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Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights [Hardcover]

Kevin Bourassa (Author), Joe Varnell (Author)

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The timing could not have been better for Toronto authors (and couple) Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell: soon after publication of Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights, the Ontario Superior Court unanimously ruled on July 12, 2002, that excluding same-sex couples from marriage is discriminatory and unconstitutional. The long road to that legal victory is detailed in Bourassa and Varnell's articulate, eloquent, and highly entertaining memoir. Their January, 2001, wedding at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto made international headlines and prompted intense public and political battles. One of the more memorable anecdotes in the book concerns the wedding invitation Bourassa sent Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, whose office initially sent Bourassa and Varnell a form letter of congratulations. After someone in the PMO went "Oops," a second letter was quickly dispatched, uncongratulating the prospective grooms  

Just Married includes a brief but concise history of the gay rights movement in Canada. But the book really shines when it spotlights Bourassa and Varnell's rise from relative obscurity to master public relations. Theirs is a compelling story of two ordinary Canadians leading extraordinary lives, and demonstrating that religion and gay life are not incompatible. --Richard Burnett

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Last year, Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell became the first gay couple to be issued a government marriage certificate. Challenged by the Canadian government, their case is still making its way through the courts. In the meantime, Bourassa, a banker, and Varnell, who works for an electronics company, tell their story in Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights, a joint memoir of the events leading up to their wedding at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto. In alternating chapters, they take turns recalling the unexpected and slightly bizarre experience of sharing their prewedding breakfast with camera crews and other moments from the ceremony broadcast around the world.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A revolutionary precedent in human rights, Aug 10 2002
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This review is from: Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights (Hardcover)
Collaboratively written by Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell, Just Married: Gay Marriage And The Expansion Of Human Rights is an informed and informative analysis of a ground breaking event in culture and society -- the expansion of the concept of matrimony to include same sex couples. When the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto issued marriage licenses to and married two same-sex couples in January of 2001, it offered a revolutionary precedent in human rights and the power of the state to dictate who may and may not marry. Challenges to the same-sex marriage are expected to proceed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the result could well change human history. An amazing study of political struggles, featuring an inset section of color photographs and a witty eye for detail, Just Married is a solid and eminently readable addition to Gay and Lesbian Studies supplemental reading lists and reference collections.
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