voices from a Forty-Year Labor of Love Matt Baume 22
Ding Dong Prop 8 Is Dead Kirsten Berzon 26
The Long Wait Is Over Michael Boyajian 29
Kim and Maureen (and Bruce Springsteen): My Personal Introduction to Marriage Equality Billy Bradford 31
Billy and Molly Sittin' in a Truck… Billy Bradford 33
Every Moment of an Action Is Important Kate Burns 36
This is What DOMA Does to People-It Shatters Their Lives Marvin Burrows 39
Yes, I'm About to Ruin My Political Career Geoff Callan Mike Shaw 43
Blazing an Equality Caravan Across America Frank Joe Capley-Alfano 45
The Day I Found MEUSA and the Day That Changed My Life Sean Chapin 50
Revolution J. Scott Coatsworth 55
Equality Is Not a Slogan -It's Our Legal Right Michael Farino 62
On the Road to Equality Nationwide Stuart Gaffney John Lewis 64
Homophobia: noun Tim Garcia 68
Gender Offenders Are Brides Gone Wild! Gender Offenders 70
I Want to Lead a Gay Pride Parade Mike Goettemoeller 75
There Are Gay People Everywhere: the Fight for Marriage Equality in California's Central Valley Baltimore Gonzalez 77
Our Red Cape Campaign Tracy Hollister 80
We Are Not Going to Leave Mark "Major" Jiminez Beau Chandler 85
A Day in the Life of a Love Warrior Davina Kotulski, PH.D. 86
It's OK. I Love You. Davina Kotulski, PH.D. 90
Jolly Ranchers and Puzzle Pieces Kitty Cheryle Lambert-Rudd 92
Partners: Out4Immigration and Marriage Equality USA Amos Lim 100
Standing up by Sitting In Zack Lyons 102
A Movement Begins Cathy Marino-Thomas 105
The First MENY Wedding March Cathy Marino-Thomas 107
I Love to Cry at Weddings Michael Markiewicz 109
8 the Play Brings the Prop 8 Story to Off-B roadway Brian Maschka 111
Real Housewives of New York on the March Alex Mccord Simon Vankempen 113
Love in a Time of Exile Martha Mcdevitt-Pugh 117
Complaint Department and Organizational Recruiter Molly Mckay 123
Walk a Mile in My Shoes Peter Mesh 127
The Beehive Engagement Colleen Mewing 129
My Bird's-Eye View of Kitchen v. Herbert Folene Mewing 131
To Have and to Hold - Joy, Pain, and Pride on Parade Joy O'Donnell 133
Tax Us? Then Marry Us! Ellen Pontac 140
I Am Here to Inform the Nation About My Existence Mir Reyad 143
The Attractive Blonde Lady Michael Sabatimo Robert Voorheis 145
Gus and Elmer Michael Sabatino Robert Voorheis 147
Waiting in the Gallery Michael Sabatino Robert Voorheis 149
The First Marriage Recognition in New York State Michael Sabatino Robert Voorheis 153
I'll Look for Bill in Heaven and Tell Him You Are OK Charlie Scatamacchia 155
Testifying to Love-Why I Was Arrested Will Scott 159
My Sordid Lives Del Shores 163
May I Have the Envelope Please… Brian Silva 166
I Am No Longer That Boy Scott Smith 170
Counter-Protesting the Opposition Leslie Stewart 172
Westboro Baptist Comes to Town Leslie Stewart 174
Aftermath Stephanie Stolte 176
Six Green Turtles and a Brown Giraffe-David "Bearded Iris" Cameron Strachan 181
Keep Your Mouths Closed and Don't Look Too "Churchy" Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow 185
Making Waves in the City of Brotherly Love Robert Sullivan 190
People, All People Belong to Each Other Imam Jamila Tharp 193
Two Marches: the Brooklyn Bridge and My Sunset David Thompson 204
We Must Sit in the Front of the Marriage Bus Jan Thompson 207
From Innocent Parent to Marriage Advocate and Activist Sam Thoron 210
Think for Yourselves. You Are the Experts! Anne Tischer 214
Our MEUSA Family Joseph Vitale 217
We Are No Longer Asking for Tolerance. We Are Americans. Jokie X Wilson 220
I'm 77 Years Old and I Can't Wait! Edie Windsor 223
Freedom to Marry-the Journey to Justice Laurie York Carmen Goodyear 225