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Author Collins, David, 1945 June- author

Title Accidental activists : Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and their fight for marriage equality in Texas / by David Collins ; foreword by Evan Wolfson and Julian Castro
Published Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Number 8 in the Mayborn literary nonfiction series
Mayborn literary nonfiction series ; no. 8
Contents Growing up absurd -- Should we? or shouldn't we? -- The first blast of the trumpet -- The battle of New Orleans, part I: opening salvos: Louisiana and Mississippi -- The battle of New Orleans, part II: Texas engages -- Crossing the threshold -- Justice that arrives like a thunderbolt -- Backlash in Texas -- Epilogue -- Endnotes
Summary "Book is a profile of a gay couple who challenged Texas laws against gay marriage. Their case went to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals before being superseded by the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes live in Plano, Texas. Book contains details on civil rights cases relating to gay rights"--Provided by publisher
Analysis De Leon v. Perry (5th Circuit, 2015)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-367) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Holmes, Victor -- Trials, litigation, etc
Phariss, Mark -- Trials, litigation, etc
De Leon, Cleopatra -- Trials, litigation, etc
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- Texas -- Cases
LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation
SUBJECT Texas -- Trials, litigation, etc
Subject Texas
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Castro, Julián, writer of foreword
Wolfson, Evan, 1957- writer of foreword
LC no. 2017017751
ISBN 9781574417036
1574417037