Obergefell
Jim Obergefell Jim Obergefell is an American civil rights activist and was the lead plaintiff in the 2015 Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, which affirm the right for same-sex couples to marry. It was a long-awaited victory for much of the country, but Jim had a particularly personal relationship to it. Fighting for love […]
LOVE WINS, Debbie Cenziper & Jim Obergefell
The fascinating and very moving story of the lovers, lawyers, judges and activists behind the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that led to one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades—the legalization of same-sex marriage. (William Morrow/HarperCollins, June 2016) In June 2015, the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage the law in all fifty […]
Cenziper
Debbie Cenziper Debbie Cenziper is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and nonfiction author who writes for The Washington Post. She is also the newly named Director of Investigative Reporting at the Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University. Over 20 years, Cenziper’s stories have sent people to prison, changed local, […]
21 YEARS TO MIDNIGHT: The Promise That Brought Marriage Equality to America, Debbie Cenziper & Jim Obergefell
Lead plaintiff in the lawsuit that resulted in the right to same-sex marriage in all fifty states Jim Obergefell and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist of The Washington Post Debbie Cenziper’s 21 YEARS TO MIDNIGHT: The Promise That Brought Marriage Equality, will not only tell his story, but also the larger narrative that covers what this decision […]