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Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas

Contributor(s): Collins, David (Author), Wolfson, Evan (Foreword by), Castro, Julian (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9781574416923

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

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Pub Date: August 15, 2017

Dewey: 346.730168

LCCN: 2017017751

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 9.30" L x 6.30" W ( 1.70 lbs) 480 pages

Series: Mayborn Literary Nonfiction

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Description: "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 Their case went to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals before being superseded by the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.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"--

Review Quotes: "All of the snags and triumphs in Accidental Activists serve to reinforce a story much broader than marriage equality. It is the story of 'good' vs. 'evil, ' and it unfolds on every scale. . . . Moral and emotional transparency is what made the plaintiffs, in the eyes of a majority of the judges, full 'persons, ' and, as such, they should no longer be victimized but treated with dignity under the law."--The Common Reader

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