The Right to Marry

This 1996 video was the world's first documentary about the struggle for legal marriage. While a large number now support the right to legal marriage, at that time, too few understood the magnitude of what was at stake. Except for radical, right-wing organizations. Same-sex marriage -- and domestic partner recognition of any sort -- was lambasted and continues to be targeted, in their TV and radio programs, anti-gay videos, as well as in hundreds of anti-gay legislative bills regarding recognition, health care, and education. The video contains interviews with Rev. Mel White, Phyllis Burke, Richard Mohr, and Kevin Cathcart. The video also highlighted some of the same-sex couples who have sued for legal marriage, with personal recollections from: Faygele ben Miriam, who, along with Paul Barwick, sued Washington state in 1971; Benjamin Cable-McCarthy, who, along with partner Marcial Cable-McCarthy, sued California in 1993.