Inside the Marriage Wars

Описание: If you asked someone in the '80s if the director of When Harry Met Sally would fight the actor who played the Terminator over legalizing marriage for same-sex couples, they would probably have said … probably not! And yet, in 2012, I found myself heading to Rob Reiner’s house to lend a hand with a lawsuit that would, in no small part, determine the future of same-sex marriage.

Thanks to everyone who provided voices for this video:

Sam Pirie as the voice of King James
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Dr. Lee Arnott as the voice of W.R. Greg
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Dave White and Alonso Duralde as the letter to ONE Magazine
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Sonari Glinton as the voice of court rulings
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:03:02 - Getting creative in the distant past
00:13:38 - Brave early organizers
00:30:29 - Surprising 70s television
00:34:55 - Fighting back in the 80s
00:42:52 - Risky moves in the 90s
00:49:03 - Sitcoms versus same-sex marriage
01:07:22 - Salvaging the California campaign
01:24:11 - Outlaw weddings in San Francisco
01:44:11 - Standing up to Schwarzenegger & the Republicans
01:57:08 - Proposition 8
02:38:27 - Stonewall 2.0
02:48:15 - AFER emerges & activist infighting
03:15:23 - Our day in court
03:35:40 - Going to Broadway
04:12:56 - An impossible election challenge in 2012
04:28:24 - Supreme Court showdown
04:41:40 - The day of decision
04:47:13 - More couples step up
05:01:47 - What happens now?