Bibliograph

Then comes marriage, United States v. Windsor and the defeat of DOMA, Roberta Kaplan ; with Lisa Dickey ; foreword by Edie Windsor

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Then comes marriage, United States v. Windsor and the defeat of DOMA, Roberta Kaplan ; with Lisa Dickey ; foreword by Edie Windsor

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Then comes marriage

Oclc number

902661501

Responsibility statement

Roberta Kaplan ; with Lisa Dickey ; foreword by Edie Windsor

Sub title

United States v. Windsor and the defeat of DOMA

Summary

"Roberta Kaplan's gripping story of her defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) before the Supreme Court,"--Amazon.comFrom the beginning it was the perfect case to bring down the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer had been together as a couple, in sickness and in health, for more than forty years, enduring society's homophobia as well as Spyer's near total paralysis from multiple sclerosis. Although the couple was finally able to marry, when Spyer died the federal government refused to recognize their marriage, forcing Windsor to pay a huge estate tax bill. Kaplan shares the behind-the-scenes highs and lows, the excitement and the worries, and provides intriguing insights into her historic argument before the Supreme Court

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