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Hardcover, 373 pages

Published Sept. 9, 2015 by Crown Publishers.

ISBN:: 978-0-385-34880-5

A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the trial that stands as the most potent argument for marriage equality

Speak Now tells the story of a watershed trial that unfolded over twelve tense days in California in 2010. A trial that legalized same-sex marriage in our most populous state. A trial that interrogated the nature of marriage, the political status of gays and lesbians, the ideal circumstances for raising children, and the ability of direct democracy to protect fundamental rights. A trial that stands as the most potent argument for marriage equality this nation has ever seen.

In telling the story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the groundbreaking federal lawsuit against Proposition 8, Kenji Yoshino has also written a paean to the vanishing civil trial–an oasis of rationality in what is often a decidedly uncivil debate. Above all, this book is a work of …

A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the trial that stands as the most potent argument for marriage equality

Speak Now tells the story of a watershed trial that unfolded over twelve tense days in California in 2010. A trial that legalized same-sex marriage in our most populous state. A trial that interrogated the nature of marriage, the political status of gays and lesbians, the ideal circumstances for raising children, and the ability of direct democracy to protect fundamental rights. A trial that stands as the most potent argument for marriage equality this nation has ever seen.

In telling the story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the groundbreaking federal lawsuit against Proposition 8, Kenji Yoshino has also written a paean to the vanishing civil trial–an oasis of rationality in what is often a decidedly uncivil debate. Above all, this book is a work of deep humanity, in which Yoshino brings abstract legal arguments to life by sharing his own story of finding love, marrying, and having children as a gay man.

Intellectually rigorous and profoundly compassionate, Speak Now is the definitive account of a landmark civil-rights trial.

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Ben Waber reviewed Speak Now by Kenji Yoshino

A Legal Scholarship-Sprinkled Play-by-Play

4 stars

Yoshino provides a legal scholar's view into the central case for same-sex marriage equality. This book is very focused on the trial itself, with Yoshino providing informed play-by-play and also adding his personal perspective as a married gay man with children. While this issue has faded a bit from popular consciousness over the years, it's important to remember how recent this was, and the legal reasoning Yoshino and this case provides is still enlightening. I only wish there was more background material - very little on gay rights and marriage equality more broadly is incorporated beyond a few short references. Highly recommend

Ben Waber

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