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The spring but the first title is inside the fight for Marriage Equality. They challenged the proposition which is of course the amendment that took away the marriage rights for the samesex couples. Im interested in how this came to pass. Use at the end that you got interested in the story because you interview with ted olson and reported on his running out in favor of Marriage Equality so im curious to did you make the first phone call to the team to cover the story . Guest i did. I picked up the title that followed a lawsuit and i thought whatever the story is its got to be a fascinating story so i was in between the investigators projects and i picked up the phone and called its not investigative. I do these but i am just really fascinated by this and im the only person he would talk to at the New York Times. Ho ....
Host its wonderful to be here today. We have so much to talk about so before we get started i thought it would be useful to share with people our format which is that i want to start a little bit by asking you about how you came to write the book and the experience of being embedded in and step back and talk about the frame of the book and what youre covering here and get back to the particular assertions you make in the book. You talk about. The book is called forcing the spring with the subtitle inside the fight for Marriage Equality and to get inside this fight as you say to fully embedded yourself with the team the activists and the lawyers and plaintiffs who challengechallenged californias proposition 8 which was the course the constitutional amendment that took away the marriage rights for samesex couples in california. For starters im interested in how this came to pass. He said at the end of the book you got interested ....
I want to thank red river theater for this terrific venue he, the want to thank gibson for turning out. You may have noticed when you walk in that he has books in the lobby. Joe will stick around the sun some afterwards. Ill be will take advantage of that. Also want to thank joe for coming a little bit off the main circuit but publishers but you want to come to concord. Of course she also can this the old friends. That is one of the things that happens when you work as a reporter. You need a lot of people, and this difference for a long time. So, of want to say just in the introduction of think probably in you read a little bit about this and the moderate, but by way of introduction talk a little bit about my experience with her. That bomb that at some point during that time to decide the issue wanted to leave them on. And nice up from the st. Petersburg time. Of thing anyway strobe light show did. She had a great loyalty. Such a wonderful time as a reporter. We were accused reporters ....
Involved in the marriage partnerships it seemed strange at the time. But San Francisco has been on the leading and a city open the edge a city of entrepreneurs and its a special place. I think every single one if you understand the core principle of 0 core values we dont there are not diversity we celebrate our diversity each and every day. So thats what were celebrating but ill be brief ive been and i want to connect a quick dot. Ive been with all of you watching not only the procedures of the Supreme Court but whats happening with Nelson Mandela. I say this because of the story of Nelson Mandela condition it is a not expresident by leader. And it begs the question that the mayor was making. Just because you have a position of authority it didnt mean you necessarily ....
Incompetence release them early without any kind of records. There was a big for of a better word freak out in the american media. These guys are deftly coming here and coming to the United States. Theyre going to wreak havoc and as a result Border Patrol and these people were eventually apprehended or they faded away and Nothing Happened but the point is because American Immigration enforcement because our immigration laws are so focused on keeping people out for economic reasons or for any other types of reasons a small amount of what they are pulled to do focus on legitimate threats. Instead they are more concerned with asking how will an additional worker affect the wages for american tomato pickers . Theyre more concerned with how one additional worker wi ....