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Equal Ever After: The fight for same-sex marriage - and how I made it happen
Lynne Featherstone
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Description for Equal Ever After: The fight for same-sex marriage - and how I made it happen
Hardback. Equal Ever After is the story of how the dream of same-sex marriage became a reality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPVH; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
My story starts at the very end of the journey to equal marriage rights. I stand on the shoulders of giants... In the future, people will find it difficult to believe that until 2014, somewhere between 5 and 10 per cent of Britain's population were excluded from marriage.As Equalities Minister during the coalition government, Lynne Featherstone played a fundamental role in rectifying this. From setting the wheels in motion within government, to her experiences of the abuse with which the gay community is regularly confronted, through her rebuttals against the noise and fury of her opponents, and finally to the ... Read more
My story starts at the very end of the journey to equal marriage rights. I stand on the shoulders of giants... In the future, people will find it difficult to believe that until 2014, somewhere between 5 and 10 per cent of Britain's population were excluded from marriage.As Equalities Minister during the coalition government, Lynne Featherstone played a fundamental role in rectifying this. From setting the wheels in motion within government, to her experiences of the abuse with which the gay community is regularly confronted, through her rebuttals against the noise and fury of her opponents, and finally to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biteback Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849549745
SKU
V9781849549745
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About Lynne Featherstone
Lynne Featherstone was the Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green between 2005 and 2015. She was a junior minister with responsibility for criminal information and equality, then international development, before becoming a Minister of State at the Home Office. She was the originator and architect of same-sex marriage, and Equal Ever After tells the extraordinary story of how ... Read more
Reviews for Equal Ever After: The fight for same-sex marriage - and how I made it happen
The inside story of the legislation of same-sex marriage by the government minister who pioneered it, with jaw-dropping revelations of how Stonewall initially tried to scupper marriage equality. - Peter Tatchell; Lynne delivers both an insider's perspective and a comprehensive narrative on one of the most significant and progressive social changes in a generation. - Benjamin Cohen, ... Read more