Then Comes Marriage (44 page)

Koritz, Alexia, 93, 161, 201–2, 239, 242, 295

Koufax, Sandy, 191

Lagon, Pat, 30

L.A. Law
, 29

Lamb, Michael, 157

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, 30, 65, 67, 69, 112–13, 118, 124, 132, 208, 309, 318

Lavine, Ari, 287

Lavine, David, 136–37

Lavine, Rachel, 114, 135–37, 162, 164–65, 181, 201–2, 221–22, 259–61, 263, 286, 290–91, 295

birth of Jacob and, 62–63, 81–84

early relationship with Roberta, 41–45, 56–59

honeymoon of, 67

marriage of, 59–61, 63, 68

mother of, 287, 308

New York City's Pride Weekend and, 301

Passover Seder and, 250–52

sister of, 287

victory celebration after decision, 299–300

wedding of, 209

at Yom Kippur services, 191–92

Lawrence v. Texas
, 51–54, 64, 229, 246–48, 256, 282–84, 290, 294, 317–18, 320

Leahy, Patrick, 179

legislation.
See also
specific legislation

antisodomy laws, 51–52

against gay sexual relationships, 20

Levin, Kramer, 210–11

Levine, Howard, 36–37

Levi Strauss, 212

Levy, Ariel, 291

“The Perfect Wife,” 290

LGBT activists, 30, 31, 43, 48–49

LGBT Center, 131–33, 171, 295–97

LGBT churches, 208

LGBT Film Festival, 110

LGBT people, changing attitudes toward, 28–29, 29, 151, 301

LGBT rights movement, 48–49, 113, 114, 145–46, 151, 303–5, 307.
See also
Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy; marriage equality; parenthood

in New York, 64–65

Lin, Jean, 138

London, Martin, 40–41, 202, 263

Louisiana, marriage equality in, 308–9

Loving v. Virginia
, 66

Maraweck, Virginia, 261

marriage.
See also
marriage equality

adoption and, 33–34

children and, 71–72, 74–75, 79–80

community and, 46–47

in Hawaii, May 1, 1991, 30

interracial, 66

procreation and, 71–72, 74–77, 79–80

Marriage Act of Ontario, 105

marriage equality, 39, 46–49, 51–53

in all fifty states, 294–95, 301–2, 315–22

in California, 117–18, 132, 178, 200, 234, 236, 253–55, 292–93 (
see also
Hollingsworth v. Perry
)

