Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA Audible – Unabridged ridged
Author: Roberta Kaplan ID: B01672ZIZQ
Roberta Kaplan’s gripping story of her defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) before the Supreme Court. Attorney Roberta Kaplan knew it was the perfect case. Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer had stayed together, for better or worse, for 44 years – battling through society’s homophobia and Spyer’s paralysis from MS. The couple married in Canada in 2007, but when Spyer died two years later, the US government refused to recognize their marriage, forcing Windsor to pay a huge estate tax. In this landmark work, Kaplan describes her strategy in the lower courts and her preparation and rehearsals before moot courts, and she shares insights into the dramatic oral argument before the Supreme Court justices. Then Comes Marriage is the story of the relationship behind the watershed case, Kaplan’s own difficult coming-out journey, and the fascinating unfolding of United States v. Windsor. Full of never-before-told details, this is the momentous account of a thrilling historic and political victory for gay rights.
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Audible Audio EditionListening Length: 12 hours and 8 minutesProgram Type: AudiobookVersion: UnabridgedPublisher: Recorded BooksAudible.com Release Date: October 6, 2015Language: EnglishID: B01672ZIZQ Best Sellers Rank: #5 in Books > Law > Family Law > Marriage #29 in Books > Law > Constitutional Law > Civil Rights #34 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Nonfiction > Law
My copy arrived electronically at 12:03 this morning. I have not finished it, but I love this book so far! Edith Windsor and her wonderful spouse Thea Spyer put faces and hearts on the movement to legalize marriage equality. Roberta Kaplan is the smart, hardworking, courageous lawyer who fought for legal recognition of their Canadian marriage and the end of the Defense of Marriage Act before the United States Supreme Court and WON! How brilliant to frame the question as one about estate taxation!!!! I will buy this in hardback for signatures of my heroes Robbie and Edie when they visit a bookstore near me. In the meantime, READ THIS BOOK! And be grateful for lawyers like Roberta Kaplan!
I got a sneak peak of this manuscript this summer and now have my hands on my own hard copy. This is an incredible blend of legal procedure and personal story, a groundbreaking version of memoir. In as much as Edie Windsor is lesbian celebrity, it almost appeals to the voyeur–we learn so much more about her love and life. But, equally compelling, we also learn about Roberta Kaplan and how her mind worked in this, the most important case yet for her. We meet their friends and their colleagues, their hopes and their fears, their challenges and their breaks. This first-hand account of one of the most important cases of our times is as compelling as it is readable. Every lgbtqia person needs this in her library. Every legal scholar will enjoy the inside view of the arguments. Every library needs this own its shelf. This is how great love stories should be told.
My eagerly awaited copy came two days ago. As of this morning I’m ninety pages in and, though other obligations call, I am finding it harder and harder to this book down. Then Comes Marriage makes it easy for those of us whose post-graduate work did not involve law school to understand complex legal issues. But what’s best, I think, is the way Roberta Kaplan and Lisa Dickey have woven together the the personal stories of real people, people who feel hope and sorrow, people who come alive as complex human beings, with the pubic story of how many people, not the least of whom is Roberta Kaplan herself, who have worked for years to bring marriage equality to the United States. Issues are, the gods know, important, but I think we "get" issues most clearly when we encounter them through the eyes of real people, good people with whom we can empathize. Like Marc Solomon’s Winning Marriage, Then Comes Marriage is a winner.
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