Then Comes Marriage (45 page)

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 policy, 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

Then Comes Marriage

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