Comes marriage. This book is as much about the people and personalities behind the defense of marriage act is as it is about legal strategy. You write that as you were preparing to put a postit note on your computer that says its all about edith windsor. Poswas about her and the eventsn her life a letter to higher you. Guest i did have a postit on my computer everything the main Reason Company message i was trying to tell myself is a way to win this case is to focus on the facts of her life. They really are remarkable. Her life kind of tells a panoramic story story about life has been or was for gay and lesbian people in this country and the twins center. I thought that was are important to go to give a couple of anecdotes and you can tell me when you get bored. She grew up in philadelphia in the depression. She came from a middleclass jewish family. Her father lost everything during the depression and had to move in with relatives. She went to college at temple university. At college,
Well, first, i want to thank the new America Foundation for having us. I am particular and very honored to be a moderator because up until now, this late date in my career, no ones ever found my moderate enough in my views to be a moderators. [laughter] im really happy tonight, the first time i like to moderate a panel, and its, obviously, a great honor to talk about this on the 50th anniversary, and, obviously, its a book that has put this bark on the culture and its a very, very rare book that makes the argument that it changed peoples lives. Its under criticism for affecting a group of small people for not talking about working class women who had no choice but to work all along and not talking about people of other sexual preferences finding themselves askew or outside conventional life. What i want to do today is talk about the ongoing power of the classic, and i recently taught this book to the undergrads at nyu who some of a couple here in the audience who did not ever hesitate
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