The State of Marriage

Name: The State of Marriage
Director: Jeffrey Kaufman
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-06-12
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Terrence McNally, John Lewis, Howard Dean, Tom Little, Beth Robinson

Directed by Jeffrey Kaufman

Documentary

20151h 22m5.7

Overview

The untold story of how legal pioneer Mary Bonauto partnered with small town Vermont lawyers Beth Robinson and Susan Murray in a 2-decade long struggle that built the foundation for the entire marriage equality movement. Despite fierce opposition, Vermont became the first state to grant same sex couples legal recognition through a groundbreaking 1999 State Supreme Court decision, and the first to legalize marriage equality by legislative vote in 2009. HRC's Marty Rouse said, "They really changed the course of American history." Featuring Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson, civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis, and Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally.