How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality
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Köp båda 2 för 365 kr"Equal Before the Law fills an important need, and does it very well. Much has been written about the fight for LGBT rights at the national level, but the progress we have achieved on one important issue--same-sex marriage--has occurred almost entirely at the state level, and too little has been written about that. This insightful, informative, and well-written account of the fight for same-sex marriage in Iowa helps fill that vacuum very well. Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen do an excellent job of weaving three threads together--the personal, the judicial, and the political. It is an essential addition to any reading list about the fight for LGBT equality in this century."--Congressman Barney Frank (retired) "Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen have told a compelling story of how elected judges in Iowa--America's heartland--struck down prohibitions on same-sex marriage as discriminatory, out of the state's tradition of tolerance and equality. Some of these courageous jurists were recalled, but their prescience offered a pathway to a greater acceptance of marriage equality in the country."--Al Hunt, Bloomberg "Equal Before the Law grabs your attention on page one and never lets you go. This is a first-of-its-kind, behind-the-scenes look into the decision that changed marriage in America forever. You'll chuckle, you may even cry, and agree or disagree with the Court's decision, you'll put the book down understanding why, and how, Varnum changed everything."--Zach Wahls, LGBTQ advocate
For thirty-three years, Tom Witosky covered Iowa politics, law, business, and sports for the Des Moines Register, reporting many major stories and gaining a reputation for innovative investigative journalism. One of the first investigative sports reporters in the country, he made sports news a regular front-page feature both at home and nationally. Marc Hansen spent over thirty years writing sports, metro, and feature-page columns for the Des Moines Register, often posting the papers highest readership numbers and winning numerous awards.