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    Forcing the Spring: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality

    Written by Jo Becker

    Narrated by Jamie Leonhart

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    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 re-engineer the political certainties of an era.

    Based on original interviews and in-depth reportage, Forcing the Spring is the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jo Becker, after she was exclusively embedded with the plaintiffs' legal team for more than four years, attending every day of the trial and every appellate argument. Offering behind-the-scenes coverage on the Obama administration's role -- with access to all the key players in the Justice Department and the White House -- Becker reveals the true story of how the president came around to embrace marriage equality and play a surprisingly critical role in the Supreme Court battle. Following the lawyers in the chambers, the political operatives in the strategy rooms, and the heroic couples at the center of this historic lawsuit, Becker weaves together the many threads of the campaign into an inspirational and eye-opening narrative.

    An exclusive account of a national civil rights struggle, Forcing the Spring carries readers from the first efforts to stop Proposition 8 and the campaign to undermine the Defense of Marriage Act all the way to the final suspenseful moments in the Supreme Court. A multi-angled work of journalism that examines all sides and all participants of this groundbreaking movement, Forcing the Spring is the definitive account of the fight to win the rights of marriage and full citizenship for all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 22, 2014
    ISBN9780698149663
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      Even though I knew about the major events that make up this book, even though I knew the ending before I started - this book was more compelling than any other I've read this year.The fight for marriage equality is one that I am passionate about. I feel that it is the civil rights movement of my lifetime and I have watched at times in awe at how fast things are changing - and at times in abject frustration at some of the setbacks and deep-seeded hate that is still out there.Jo Becker provides a behind the scenes look at people whose lives were changed dramatically (several times!) by the battle over Proposition 8 in California and by DOMA in the US. Her writing style is so clear and clean, that at times I forgot that I was reading and I felt like I was truly there - that I was a first-hand observer in the lives of the plaintiffs, lawyers and activists.It was so interesting to read this in light of where our country is going, how in terms of social progress, the fight for marriage equality is FINALLY moving at a quicker pace. Becker writes in such a way that the reader is able to absorb a great deal of facts, court procedures and history without feeling overwhelmed. Each person has his/her own voice, and the action moves swiftly - causing me a few late nights.I was fascinated by this book, by this story of people from all sides that came together to force necessary change. It was emotional without being flowery or sappy, it was powerful without being preachy, and above all, it felt fair.I applaud Jo Becker for this amazing book and hope to see more from her.