Forcing the Spring
Forcing the Spring by Jo Becker is an in-depth look at the court fight to overturn Proposition
8. It is a surprisingly riveting
read. I picked it up meaning to only
read a couple of pages on an aspect of the case I found intriguing and wound up
reading the entire book. It begins with
election eve in 2008 when it was clear that proposition 8 had passed and
follows the actions of the lawyers and plaintiffs in the challenge all the way
to the Supreme Court. Along the way it
picks up and discusses the DOMA case (because the two were argued together at
the Supreme Court).
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone
interested in the path to marriage equality and say that you’ll like even if
you don’t normally like legal type stories (a I number myself among).