in Canada, 51, 57, 63, 103–4

in Connecticut, 129–30

in Florida, 301

in Hawaii, 40, 279–80

in Indiana, 315

in Louisiana, 308–9

in Maryland, 178

in Massachusetts, 53–55, 64, 76, 178, 304, 318, 322

in Michigan, 318–20

military members and, 212–14

in Minnesota, 310

in Mississippi, 302–13, 322–23

in New Hampshire, 132

in New Jersey, 178

in New York, 64, 65–68, 69–81, 84, 85, 122–29, 163–64, 277–78

in Ohio, 315–22

in Oklahoma, 301, 315

popular support for, 151–52, 301

rapid developments between 2011 and 2015, 151

significance of, 50

states' rights and, 220, 244–46, 275–77, 280–81

symbolism of, 50, 58

in Texas, 301, 308–9, 318

U.S. government and, 212–14

in Utah, 301, 315

in Vermont, 132, 322

in Virginia, 315

in Washington, DC, 132

in Washington state, 178

Marriage Equality Act, 163–64

Marshall, Margaret, 53–54, 303, 318

Martinez, Brian, 144

Martinez, Nico, 206

Maryland, marriage equality in, 178

Massachusetts, 51

challenge to DOMA in, 113, 123–24, 132

marriage equality in, 64, 76, 178, 304, 318, 322

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 51, 53–55

Matheny, Justin, 304–5, 312–13

Matter of Alison D.
, 34

Matter of Dana
, 33, 35–39, 64, 74, 80–81

Matter of Jacob
, 33, 35–39, 64, 74, 80–81

McCarthyism, 173, 187

McHugh, Paul, 207–8

McMahon, Colleen, 32–33, 34, 194–95, 222

McMillen, Constance, 160

McNally, Terence, 222

Meet the Press
, 176–77

Melillo, Joseph, 30

Mercury, Freddie, 29

Messinger, Ruth, 18–19

Methodist churches, 209

Michigan, marriage equality in, 318–20

Microsoft, 212

military members

LGBT people as, 212–14

marriage equality and, 212–14

Milk, Harvey, 55

Milligan, David, 261

Minnesota, marriage equality in, 310

Minnesota Supreme Court, 310

Mississippi, marriage equality in, 302–13, 322–23

Montgomery bus boycott, 307

moot courts, 225–30, 231, 233–34, 236–38, 249

“moral disapproval,” 286

“moral understanding,” 286–87

Morrison, Alan, 189–90, 212, 230

Morrison, Nina, 189

Murray, Mary, 243

Muska, Susan, 106, 110, 122

Nadler, Jerrold, 263

NARTH, 168–69

National Association of Evangelicals, 208

National Organization for Marriage, 208

National Union of South African Students, 53

New Hampshire, marriage equality in, 132

New Jersey, marriage equality in, 178

New Orleans, Louisiana, 308, 309

New Republic
, 48–49

Newsom, Gavin, 55, 318

New York, 55–56, 64–65, 190

leadership of, 74

marriage equality in, 64, 65–68, 69–81, 84–85, 122–29, 163–64, 277–78

state legislature in, 163–64

New York, New York, 23–24, 47

Clerk's Office, 46

domestic partnership in, 101

Pride Weekend in, 165, 299–301

New York Court of Appeals, 32, 34–39, 49, 56, 64–69, 73–74

The New Yorker
, 235, 290

New York Post
, 177

New York Times
, 50, 105–6

editorial “In Defense of Marriage, for All,” 144

New York University, 171–72

alumni magazine of, 161

North Carolina, 277–78

NPR, 155, 243

Obama, Barack, 139, 140, 143–46, 148, 160, 187, 205, 295

decision not to defend DOMA, 224

judicial appointments by, 303 (
see also
Kagan, Elena; Sotomayor, Sonia)

statement in support of marriage equality, 177–78

Obama administration, 177–78

Obergefell, James, 315, 317, 318, 322–23

Obergefell v. Hodges
, 315–22

amicus briefs, on behalf of, 316–18

decision in, 320–21

the People's Brief, 316–18

O'Connor, Sandra Day, 22

O'Donnell, Daniel, 65–66, 164, 299

O'Donnell, Rosie, 65

Ohio, 284

marriage equality in, 315–22

Oklahoma, marriage equality in, 301, 315

Olafsdottir, Greta, 106, 110, 122

Olson, Theodore, 117–18, 132, 200, 236–38, 255–57, 318

Ontario, Canada, 51

Oracle, 212

Orwell, George, 208

Ouellette, Alicia, 36–37

Out
magazine, 160–61

Outserve-SLDN, 213–14

parental rights, 61–62

parenthood, 33, 34–39, 57–59, 61–62, 63, 64, 74, 78–80, 80–84, 293–94.
See also
adoption

Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), 208

Partnership for New York City, 190

Passover, 250–52

Paterson, David, 164

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 31, 32–33, 40–41, 43, 56, 194, 242, 252

complaints written by, 126–27

Edith Schlain Windsor v. the United States of America
and, 118, 121–22, 185–86, 199–202

gay partners at, 68–69, 119–20

pro bono cases and, 115

United States v. Windsor
and, 203, 206, 221–22, 290, 297, 320

Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management
, 178, 188, 189

Pelosi, Nancy, 55, 148, 263

Penry, Johnny Paul, 68

the People's Brief, 316–18

People v. Onofre
, 64, 72

Peplau, Letitia Anne, 157

“The Perfect Wife” (Levy), 290

Phelps, Margie, 206, 207

polygamy, 71, 158

Portman, Rob, 284

Pregil, Antoinette, 30

Presbyterian churches, 209

Pritchett, Jocelyn (Joce), 302, 305–6, 312, 323

procreation, 71–72, 74–75, 76–77, 79–80, 255

“The Prophets” (Auden), 296–97

Proposition 8, in California, 117–18, 132, 178, 200, 234, 236, 253–55, 292, 293 (
see also
Hollingsworth v. Perry
)

