We Do: American Leaders Who Believe in Marriage Equality
✍ Scribed by Madeleine M. Kunin
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1617752010
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✦ Synopsis
"We Do! is a powerful look at the long battle for marriage equality in America. As Vermont's governor, Madeleine Kunin was a leader on gay rights years before it was fashionable and years before our state became the first in the country to allow civil unions and, later, gay marriage without a court order. The struggle for gay rights in Vermont was very difficult, divisive, and acrimonious. If you talk to young people today about gay rights or gay marriage, they ask, What was the big deal? Madeleine and Jennifer Baumgardner remind us what a big deal it was and how important it is."
--United States Senator Bernie Sanders
"Madeleine Kunin argues that empowering women to succeed at home and at work is both good economics and good social policy. She presents a convincing road map for how we achieve that vision, and calls on all of us to be part of a brighter future."
--President Bill Clinton
"In her role as author and activist, Jennifer...