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Just married : the epic battle over gay marriage / produced by Iris Adler, NECN.
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View online- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--Massachusetts.
- Same-sex marriage.
- Same-sex marriage--Massachusetts.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (58 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2006.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- The issue of gay marriage has polarized the country. This even- handed film follows events in Massachusetts after the state supreme court ruled 4 to 3 in favor of allowing same sex marriage. It is at the same time a lesson in the turbulent political process as a compelling portrait of several responsible, loving, stable couples who yearn for recognition by the state and their community to validate their families. Central to the story are Ellen Wade and Maureen Brodoff, both attorneys, who met and fell in love twenty years ago in law school. They have a fifteen year-old daughter Kate who appears to thrive. Although they have a comfortable suburban life, they feel deeply that they have been deprived of marital status and are "second-class citizens" because they are not "man and wife." The film follows Ellen and Maureen through the filing of the original lawsuit to their historic wedding, supported along the way by gay and lesbian organizations. It also treats with respect the opposition, whose deeply held convictions mobilize them to political action. By examining the political, religious and psychological arguments involved in the heated gay marriage debate, the film demonstrates just how central our concept of marriage is to us as individuals and as members of society.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- OCLC:
- 747796983
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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