The State of Marriage

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1h 22mDocumentary Biography LGBTQ

The untold story of how legal pioneer Mary Bonauto partnered with small town Vermont lawyers Beth Robinson and Susan Murray in a 2-decade long struggle that built the foundation for the entire marriage equality movement. Despite fierce opposition, Vermont became the first state to grant same sex couples legal recognition through a groundbreaking 1999 State Supreme Court decision, and the first to legalize marriage equality by legislative vote in 2009. HRC's Marty Rouse said, "They really changed the course of American history." Featuring Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson, civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis, and Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally.The untold story of how legal pioneer Mary Bonauto partnered with small town Vermont lawyers Beth Robinson and Susan Murray in a 2-decade long struggle that built the foundation for the entire marriage equality movement. Despi... Read more

Starring Terrence McNally, John Lewis, Howard Dean, Tom Little, Beth Robinson, Stan Baker, Diane Derby, Nina Beck, Jeffrey Amestoy, Ruth Dwyer

Watch "The State of Marriage" from streaming services Vudu, Amazon, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 2015. It's a documentary and biography movie, and has a rating of 6.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.