Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial

<b>A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of <i>Hollingsworth v. Perry, </i>the trial that will stand as the most potent argument for marriage equality</b><br><br><i>Speak Now </i>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.<br><br> In telling the story of <i>Hollingsworth v. Perry</i>, 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.<br><br> Intellectually rigorous and profoundly compassionate, <i>Speak Now </i>will stand as the definitive account of a landmark civil-rights trial.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>