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
U.S. Congress, 144, 148. See also U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Senate
1994 midterm elections, 39–40
1996 debate over DOMA, 217–18
amicus briefs on behalf of Windsor filed by members of, 211–12
DOMA and, 39, 40, 267–69, 279–80
repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, 151–52
Tenth Amendment, 275–76
U.S. Constitution, 51, 55, 66, 120, 220–21, 246–47, 299
federalism, 292
Fifth Amendment, 221
Fourteenth Amendment, 310
Tenth Amendment, 244–45
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 179, 181–82, 302, 308–13, 315, 321
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 143
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 315
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 178, 188, 200, 292
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 120, 129–30, 140–41, 149, 182, 185–86, 188–90, 195–98, 202, 263, 284–85, 315
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 315
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 315
U.S. Department of Defense, 151–52
U.S. Department of Justice, 138–48, 155, 160, 179, 187, 192–93, 200, 205, 224, 264
United States v. Windsor and, 270–72
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, 302
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 120
U.S. House of Representatives, 148, 190
1996 House Report, 293
amicus briefs on behalf of Windsor filed by members of, 211–12
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG), 148–52, 155–61, 165–70, 172–73, 181–82, 192–93, 196, 200, 206, 212, 218–19, 221, 223–24, 233, 241, 264, 270–71, 279–80
U.S. military
dishonorable discharges from, 30
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell polic
y, 24, 30, 39
LGBT people in, 30
U.S. Senate, amicus briefs on behalf of Windsor filed by members of, 211–12
U.S. Supreme Court, 51–54, 120, 148–49, 184, 315
Baker v. Nelson, 196–97, 316–17
Bowers v. Hardwick, 246, 247–48, 282, 284, 317
Brown v. Board of Education, 234–35, 303–4, 309
cases considered by, 198–200
challenges to DOMA at, 178–81, 182, 183, 187–89, 197–201, 203–22, 223–41
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, 228–29
conferences at, 198–99
decision to hear Windsor, 205–6
“Guide for Counsel,” 289
Hollingsworth v. Perry, 234–38, 250, 252–57, 264, 277–78, 282, 286, 290–91
jurisdictional issues, 205–6, 224
justices on, 187–88
Lawrence v. Texas, 64, 229, 246–48, 256, 282–84, 290, 294, 317, 318, 320
Loving v. Virginia, 66
Obergefell v. Hodges, 315–22
Reuters report examining cases, 184
Roe v. Wade, 235
Romer v. Evans, 229, 246, 290, 294
United States v. Windsor, 203–22, 223–41, 250, 263–64, 320
Utah, marriage equality in, 301, 315
Vermont, 50, 190
marriage equality in, 132, 322
Vermont Supreme Court, 50
Verrilli, Donald Jr., 182, 183, 187, 264, 270–72, 271, 274, 275
Village of New Paltz, New York, 55–56, 65
Villechaize, Hervé, 239–40
Virginia, marriage equality in, 315
visitation rights, 34
Walton, Diane, 301–2
Washburn, Annie, 202, 238
Washington, DC, marriage equality in, 132
Washington Post, 210, 232–33, 244–45
Washington state, marriage equality in, 178
Waters, John, 49
Webb, Carla, 302, 305–6, 313, 323
weddings, 58, 59–60
West, Jason, 55–56
West, Tony, 139–40, 144–45, 146
Westboro Baptist Church, 206–7, 218
White, Byron, 229
White, Jeffrey, 178
Will, George, “DOMA Infringes on States’ Rights,” 244–45
Williams, Pete, 29–30
Windsor, Edith. See Edith Schlain Windsor v. the United States of America; United States v. Windsor, 17, 21–22, 60, 85, 189, 191–92, 199–204, 229–31, 238–39, 249–50, 313, 322
appeal of as a plaintiff, 188
awarded Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty, 160, 162–63
certiorari in, 200–201, 205–6
discrimination against, 171–73, 216
domestic partnership and, 101–2
engagement of, 91–92
estate taxes and, 112–15, 124–28
first marriage of, 152–55, 168–69
as Grand Marshal in Gay Pride Parade, 300–301
health issues of, 134–36, 138–39, 174–76
illness of, 109–10
love story of, 215–16
marriage of, 103–5, 111–12, 122–23, 126–30, 226–28, 239, 293, 322
New York City’s Pride Weekend and, 301
Obergefell v. Hodges and, 318
oral argument for, 264
in the press, 160–61, 245–46, 290
press conference after decision, 295–97
Stonewall and, 297–99
United States v. Windsor and, 252, 261–62, 273, 285–88, 290
victory party for, 300
wedding announcement of, 105–6
Windsor decision and, 295–97, 299–300
worklife of, 93–96, 106
Wisdom, John Minor, 309–10, 312
Wolf, Mark, 30–31, 48, 53
Wolfson, Evan, 30, 235, 318
“Samesex Marriage and Morality: The Human Rights Vision of the Constitution,” 322
Yom Kippur, 191–92
Young, Ernest, 244
Zelophehad’s daughters, 299–300
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