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Marriage Rights in the Media.

Publication: Chinese America: History and Perspectives
Publication Date: 01-JAN-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Marriage Rights in the Media.(6D Paper Summary)

Article Excerpt
My mother, who is Chinese American, was only able to marry my father, who is white, because of the California Supreme Court's 1948 Perez decision overturning California's anti-miscegenation law. Without that decision, my family might not exist. Similarly, I was only able to marry my partner of nineteen years, John Lewis, because San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom enforced the California Constitution's guarantees of equality under the law in 2004.

In "Marriage Rights in the Media," I discuss the contrast between directing marriage-themed films and videos and then having the...

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