pulp fiction, 92

Quaker churches, 209

Quinn, Christine, 43, 299

Rabbinical Assembly, 210

Raghavan, Gautam, 295

“rainbow coalition,” 65–66

rational basis, 139–43, 181, 186, 254

Reagan, Ronald, 144, 236, 254

Reed, Ralph, 40

Reeves, Carlton, 303–4, 306–8, 311

Reform Jewish organizations, 209

Rehnquist, William, 254

religious organizations, amicus briefs on behalf of
Windsor
filed by, 209

Religious Right, 20

Republican Revolution, 39–40

Republicans, 39–40

requests for admissions, 166–68

Reuters, 184

Rieman, Walter, 252

right to marry, 30

Roberts, John, 187, 254–55, 263–64, 270–74, 282–86, 291–92

Roberts, Robin, 177–78

Robinson, Gene, 209

Rodrigues, Tammy, 30

Roe v. Wade
, 235

Romer v. Evans
, 229, 246, 247–48, 290, 294

Rosen, Hilary, 235, 287–88, 297, 316

Rosenblatt, Albert, 69–70

Russian Revolution, 42–43

Rustin, Bayard, 307

Rutkin, Amy, 41–42, 299

Sainz, Fred, 318

Salt Lake Tribune
, 168–69

“Samesex Marriage and Morality: The Human Rights Vision of the Constitution” (Wolfson), 322

Sanders, Andrea, 302, 305–6, 321–22

Sanders, Steve, 316

Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, 207

San Francisco, California, 55

San Francisco County Clerk, 55

Sawyer, Diane, 297

Scalia, Antonin, 52–54, 187, 255–56, 275–76, 284, 291

dissent in
Windsor
, 292, 294–95, 301, 310

Schonfeld, Julie, 210

SCOTUSblog, 199, 253, 290

Segura, Gary, 158–59

Selma, Alabama, March, 1965, 300

Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire
(Diamond), 168–70

Shepard, Matthew, 207

siblings, 73–74

Signorile, Michelangelo, 29–30

“skim milk marriage,” 266–67, 296

slippery-slope arguments, 73–74

“slutty heterosexuals” argument, 74–75, 78–79, 196

Smith, George Bundy, 68, 69, 75–76, 77

Smith, Jerry, 308, 310–11

Smith, Paul, 318

Smith, Robert, 68–69, 71–72, 77–79, 80, 196

Solomon, Marc, 318

Sommer, Susan, 67, 70–72

Sotomayor, Sonia, 187, 254, 272, 281–82

Spyer, Thea, 20–22, 60, 85, 112–15, 122, 124–28, 152–55, 162, 166–68, 171, 202, 288, 300

death of, 109, 131, 135, 174, 216

domestic partnership and, 101–2

engagement of, 91–92

love story of, 215–16

marriage of, 103–5, 111–12, 122–23, 126–30, 226–28, 239, 293, 322

MS and, 96–101, 103–5, 107–9, 216, 249

Stonewall and, 298

wedding announcement of, 105–6

Srinivasan, Sri, 187, 188, 198, 264

Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, 185, 233–34

Starbucks, 212

states' rights.
See also
federalism, marriage equality and, 220, 244–46, 275–77, 280–81, 292

Stonewall, 295, 297–99, 322

Straub, Chester, 190–91

Sudbay, Joe, 143–44

Sullivan, Andrew, “Here Comes the Groom,” 48–49

Suter, William, 262–63

Sylvia Samuels et al. v. New York State Department of Health
, 65–67

Tauro, Joseph, 132

Taylor, Camilla, 309

television, first lesbian kiss broadcast on, 29

terminology, 294

Texas, marriage equality in, 301, 308–9, 318

Thomas, Clarence, 187, 279

Three Women
, 92

Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 192–93

Thurmond, Strom, 255

Time
magazine, 40, 187–88

“Times can blind,” 247, 282–83, 310

Titone, Vito, 49

Toobin, Jeffrey, 235

Totenberg, Nina, 155, 243–44

Trachtman, Jeffrey, 210–11

Tribe, Laurence, 301

Twitter, 245

UBS, 212

Uhrbach, Jan, 60, 209–11, 299

“A Conservative Rabbi's Case for Marriage Equality,” 210–11

uniformity argument, 181, 279–80

United Church of Christ, 209

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 209

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 315

United States v. Windsor
, 11, 263–87, 322.
See also
Edith Schlain Windsor v. the United States of America

5–4 vote in, 292

certiorari
in, 184, 186, 188, 201

decision in, 289–301, 310, 320–21, 322

dissents in, 292, 294–95, 301

impact of, 301–13, 315

jurisdictional arguments, 263–64

meaning of, 299

press conference after decision, 295–97

University of Chicago National Opinion Research center, 29

University of Mississippi, 309