@article{1355821,
      recid = {1355821},
      author = {Adler, Iris.},
      title = {Just married the epic battle over gay marriage /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (58 min.).},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {The issue of gay marriage has polarized the country. This  even- handed film follows events in Massachusetts after the  state supreme court ruled 4 to 3 in favor of allowing same  sex marriage. It is at the same time a lesson in the  turbulent political process as a compelling portrait of  several responsible, loving, stable couples who yearn for  recognition by the state and their community to validate  their families. Central to the story are Ellen Wade and  Maureen Brodoff, both attorneys, who met and fell in love  twenty years ago in law school. They have a fifteen  year-old daughter Kate who appears to thrive. Although they  have a comfortable suburban life, they feel deeply that  they have been deprived of marital status and are  "second-class citizens" because they are not "man and  wife." The film follows Ellen and Maureen through the  filing of the original lawsuit to their historic wedding,  supported along the way by gay and lesbian organizations.  It also treats with respect the opposition, whose deeply  held convictions mobilize them to political action. By  examining the political, religious and psychological  arguments involved in the heated gay marriage debate, the  film demonstrates just how central our concept of marriage  is to us as individuals and as members of society.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355821},
}